All You Need is Love - Whatever Gets You Through the Night.
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All You Need is Love - Whatever Gets You Through the Night - Glitter Rock Lester Bangs, editor of Creem rock magazine. 00:40 montage of Kiss live.02:26 (c) The Osmonds. 03:09 Alice Cooper performing on stage- mock hanging, theatrical show. 04:32 Bowie interview-he never wanted to be a star. He couldn't decide on a jazz or rock route as a musician. He was only good at composition at school. He never wanted to sing or perform (c) Ziggy Stardust live. Very honest about his success. 06:45 Jethro Tull playing '' Minstrel In The Gallery". 07:50 Interview Clive Davis, record label exec on predicting trends. 09:00 Interview with Ian Anderson on the rock business. It's got too organised, professional. An audience now want a show, an experience. Anderson claims not to take himself too seriously. He has to put on a show. Talks of expensive ticket prices.11:40 Keith Moon recording vocals in a studio.13:22 Don Kirshner (Monkees producer) says songwriters would sell a song to an artist. Promotion, packaging, presentation and being commercial are the key to selling records. 14:06 more Keith Moon. Don Kirshner - thee is nothing new in music these days, all been done before. 15:16 Keith Moon overseeing the mixing in a studio. 15:56 Elton John playing pinball, on stage in theatrical costumes.. Montage of Elton John on stage and getting a Hollywood star.17:18 Elton John interview His flashy persona is a reaction to his staid upbringing.17:52 talks about colouring his hair.18:14 Elton John performing 'Pinball Wizard'. 19:50 Don Kirshner-people want slick, shallow, superficial music. 20:00 Roxy Music performing "A Song For Europe". 20:52 Lester Bangs very disparaging of Roxy Music .Claims they won't last. Claims Brayan Ferry is vacuous, very bland, doesn't care about rock and roll. Roxy Music play "Editions of You". Bangs says Bowie and Ferry are using rock for their own egos rather than belief in the music. 22:28 Bryan Ferry interview. He presents music in a fun way, like an actor on stage, inhabits the roles. Roxy performs 'Both Ends Burning'. Bryan Ferry says stage presentation and packaging are very important such as using glamourous models on Roxy sleeves. 25:55 Lester Bangs on Emerson Lake and Palmer, Rick Wakeman and Deep Purple - they have no soul, no feeling in their music. 26:34 Emerson Lake and Palmer live.28:04 Lester Bangs on his upbringing. 28:29 Helen Reddy sings "Angie".30:14 Clive Davis claims artists are complicated beings.30:44 Labelle performing.31:14 Gary Glitter performing 'Rock and Roll' with screaming fans.34:05 Lester Bangs - a musical revolution is due, something new needs to happen.34:30 Labelle playing 'Lady Marmalade" .Lester Bangs is critical of 'black groups'- says they are drab, all stagnant. 37:49 Eric Clapton interview . They were all musical virtuosos in Cream. (c) Cream playing farewell concert. 40:10 Lester Bangs on Eric Clapton and his drug use- he's under achieving. 41:06 Eric Clapton explaining his guitar playing technique (c) interview from 1967 on improvisation and expressing himself in music. 43:58 (c) Cream in 1968. 44:22 Eric Clapton on Cream's success - it got too big - he should have stayed with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Cream played aggressive music, not honest, not truthful to the audience. Cream just did the same thing every gig.46:00 Eric Clapton playing.47:17 Lester Bangs- rock was exciting i the 60's. A great time but the party's over. 47:40 Bob Marley playing.48:21 Lester Bangs claims everything in the last 5 years is the tail end of the 60's grinding to a halt. Dismisses disco as escapist, people wanting slick superficial music, it's disposable. It's the most bland time for music...