{"id":4287,"date":"2021-03-14T11:30:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T11:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/?p=4287"},"modified":"2021-03-14T11:30:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T11:30:37","slug":"sounds-on-sunday-50-years-ago-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/14\/sounds-on-sunday-50-years-ago-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Sounds on Sunday: 50 years ago\/8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>50 YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling \u201csingles\u201d of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? Sadly, in most cases the top selling singles have not: with only some exceptions the number one hits of 1971 are either not memorable \u2013 or memorable for the wrong reasons. Join us as we look back and ask ourselves: \u201cwhat were we thinking???\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marc Bolan and T Rex burst into 1971 with a <em>Ride a White Swan<\/em>, which reached number two in the Charts. On 16th March, they went one better: <em>Hot Love<\/em> reached number 1 (ending the two week reign of the dreadful <em>Baby Jump<\/em>). The group duly performed on Top of the Pops, with Bolan wearing glitter and satin. If <em>Swan<\/em> was the Glam Rock sound being born, <em>Hot Love<\/em> was the birth of the look.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s hard to say why the song was so enduringly popular.\u00a0 Yes, it has a catchy tune that is hard to sit still to.\u00a0 Yes, it has a good sound: prominent drums driving a guitar sound that is going places. It has Bolan\u2019s \u201crhyme or else\u201d na\u00efve lyrics, which should make you laugh, but the seriousness with which Bolan delivers them stops the chuckle in your throat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Perhaps there\u2019s a clue in this video. It appears to be a live performance for TV rather than Top of the Pops, but the ToTP dance troupe (whichever one it was then) appear at various stages doing their work-outs in their scanty costumes. Take this visual and stop overlooking the lyric about \u201cshe\u201d being \u201cnot very old\u201d and you have to feel at least uneasy. In the week that we remember yet another woman being murdered by a man and women call for a sea change in public attitudes towards women\u2019s safety, you have to point out how long this predatory culture has been going on. Fortunately, the experience of the oppression sows the seeds of the resistance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let\u2019s take four and a half minutes off and enjoy Bolan &amp; T. Rex\u2019 first number one for what it is: a song of its time that was also heralding a new movement. And then let\u2019s carry on the resistance.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/5oaJ6x-k0Kk<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u25cfListen to more Sounds on Sunday:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/?s=sounds+on+sunday\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sounds on Sunday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u25cfWatch East London\u2019s weekly news magazine programme,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">live at 10pm every Tuesday and on demand all week:<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VodTalk\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Tuesday Show<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling \u201csingles\u201d of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? 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