I hope this ad didn’t intend to portray the rock and roll life as a glamourous one, because if it did it failed miserably.
Just the other week I was saying that boys start rock bands so they can attract more girls. I guess they can’t all be Jerry Hall.
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Great stuff. Love that song. Saw Ian Hunter recently (at a Saturday gig) with his 3 piece band. Stunning.
Songs about groupies .. must be lots of them? The Jam’s ‘Butterfly Collector’ would go nicely too.
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Probably my favourite Mott song
Cheers Lee
CC
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I’m not sure that any advert featuring groupies ought to have had “BJ” displayed so prominently in the bottom RH corner!
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For a glimpse of the glamorous lifestyle, check out the late 60’s/early 70’s British films Groupie Girl & Permissive, the latter featuring real prog bands Forever More, Titus Groan & Comus, both decent films that seem to capture an era & worth a look. A touch sleazier than Flame featuring Slade. Jon
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I actually remember that ad when I was a young muso leafing through music magazines way back when. Even then I wondered what the chilly tarts were supposed to be selling.
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If Meal Ticket are a “top professional band”, I’ve certainly never heard of them.
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Didn’t listen to this song for a long time. Still great stuff from years gone by.
Thank you Lee
Walter
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Favourite MTH track, autobiographical and melancholic in a way that perhaps only British bands have a knack for.
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