Standing Next To You

Or....Sitting Next To you ............or Sleeping Next To You..........according to the experts.

And what's this? Critical appraisal? "little more than a 'Jeepster'-style guitar intro" Oh Dear! Just another Jeepster riff. [What's 'Jeepster'-style, I wonder?]

Just another piece of 'consensus bullshit' morelike! Falling into the same hegemonic trap of 'hating Tin Machine,' we have the tiresome disparaging slight against anything written by Bolan, just because it's Bolan. That's critical logic for you. If you don't like an artist, fine. But there's no need to assume your dislike passes for critical judgement.

Right, so (according to the experts) 'Standing Next To You' is nothing more than regurgitation of the Jeepster riff.

Well, then, here are some more examples of the 'Jeepster' riff.......Here's the Jeepster riff by..........

Dwight Yoakham - Fast as You - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2qo1x9rcCc

Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnRS3A_iIYg

The Fab Four - Daytripper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=othSH7Bh6d0

Never Been Sold Before - Alice Cooper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uckRkbrKvLk

Now here's the 'Jeepster'-style intro from Dave & Marc - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp1C7g-NsLQ

Any resemblance to Jeepster?

No? Of course not.

I can't see any resemblance whatever to 'Jeepster.' In fact, I'm quite tempted to record the whole song. Haha!

It's just easy to say for these Bowie fans to say shit with hegemonic impunity. If anyone was a magpie it was Dave. Just ask Michael (Ronson).

Interestingly, Bolan did start 'I Love to Boogie' with exactly the same opening as Jeepster. Is that the 'Jeepster' riff?

Do these people even have ears?

By the way, It would be funny if those Bowie & Bolan tapes surfaced, eh? Oh.....apparently "his [Bolan] music deteriorated catastrophically." Thanks for that piece of information.

To wind up, there's no better way, perhaps, than to listen to something more akin to a 'Jeepster'-style intro. So, just for the experts, go to youtube and search for the 'desperate' Tin Machine playing Maggie's Farm. Or is it Jeepster? Who gives a fuck?

Tin Machine.......take me anywhere! Rumour has it that a version of 'Jeepster' was recorded by Tin Machine as a result of this similarity.

Now, what a player Gabrels is! Didn't he use Bolan's original strat?