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Children Of The Glamned (Resurrection Shuffle)

by Ian Whiteley

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Children Of The Glamned (Resurrection Shuffle)

We found out all we knew about sex
in Youth Clubs and the disco-teques
grinding slowly to T-Rex
pumping from the Teac decks
then with Pans People our flames were fanned
we were the children of the glamned.

A thousand miles we’d gladly travel
for Noddy Holder’s voice of gravel
then watch our hopes and dreams unravel
in brief encounters wi...

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Thursday 5th June 2014 12:34 pm

BARD COMPANY   glam   glam rock   pop   retro   seventies   sweet

GLAM!!!!!!!!

by Ian Whiteley

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GLAM!!!!!

 

a bald old man

in glitter suits

gets vertigo

on platform boots

his cigar smoke

hangs in the air

whilst outraged fathers

simply stare

and comment on

the raging poof

who hangs precariously

from the roof

or unnoticed

passes by

in the background

on the sly

his black mascara

and red nails

his pouting preening

never fails

to s...

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Tuesday 19th November 2013 7:51 pm

childhood   glam   glam rock   glitter   rock   saville   scandal   seventies   tainted

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