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Oh! You Pretty Things review: The glam before the storm
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For music fans of a certain age and disposition, Oh! You Pretty Things … goes some way to placing the pre-punk music scene in context, and even though it’s slanted more towards the UK than elsewhere (American acts New York Dolls, Jobriath, Lou Reed, The Stooges, Jayne County, Flamin’ Groovies are included) it gives a sense of a zeitgeist bubble waiting to burst.
For licensing reasons (presumably), David Bowie is missing, but his influence is visible in cover versions (Dana Gillespie’s Andy Warhol and Simon Turner’s The Prettiest Star). Early signs of future value are fascinating (England’s Glory featured a Velvet Underground-indebted Peter Perrett, who would subsequently form The Only Ones), but mostly this is a “Where are they now?” quiz. Music acts that flopped (Streak, Crushed Butler, Bearded Lady, Brutus) mingle with those that soared (Lou Reed, Sweet, Roxy Music, ELO, ....

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