2000 Great Songs #1315: Third Floor Heaven
Be-Bop Deluxe (who dropped the hyphen after a few albums) mixed glam and prog throughout their under-appreciated 70s run, but their 1974 debut Axe Victim found them firmly in David Bowie territory. This was most obvious on "Third Floor Heaven," a crunchy, glammy riff-rocker that sounds (musically & thematically) like a cross between Bowie's " Queen Bitch " and Lou Reed 's "Vicious." The kitschy drag motif would slip away as the band moved in more of a sci-fi direction, with more musically adventurous work, but this one remains a fun snapshot of a particular 70s scene. See the entire Top 2000 to date in a sortable database !
