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The Look Of Music, The Sound Of Fashion - Malcolm McLaren In His Own Words

Impresario, manager of The Sex Pistols and much more, Malcolm McLaren, died in April 2010. Through recordings he made late in 2008, he looks back at his life and work.

As part of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Sound of Style season, there's another chance to hear Malcolm McLaren, who died in 2010, looking back on his life in fashion and music.

Impresario, entrepreneur, agent provocateur, fashion designer, manager of The Sex Pistols, raconteur and maker of myths. Malcolm McLaren was all this and much more.

In December 2008 he spent several days in a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ studio looking back on his extraordinary life and work while making a three-hour New Year's Day show for 6 Music. This programme contains the highlights of these unique recordings and includes anecdotes about his childhood, his career and includes Malcom's thoughts on the state of the music business and popular culture.

His anecdotes cover an early infatuation with 1950s rock 'n' roll and his precocious eye for fashion (he remembers calling out "Pierre Cardin" when he saw The Beatles first appearance in collarless suits in a Piccadilly club and, a decade later, giving a drunken John Lennon the handmade silk suit off his own back in a New York club).

He also recalls seeing legends such as Screamin' Jay Hawkins and John Lee Hooker performing live; attempting to manage the New York Dolls; his travels in the USA; the shop he ran in London's Kings Road with his partner Vivienne Westwood; The Sex Pistols and the recordings he made in his own right.

There is also the chance to hear an extract of the final piece of music he ever worked on. This piece was the first step Malcolm took in making a series for Radio 2, which, sadly, he was never able to complete. Apparently he was still brimming with ideas for this series as his life ebbed away in a Swiss clinic where he was undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer.

1 hour

Last on

Thu 9 Apr 2015 22:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

Music Played

  • Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra

    Apollo Jump

    • Back Beats.
    • Topaz Jazz.
    • TPZ-1056.

  • Elvis Presley - Good Rockin' Tonight

  • Link Wray

    Rumble

    • The Original Rumble.
    • ACE.
    • CDCH-924.

  • Chuck Berry

    Let It Rock

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • Music Club.
    • MCCD-019.

  • Richard Hell & the Voidoids

    Blank Generation

    • Punk.
    • Columbia.
    • 504-6782.

  • Alice Cooper

    I'm Eighteen

    • The Definitive Alice Cooper.
    • WSM.
    • 8122-73534-2.

  • Sex Pistols

    God Save The Queen

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various.
    • Disky.
    • BX-991472.

  • Pink Floyd

    The Great Gig In The Sky

    • The Dark Side Of The Moon.
    • Harvest.
    • CDP-7 46001 2.

  • New York Dolls

    Jet Boy

    • Flares & Velvet Collars.
    • Debutante.
    • 73145654772-5.

  • Fats Domino

    Walking To New Orleans

    • Legendary Imperial Recordings.
    • Imperial.
    • CDP-7967872.

  • S. J. Hawkins

    I Put A Spell On You

    • The Best Of Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
    • RHINO.
    • R2-70947.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Little Red Rooster

    • Rolled Gold.
    • ABKCO.
    • ABKCO-5303281.

  • John Lee Hooker

    Boom Boom

    • The Very Best Of Blues.
    • MCA.
    • DINCD-115.

  • Sex Pistols

    Johnny B Goode

    • Sex Pistols.
    • Virgin.
    • VSCDT-1832.

  • Suicide

    Ghost Rider

    • Suicide.
    • Blast First.
    • Bffp-133CD.

  • Eddie Cochran

    Pink Peg Slacks

    • The Ep Collection.
    • SEE FOR MILES.
    • SEECD-271.

  • Sex Pistols

    Something Else

    • Jubilee.
    • VIRGIN.
    • CDV-2961.

  • Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones

    Black Slacks

    • The Golden Age Of American Rock 'n' Roll Volume 6.
    • ACE.
    • CDCHD-650.

  • The Isley Brothers

    Twist And Shout

    • Land Of 1000 Dances.
    • ACE.
    • CDCHD-702.

  • The Beatles

    Please Please Me

    • Please Please Me.
    • Parlophone.
    • CDP-746435-2.

  • John Lennon

    Imagine

    • Happy Xmas (War is Over).
    • Parlophone.
    • 724355-367402.

  • Jerry Lewis

    Great Balls of Fire

    • The Greatest Hits.
    • IMP RECORDS.
    • PCD-814.

  • Laurie London

    He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

    • Best of the 50s.
    • EMI Gold.
    • 72435825-5423.

  • Malcolm McLaren

    About Her

    • Tranquilize.
    • Most.
    • MOST 1011.

  • Foster the People

    Call It What You Want

    • COLUMBIA.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 11 Apr 2011 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Sat 10 Dec 2011 03:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music
  • Tue 17 Jul 2012 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Mon 1 Sep 2014 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Sat 20 Sep 2014 04:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music
  • Thu 9 Apr 2015 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2