I thought it was very interesting when we touched on the topic of Glam Rock in class, and discussed David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust). What I find most interesting about glam rock is that one of these performances not only has to be a performance, but an ‘act’. The act part comes into play with all of the costumes and makeup involved. What is interesting about this style is that the music itself does not give off a particularly ‘made up’ or ‘girly’ feel, only the person singing it is dressed to the nines and ‘performing’ while expressing themselves through song. So here we see expression in two ways. Through song as well as through choice of wardrobe/ makeup.

In this type of rock, the artists make quite a spectacle of themselves with all of their exotic, overdone makeup and flashy clothes that hopefully give the audience an even better form of entertainment than just the music itself. This style often made audiences wonder what the performer’s sexual orientations were or if perhaps this was a settle way of “breaking out of the closet.”

I feel that glam rock was a very interesting style of music and even beneficial in a way because it allowed artists such as David Bowie to express themselves not only as performers, but it also allowed them to express other things about themselves through their dress and makeup; such as perhaps their sexual orientation (as David Bowie actually did confess to being a bisexual), or even that they like to dress up and be somebody else for a little while, just for the short time they are performing. Glam rock is no different than other rock, except for the fact that it plays more into a theatrical aspect, allowing the performers to not only perform, but actually put on a full blown show.