My first man crush. Such a beautiful boy. His star was fading at this point which makes it all the more poignant and magnificent. I ache for these days gone.
This is sooo catchy , it’s something I sing to myself often. Only Marc could get away with so few lyrics just repeated…it’s a gorgeous song and would have been top three a few years before for sure…and when everyone was saying he was washed up he could still deliver a top 20 hit…great !
Love this song,even though I'm glad it's uploaded again, honestly with todays modern technology,couldn't the film be cleaned up better,and the audio quality upgraded ?
A better copy from a VT source exists. This was a film print of T.Rex on the Bay City Rollers' TV show Shang A Lang. The Bramleys bought it and included it on the Ultimate Video Collection, not knowing what it really was. The master tape of the episode of Shang A Lang survives and was used as an exta on the DVD of the Marc series.
Visconti and Finn, his boyfriend, got money from "that was left over" according to his will. If Finn actually got it I dont know. Finn and Bolan wanted to get together again shortly before Bolans death. What a pitty.
They could. A copy fo the master tape was used as an extra on the Marc Shows DVD. This crappy film copy belonged to the Bramleys in the past - you can see it in the same grotty glory on the Ultimate Video Collection.
I love this song but I don't know why? And there is a bit of unfortunate situation in that the keyboardist was actually his girlfriend at the time and she was the driver of the car when Marc Boland died. I don't think it was her fault.
@@MarkGelderland Marc was drunk enough to accept a ride off her. He was responsible for his own actions. He had quite a history with The Sauce, so in his case it can be seen as an end result of a relapse after clearing up from years of heavy drinking.
@@loganroselli9087 GS R is correct. Although Marc did spin a yarn to the UK press about it being an elderly lady magic practitioner and local celeb in NY.
I loved T Rex, but Marc Bolan was really awful at miming to recordings. Mouth not moving while vocals are happening (or nowhere near the mic), obviously not playing the guitar parts we're hearing... I sometimes wonder if he was doing all that on purpose as some sort of ironic statement.
Bolan had lost his best friend Mickey Finn. And here he looks like a brothel girl. I do not have anything against these women. Wonderful pretty birds. But Bolan looks so .........
@@stuartwray6175 no he does not. Finn left him his boyfriend in 1975. They have been "bi". Such a pitty they wanted to get back again shortly before Bolans death.
The girlfriend comment is a bit unfair. I don't think she crashed the car on purpose. She was hurt in it as well . Then she had to raise their child by herself, virtually penniless, because she got nothing from the estate. In fact even his family got nothing from his estate because he'd been well and truly fucked over by management etc. All the T-REX stuff that got sold after his death goes to other people, not his son or his brother.
@@warrenmilford1329 He was still married to his wife at the time of his death. If the girlfriend had nothing to hide she should have showed up for her court appearance.
@@violettebarnes5733 I know he was still married to June, I don't know what that has to do with anything. I don't think she got much from the will, if anything at all, and apparently he was organising a divorce. I didn't know about Gloria's no show at court, thanks for the info. It doesn't mean it was premeditated, followed by some escape to the US, which is what you kind of implied. It was a car accident, and yea, she may have been wasted, who knows? By you saying, if she had nothing to hide etc, that implies some dark plot to kill him. Well it didn't do her any good financially, so I see no reason for it.
Yep, but still Marc, I'm sure he knew it was awful but just did it for laughs, people actually bought the single at the time, I didn't, after Children of the Revolution I kept my purse shut.
I just sing this everyday…can’t help it ..everyone says what the?? .. is that .. Well I just love it! ….
There is nothing better than waking up in the morning and saying "did you ever see woman coming out of New York city with a frog in her hand"
My first man crush. Such a beautiful boy. His star was fading at this point which makes it all the more poignant and magnificent. I ache for these days gone.
My morning fav is Metal Guru. There's a little Marc in our hearts daily.
Song worm😊
well don't it show
Unmöglich schlechte Laune zu haben bei solcher Musik!
Marc war ein Wunderheiler mit seinen Wunderpillen für die Ohren ...
Für diesen Titel werde ich bei der Discoteck im WDR4 mit Guildo Horn voten. T.Rex ist super
Marc; stunning and so innovative...
... und er begleitet mich schon seit 1973, nicht wegzudenken.❤
Drinking wine with condensed milk and strawberry and listening to this music. Wonderful day.
Only the one strawberry? 🍓
Saw t rextasy last night in Huddersfield brilliant tribute
Happy New Year 2024! Keeping a little Marc in our hearts, always.
This is sooo catchy , it’s something I sing to myself often. Only Marc could get away with so few lyrics just repeated…it’s a gorgeous song and would have been top three a few years before for sure…and when everyone was saying he was washed up he could still deliver a top 20 hit…great !
What a catchy tune ❤😂
Never cared much for Bolan and T.Rex, but this is one hell of a song and the horn arrangement is absolutely mesmerizing.
The most meaningful and complex lyrics ever.
Haha yes. Great tune though. Steve Currie looks wasted.
@@treble20
he's just thinking of going for a Spanish car ride
that's because he was trying to out-Dylan Bob
Is that gloria what a voice angelic like
Are you joking? She ruined many t rex songs with her voice. There's a reason T Rex started going down hill once she had joined the band.
@chantelleadlington oh dear there's me thinking for all these years people got fed up with them
Very nice to hear Marc Bolans song New York City by him self. Its very good! Professional song an lyrics. Great! - John Coolman
The only time my son kept still was when his Dad played this song to him ❤❤❤
Love this song great tune almost a return to Marc bolans best works
Just perfect glam rock!
Glam bam thank you mam....
This is close to being my favourite Marc song 🤔
played this to my kids when they where babies they love it today and they are in there thirties
Always remember seeing this video in the early 70s and loving the tune and beat ❤🎶
Frog in her hand,,,, Truly greatest lyrics ever written
Marc said in a 1975 interview that he saw a woman in central Park holding a big frog in her hands and he thought, there's a song ..true
favourite Bolan lyric. Steve currie looks quite refreshed
Those years for me were wonderful. 17/18 years of age loving the era of music
Amazing likeness to Sigourney Weaver in some shots.
I was getting more of a Grace Slick c. 1982 vibe.
I just love this…. Marc Bolen the - original Rock Star - never before …not since
Beautiful!😆💖🐸
One the best songs ever .
Extraordinario Marc, uno de los grandes y que buen legado nos dejo
FAB :)
15 words in this..still got to 15 in UK charts
Romany Soup had less words
15 words and doesn't get remotely tedious in nigh on 4 minutes, I could listen to a 20 minute mix and not get bored.
27 words actually :P
@@stixmaclennan9660 Haha, I love it too but have to say that when the 2 minute mark comes up, I'm just about done ;)
New York City became great couse of Marks great talent.
Но как легко и непринужденно Болан исполняет свои треки легендарные.
Его исполнении, это полет души.... 👍🌹❤️🌹👍
En sus tiempos fue uno de los mejores. Creó mucha influencia en el rock
Lo sigue siendo
This is NOT the Official Promo. There wasn't one. This is a.colour kinescope print of the band on Shang-A-Lang, the Bay City Rollers' TV show .
It's a rather knacky film print too. You can see this direct from the master VT in the Extras section on the Marc show DVD.
AWESOME SONG ❤❤❤
this rules
Excellent voice for the background!
Absolutely love this song it brings back so many memories ❤
Foi engraçado quando a minha mãe disse que ja conhecia essa musica😂
I love Marc, viva el ura!
Bolan used to say that MICHAEL was "HIS ANGEL".......
Love Marc Bolan ❤️
love it
Bolan looks here like a lady of the night.
This copy is on 16mm colour film..Ive seen the same performance from the original 2in videotape master..Its very clear and pin sharp..
it's a kinescope print (or telerecording in BBC-ese), like what most 60s black and white TV survives on.
Love this song,even though I'm glad it's uploaded again, honestly with todays modern technology,couldn't the film be cleaned up better,and the audio quality upgraded ?
A better copy from a VT source exists. This was a film print of T.Rex on the Bay City Rollers' TV show Shang A Lang. The Bramleys bought it and included it on the Ultimate Video Collection, not knowing what it really was. The master tape of the episode of Shang A Lang survives and was used as an exta on the DVD of the Marc series.
Looks like Quentin crisp in this one.
邦題「ニューヨークブギ」この頃は、人気が下降線をたどりつつありましたけど、自分のスタイルを貫く姿勢は評価できます。
Steve looks blasted 😂
15 words
One and only .. M B
I forgot this one.
Divo!!!
So if this was filmed July 1975 that must mean Gloria was around 7 months pregnant here then?
Yes. With a baby she purposely got pregnant with to trap Marc.
🔥❤️🔥 x
I wonder was Marc a bit trans, except in those days there was no information about it? He certainly loved his glam.
History should be taught in schools , we already lived yor lives in the seventies before it was brutally stolen by the aids virus .
Finn and Bolan have been "bi"
Marc said himself that he was bisexual however he preferred women
Well prefered finn and bowie@@chantelleadlington
❤🧡
I did doncha know
...and don't it show
Fuck, these tunes still come out of the traps.
おらぁてっきりボニー・レイット女史だと思ったぜ、兄貴ぃ～
Visconti and Finn, his boyfriend, got money from "that was left over" according to his will. If Finn actually got it I dont know.
Finn and Bolan wanted to get together again shortly before Bolans death. What a pitty.
Brilliant ... Still think the lyrics r strange .. surely Paul Stanley was influenced by his look and mannerisms
That was the uniqueness of Marc his strangeness The Americans never understood him.
Sigourney Weaver
🤣
I did don't ya know
Posted in 2020 - worst quality. Why? Couldn't you just find any master video available with good quality from the Archive?
They could. A copy fo the master tape was used as an extra on the Marc Shows DVD. This crappy film copy belonged to the Bramleys in the past - you can see it in the same grotty glory on the Ultimate Video Collection.
Granada TV owns the master of this clip, along with the rest of that episode of Shang A Lang.
Stop whinging n enjoy the footage ....whiner
The audio quality is ok, and that's the main thing.
I love this song but I don't know why? And there is a bit of unfortunate situation in that the keyboardist was actually his girlfriend at the time and she was the driver of the car when Marc Boland died. I don't think it was her fault.
Yeah that’s Gloria Jones a famous singer in her own right, and it wasn’t her fault x
@@M15Guys It wasn't? I thought she was drunk?
@@MarkGelderland Marc was drunk enough to accept a ride off her. He was responsible for his own actions.
He had quite a history with The Sauce, so in his case it can be seen as an end result of a relapse after clearing up from years of heavy drinking.
He resembles elkie brooks here, maybe because of the makeup.
This song was inspired when Bolan actually saw a woman skating out of the Holland tunnel carrying a live frog in her hand.
No it wasn't. Marc bought Gloria a Kermit The Frog toy in NYC and created the song in the hotel bedroom.
@@original.dwornboy false
@@original.dwornboyTodd pence is right
@@loganroselli9087 GS R is correct. Although Marc did spin a yarn to the UK press about it being an elderly lady magic practitioner and local celeb in NY.
She overrides the song too much!
Here Bolan after he lost his boyfriend MICKEY FINN. You know that Feld called Mickey "MY ANGEL"..........
Really? How d'you know they were 'together'?
eff-off.
@@blackmore4 Tony Visconty
I loved T Rex, but Marc Bolan was really awful at miming to recordings. Mouth not moving while vocals are happening (or nowhere near the mic), obviously not playing the guitar parts we're hearing... I sometimes wonder if he was doing all that on purpose as some sort of ironic statement.
Bolan had lost his best friend Mickey Finn. And here he looks like a brothel girl. I do not have anything against these women. Wonderful pretty birds. But Bolan looks so .........
He looks like a wonderful pretty bird?
@@stuartwray6175 like fresh from the brothel after had been used. MICK FINN his greatest boyfriend
@@stuartwray6175 no he does not. Finn left him his boyfriend in 1975. They have been "bi". Such a pitty they wanted to get back again shortly before Bolans death.
Bonkers lyrics repeated over and over, lots of ohs and aaahs. It should be crap but it's fabulous!
bet this took yrs to write
Drugs eh? Gateway to Make Up.
😂
Gloria. Cackle sucks. :/
After the drugs and booze. He is looking used up. And girlfriend ended up killing him and running to the US.
The girlfriend comment is a bit unfair. I don't think she crashed the car on purpose. She was hurt in it as well . Then she had to raise their child by herself, virtually penniless, because she got nothing from the estate. In fact even his family got nothing from his estate because he'd been well and truly fucked over by management etc. All the T-REX stuff that got sold after his death goes to other people, not his son or his brother.
@@warrenmilford1329 He was still married to his wife at the time of his death. If the girlfriend had nothing to hide she should have showed up for her court appearance.
@@violettebarnes5733 I know he was still married to June, I don't know what that has to do with anything. I don't think she got much from the will, if anything at all, and apparently he was organising a divorce. I didn't know about Gloria's no show at court, thanks for the info. It doesn't mean it was premeditated, followed by some escape to the US, which is what you kind of implied. It was a car accident, and yea, she may have been wasted, who knows? By you saying, if she had nothing to hide etc, that implies some dark plot to kill him. Well it didn't do her any good financially, so I see no reason for it.
@@warrenmilford1329 I never implied it was a plot to kill him but she ran. She knew she caused his death.
@@warrenmilford1329 as far as I know from interview with his wife, neither filed to finalize anything, that's all I know
Very Marc, awful but still Marc
Yep, but still Marc, I'm sure he knew it was awful but just did it for laughs, people actually bought the single at the time, I didn't, after Children of the Revolution I kept my purse shut.
So many times during this video i kept thinking, “is that sigourney weaver?”
🤦🏻♂️😝😁😄😆😆
Much better looking
5skinner & a bottle suaviton blanc 😊
Was für ein Text..🤭aber geiler Song...👍
Todays youngsters should hear this , maybe they would stop hating us old white men so much 😍😂