After watching one of my favorite Eurthymics videos this morning, I fell into an internet rabbit hole which led me to a great BBC documentary about the start of the New Romantic scene in late '70s London. Gender-benders and androgyny have always fascinated me, so obviously I found this super engrossing--not to mention the scene was the spark of inception for so many bands I love like The Human League, Culture Club, and Duran Duran. Plus, Bowie and Roxy Music were sort of the guiding light of this movement (can I call this a "movement"?) and that factors nicely into my own musical trifecta of Bowie/Bolan/Eno.
Magazines like i-D and The Face were started solely to document the status quo-shaking style that came out of the New Romantic scene. It gets a little sad at the end (think aging, rehabbed scenester in a cringe-worthy "comeback" performance), but otherwise it's really fascinating little piece on a period of music and fashion that I think still affects our culture today.
And here are a few videos from some of my favorite bands that the Biltz Kids era spawned.
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