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Old 10-01-2008, 13:50
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one of these maybe ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCQ6PL1QZic

or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsbdz9Klh0U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypCgQc0LQs4

whats yours ?

any youths on here who havent heard of them check them out !!!
youths, lol, i can say that now im 33
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Old 10-01-2008, 14:05
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I love em and im 21 does does that count as a yoof ?
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Old 10-01-2008, 14:10
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Ride a white song v 20th Century Boy v Get it on - difficult

probably "Get it on"

great grungy guitar riff
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Old 10-01-2008, 14:12
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I'm ancient 42. I love T Rex. Favourite for me is a toss up between Metal Guru & Children of The Revolution.
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Old 10-01-2008, 14:19
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I love em and im 21 does does that count as a yoof ?
you are post youth!
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Old 10-01-2008, 14:35
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"Like a White Star Tangled and Far Tulip That's What you are"

Closely followed by "Trelawny Lawn" and "Deboraarobed" and the one where John Peel talks about someone soiling their Rupert Bear trousers.
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Old 10-01-2008, 16:57
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'Metal guru' is my favourite single but an album track I love is
'soul of my suit'
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Old 10-01-2008, 17:03
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Funnily enough a 'yooth' friend of mine lent me their MARC BOLAN & T. REX: The Essential Collection today and I ripped it to iTunes about an hour ago - I would say 'Get It On', 'Children of The Revolution' and '20th Century Boy' were amongst their greatest hits - but what do I know - I only just got the CD LOL.
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Old 10-01-2008, 17:53
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So many greats it's hard to choose one; but Telegram Sam is pretty much perfect for me. A monumental single that had an indefinable quality to it like so many of Marc's songs. THAT is the true meaning of the term 'X factor'.
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Old 10-01-2008, 18:16
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I love T-rex, i'm 19 and i grew up listening to them. It's hard to pick my ultimate fave...Metal Guru, Hot Love....it's quite difficult.
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Old 10-01-2008, 18:49
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Telegram Sam was the first single I ever bought. Love Hot Love too.
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Old 11-01-2008, 15:21
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Jeepster
Telegram Sam
Laser Love
Buick McKane
Cosmic Dancer

God, there are so many....
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Old 11-01-2008, 15:54
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Either 20th Century Boy or Life's a Gas
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Old 11-01-2008, 16:07
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the more of their records you remember, the more difficult it gets to pick a favourite.

i'll probably stick with 'get it on', but every time another one gets mentioned, I think 'mmm -should I change my mind?'

I read a really good biopic about Marc - think it might have been in Mojo
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Old 11-01-2008, 16:41
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My picks would be -

Jeepster
Get It On
Ride A White Swan
Hot Love
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Old 11-01-2008, 18:10
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Tis a toss up between Get it on and Children of the revolution for me.
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Old 11-01-2008, 19:37
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My all time favourite band, and I'm 16.

Too many to pick- I like the obscure later stuff:

Calling All Destroyers
Elemental Child
She Was Born to Be my Unicorn
Visions of Domino
Galaxy
Free Angel
Electric Slim and the Factory Hen
Metropolis Incarnate (actually this song was never released during Marc's lifetime, but it's still a cracker)

And of course all the big hits and singles, with the exception of I Love to Boogie. That's dire.

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Old 11-01-2008, 19:40
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I LOVE I Love To Boogie!.Not his best, but a classic riff and a great little pop song.

I agree his later (74-77) work is overlooked.
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Old 11-01-2008, 19:55
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I LOVE I Love To Boogie!.Not his best, but a classic riff and a great little pop song.

I agree his later (74-77) work is overlooked.
Yeah, the later stuff is brill. I have bored Musty to tears over Zinc Alloy- it's proto-Prince!

Also Futuristic Dragon is a cool album- it's the one with Destroyers and My Little Baby on it. And Chrome Sitar is another of my faves!

But I still stand by what I said about Boogie. Marc nearly got sued for plagiarism over that song- it was apparently a rip off (no pun intended ) of an old Webb Pierce song. Rockabilly fans even staged burnings of the record
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Old 11-01-2008, 19:58
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I know it's about best song, but I must also mention Life's A Gas, Dove, Metal Guru, Ballrooms Of Mars, Broken Hearted Blues, Highway Knees and Children Of The Revolution. I think Marc was a genius.
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Old 11-01-2008, 20:14
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I know it's about best song, but I must also mention Life's A Gas, Dove, Metal Guru, Ballrooms Of Mars, Broken Hearted Blues, Highway Knees and Children Of The Revolution. I think Marc was a genius.
Truly I do love you

Anyway, being something of a Bolanphile myself, I have too many faves. This guy was my single greatest influence as a poet- even when he lost the hippie image he could still deliver some cracking rhymes... but not on Zip Gun (1975), which is widely agreed to be the lowest point of his career: "Oooh like a precious star you are"

As for worst, there are only about four or five songs I can think of that I truly hate, like Boogie. Every album has at least one standout track- Zip Gun has Golden Belt, which could be one of the first rap songs IMO
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Old 11-01-2008, 21:19
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Truly I do love you

As for worst, there are only about four or five songs I can think of that I truly hate, like Boogie. Every album has at least one standout track- Zip Gun has Golden Belt, which could be one of the first rap songs IMO
I'm so glad later generations have discovered Marc's songs
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Old 11-01-2008, 21:24
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Get It On
Ride A White Swan
Hot Love
Children of the Revolution

Loved T Rex
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Old 11-01-2008, 21:24
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My all time favourite band, and I'm 16.

Too many to pick- I like the obscure later stuff:

Calling All Destroyers
Elemental Child
She Was Born to Be my Unicorn
Visions of Domino
Galaxy
Free Angel
Electric Slim and the Factory Hen
Metropolis Incarnate (actually this song was never released during Marc's lifetime, but it's still a cracker)

And of course all the big hits and singles, with the exception of I Love to Boogie. That's dire.


Elemental Child and She was born to be my Unicorn are bth early songs from before T.Rex became big.

Not sure about the others. I assume they are late songs because I don't know 'em (apart from Calling All Destroyers)!

I was in the T.Rex fan club when I was at school you know! Used to get flexi-discs and all sorts we did.
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Old 11-01-2008, 21:30
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Not sure about the others. I assume they are late songs because I don't know 'em (apart from Calling All Destroyers)!
Electric Slim And The Factory Hen is on the album Tanx, Manko. It followed The Slider and despite the critical slating it got, I love it. It has some of Marc's least known but best songs on it IMO
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