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Jimi Hendrix film “Rainbow Bridge”

SAY WHAT! (7 minutes in)  Another 13,000 feet we go higher and higher and Cleopatra has this beautiful raven hair and what are you supposed to do man except lay there and play the part.  And so I’m laying there playing the part and the grape chokes me almost, but I can’t let the joke come out. Because you know I have to be together, right?  So, I say, “Oh, groovy great wine there Cleo.  Hell, I mean, let’s get it…

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Alice Cooper “I Love the Dead”

Alice Cooper performs ‘I Love The Dead’ from their 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies. This was the band’s sixth record, and it was their best selling one yet. Their stage show was unlike any other. To this day, when played live, the song features the decapitation of Alice, via guillotine. The film Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper, documented and featured live footage from different stops on the tour.   (YouTube) ALICE NEVER ORDINARY  "My parents really like this whole…

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David Bowie – Behind the Scenes

David Bowie prepares to take the stage in May of 1973.  His 1973 Ziggy Stardust Tour promoted the albums The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and Aladdin Sane. The setlist from this tour prominently featured songs from these two albums, among others. David candidly speaks “Most of the reasons that I do what I do is ‘cause I like startling people. It’s something to do. England has a marvelous habit of being able to dissipate everything…

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Slade – “Cum On Feel The Noize”

Slade - "Cum On Feel The Noize" English rock band Slade performs their 1973 single ‘Cum On Feel The Noize’. The song reached No. 1 in the UK, and was the band’s fourth number one single. The song became even more popular when it was covered by Quiet Riot nearly ten years later in 1983. Their cover became so popular that people even thought it was written by Quiet Riot.   (YouTube) STOMPING and SHOUTING with SLADE - Slade had much success…

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Cherry Vanilla interviews David Bowie

Rock Groupie Cherry Vanilla interviews David Bowie in 1973 "It’s kind of sweet, because you can hear how young and shy we are.." Cherry Vanilla CV - Do you feel removed from the body and the feel that you create on the planet? DB - Until I'm performing or writing I mainly feel pretty much like an empty vessel. I don't particulary feel.....Period. CV - Some people feel by saying you're bi-sexual your kind of flaunting that in a way. DB…

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Russell Harty interviews David Bowie

David Bowie talks to Russell Harty RH - What does David Bowie think about David Bowie? DB - I find that I'm a person who can take on the guises of different people that I meet.  I can switch accents in seconds of meeting somebody and I can adopt their accent.  I've always found that I collect, Im a collector.  I've always just seemed to collect personalities, ideas, I have a hodge-podge philosophy which really is very minimal. RH -…

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Alice Cooper Interview

A softer side of Alice Cooper is seen in this interview with Finnish National Television in 1973. “I can’t be Alice all the time because he’s a little bit too dangerous” he says. He talks about the importance of the theatrics in their stage show. “You have to put a little icing on the cake, and get up there and do a show for the kids.”   (YouTube) ALICE NEVER ORDINARY  "My parents really like this whole thing though; my mom…

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