Jet Boy by New York Dolls
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but stevello57 was first
Letter N of my #ABCofPunk and it's only a song from before the birth of punk! But they were managed by Malcolm McLaren for a short while and Morrisey of The Smiths fame ran their UK fan club. The New York Dolls 1973 appearance on OGWT is the best version of this track I can find. It's so much better live and if I don't get 1000 'loves' for this, I may as well give up with TIMJ.
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When Bob Harris described this as 'Mock Rock' in 1973....you just knew it was the future of Rock n Roll.
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Caught it on the radio only once when it first came out - it was brashly and viciously arresting. And then I didn't hear it again for years. It just didn't get much national radio play in Seventies England. Listening to it again the other day I was reminded of just how rivetting that first aural impact was. Devastating and brilliant.
