The Guardian (2013)
The Guardian (February 1, 2013)
The 20 best glam-rock songs of all time
17 Sparks, This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us April 1974
Sparks were the late great glam flash: tricky, artificial, super-hooky and high-concept, with a hard rocking band and definitive high gloss sleeves. They took a song with the lyric "you hear the thunder of stampeding rhinos, elephants and tacky tigers" all the way to No 2, and made it seem natural.
The 20 best glam-rock songs of all time
17 Sparks, This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us April 1974
Sparks were the late great glam flash: tricky, artificial, super-hooky and high-concept, with a hard rocking band and definitive high gloss sleeves. They took a song with the lyric "you hear the thunder of stampeding rhinos, elephants and tacky tigers" all the way to No 2, and made it seem natural.