Rock 'n' Roll Chaos! Love it. Bolan looks like he hasn't slept in a year, tambourines are abused and used to play guitar solo's, the back-up singers are enthusiastic to the point of speaking in tongues. This is magic. Never tire of it.
OMG, how the hell have I just come across this? I am absolutely gob smacked that this video exists..... That was fecking amazing - Marc Bolan, wow! What can we say... We miss you!
Saw T.Rex as Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1968, man they were flying so high the music was almost otherworldly, outstanding, saw them again 1972 again the best, Bolan he was the true showman big hair, massive voice an icon of the 60s & 70s and a great musician. I’ve seen some massive bands in the past, but you never forget the 60s 70s bands that gave us real music and freedom!
At a small club in Liverpool. Fella named Elton John and John Lennon and Paul McCartney paid real money to watch this man onstage. All were blown away. That level talent. Marc.
Live performance at its finest, utterly raw. Not like a studio recording at all and that's exactly the point. Those two backing vocalists are wild man.
@@KowalskiVanishing_Point "part of it" lol - me too! This was great! loved every minute - I don't think I've ever experienced so much tambourine and felt so fine afterwards!
Pixie? Are you calling Marc Bolan a fairy? TH-cam will come for you. They will cancel you. TH-cam has no sense of humor. They will label you as homophobic. Watch out.
Midnight Special was great. A show that allowed musicians to perform without absurd time limits on them for the next commercial. Damn there were some great moments of shear creativity ,creative freedom and expressionism.
I remember the Midnight Special. It was the first oppurtunity to see what the bands I listened to on the radio looked like. There were some wild epic performances on that show. This was one of them.
Whether you like this brand of music or not…. One thing for sure is that the musicianship was much better in the 60s and 70s as well as 80s…. Then it is today, by a huge margin!!!!
Nah man, musicianship has changed. Just because it’s being wielded in ways that aren’t recognized by you or your senses doesn’t mean it’s worse. Making a hit song is still hard as frickin hell
This is what the 70's was all about. Great Rock and plenty of it. I was so lucky to have been a teen during those years. The UTube time machine has made me a teen again. Let's not get hung-up on dissecting it...just sit back and enjoy it...especially Bolan and T-Rex.
An Amazingly Hot🔥🔥🔥🔥 Live Performance!!! This is 1973, to bad I missed this live performance. The Midnight Special was a Great Show to watch especially after coming home from partying.😉 These Back Up Singers sure used their God given voices !! I wasn’t a T-Rex Fan in 73 when I was 23 but I most certainly appreciate T-Rex now 2023 (I’m 73) and Marc Bolan, RIP left this world much to soon. These Musicians were BadAss! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎤🎸🪘🎼🥁🎧♥️ I ♥️ the Comments on this upload.👍🏻😎
This is raw and energetic - pure glam rock in excess and joy!! Ahhh, the days when real musicians played LIVE, these days it is hard for people to understand originality and genius :-)
I love how at about 3:53 the chords and drums start sounding like the Stooges. This is so incredibly, mindblowingly badass. Hands down the best version of this song I've EVER HEARD.
I love the frenetic energy coming off that long ago stage. You didn't have to be a virtuoso to play classic rock you just had to believe in it's power and let your love flow.
Don't you mean her(s) oh yeah I see him now. I'm enjoying the live performance, although I find the backup singers are a little bit overwhelming. Backup singers should never be louder than the lead singer and Marc Bolan's voice on this song is so like sensuous, sexy. Ok now he's getting down to the bone! Yeah this is a keeper for the live performance (3rd one I've checked out right now, one was a live video someone added a background effects to and dubbed the studio audio, according to the TH-cam info on the song, I didn't watch the whole thing) The other one T. Rex sounded better but Marc Bolan's performance here is way cool. I still wanna hear the studio version, audio is good enough.
Awesome!! I love Rock-and-Roll !!! The Sound of a Well Spent Youth... Those back up singers, whoa~ Immense! Their Shoes kept them from falling over...the Joy of Five inch Platforms, a favorite to come happily onto mine.
And they think they put on wild performances now. I've always been amazed how well these rock bands performed while being so stoned out of their minds.
I HAVE TO ADMIT, I HAVE NEVER BEEN A GLAM ROCK FAN, I ONLY CHECKED OUT MARC AND T REX BECAUSE HE WAS AN IDOL TO THE GREAT MICK JONES OF THE CLASH, BUT THIS GUY ROCKED HARD. ONE OF THE BEST LIVE TV PERFORMANCES I HAVE EVER SEEN, EVEN RIVALING THE CLASH.
El 16 de septiembre de 1977, Gloria Jones, cantante y compositora afroamericana, conduciendo un Mini 1275 GT por el distrito londinense de Barnes, lo estrelló contra un árbol. Ella con heridas graves, salvo su vida y de hecho aún cuenta con ella; a su lado iba su pareja sentimental que salió volando del automóvil y murió en el acto. Este era, MARC BOLAN, uno de los genios de la música más grandes que ha existido en este planeta. Yo, le debo mucho, su música, su voz y su estilo calaron en mi ser de tal forma que aún perdura mi sentir por su partida y aún permanece mi gusto por su obra. Ese mismo día me enteré de tan triste noticia, produciendo en mi un dolor sentimental casi familiar. A partir de entonces su canción emblemática “Get It On” fue “un himno continuo” en mi forma de sentir, ser y vivir. Sólo el Walk On The Wild Side de Lou Reed me ha imprimido mas sentimiento que este tema de Marc Bolan. Hoy se cumplen cuarenta años de su muerte y recuerdo ese día como si fuera ayer. Hey, Marc ! … No he conseguido todo lo que soñé , pero cierto es que lo que he tenido ha sido sensacional. Thank you so much for everything. fernando j. soria castro
T-Rex is a fantastic Band! Marc Bolan was a fantastic song writer He passed way too soon. I did see T-Rex in Concert in the summer of1973. I had the pleasure of meeting him and spoke to him for about a half hour. What a great person very down to earth.
OK, that exploding amp at the end was hilarious! Mark Bolan was my musical hero, just a little ahead of his time, influential, and absolutely full of that wonderfully creative soul!
This is awesome, never seen it before 👍 how many pop acts could pull off a live TV performance, improvised jam and entertaining stage antics, great share 👍👍👍
Man, simply primal! Bolan's bass player was well adept to playing jazz and funk lines, too. Not comparing him to The Who's Entwistle, but him and Finn added a really mean rhythmic chaos.
Some of these comments show just shitty music has gotten. This was a LIVE performance on TV. It was normal for the sound to be off a it was normal for bands to take the song in a direction not heard on the album. So glad I got to see bands like T Rex and the lived through the 70's.
Yeah.true. But I lived through this and there are plenty of other live recordings of this song, FAR SUPERIOR. The 2 black women were no asset. They RUINED IT and the band. Gloria Jones was Bolan's girlfriend, ousting his beautiful wife June. Gloria was loud, always really off her face, cocaine,speed,etc with a screeching voice like a Banshee. That screeching destroys the song/music. The other off her face woman was just as bad. AND UGLY. Grotesque dancing, utterly tasteless. They were big, loud and domineering. Gloria was there simply because she was Marc's girlfriend. You hardly see the gorgeous and patient Mickey Finn after the Banshee arrived...........Mickey Finn WAS A MAJOR PART OF THE REAL T REX and here he's almost just an add on. I mean he was awesome, stunning, beautiful. It.was.all downhill from here, Mickey left in 74. Currie not long after. Mickey and Marc had a blue when Mickey hurt his hand and couldn't play bongos for a few nights and Marc lost it and even kicked him. No more Mickey. Gloria brought in an element of too much brain fry drugs. I mean it was always there, but it drastically increased. Some say she was the Yoko Ono of T Rex. Destroyed it. What did he see in her????? God, look at her, the chin would hit you before you even got close. Then she drove their mini, off her face, into a bloody tree. Made sure she finished the job properly. Shit.
Its glam rock... isn't it supposed to be utterly tasteless? I agree the woman cant sing and lol is ugh in ugly, but I think he was going for that rolling stone gimme shelter vibe... and missed by a lot... I always just assumed that brits who made this type of rock n roll were just trying to make fun of americans...
@@Trigger_000 Rick Childboy Rick...go play your plastic surgery perfect pitch pop in your playpen..leave real life and real music to those who dare to really live.
My very first of well over a thousand shows I saw T Rex, fronting Three Dog Night. Bolan set his guitar up against a marshal stack and played his solo to this song with a bullwhip, whopping that Les Paul all the while the black girl background singers wailing, smoke shooting up from everywhere and near total chaos around the stage. I left saying out loud to all my friends, that, right there, is what I wanna do for a living. And I did for many years, nowhere famous but full of piss and vinegar and fun as hell. Thanks for the inspiration Mr. Boland.
@@Bruno-ck4hl - I guess of the songs that I have played endlessly since I was a teenager Bang A Gong is probably #1 most played. The remaining 4 might be Van Halen - Dance the Night Away, The Knack "Oh Tara", Dio "Caught in the Middle" and Duran Duran "Hungry Like the Wolf"
Ahead of his time, brilliant and exciting. It's easy to see why Marc Boland and David Bowie were such good friends. It's also easy to understand why the loss of both men was such a downer. RIP Marc Boland & David Bowie Legends Never Die
I may be mistaken, I do believe the young lady in red is Marc Bolen's baby Mama and Love of His Life Gloria Jones! Dressed the same and first "your my girl" he smiles quickly as he glances back at her! Rolan, their beautiful son should be Over The Top! Rock and Roll at it's Finest!
Hello 👋 Gloria. How are you doing? Hope you are fine, I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado. Where you are fine? You seem like a real country girl
There is SO much going on on that stage, I get lost. Marc Bolan at his finest! I do miss the B-3 with dual leslies. Too early for both Bowie or Elton. All that was missing was a Voodoo Priest.....
What amazing singer t rex was a legend and icon in the music world with amazing vocals and fantastic guitarists 🎸🎤🎸🙏RIP marc bolan the legend of 70 music 🎶
World was a different place back then,no social media,no super hero movies and no fake woke nonsense (for the most part I would assume) and yet people had this raw energy for pure kick ass rock n roll. Some things just never get old ❤
Rock 'n' Roll Chaos! Love it. Bolan looks like he hasn't slept in a year, tambourines are abused and used to play guitar solo's, the back-up singers are enthusiastic to the point of speaking in tongues. This is magic. Never tire of it.
Right on!
Sound mixer not pulling their weight.
@@gavanwhatever8196 yea he might have been dancing
@@gavanwhatever8196 WHAT sound mixer? This was 1970s on TV (?) . Not sure such a thing existed.
Just as it should be Sir,
A 1970’s cocaine, quaalude - LSD jam at it’s best!
Cheers
OMG, how the hell have I just come across this? I am absolutely gob smacked that this video exists.....
That was fecking amazing - Marc Bolan, wow! What can we say... We miss you!
The theater I went to see Longlegs at played this performance before the movie. I needed to listen / watch it again immediately after.
I've watched this loads of times and, after watching Longlegs last night, here I am again!
I had the good fortune to go see T Rex around the time this came out.
I remember his strutting around the stage during bang a gong!
Marc Bolan and T.Rex understood what rock and roll should sound like. Astounding!
Saw T.Rex as Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1968, man they were flying so high the music was almost otherworldly, outstanding, saw them again 1972 again the best, Bolan he was the true showman big hair, massive voice an icon of the 60s & 70s and a great musician. I’ve seen some massive bands in the past, but you never forget the 60s 70s bands that gave us real music and freedom!
IKR, also Sly and the Family Stone !!!!
Wow!!Your very privileged to have had such a fantastic experience!
Now THAT’S a ROCK STAR !!!
At a small club in Liverpool. Fella named Elton John and John Lennon and Paul McCartney paid real money to watch this man onstage. All were blown away. That level talent. Marc.
You must not recognize me because I’m wearing my long legs today
Cucoo
This is one of the finest examples of chaotic rock n roll. Absolute classic.
I think it’s hysterical that Seals and Croft introduced TRex then all hell breaks loose
Этим оно и прекрасно
agreed
OH! MY! GAAAAWD!!!!
That was the most PERFECT HOT MESS I have ever SEEN!!!
Live. Real, and Rock and Roll at its best.
the definition of a Rock'n'Roll god!
Live performance at its finest, utterly raw.
Not like a studio recording at all and that's exactly the point. Those two backing vocalists are wild man.
Jeeeeeeeep
Bad at guitar, bad at wearing clothes, bad at singing, bad at performing. Complete Duncery. He's a Dunce.
One of them being his son’s mother! Keep it in the family!
@@johnmanning5568 Yep was about to say! Haha you beat me to it.
one with black leather was his girlfriend
Thanks for the intro Longlegs.
I saw T.Rex do this live in Folestone back in the 70's, I was lucky enough to grab the tambourine, and still have part of it today :-)
Jealousssssssss
Part of it. Man, I laughed!
Nice catch, bro!
I had to take a shit after seeing this. Care for a souvenir?
@@KowalskiVanishing_Point "part of it" lol - me too!
This was great! loved every minute - I don't think I've ever experienced so much tambourine and felt so fine afterwards!
where the hell has this been all my life ? amazing groove. Bolan gone mad
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris.
@@PatrickMorris-sm8dv just had a listen. excellent stuff. cheers bud
@@PatrickMorris-sm8dvyou’ve commented this an unbelievable amount of times on T Rex videos lol
Marc was a one-off, a little London pixie maverick with genius music ability.
Pixie? Are you calling Marc Bolan a fairy? TH-cam will come for you. They will cancel you. TH-cam has no sense of humor. They will label you as homophobic. Watch out.
Midnight Special was great. A show that allowed musicians to perform without absurd time limits on them for the next commercial. Damn there were some great moments of shear creativity ,creative freedom and expressionism.
"You're built like a car, got a hubcap diamond stud halo" To quote The J,Geils Band
" They don't write like that anymore"
Our Doctrine
Mesmerizing
With the great. Wolfman Jack baby
All that, AND ... Horrendo Reviera!
The more over-the-top, frenetic, and raunchy Bolan was, the better. This is how rock-and-roll is meant to be played. Love that snarly, crunchy tone!
I remember the Midnight Special. It was the first oppurtunity to see what the bands I listened to on the radio looked like. There were some wild epic performances on that show. This was one of them.
Never get any better than this
This song has just been tore up, shredded into something that is unrecognizable by today's standards. This is the real bang a gong.
That black girl on backround ruined it with her big mouth
I watch this every day!!!😮
Probably the best live T-Rex jam session ever recorded! :D
Whether you like this brand of music or not…. One thing for sure is that the musicianship was much better in the 60s and 70s as well as 80s…. Then it is today, by a huge margin!!!!
Otmosmuito
Bom
As technology improves, musicianship becomes less and less
Then and than are different words with different meanings.
Nah man, musicianship has changed. Just because it’s being wielded in ways that aren’t recognized by you or your senses doesn’t mean it’s worse. Making a hit song is still hard as frickin hell
Oh would you please stop with that tired old person stuff
Gloria Jones and Sister Pat Hall touch my soul in this performance.
Bang A Gong BABY. Incredible.
This is what the 70's was all about. Great Rock and plenty of it. I was so lucky to have been a teen during those years. The UTube time machine has made me a teen again. Let's not get hung-up on dissecting it...just sit back and enjoy it...especially Bolan and T-Rex.
too right just enjoy if you dont like it dont listen 70s fantastic !!
Exactly.😎
An Amazingly Hot🔥🔥🔥🔥
Live Performance!!! This is 1973, to bad I missed this live performance. The Midnight Special was a Great Show to watch especially after coming home from partying.😉 These Back Up Singers sure used their God given voices !! I wasn’t a T-Rex Fan in 73 when I was 23 but I most certainly appreciate T-Rex now 2023 (I’m 73) and Marc Bolan, RIP left this world much to soon. These Musicians were BadAss!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎤🎸🪘🎼🥁🎧♥️
I ♥️ the Comments on this upload.👍🏻😎
I'm with you Gracie.
u didnt go see him at the first Glastonbury @ 1970??? ;) I was a bit too young but my eX was there she kept showing off with!!
I was 18 listening to this
This is the most awesome version of this song🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉T- Rex.... You still Rock rest in peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️
This is raw and energetic - pure glam rock in excess and joy!!
Ahhh, the days when real musicians played LIVE, these days it is hard for people to understand originality and genius :-)
Certainly one of the wildest performances I've ever seen.
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris.
Never saw this version .. excellent vibe! Background singers Wiggin' out!
The 70s were cool. 🕺🏻 Especially the music. I still jam it regularly. Takes me right back to my teens.
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris.
Man he killed it, Marc the showman.
I love how at about 3:53 the chords and drums start sounding like the Stooges. This is so incredibly, mindblowingly badass. Hands down the best version of this song I've EVER HEARD.
Right on...bad ass rock!
ladies andd gentelmaen thaaaaaats kiveeee
ну и фуйня...
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The Stooges were mediocre at their best. This was just oversold trash. You must love the smell of garbage?
@@zipperpillow Awww look, it’s poop nuggets spreading joy everywhere they go.
WTG Nuggets. Way to go.
Long live rock 'n roll. Bolan and band at their best. Thanks for the post.
Who ever caught that flying boa was one lucky fan! Such awesome energy! Marc and T-Rex were definitely ahead of their time. Absolutely brilliant!! ❤
I love the frenetic energy coming off that long ago stage. You didn't have to be a virtuoso to play classic rock you just had to believe in it's power and let your love flow.
It's called a lot of nose candy. Sign of those times definitely. Those back up singers seemed just a little too enthused for one.
1) Coke. 2) No Adult supervision. 3) Cocked-up ending. 4) Men in girl's clothes....gay? 5) O.K. song, ruined by live performance.
Bellamy Bro's you're showing your AGE keep on rocking BRO
@@zipperpillow You're just jealous
A les Paul and a marshal stack and you can rule the world!!!
I've never seen a tambourine player that much hyped of playing his instrument...
meparadis cocaine
Cocaine bruh
It’s cocaine
We had the good dope back then! They could afford the GREAT dope!
Don't you mean her(s) oh yeah I see him now. I'm enjoying the live performance, although I find the backup singers are a little bit overwhelming. Backup singers should never be louder than the lead singer and Marc Bolan's voice on this song is so like sensuous, sexy. Ok now he's getting down to the bone! Yeah this is a keeper for the live performance (3rd one I've checked out right now, one was a live video someone added a background effects to and dubbed the studio audio, according to the TH-cam info on the song, I didn't watch the whole thing)
The other one T. Rex sounded better but Marc Bolan's performance here is way cool. I still wanna hear the studio version, audio is good enough.
Simply sublime. Absolute PERFECTION!
Awesome!!
I love Rock-and-Roll !!!
The Sound of a Well Spent
Youth...
Those back up singers, whoa~ Immense!
Their Shoes kept them from falling over...the Joy of Five inch Platforms, a favorite to come happily onto mine.
I hated my plate form shoes 👟
And they think they put on wild performances now. I've always been amazed how well these rock bands performed while
being so stoned out of their minds.
The performances now are NOTHING compared to this.
It's referred to as "tolerance"
This is pure gold. Love the ladies!!!!!!!
A very beautiful boy with so muchxxxxxxxx
Talent made my world absolutely 😊
His wife and friend.
I wasn't aware. Thanks. The 2 of them were awesome in this vid.@@myradioon
@@myradioonThey never married. He was still married to June. They never divorced.
Like a lot of very talented lead men and women in the 70s. They were taken too early but left us with a legacy of recordings of these insane talents.
I love early 70’s rock, it was fun, explosive, performance art was bringing rock into a new era.
I HAVE TO ADMIT, I HAVE NEVER BEEN A GLAM ROCK FAN, I ONLY CHECKED OUT MARC AND T REX BECAUSE HE WAS AN IDOL TO THE GREAT MICK JONES OF THE CLASH, BUT THIS GUY ROCKED HARD. ONE OF THE BEST LIVE TV PERFORMANCES I HAVE EVER SEEN, EVEN RIVALING THE CLASH.
El 16 de septiembre de 1977, Gloria Jones, cantante y compositora
afroamericana, conduciendo un Mini 1275 GT por el distrito
londinense de Barnes, lo estrelló contra un árbol.
Ella con heridas graves, salvo su vida y de hecho aún cuenta con ella;
a su lado iba su pareja sentimental que salió volando del automóvil
y murió en el acto.
Este era, MARC BOLAN, uno de los genios de la música más grandes
que ha existido en este planeta.
Yo, le debo mucho, su música, su voz y su estilo calaron en mi ser
de tal forma que aún perdura mi sentir por su partida y aún
permanece mi gusto por su obra.
Ese mismo día me enteré de tan triste noticia, produciendo en mi
un dolor sentimental casi familiar. A partir de entonces su canción
emblemática “Get It On” fue “un himno continuo” en mi forma de
sentir, ser y vivir. Sólo el Walk On The Wild Side de Lou Reed me
ha imprimido mas sentimiento que este tema de Marc Bolan.
Hoy se cumplen cuarenta años de su muerte y recuerdo ese día como
si fuera ayer.
Hey, Marc ! … No he conseguido todo lo que soñé , pero cierto es que
lo que he tenido ha sido sensacional.
Thank you so much for everything.
fernando j. soria castro
Brilliant, I luckily saw T Rex live at Weeley festival 1971. They were amazing.
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris.
Raw talent. I feel lucky to have grown up with it. A rare breed indeed.
T-Rex is a fantastic Band! Marc Bolan was a fantastic song writer He passed way too soon. I did see T-Rex in Concert in the summer of1973. I had the pleasure of meeting him and spoke to him for about a half hour. What a great person very down to earth.
Awesome mate!
Don't forget great guitarist 🎸
Wow
You spoke to the King.
Didn't his girlfriend kill him in a car crash against a tree? What a great Tree!. Thank you, Trees.
Never came across this before. WOW. What energy. How wonderful to have this new version of a classic T. Rex number.
'Unfiltered and spontaneous' indeed...and arguably the best version I've heard.
Everyone in the comments is complaining about this performance but I love it. It's out of control rock and roll. It rocks hard! 🤙
Vedddy true
@@phoenixthedevourer1716 This is why I love Rock & Roll.
Yes he is fat ,full of burbon and cocain but it is same Marc Bolan ful of energy and rock hard.
Looks good to me, I own the same guitar down to the color. It’s Rock n Roll the way it was meant to be.
Awesome
Never get tired of this song.....
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris.
He's a revelation and he's timeless.
That's the way a rock band should play live. Overplayed? But truly sincere.
They need to bring this back for of music back! This performance was the most fun to look at. Made me wish i was there live. But i wasn't born yet lol
This is about as ROCK N ROLL as it gets.
Pure ⚡️ ⚡️ELECTRICITY ⚡️⚡️
Bang a Gong, Hit a bong, Sing along
Great live performance!!!☮🎶👍
We had this album .thoroughly enjoyed it
Marc still killing it
OK, that exploding amp at the end was hilarious! Mark Bolan was my musical hero, just a little ahead of his time, influential, and absolutely full of that wonderfully creative soul!
There was a time that I just didn't get the bid deal about this guy.?.but I do now! This guy was very unique!
Back in those days, if your amps didn't blow up, you weren't doing it right! ;)
This is awesome, never seen it before 👍 how many pop acts could pull off a live TV performance, improvised jam and entertaining stage antics, great share 👍👍👍
Yes; no voice enhancement; electronic "sound good" equipment, just raw talent and class !
Man, simply primal! Bolan's bass player was well adept to playing jazz and funk lines, too. Not comparing him to The Who's Entwistle, but him and Finn added a really mean rhythmic chaos.
the background singers steal the show. love it!
The one on the left is Gloria Jones, Marc’s last love and mother of his son.😊
Some of these comments show just shitty music has gotten. This was a LIVE performance on TV. It was normal for the sound to be off a it was normal for bands to take the song in a direction not heard on the album.
So glad I got to see bands like T Rex and the lived through the 70's.
Yeah.true. But I lived through this and there are plenty of other live recordings of this song, FAR SUPERIOR. The 2 black women were no asset. They RUINED IT and the band. Gloria Jones was Bolan's girlfriend, ousting his beautiful wife June. Gloria was loud, always really off her face, cocaine,speed,etc with a screeching voice like a Banshee. That screeching destroys the song/music. The other off her face woman was just as bad. AND UGLY. Grotesque dancing, utterly tasteless. They were big, loud and domineering. Gloria was there simply because she was Marc's girlfriend. You hardly see the gorgeous and patient Mickey Finn after the Banshee arrived...........Mickey Finn WAS A MAJOR PART OF THE REAL T REX and here he's almost just an add on. I mean he was awesome, stunning, beautiful. It.was.all downhill from here, Mickey left in 74. Currie not long after. Mickey and Marc had a blue when Mickey hurt his hand and couldn't play bongos for a few nights and Marc lost it and even kicked him. No more Mickey. Gloria brought in an element of too much brain fry drugs. I mean it was always there, but it drastically increased. Some say she was the Yoko Ono of T Rex. Destroyed it. What did he see in her????? God, look at her, the chin would hit you before you even got close. Then she drove their mini, off her face, into a bloody tree. Made sure she finished the job properly. Shit.
Its glam rock... isn't it supposed to be utterly tasteless? I agree the woman cant sing and lol is ugh in ugly, but I think he was going for that rolling stone gimme shelter vibe... and missed by a lot... I always just assumed that brits who made this type of rock n roll were just trying to make fun of americans...
*Oh, shut up grandpa and get back in your rocking chair. This is the age of the Beiber!*
@@Trigger_000 Who is 'Beiber'? Either you're a troll, or a simpleton of the highest order, lol
@@Trigger_000 Rick Childboy Rick...go play your plastic surgery perfect pitch pop in your playpen..leave real life and real music to those who dare to really live.
Bolan was a maestro who showed the way to great R&R performers who followed; Prince, Page, Jackson, and others.
Unbelievably great, rock n roll out of control 😊
Yeah ! Specially as you listen to the lyrics ... Today , these guys would be in jail !!!
Thanks for video. Never heard or seen this version before. Marc was and is a very underrated guitarist.
My very first of well over a thousand shows I saw T Rex, fronting Three Dog Night. Bolan set his guitar up against a marshal stack and played his solo to this song with a bullwhip, whopping that Les Paul all the while the black girl background singers wailing, smoke shooting up from everywhere and near total chaos around the stage. I left saying out loud to all my friends, that, right there, is what I wanna do for a living. And I did for many years, nowhere famous but full of piss and vinegar and fun as hell. Thanks for the inspiration Mr. Boland.
Envy ain't my thing but experiencing Marc Boland live must have been Hell special !
Back in the days when rock and roll went to 11
One of my top five songs for the past 40 or so years - never get tired of this song - great performance !
Yesss ! Sure ! Could you tell us what are your four following songs ? Thanks !
@@Bruno-ck4hl - I guess of the songs that I have played endlessly since I was a teenager Bang A Gong is probably #1 most played. The remaining 4 might be Van Halen - Dance the Night Away, The Knack "Oh Tara", Dio "Caught in the Middle" and Duran Duran "Hungry Like the Wolf"
@@pendriss Yeah ! Good! What about " my Sharona " The Knack and " Ordinary World " Duran Duran ?
Love it too!!🎉
Bolan was a bit egotistical. He said when he died, he new god would dig him. He died a few days later in the car accident.
Glam rock at its finest. Timeless!
There will never be another time like this in music!!
Ahead of his time, brilliant and exciting. It's easy to see why Marc Boland and David Bowie were such good friends. It's also easy to understand why the loss of both men was such a downer.
RIP Marc Boland & David Bowie Legends Never Die
Very well said, agree 💯 💄💖
His name was “Bolan” not “Boland”. He named himself after his idol BOb dyLAN.
There is no such thing as ahead of your time he came at his time which was right on time
Hell yeah! Glad this showed up in my feed. I watched Midnight Special religiously bitd but don't recall this
Good
Mark is a musical genius.
I'm pretty sure Bolan never thought this song would still be played on the radio in 2023.
2024 !!😊
Saw them in San Diego 1973… great show with tons of energy….loudest concert ever including The Who, Zep and Judas Priest
Precisely why we love him to this day.
Those are the most enthusiastic back-up singers I've ever seen.
A genius.. gone too soon. Great guitarist too, he is loved and missed.
Those girls were totally over the top though!!!
The gal on the left beat the @#$@ out of that tambourine.
@@bobhotchkiss2438I think that’s his wife….I know one of those two ladies is his wife, just can’t remember which one lol
They belong in an SNL skit.
....it ends in a spectacular Jam session!!! A mass of raw Energy that was Marc
Unreal !! What a talent we lost ❤
Marc Bolan broke the mold for Glam Rock. R.I.P. my friend. 40 years from now folks will talk and speak bout ya..❤❤
those backup singers are freaking me out. especially their frantic movements.
I know, but they're terrific and wonderful! Man this is LIVE performance at its best.
Yes, cocaine man.
Cocaine!
This is one insane performance; I love it - it's got a definite Sly and the Family Stone funk vibe.
TheBigHase, cheap shot loser
Once played football with drummer Clem Cattini, love the man. Legend.
Wow put a big smile 😂 on my face... thanks for posting back in the day..way ahead of his time. Mr T. Rex in his PRIME... EXCELLENT....👍...✨
First time I’ve seen this. Wonderful, loved the way he put his guitar out of harm’s way before whipping it’s replacement...hilarious 😎😎
I may be mistaken, I do believe the young lady in red is Marc Bolen's baby Mama and Love of His Life Gloria Jones! Dressed the same and first "your my girl" he smiles quickly as he glances back at her! Rolan, their beautiful son should be Over The Top! Rock and Roll at it's Finest!
Hello 👋 Gloria. How are you doing? Hope you are fine, I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado. Where you are fine? You seem like a real country girl
incredible... the synchronicity with the backup singers is unsurpassed.
There is SO much going on on that stage, I get lost. Marc Bolan at his finest! I do miss the B-3 with dual leslies. Too early for both Bowie or Elton. All that was missing was a Voodoo Priest.....
What amazing singer t rex was a legend and icon in the music world with amazing vocals and fantastic guitarists 🎸🎤🎸🙏RIP marc bolan the legend of 70 music 🎶
If this song don't make you feel good I don't know what will. 😻
Absolutely brilliant - lord knows what they were all on!
That was strong stuff for sure! 🤣
We know 😂
MR.Feld doing his thang.
World was a different place back then,no social media,no super hero movies and no fake woke nonsense (for the most part I would assume) and yet people had this raw energy for pure kick ass rock n roll. Some things just never get old ❤