glam
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- noun
- /ɡlæm/
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glam rock
- The success of Ziggy Stardust coincided with the emerging Glam Rock scene but Bowie was more interested in creating his own, super-hip clique.
- glam rock
- a glam band
- glam rocker
It's when there's too many glam bands and glam is starting to to to die.
- It's when there's too many glam bands and glam is starting to to to die.
- You're going on a world tour and you're in a you're in a glam band, a glam rock band and you're going to Detroit and you're going to Saskatchewan and you're going to Germany.
Examples
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Bolan opened the door for the whole Glam Rock thing and Bowie just took it completely somewhere else and turned it into kind of like an art form.
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A nod to the glam and decadence of the 1970s.
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I think the whole three of those together were the real kind of core of what Glam Rock was about.
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Sort of a farewell concert to glam rock.
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As the tour continued around America, the news coming out of Britain was Glam Rock had exploded.
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Before he decides to become a punk, Charlie tries other trends, where the impact of glam fashion is evident.
Academic text (2014) -
In January 1973, Bowie returned to Britain as Glam Rock's leading light, performing a brand new song on Top of the Pops.
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Well, he's an early 70s glam-rock singer.
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I'm a little nervous because the '70s that I'm familiar with is definitely the glam, disco '70s.
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Many popular bands from the 1970s embraced glam rock, characterized by flamboyant outfits and catchy tunes.
Synonyms
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A loud 1980s rock style with big hair, flashy clothes, and guitar solos
How Glamorous
Surface Forms
Morphology
glam = glam rock (semi-transparent) = glamour + rock
This is a clipped label for 'glam rock'; the genre sense is fairly specific and only partly predictable from the base.
Etymology
Glam as the music style comes from glamour, because 1970s bands used big, showy clothes and makeup that felt like 'theatrical magic', and people simply shortened the word. That's why glam music is as much about the flashy look as it is about the songs.