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"The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" is the rockiest piece on Hours, meshing a glam-punk baseline with guitar elements of "Little Wonder" (1997) and percussion of "Diamond Dogs" (1974). [4] Author Dave Thompson of AllMusic describes the song as a "guitar-scything glam anthem" that dates back to the glam-era tracks " All the Young Dudes " (1972 ...
Pretty Things were an English rock band formed in September 1963 in Sidcup, Kent, taking their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing", ...
You Pretty Things" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie from his 1971 album Hunky Dory. It was the first song he wrote for the album. It was the first song he wrote for the album. Bowie recorded the song as a demo before giving it to singer Peter Noone , lead singer of Herman's Hermits , who decided to release it as his debut ...
"Come See Me" (also known as "I'm Your Man") is a 1966 song by Pretty Things on Fontana Records. It was written by J.J. Jackson, Pierre Tubbs and Sidney Barnes.The song featured prominent fuzz guitar, charting at number 43 in the UK and number 36 in the Netherlands.
S. F. Sorrow is a psychedelic rock opera that explores the life of a single character [6] "from rural birth to Prodigal's Oliver Twist freakout". [7] PopMatters says that the album "mixes the story of the protagonist Sebastian and his journey towards learning to trust people and ultimate disillusionment with a psychedelic pop score that fittingly captured the mood of 1960s Swinging London". [8]
The Pretty Things. Phil May – vocals; Dick Taylor – lead guitar; Brian Pendleton – rhythm guitar, backing vocals; John Stax – bass, backing vocals; Viv Prince – drums (on a handful of tracks) Bobby Graham – drums (on a handful of tracks) Twink – drums (on two tracks) On the bonus tracks, the lineup was May, Taylor, Pendleton, Stax ...
Musically as recorded by the Pretty Things, "Midnight to Six Man" was written in the key of E major and has a BPM of 127. [22] It is a rhythm and blues -influenced song that features elements of Blues rock , which was a prevalent thematic in the band's music at the time.
"Rosalyn" was written by songwriter Jimmy Duncan, who was also co-manager of the Pretty Things with Bryan Morrison at the time, along with Bill Farley, studio owner where the band was recording. [1] The song was recorded as their debut single on Fontana Records , and became the Pretties first hit, reaching No. 41 on the UK singles chart in July ...