Monday, 3 March 2014

40 Years Ago in Rolling Stone: Bowie on Porn, Dylan Meets Cher

February 28, 1974 , issue of Rolling Stone (issue # 155 ) had articles on everything from the Vietnam War to the new generation of drinking establishments called Here are 10 outstanding " fern bars . "
1. Dylan saturation coverage:Ben Fong -Torres wrote about Bob Dylan and The Band, who were touring behind Planet Waves . The album was produced for 23 years, Rob Frabroni , who said he had been present at the meetings in New York for a collaborative album by Dylan and the poet Allen Ginsberg that was never released ( "It was on the business side " Frabroni said . ) Dylan and the band made the album in three days at Village Recorders in Los Angeles, booked under the name of " Judge Magney " ( a rest stop on Highway 61 ) . The only visitor sessions backup singers were Jackie De Shannon and Donna Weiss , Cher (then known as "Cher Bono " ) , and David Geffen .
There was another full page article by Paul Dylan West on his playing and know the Georgia governor Jimmy Carter (who was not even running for president ) . "I asked if he wanted a drink, but he just wanted the orange juice and eat only vegetables ," Carter said.
2 . Fake Fleetwood MacManager of Fleetwood Mac put a version of the band on the road without any actual members of Fleetwood Mac (the then Mick Fleetwood, John McVie , Christine McVie , Bob Welch, Bob Weston and Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the end of the years). "Basically what it boils down to is the manager threw his cap , " Welch said. "He can put four barking dogs on a leash and call Fleetwood Mac ."
3 . David Bowie and William S. Burroughs interview each otherCraig Copetas organized a summit meeting between the creators of Aladdin Sane and Naked Lunch , and the conversation turned to the impending apocalypse Ziggy Stardust . ( Read the entire article here.)Burroughs : "Where did this idea come from Ziggy wine , and this idea five years course, the depletion of natural resources does not develop to the collapse of world civilization will occur and that will reduce the population? . . for about three quarters . "Bowie . " . Exactly This does not make the end of the world for Ziggy The end comes when the infinite reach really are a black hole, but I have made these people, it would be very difficult to explain in a black hole. Onstage. "Burroughs : " Yes, a black hole on stage would be an incredible expense. "
4 April . A letter from Yoko OnoYoko Ono wrote a letter taking issue with recent coverage Random Notes of her and John Lennon. An excerpt: " No, I'm not pregnant (I'm only conceptual) and I will not consult an astrologer every day, but yes, you guessed it again, I can afford I have been accused of many things by now . but this is getting too weird. the plot thickens as you go in life, but I hope it never gets as thick as his role . I like to keep my life simple and light , that is, if you do not add your notes out tone to it. , all I did was heavy Pearl Harbor and that was before puberty and did not know better. "
5 May . Secrets of The Exorcist. Since Cindy Erlich 's article about the sound effects in The Exorcist , " [ Ron ] Nagle began recording a colony of beagles hermaphrodites an animal behavior research center at the University of California at Berkeley ' For all animals - lovers out there , " he said, ' I've never seen a happier bunch of dogs . "

6. Hunter S. Thompson, a sports journalistFrom the cover story of Hunter S. Thompson, " Fear and Loathing at the Super Bowl" (the Super Bowl VIII , by the way) a lucid advice: " There is a definite type , perverse pleasure in beating the ' smart money ' - in sports, politics or anything else - and the formula to make it seem dangerously simple: Take the highest odds you can get against conventional wisdom - but never bet against his own instinct or karma prevails "and some gonzo . " Mother of Jesus sweating I thought what is it - a leech are there leeches in this damn hotel , along with everything else I jumped out of bed and began to scratch the small of my back with both hands. ? ? . I felt huge , maybe eight or nine pounds, slowly moving up my spine to the base of the neck . "
7. A movie just forgottenThe film review Lead : The Day of the Dolphin , a political thriller directed by Mike Nichols , starring George C. Scott as a scientist teaching dolphins to speak. ( The poster 's slogan : " Unintentionally, A DOLPHIN TO KILL trained THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. " )
8. Stevie Wonder goes to EnglandIn attendance Stevie Wonder concert in London : Paul and Linda McCartney, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Pete Townshend, David Bowie, the Staple Singers, and Denny Laine. In the interview by Paul Gambaccini : "Wonder sat beside their sandwiches hotels prepared address Motown had asked if I wanted champagne and caviar , but all chocolate cookies and hot tea are asking . " .

9. Can not start a fire without Court and SparkThe review section covered Carly Simon Hotcakes records a Mahavishnu Orchestra LP, Grin Gone Crazy , Donovan Essence to essence, one more river to cross Canned Heat , David Essex Rock On concert, and the Temptations ' futuristic 1990 entitled . The review of records of lead, written by Jon Landau ( still no manager Bruce Springsteen ) , was a frenzy of Court and Spark by Joni Mitchell ( "the first truly great pop album of 1974 ").
10. Bowie and Burroughs find common groundBurroughs : " Have you seen any of the porn movies in New York? "Bowie : " Yes , a few. "Burroughs : . " Last time I was back , I saw about 30 of them was going to be a judge in the erotic film festival . "Bowie : " The best were the Germans, who were really amazing . "

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