In the Attic this morning, a song written by David Bowie and recorded by Ian Hunter and Mott the Hoople. This song was ranked #253 on Rolling Stone's Top 500 Rock Songs of All Time. Enjoy!
In the Attic this morning, we played you Ian Hunter with his group Mott the Hoople. Hunter wrote this song about the terrible couple of days before the last concert of their tour in Memphis. During that time in Memphis they had lost and stolen equipment from their hotel...
Scoring a big hit is a life-changing event for any artist, but for Mott the Hoople, their career-defining cover of David Bowie's 'All the Young Dudes' came at a particularly crucial moment.
Every weekday around 9:30, we pull one out of the attic. In case you are new, the Attic is a mythical place where we were “enlightened” by great music…and other stuff.
Every weekday around 9:30, we pull one out of the attic. In case you are new, the Attic is a mythical place where we were “enlightened” by great music…and other stuff.