Because I have siblings who are a lot older than me, I grew up hearing the music of the early Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Kinks and such, in fact one of my earliest memories is of Helen listening to Up on the Roof by The Drifters on our Dansette record player. But when I was getting on for being a teenager myself it was T.Rex and Marc Bolan in particular who had me starry eyed.
My bedroom walls were completely plastered with their posters and it was a great week if the middle poster of Jackie magazine was one of T.Rex.
It was the early 1970s and all of my friends were into The Osmonds, Jackson Five, Michael and Donny, Mark Lester and even what Jack calls Scotland’s Shame – The Bay City Rollers. But I was the only discerning one and was into T. Rex right from their beginning.
It’s sad to think that they are all long dead now, but here they are with Hot Love. I would have liked Ride a White Swan but couldn’t find a good version of it. As you can see, it was the year of hot pants and Pan’s People are shaking their stuff.
Who did you have stuck to your bedroom walls?
And if you don’t know what Up on the Roof sounds like, here it is. I’ve just realised that I must have been 3 years old when I first heard it!
https://youtu.be/puM1k-S86nE?si=mVQRY0d0k14mo9R1
I hate to admit but Donnie Osmond and Bobby Sherman and Hermen’s Hermits graced my bedroom walls. I do remember the Drifters but they were famous a little before I was old enough to care. I had never heard of T. Rex at all. We’re they a predominantly Scottish group?
Peggy Ann,
I had never even heard of Bobby Sherman! I’ve just watched him on you tube, very fringed shirt, I can see the attraction though. I forgot to mention David Cassidy, lots of my friends adored him. I was obviously into glam rock. T.Rex were just pre-Bowie and they came from London, from the same area as Bowie so they knew each other before they became famous. It was the Bay City Rollers who were Scottish but they were very popular all over the UK, screamingly popular! Have a look at them. Their clothes were actually copied by fans, tartan was hip!
I’m much older as well, apparently. I was a huge fan of the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean – the influence of growing up in Daytona Beach, no doubt. But I was more of a folkie – played acoustic guitar and loved Peter, Paul & Mary and Joan Baez. The only poster on my wall was from the film The Graduate. Loved me some Dustin Hoffman back in the day (and loved the film he just directed – Quartet.)
Pearl,
No, you aren’t 12, 11 or even 10 years older than me! I haven’t seen that film yet but Dustin Hoffman has been doing the rounds on TV, promoting it. All I can remember about Joan Baez is her great hair.
I was a teenager of the 60s. Mark Winter – Venus in blue jeans – was on my wall, but that was only because my parents liked his voice! Wasn’t allowed any other posters. They marked the wallpaper! Just look at the Dreamboats and Petticoats series to see the pop music of my era. Of course the Beatles and the Stones were favourites too. (I liked both bands)
Loved Under the boardwalk by the Drifters. I had no idea what a boardwalk was at that time but I loved the song, along with Up on the roof, On Broadway, Kissing in the back row of the movies….. etc!
evee,
I remember Venus in blue jeans but couldn’t have told you who sung it! I still like the Drifters. My mother wasn’t keen on posters but eventually you couldn’t see any wallpaper anyway. The only one which wasn’t T.Rex at the time was the ubiquitous Che poster, in red.