Gotta love the Sabena Caravelle in the beginning. And yes, this film shows why we considered Marc Bolan as cool in those days; he was a fascinating person.
Yes, he was a cheeky little monkey. Ha ha. If he had been nicer to those working with him and paid his band better, it would have left a nicer history, but there we are.
Marc Bolan WAS indeed very talented, confident with a laser-like focus to be successful. Enormous self belief and a devil may care attitude in public, I'll love T.REX forever, my fave group, Ive lived and breathed Marc Bolans Tyranosaurus Rex and the later T.REX for a lifetime and their music has been very fullfilling and a real treasure to me. Now, youll oly get the benefit if tou stick it out stick with it, learn it, theres more in it that your ears first hear. It beds in to you gradually and all the perfectly timed flourishes hook you. The older softer ones envelope you with intimacy, like a shaddowy canddle lit room lined with velvet and comfortable plush fabrics to lay down in, then there's the Flower-Power, man! 🌼🏵️🌸 💜🩷 but its mostly post-hippy, and alway was unique! However, I wish he'd not done the drugs, not over indulged, not been so self aware, tried less hard to show-off on stage in the way he did, wish he had acted camp or not but without the feather boa and overly effeminate later period with front hair grip on a few videos and putting on weight, over acting and so on , man, I cant watch that For someone so good at writing, playing and singing in his own unique style, it has to be said he had no idea as to how to perform physically and image wise as the glam-rock period morphed and changed. All he needed to do was play well, look sexy, keep writing, stay healthy and leave a bigger portfolio of songs for us to relish and cherish, because most of his music was high quality, especially to the initiated ear. God bless him and son Rolan, Gloria, and producer Tony Visconti who apparently actually added a lot to the music even played various instruments on some tracks in the electric period. Nice guy. He added a great sound & feel to some of it. I particularly recommend and love the following few tracks - off the top of my head, but there are just so many I can't live without: A Day Laye, Raw Ramp, Cadilac, Thinderwing, King of the Mtn Cometh, Summer Deep, Jewel, Get It On (Bang A Gong), Jeepster, Telegram Sam, Tenement Lady, Rock On, Sunken Rags, Buick Macane, Mustang Ford, (from the green Doves album) Great Horse, Diamond Meadows, Summer Deep, Blessed Wild Apple Girl, Find A Little Wood, (steady)! The Throat of Winter, 😮 Once Upon The Seas of Abyssinia, Children of the Revolution, Metal Guru, By the Light of the Magical Moon, (original album version), Salamanda Palaganda, Plant Queen. To name but a few. Enjoy. 'Plant your T.REX seeds and let them grow', it's worth the investment of patience if not immediately taken to it. A music fan, or officionado can appreciate music from many eras and styles not just the period they grew up in or what they are used to. It's like art, you want all the cours not just two even though two may be your favourite.
Marc is insanely talented and unsurpassed! Good lord he was so stylish. I have a soft spot for him. T.Rex forever.💗💗🥰🥰🤗 Marc will be forever in our heart!❤️❤️😭😭
A great rock and roll icon and a supreme bullshitter. It has to be said. If half the things he promised had come about he would have been ten times greater, in terms of content. But the sound and the energy are still there and, in the end, that's what still counts.
The 1st time I ever saw Marc Bolan was the Supersonic episode where Marc came out of the rocket and did that great version of Telegram Sam with Glorias killer chorus vocals.
Each to his own, I suppose. I thought that 'Supersonic' version of Telegram Sam was a travesty, Bolan was so out of it that he was having trouble staying on his feet some of the time.
@staceygrove5976 I understand in the big picture that you could feel let down , for me as an 11 year old he looked like an underworld king pin gangster and the way he kicked the balloon was cool , you can't fake cool and he was certainly cool , and I thought Gloria covered the chorus with such strength I feel that they were onto something musically together at that point in the picture. But Marc worked so fast that there's a lot of unfinished gems , incredible mind .
Patriotic? He was English through and through. Surely it's only patriotic if you were born American? Anyway he loved LA and married an American so, I guess, at a pinch. I had a "patriotic" T-Shirt like that, at the same time. He was sweet, sensitive, clever, and certain songs are so gorgeous in their production. My fave group of all time.
I think you mean YOU are HIS #1 fan. He is nobody's fan now! He's gone. R.I.P. Marc. 🥺 He did a lot longer than 12 years ago so you could have seen him could you! Maybe you mean some tribute singer. If so, you have to say so, have to qualify what you meant. 😉🙂
Bolan at a crossroads in his career. After Telegram Sam in early '72 he started to go downhill with single releases like Metal Guru, Children Of The Revolution and the abysmal Solid Gold Easy Action. The LP 'The Slider' (released in mid-72) was also nowhere near as good as the previous year's 'Electric Warrior' and didn't stay long near the top of the UK album chart. His releases in the earlier part of 73 (Twentieth Century Boy and The Groover were actually a lot better, but by then he'd been overtaken by Bowie and Slade in the UK. Then he went on another US tour, hooked up with Gloria Jones, and that was pretty much the beginning of the end. He was still capable of the occasional decent live performance though - check out 'Don Kirshner's Rock Concert' from late 74.
5:25 He knocked Bob Dylan saying he's boring, then glares at the cam. 5:47 It seems a bit immature when he brings up all the new things he can NOW do since he's famous. Young and talking too much about the wrong topics. Times were different in the 70s. I was born in 1961 and my youth was during the 70s. I played T-Rex's The Slider album a lot during those times
Poor Marc ....believing the hype ; seriously thought he was generating U.K.type "T-Rextacy" outside the U.K. No such Luck. By '73 he was beginning to lose all sense of reality. "Revolution"...."I have a film company with Ringo" 👍🥴 He was prophetic though ,"in five years time it will be.....?" He was nearing the end of _his_ five year tenure.... Saw him in Amsterdam '72 , his best period .
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Now that’s a rock star…
Вечная память этому талантливому чпловеку!Мне 62 года и продолжаю слушать музыку!Санкт Петербург❤❤❤
I so wish I could've seen him perform and/or meet him. He was amazing ❤
Me too😢❤❤
Gotta love the Sabena Caravelle in the beginning.
And yes, this film shows why we considered Marc Bolan as cool in those days; he was a fascinating person.
I was born at the wrong time. I wish I could have shared a planet with this man.
Me too 😭
Flying saucer take me away
He died 16 days before i was born (16 sep 77) (2 oct 77)…
I was sooo close
@@leeflea2874 Unfortunately I missed out too, even though I was only a baby when that happened to him. 😢
Luck wasn't on my side
He was an interesting person
Cutting edge with his sparkly glam
Creative musician
He left too soon
There was something special about him..
He was humerous Marc.
Yes, he was a cheeky little monkey. Ha ha. If he had been nicer to those working with him and paid his band better, it would have left a nicer history, but there we are.
Marc Bolan WAS indeed very talented, confident with a laser-like focus to be successful. Enormous self belief and a devil may care attitude in public, I'll love T.REX forever, my fave group, Ive lived and breathed Marc Bolans Tyranosaurus Rex and the later T.REX for a lifetime and their music has been very fullfilling and a real treasure to me. Now, youll oly get the benefit if tou stick it out stick with it, learn it, theres more in it that your ears first hear. It beds in to you gradually and all the perfectly timed flourishes hook you. The older softer ones envelope you with intimacy, like a shaddowy canddle lit room lined with velvet and comfortable plush fabrics to lay down in, then there's the Flower-Power, man! 🌼🏵️🌸 💜🩷 but its mostly post-hippy, and alway was unique!
However, I wish he'd not done the drugs, not over indulged, not been so self aware, tried less hard to show-off on stage in the way he did, wish he had acted camp or not but without the feather boa and overly effeminate later period with front hair grip on a few videos and putting on weight, over acting and so on , man, I cant watch that For someone so good at writing, playing and singing in his own unique style, it has to be said he had no idea as to how to perform physically and image wise as the glam-rock period morphed and changed. All he needed to do was play well, look sexy, keep writing, stay healthy and leave a bigger portfolio of songs for us to relish and cherish, because most of his music was high quality, especially to the initiated ear. God bless him and son Rolan, Gloria, and producer Tony Visconti who apparently actually added a lot to the music even played various instruments on some tracks in the electric period. Nice guy. He added a great sound & feel to some of it. I particularly recommend and love the following few tracks - off the top of my head, but there are just so many I can't live without:
A Day Laye, Raw Ramp, Cadilac, Thinderwing, King of the Mtn Cometh, Summer Deep, Jewel, Get It On (Bang A Gong), Jeepster, Telegram Sam, Tenement Lady, Rock On, Sunken Rags, Buick Macane, Mustang Ford, (from the green Doves album) Great Horse, Diamond Meadows, Summer Deep, Blessed Wild Apple Girl, Find A Little Wood, (steady)! The Throat of Winter, 😮 Once Upon The Seas of Abyssinia, Children of the Revolution, Metal Guru, By the Light of the Magical Moon, (original album version), Salamanda Palaganda, Plant Queen.
To name but a few.
Enjoy. 'Plant your T.REX seeds and let them grow', it's worth the investment of patience if not immediately taken to it. A music fan, or officionado can appreciate music from many eras and styles not just the period they grew up in or what they are used to. It's like art, you want all the cours not just two even though two may be your favourite.
RIP Mark Feld😢😢
Marc is insanely talented and unsurpassed! Good lord he was so stylish. I have a soft spot for him. T.Rex forever.💗💗🥰🥰🤗
Marc will be forever in our heart!❤️❤️😭😭
I am amazed that he was able to remember all the reworks and changes to his songs , definitely had some kind of genius thing there.
He speaks for all of us times change and he changed with us god i miss our aren't we old in a good way great memories we should be proud ❤
This is great footage of Marc..tanx for the post Dutch.❤
True artist , true legend.
Acoustic version of 20th Century Boy hell yeah sounds good
When he said my name I just smiled. He said Melodies but close enough.
Mark the best🎉🎉❤❤
Lovely human being ❤️
Marc!!! Eternamente bello
😍😍😍
Gracias 🎤🌟🎩🎶💝
Love him singing in the airport legend.
Remember the day he died. Still so sad. He was just so damn cool 😎
A great rock and roll icon and a supreme bullshitter. It has to be said. If half the things he promised had come about he would have been ten times greater, in terms of content. But the sound and the energy are still there and, in the end, that's what still counts.
Glorious 💖💖💖💖💖
The one and only
Loved the guy... brillaint songwriter
The 1st time I ever saw Marc Bolan was the Supersonic episode where Marc came out of the rocket and did that great version of Telegram Sam with Glorias killer chorus vocals.
Each to his own, I suppose. I thought that 'Supersonic' version of Telegram Sam was a travesty, Bolan was so out of it that he was having trouble staying on his feet some of the time.
@staceygrove5976 I understand in the big picture that you could feel let down , for me as an 11 year old he looked like an underworld king pin gangster and the way he kicked the balloon was cool , you can't fake cool and he was certainly cool , and I thought Gloria covered the chorus with such strength I feel that they were onto something musically together at that point in the picture. But Marc worked so fast that there's a lot of unfinished gems , incredible mind .
I ❤️ his patriotic lunchbox!!
Patriotic? He was English through and through. Surely it's only patriotic if you were born American? Anyway he loved LA and married an American so, I guess, at a pinch. I had a "patriotic" T-Shirt like that, at the same time. He was sweet, sensitive, clever, and certain songs are so gorgeous in their production. My fave group of all time.
@@r.martin3494 What a weird comment. Have a great day, "Patriot". 🙄
カッコいい✨✴🌠
Marc Bolan is God
Yess😮😮
tasty fellas.....
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Marc Bolan is my number one fan seen 12 year ago
I think you mean YOU are HIS #1 fan. He is nobody's fan now! He's gone. R.I.P. Marc. 🥺 He did a lot longer than 12 years ago so you could have seen him could you! Maybe you mean some tribute singer. If so, you have to say so, have to qualify what you meant. 😉🙂
i mias marc
Whatever happened to the silent film with Marc, Ringo and Harry Nilsson? Now that would have been a trip. Does a script, or even a treatment, exist?
❤❤❤
❤👍
Waouhhh😂
I missed out meeting all the good ones, apparently
Me too
😂❤😮
What revolution is he talking about...
guys being able to wear makeup and be more androgynous lol i don't know either
i think its about being able to express yourself and the changes in pop media and the music indstry
Bolan at a crossroads in his career. After Telegram Sam in early '72 he started to go downhill with single releases like Metal Guru, Children Of The Revolution and the abysmal Solid Gold Easy Action. The LP 'The Slider' (released in mid-72) was also nowhere near as good as the previous year's 'Electric Warrior' and didn't stay long near the top of the UK album chart.
His releases in the earlier part of 73 (Twentieth Century Boy and The Groover were actually a lot better, but by then he'd been overtaken by Bowie and Slade in the UK.
Then he went on another US tour, hooked up with Gloria Jones, and that was pretty much the beginning of the end. He was still capable of the occasional decent live performance though - check out 'Don Kirshner's Rock Concert' from late 74.
5:25 He knocked Bob Dylan saying he's boring, then glares at the cam. 5:47 It seems a bit immature when he brings up all the new things he can NOW do since he's famous. Young and talking too much about the wrong topics. Times were different in the 70s. I was born in 1961 and my youth was during the 70s. I played T-Rex's The Slider album a lot during those times
No, he's not knocking Dylan. He said that if you put both melody and good words together, you get something like Bob Dylan's "I Want You."
He thalk shith
Orly ❤😂merde alors😮😮
Poor Marc ....believing the hype ; seriously thought he was generating U.K.type "T-Rextacy" outside the U.K. No such Luck.
By '73 he was beginning to lose all sense of reality. "Revolution"...."I have a film company with Ringo" 👍🥴
He was prophetic though ,"in five years time it will be.....?"
He was nearing the end of _his_ five year tenure....
Saw him in Amsterdam '72 , his best period .
He was only 25 years old. How many others could achieve so much by that age. At his rate of learning who knows how much more he might have achieved.
Well aren’t we Mr. “The Glass is Half Empty”.
Wow - what a a$$hole you are, Paul! What have you accomplished in this world? Please provide a link to your body of amazing work. Thanks!
i'm american but I watch East Enders and I know their accent I read Marc is from East End but he doesn't talk like that lol
@@leahflower9924 Come on...not everybody in the U.S. talks like Texans either......👍🤠