Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed

by Thompson, Dave

• ISBN13: 9780879309855
• ISBN10: 0879309857
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• Publisher: Backbeat

Summary

First-ever look at the intertwining, outrageous lives of three rock legends.When Lou Reed and Iggy Pop first met David Bowie in the fall of 1971, Bowie was just another English musician passing through New York City. Lou was still recovering from the collapse of the Velvet Underground, and Iggy had already been branded a loser... Yet within two years they completely changed the face of popular music with a decadent glamour and street-level vibe. With Bowie producing, Reed's Transformeralbum was a worldwide hit, spinning off the sleazy street anthem Walk on the Wild Side.” Iggy's Raw Power, mixed by Bowie, provided the mean-spirited, high-octane blueprint for Punk. Bowie boosted elements from both Iggy and Reed to create his gender-bending rock idol Ziggy Stardust.Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hellis the story of this friendship and the incredible productivity and debauchery that emerged from it. Presented here for the very first time are their stories interwoven in a triple helix of sexuality, glam rock, and drugs – as seen through the eyes of the people who made it happen.

Author Biography

British expat writer Dave Thompsom has penned over one hundred books. Seriously. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Kurt Cobain bio Never Fads Away as well as books on Sparks, Jeff Beck, Phil Spector, Genesis, Cream, Deep Purple, the Red Hot Chill Peppers, and glam rock (the list goes on) and has been a contributor to Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, MOJO, All Music Guide, and Melody Maker. Thompson resides in the little-known rock capital of Newark, Delaware.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
Performance
A Ghost Blooded Country All Covered with Sleep	p. 11
They Wore the Clothes, They Said the Things	p. 19
Soul Radiation in the Dead of Night	p. 35
A Dentured Ocelot on a Leash	p. 49
I Love You in Your Fuck-Me Pumps	p. 61
Smokestacks Belching, Breasts Turn Brown	p. 73
Beat Narrow Heart, the Song Lots of People Know	p. 87
Strangers Were All That Were Left Alive	p. 103
Inserts
If I Have to Die Here, First I'm Gonna Make Some Noise	p. 121
You're Still Doing Things I Gave Up Years Ago	p. 131
Things Seem Good, Someone Cares About You	p. 145
My Voodoo Master, My Machine	p. 163
For Screeching and Yelling and Various Offenses	p. 175
A Nation Hides Its Organic Minds in the Cellar	p. 193
Caged Like a Wild Rat by Fools	p. 207
You Can Hit Me All You Want To	p. 219
Cabaret
Down Below with the Rest of Her Toys	p. 239
A Dirty Sky Full of Youths and Liquors	p. 255
The Plays Have Gone Down and the Crowds Have Scattered	p. 271
Epilogue	p. 291
Acknowledgments	p. 295
Selected Discograpny	p. 297
Bibliography	p. 305
Index	p. 309
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