GENERATION X - LIVE ON THE BOLAN SHOW - 1976

WOA WAIT A MINUTE... Marc Bolan had a tv show? pffft hehe

sorry kids....

But that actually made me laugh. My girlfriend adored Marc Bolan and painted this portrait of him being this masculine nordic God. But looking at this clip is far from convincing.

Get a load of Billy Idol bopping around to that shakey camera work. Nice Job.


This song, "Your Generation" is a real bulldozer when its cranked up with heavy bass. But here in this clip it comes off very tinny and somewhat flimsy. This if from the first album..... I think. That is if Chrysallis Records is telling us the truth. This could have been a single and ended up on their second album, (you know how that goes).

The shirt that Billy Idol wears here makes a few more appearances on a couple of bootleg lps. I recognized it as soon as I saw this clip. I had no idea there was television footage of this song.
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Fascube 2006

GENERATION X - YOUR GENERATION

Spinal Tap - Not Too Far From The Truth

"....RRRRROCK N ROLL !!!"

This is a great scene from the film, "Spinal Tap" where the band has a hard time reaching the stage. This actually happend to Emmerson Lake and Palmer according to the documentary by Rob Reiner. The band was trying to reach the stage but was actually trapped underneath it. Finally they reached the top of the staircase after finding an unlocked door.

This documentary doesn't get old and its enjoyable to watch. Which is interesting is that VW has recently featured a commercial with Nigel the guitar player. My mother commented on it -- she thought this was a legitimate rock star. She couldn't tell the difference..... I doubt my father could either. What big league advertisers have figured out is that they are looking at tapping into this Generation X market and are going for the big dollars.

Which in itself is laughable. My generation is not known for its big dollar appeal. The ones in my immediate circle are still reeling from the body blow delivered from the dot bomb movement.

In either case.... this clip speaks volumes on the lunacy of rock music.
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Ted Cantu writes for the FASCUBE network. He works as an art director and has mastered five metropolitan markets including Chicago and New York City.