ROCK Sex: "Strict Machine" - Norman Greenbaum + Donna Summer = Goldfrapp

ROCK Sex says Culture is 1 + 2 = 3.

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How culture works.



One cool thing...

NORMAN GREENBAUM -"Spirit in the Sky" (1969)




...plus another cool thing...

DONNA SUMMER -"I Feel Love" (1977)



...equals a new cool thing.

GOLDFRAPP -"Strict Machine" (2003)




Everybody wins!

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Bonus:

And just to make everything perfect, the T-Rex/Glam Rock swagger of "Strict Machine" comes full circle with this genius cover by Suzi Quatro herself!

SUZI QUATRO -"Strict Machine" (2011)




© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• "Good Times!" - Chic > SugarHill Gang > Queen > Defunkt > Ting Tings

• "Soul Makossa" - Manu Dibango > Trovaioli > Michael Jackson

• "Don't Bring Me Down" - Ronnie Dawson > Electric Light Orchestra > Dazz Band > The Hives


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie > Bauhaus

Another ROCK Sex quickie "jamming good with Weird and Gilly".

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DAVID BOWIE -"Ziggy Stardust" (1972)



BAUHAUS -"Ziggy Stardust" (1982)


That same year, Nina Hagan rewrote "Peter Gunn" as a punk thrash, throwing in the lyrics to "Ziggy Stardust" at the end (4:10).

NINA HAGEN -"Iki Maska" (1982)



© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• "Walk On the Wild Side" - Genderblenders/ Enders/ Transcenders!

• "You Can't Hurry Love" - The Supremes > Iggy Pop > The Jam > David Bowie

• ROCK Sex: "Let's Dance" - David Bowie > George Clinton > Craig David

• "We Can Beat Them, Forever And Ever!" - Question Mark + Mysterians > Redbone > Bowie

• ROCK Sex: "Ground Control to Major Tom" - THE LONELY ASTRONAUT Movies


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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ROCK Sex: The Temptations > Love and Rockets

Another ROCK Sex quickie, get in, get out...

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Here's The Tempatations in social protest mode, taking on the chronic problems, listing solutions, and giving a last shout-out to The Beatles...

THE TEMPTATIONS -"Ball Of Confusion" (1970)



And, following the break-up of goth-merchants Bauhaus, here's LOVE AND ROCKETS throwing their two cents in about the 'Reagonomics' era...

LOVE AND ROCKETS -"Ball Of Confusion" (1985)




© Tym Stevens

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See Also:

• MY SOUL HAS BEEN PSYCHEDELICIZED: The Afro-delic Dimension of Psychedelia, with 2 Music Players!

• "Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie > Bauhaus


• The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist

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