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Happy 68th 🎂 David Johansen aka Buster Poindexter! (Original Post)
Floyd R. Turbo
Jan 2018
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underpants
(182,904 posts)1. He was in a good little funny movie called "Let It Ride"
with Richard Dreyfuss and Terri Garr. One of my favorite little forgotten movies.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,633 posts)3. Ill have to find that!
He was also in Scrooged!
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,621 posts)2. Never enough New York Dolls!
I have their first album, which was produced by Todd Rundgren. It sounds as if it was released yesterday.
New York Dolls is the 1973 debut studio album by the American hard rock band New York Dolls. By the time of the album's recording, the band had developed a following by playing regularly in lower Manhattan after forming in 1971. However, they were unappealing to record companies because of their onstage cross-dressing and vulgarity, while most record producers were reluctant to work with them. For shock value, the group was photographed in exaggerated drag on the album cover.
After signing to Mercury Records, the New York Dolls recorded the album at The Record Plant in New York with producer Todd Rundgren, who was known for his sophisticated pop tastes and held a lukewarm opinion of the band. Despite stories of conflicts during the recording sessions, lead singer David Johansen and guitarist Sylvain Sylvain later said Rundgren successfully captured how the band sounded live. Their music on the album incorporates carefree rock and roll, Brill Building pop influences, and campy sensibilities, while Johansen's colloquial and ambiguous lyrics explore themes of urban youth, teen alienation, adolescent romance, and authenticity.
New York Dolls was released by Mercury on July 27, 1973, to widespread critical acclaim but sold poorly and polarized listeners. The band proved difficult to market outside their native New York and developed a reputation for rock-star excesses while touring the United States in support of the album. Despite its commercial failure, New York Dolls was an influential precursor to the 1970s punk rock movement and has since been named in various publications as one of the best debut records in rock music and one of the greatest albums of all time.
After signing to Mercury Records, the New York Dolls recorded the album at The Record Plant in New York with producer Todd Rundgren, who was known for his sophisticated pop tastes and held a lukewarm opinion of the band. Despite stories of conflicts during the recording sessions, lead singer David Johansen and guitarist Sylvain Sylvain later said Rundgren successfully captured how the band sounded live. Their music on the album incorporates carefree rock and roll, Brill Building pop influences, and campy sensibilities, while Johansen's colloquial and ambiguous lyrics explore themes of urban youth, teen alienation, adolescent romance, and authenticity.
New York Dolls was released by Mercury on July 27, 1973, to widespread critical acclaim but sold poorly and polarized listeners. The band proved difficult to market outside their native New York and developed a reputation for rock-star excesses while touring the United States in support of the album. Despite its commercial failure, New York Dolls was an influential precursor to the 1970s punk rock movement and has since been named in various publications as one of the best debut records in rock music and one of the greatest albums of all time.
Let's start with something from the later years, as Buster Poindexter:
Musikladen, 1980. You'd better believe I'm looking for DVDs of these performances:
New York Dolls, Musikladen, 1973:
More from that show:
Der Musikladen (German: The Music Shop) was a West German music television programme that ran from 13 December 1972 to 29 November 1984. The show continued the 1960s Beat-Club under a new name, and in turn was replaced by Extratour.
This might be the best thing you see all day:
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,633 posts)4. Nice! Thanks! ✌🏻
MiltonBrown
(322 posts)5. Great stuff, great band!
Happy B-day David Jo!
FSogol
(45,529 posts)6. +1. Great band. Also included Johnny Thunders and Billy Murcia. n/t
LeftInTX
(25,565 posts)7. I thought he was younger than me!
I just know him from Hot Hot Hot. I was busy raising babies, but I thought he looked younger than me, but he's 6 years older than me.