Idols
Series exploring the relationship between British rock and pop music and fashion. The 70s saw Suzi Quatro's leathers, Queen's outrageous costumes and, of course, punk rock.
Just how did Britain become the place where the best music goes with the most eye-catching styles? Lauren Laverne narrates a series about the love affair between our music and fashion, looking at how musicians and designers came up with the coolest and craziest looks and how we emulated our idols.
British pop and rock is our great gift to the world, at the heart of the irrepressible creative brilliance of Britain. But it has never just been about the music. Across the decades we have unleashed a uniquely British talent for fusing the best sounds with stunning style and fashion to dazzling effect.
The second episode takes us through the 1970s, a decade of political, social and cultural upheaval reflected best in its music and fashion. Suzi Quatro on Top of the Pops unleashed her leather jumpsuit into the living rooms of Britain at the birth of the rock chick look. The fantastical world of prog rock emerged, with its golden-caped leader Rick Wakeman and his army of intellectual but corduroy-wearing followers journeying from the university campus to medieval and fantastical Arthurian worlds. Queen rocked the rainbow in their Zandra Rhodes-designed costumes, amazing the audience and cementing the band as one of the country's most loved and most flamboyant bands of all time.
But no other British music and fashion movement has had more reverberation than the international phenomena of punk, beginning (and, some say, ending) with The Sex Pistols' sweary appearance with Bill Grundy on the Today programme.
However, this isn't just a story of brilliant musicians and maverick designers, it's a story that touches us all because, at some point in our lives, we've all delved into the great dressing-up box and joined the pageant that is British music and fashion.
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Clips
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Zandra Rhodes designs for Luke Spiller of The Struts
Duration: 01:57
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Copying your idols
Duration: 01:25
Music Played
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Queen
Now I'm Here
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Magazine
The Light Pours Out of Me
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The Who
I'm Free
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Suzi Quatro
Can the Can
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Suzi Quatro
Devil Gate Drive
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Elvis Presley
Jailhouse Rock
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Suzi Quatro
48 Crash
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Blue 脰yster Cult
Golden Age of Leather
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Suzi Quatro
The Wild One
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Chris Spedding
Motor Biking
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The Kills
Satellite
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Supertramp
Dreamer
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King Crimson
21st Century Schizoid Man (incl. Mirrors)
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Queen
Killer Queen
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Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
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The Struts
Could Have Been Me
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The Struts
Kiss This
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The Struts
Put Your Money On Me
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Sex Pistols
Pretty Vacant
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Buzzcocks
Boredom
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Sex Pistols
Anarchy in the UK
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Sex Pistols
God Save The Queen
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Richard Hell
Blank Generation
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X鈥怰ay Spex
Identity
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X鈥怰ay Spex
Oh Bondage Up Yours
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Christine
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Dear Prudence
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Spellbound
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Specimen
Beauty of Poison
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Public Image Ltd
Public Image
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London Symphony Orchestra & Roger Daltrey
I'm Free
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Queen
Killer Queen
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Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
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Sex Pistols
Holidays In The Sun
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Buzzcocks
Boredom
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Sex Pistols
God Save The Queen
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Buzzcocks
Moving Away From The Pulsebeat
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Lauren Laverne |
Executive Producer | Steve Condie |
Series Producer | Matt Hill |
Director | Matt Hill |
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