| Author | Message | ||
     Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1935 Registered: 10-2004 |
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people /news/malcolm-mclaren-dies-aged-64-19396 21.html I had no idea he was even ill. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 369 Registered: 04-2005 |
Neither did I, sad news indeed. Cheers Jon | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 728 Registered: 07-2006 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Drw2_Hm K0 still so beautiful | ||
| Charles Coy Member Username: Coy Post Number: 186 Registered: 10-2006 |
..sadly missed, fondly remembered..inspired my first green suit..and then the hair...we all benefitted from the changes he brought with the punk/new romantic movement, it brought closure to that ballad laden west coast sound at the time..both sides of the 'A' with NY Dolls and the Pistols...it was opened and away we went.. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3475 Registered: 05-2005 |
A DEFINING EGO | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2321 Registered: 03-2005 |
Charles, I want to see a photo of you in that suit! Spence, that can be the title to the anthology of his releases. McLaren almost seems to be like the next era's Andrew Oldham though he was born only two years after Oldham. They both had their own visions which each pushed forward the romance and the flim flam of pop and they both knew how to steal judiciously. Oldham turned a group of very middle class young men into characters from "A Clockwork Orange" and McLaren turned a handful of aimless street scenesters into cartoon punk musicians who created what still is--for me--the single best punk album ever made. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3484 Registered: 05-2005 |
Well said lads. Nicely remembered. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1770 Registered: 01-2005 |
Sad news indeed Jonathan. High praise for the Pistols from Randy and Charles is certainly well deserved. Randy, Please give us your top 10 punk albums list! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1936 Registered: 10-2004 |
In my opinion, McLaren's high point was shaping Bow Wow Wow, whose album "See Jungle!..." is a masterpiece from start to finish. McLaren may have done a lot to shape the image and write the lyrics for "rock n' roll puppet" Annabella Lwin to sing, but musically, that band was limitlessly creative and unique at that point. I still love this record. |