I don't know how I could have gone so long without seeing Mayor of the Sunset Strip before now. It's a fantastic documentary about a living "Godhead" in the music industry. Sad, poignant and heartbreaking, yet all the while joyful, exuberant and tons of fun, any self-proclaimed music fan must meet and get to know Rodney Bingenheimer. For the uninitiated, Rodney is a consummate music fan, who has been working at KROQ Radio in LA forever; and before that he was/is the man on the Hollywood music scene. I think of him as the West Coast Andy Warhol, doing for music what Warhol did for soup cans.So, from the Mayor of the Sunset Strip, then, comes this weekend's 4 tracks. Each artist has had their career greatly influenced and advanced because of Rodney, and we're all thankful to him for that.
X "Los Angeles"
David Bowie "Queen Bitch"
T.Rex "Jeepster"
The Smiths "London"
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