Re:Peer Group Recognition
7 months 6 days ago #13312
Jem 75
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I totally agree, My Only Vice.
Death Trip is, for me, the closest to genius of any of Steve's songs. Reading this post of yours, now over a decade ago, almost makes me capable of shortlisting my favourite three of his songs...Make Me Smile (Come up and see me), Death Trip and My Only Vice (I think!)
P.S. I can't remember where it is now (herein) but I drew the same view of similarity in consideration of BR (Queen) and DT (Cockney Rebel), albeit about a decade after My Only Vice (the mutual fan, that is) did - and I hadn't read his post at that time.
Last Edit: 3 days 14 hours ago by Jem 75. Reason: one too many 'me'
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Re:Peer Group Recognition
4 months 4 days ago #13332
Jem 75
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3 months and 1 day later, currently, I want to change my own view (above) from then, this is what I feel today, in the gut, in the heart and in the head:
At the moment, THE VERSION THAT IS INCREASING ENDORPHINS UPON LISTENING (naturally making me high - this is how I felt, almost continuously, for the first six months of 1975), IS THE LIVE AT THE BBC 1974 RECORDING (even [just] over The Psychomodo version). What nectar - and only 1 minute 47 seconds in length!
2. Mirror Freak
the Pleasure Principle/ self esteem pushing the boundary of narcissism/ ego/ (self) confidence!
This (or My Only Vice...) was at the top for me, in very early 1975. There is little doubt that I was going through somewhat of a narcissistic phase, myself, at the time. I had no idea, until 2022, that Steve's inspiration for the song, was Marc Bolan (Get It On by T Rex, was the best single of 1971 for me, right at the beginning of me developing my own popular music taste. I think I can guess at who "...And the new man he appears to be winning..." (Harley, 1973 - written in 1972) is referring to, but I won't, because we'll never be certain. Yes, I remember songs in the 60's - I was too young though to be interested in forming my own preferences regarding artist(s), only songs).
3. Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)
joy/ (self) belief/ individuation/ peak/ 1975/ rooted in the past/ without doubt/ free/ confident!
It's so familiar. This doesn't dilute its impact. The high point in a (singles) career. Make Me Smile and Love Is The Drug (Ferry/Mackay) in the same year! How excellent. However, during the time of the former, I was on a high, by the latter, I'd lost my mojo a bit - until '76. It's true that [you] remember records along with contemporaneous events in [your] life...I'll soon be seeing a bunch of my own class of '75, 'up North.
4. Death Trip
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Harley at his closest - to genius.
The Reality Principle/ drama/ the unconscious/ the imagination/ subliminal/ inevitable/ (Freud's) death instinct/ beyond the mundane/ Evolutionary!
