‘I’m Eighteen’ – Alice Cooper
Cooper was yet another hairy rock goofy before “I’m Eighteen.” However, this proto-punk smash classified the age when you’re “old enough to be drafted but not old enough to vote,” as Cooper put it. Johnny Rotten started to sing this at his audition for the Sex Pistols a few years later; Cooper had been a guest on The Muppet Show at the time.
‘I’m Eighteen’ Alice Cooper
‘Young Americans’ – David Bowie
In 1975, Bowie abandoned his glammed-up Ziggy Stardust persona in favor of a journey into the “plastic soul,” as he termed it. Yet this R&B homage, recorded in Philadelphia with a then-unknown Luther Vandross on background vocals and David Sanborn wailing on sax, is one of his warmest, wildest tales. “It’s about a newlywed couple who aren’t sure if they love each other,” Bowie explained.
‘Young Americans’ David Bowie
