The Times sure stuck to its style guide pretty firmly with this report...
Yet certain young fans who saw that performance on British television were more impressed. They included Mick Jones (of the Clash) and Stephen Morrissey (of the Smiths), two of many musicians who cite the Dolls as a primary influence. “I grew my hair like Johnny Thunders’s,” said Mr. Jones, recalling the shock-wig crop of the Dolls guitarist. The Clash, he admitted, “took a lot from the New York Dolls. A lot.”
Mr. Morrissey, a huge Dolls fan since he was 13, can be credited with the band’s reunion. He was given carte blanche to curate the 2004 Meltdown festival at Royal Festival Hall in London, and naturally a Dolls reunion was at the top of his list. So he called Mr. Johansen. But he wasn’t optimistic.
“I had met David previously,” Mr. Morrissey said in an interview after the festival, “and I’d known that historically he would always just pull the shutters down at the mention of the Dolls. I expected him to laugh at me and put the phone down.”
Mr. Johansen, sipping Irish breakfast tea with his pinky outstretched, recalled: “I hemmed and hawed. I remember saying, ‘Would you do it?’ ” referring to Mr. Morrissey’s famous unwillingness to reunite the Smiths. That British singer’s reply, which Mr. Johansen repeated in a mock English accent, was “absolutely not.” He laughed, then continued: “But I had this, like, mantra, that I decided to try to not be so dismissive of things, you know? I said I’d think about it. And I figured it’d be fun.”
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Rent New York Doll (Score:1)
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Rollins Likes Dolls! (Score:2, Insightful)
Yes, I agree; the New York Times love to stick to their style guide at times, unlike oh, let's say the Record (formerly the Bergen-Record. I can never stress that enough.)
For those who get the Independent Film Channel (IFC) not only got to see an excellent documentary this weekend called "Punk: Attitude" featuring the Dolls and other US and UK groups, but may have caught the New York Dolls on the Henry Rollins show 7/22. If you missed it, the encore episode of this show will be rebroadcast on Thursday 7/27. Go to http:www.ifc.com/ [ifc.com] to check the channel and time in your region.
While on the ifc website, you may also want to view an exclusive video performance of the New York Dolls:
http://henryrollins.ifc.com/?referer=http://www.i
Click on the link above, then click to "Exclusive Performance."
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When David Johansen supported on the YATQ tour (Score:1)
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Feeling hot hot hot... (Score:1)
He had a hit (Hot Hot Hot) and appeared a great many times at SNL.
I liked him better as B. P. than in those NY Dolls records.
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