Glam emphasized outrageously flamboyant fashions: platform shoes, glittery costumes, garish make-up plastered on the face's of its primarily male performers.
Bowie was the most important trendsetter, and his image was at least as important to many fans as the music itself. Bowie, however, maintained a certain distance from his glamorous image. Even then it seemed to be just a phase he was going through, a costume he would soon drop as soon as something more provocative struck him. A far more satisfying exemplar of the glam rock impulse was Marc Bolan, leader and visual symbol of the band T.Rex. Bolan was an ideal example of the sort of androgyny that fascinated the pop scene in England...as well as America.
Bowie was the most important trendsetter, and his image was at least as important to many fans as the music itself. Bowie, however, maintained a certain distance from his glamorous image. Even then it seemed to be just a phase he was going through, a costume he would soon drop as soon as something more provocative struck him. A far more satisfying exemplar of the glam rock impulse was Marc Bolan, leader and visual symbol of the band T.Rex. Bolan was an ideal example of the sort of androgyny that fascinated the pop scene in England...as well as America.
As for this: David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Abba, Elton John, KISS, and Motley Crue....Alice Cooper, KISS, and Motley Crue were much more Hair Metal (or Glam Metal) than Glam Rock,they came later in the era, technically speaking. And Abba...was just disco.
by Electric Sophie Orchestra December 30, 2005
Get the Glam Rockmug. by Jackleg13 June 1, 2013
Get the rock lickermug. To pursue a relationship
by kitty.kat July 27, 2015
Get the rock with youmug. To take a piss
by Aggy117 May 22, 2009
Get the Rock a pissmug. by Light Joker June 11, 2007
Get the rock bottommug. "rocking the boat" means stirring up trouble. To rock the boat means to disrupt things, promote disharmony, make waves, pick a fight, causing trouble, disagreement...
On a boat, if you rock it or cause waves it can go over and I think that is where the saying comes from.
On a boat, if you rock it or cause waves it can go over and I think that is where the saying comes from.
I'm not a trouble-maker. He told me about rocking the boat when I apologized to him. But he was the one who yelled at me for something that wasn't his business.
One man told me, "You can rock the boat all you want." when we got into an argument.
It's not the right time to "rock the boat". We still have to wait proper time.
Don't rock the boat yet. I will make it up to you.
One man told me, "You can rock the boat all you want." when we got into an argument.
It's not the right time to "rock the boat". We still have to wait proper time.
Don't rock the boat yet. I will make it up to you.
by igaveyoumyword March 12, 2011
Get the Rock the boatmug. In some cases referred to as space rock, a genre of music combining styles of prog, ambient rock, indie, experimental, jazz, psychadelia, and some classical. Often utilizing large bands with diverse instruments including brass, chimes, strings, synthesizers, assorted percussion, and winds, many post-rock bands create a very mellow, atmospheric style of music, often climaxing and making use of tonic/dominant/subdominant patterns in classical music and heavily textured sonic layers. Elements of poetry and science fiction are also often incorperated.
by b1lskirnir April 8, 2005
Get the post-rockmug.