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Because the end of my noel_of_spike story still wants to kill me, here's another one for you, though this time we've come back round into fandom territory.

We all know what Angel looked like in the 70s (a lot of us wish we didn't, and I bet the day he set eyes on the mullet wig was one of the ones when DB did his famous set your eyes on the finish line and just go for it thing), and of course we all know that Spike was a punk (what else could he have been?), but pre-1975/6, what would he have done to keep his rebel credentials intact? Was he into glam rock, prog rock or even disco?

I think he would have adored Ziggy Stardust personally, but maybe that's just because I do? Thoughts, anyone?

Also, Dru as a punk with her hair like Siouxsie's? Yes? No?

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Late to the party but last night's insomnia resulted in mulling...

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Dru would've been TOTALLY into Bowie (esp. early 70s); she would've taken his music very seriously (themes of aliens, apocalypse, insanity, isolation), gotten very emotionally involved, and worried about his mental state...getting hysterical while listening to some of the grimmer stuff off "Man Who Sold the World" or "Diamond Dogs," for example. And of course Dru'd LOVE the outfits.

Spike I definitely see as having more complicated reactions. I, too, think he's an Iggy man. He would've sneered at Bowie pre-Ziggy (alienated folk/rock? So not Spike's thing). During the early 70s he would've admired Bowie's fearlessness and rebelliousness and he would've liked the harder-edged glam music. But Spike's all about believing in re-inventing yourself, not play-acting at re-inventing yourself, so "Young Americans" would've disgusted him and he would've aggressively dismissed Bowie for a long time after that. He'd rant to anyone who'd listen that Bowie "ruined" Iggy. Unfortunately for Spike, deep down he would've LOVED Bowie's periodic outbursts of over-the-top romanticism... half the "Station to Station" album, "Heroes," "Because You're Young," a lot of "Let's Dance," "Absolute Beginners," and "Black Tie White Noise," etc. He'd rather DIE than admit this, of course.

By the mid-90s' "Outside" and "Earthling," and the apparently ball-busting, rip-roaring shows DB was putting on, Spike wouldn't be taking it so personally any more; instead, he'd be pissed at ignorant Americans and American media who seemed to define Bowie solely by Ziggy and "Let's Dance."

Insomnia, what is it good for? Heh.

Re: Late to the party but last night's insomnia resulted in mulling...

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I think you probably have Spike's reaction to Bowie's permutations pretty well pegged there.

Thanks for your input.