Thirty six years ago today Cher filed for divorce from Sonny Bono whom she had been married to for a decade. This is somehow sad to me. After becoming the darling couple of prefabricated folk rock, Sonny ended up on TV pretty much playing the butt of a cruel joke: the nebbish who is only barely able to hold on to or be tolerated by his hot chick wife. Then in the eyes of a nation always yearning for vicarious experiences from the glass box in the living room his persona became real life. But Sonny was strong. To quote the words he had written in a truly great song almost a decade earlier "Go ahead, laugh at me!" Some days I think the only people on earth who truly understand how great the song is are me and Ian Hunter. But now you know too, right?
The year '74 was a big one for rock and roll breakups that weren't technically divorces. Alice Cooper the singer left Alice Cooper the group. Pam Morrison left earth and (if Jim was perhaps still alive in Buenos Aires at the time) her soul mate and own true loved one as well. Mick Taylor left the Rolling Stones. And Peter Gabriel left Genesis.
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