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.
@stueystuey19624 жыл бұрын
Right on!
@gavanwhatever81964 жыл бұрын
Sound mixer not pulling their weight.
@MrTired6663 жыл бұрын
@@gavanwhatever8196 yea he might have been dancing
@ghramsey16812 жыл бұрын
@@gavanwhatever8196 WHAT sound mixer? This was 1970s on TV (?) . Not sure such a thing existed.
@johnhenry40952 жыл бұрын
Just as it should be Sir,
@onefrequencydown47493 жыл бұрын
This is one of the finest examples of chaotic rock n roll. Absolute classic.
@MrDeengels Жыл бұрын
I think it’s hysterical that Seals and Croft introduced TRex then all hell breaks loose
@user-yv3sc6ro4x Жыл бұрын
Этим оно и прекрасно
@jamesbarrick34037 ай бұрын
agreed
@maximan436310 ай бұрын
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!
@johnlee2212 Жыл бұрын
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!
@aarondigby50542 ай бұрын
IKR, also Sly and the Family Stone !!!!
@cynthiablandford62132 ай бұрын
Wow!!Your very privileged to have had such a fantastic experience!
@holysmokes5817 Жыл бұрын
A 1970’s cocaine, quaalude - LSD jam at it’s best! Cheers
@johnegli1308 Жыл бұрын
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.
@richardmarting1886Ай бұрын
Marc Bolan and T.Rex understood what rock and roll should sound like. Astounding!
@peters.63436 ай бұрын
I had the good fortune to go see T Rex around the time this came out.
@peters.63436 ай бұрын
I remember his strutting around the stage during bang a gong!
@anthonynasti127927 күн бұрын
The theater I went to see Longlegs at played this performance before the movie. I needed to listen / watch it again immediately after.
@colinfuidge8660Күн бұрын
I've watched this loads of times and, after watching Longlegs last night, here I am again!
@curiousjorge6426 Жыл бұрын
Now THAT’S a ROCK STAR !!!
@phillipdavies10813 жыл бұрын
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.
@phoenixthedevourer17162 жыл бұрын
Jeeeeeeeep
@zipperpillow Жыл бұрын
Bad at guitar, bad at wearing clothes, bad at singing, bad at performing. Complete Duncery. He's a Dunce.
@johnmanning5568 Жыл бұрын
One of them being his son’s mother! Keep it in the family!
@dafunkyshit Жыл бұрын
@@johnmanning5568 Yep was about to say! Haha you beat me to it.
@sierria64 Жыл бұрын
one with black leather was his girlfriend
@mbcolburn7088 Жыл бұрын
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.
@leecoops2002 Жыл бұрын
"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"
@SandraMcCalip Жыл бұрын
Our Doctrine
@SandraMcCalip Жыл бұрын
Mesmerizing
@terrymckenzie87868 ай бұрын
With the great. Wolfman Jack baby
@raincitygrill5 ай бұрын
All that, AND ... Horrendo Reviera!
@snidge200014 жыл бұрын
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 :-)
@phoenixthedevourer17162 жыл бұрын
Jealousssssssss
@KowalskiVanishing_Point Жыл бұрын
Part of it. Man, I laughed!
@rickreardon4163 Жыл бұрын
Nice catch, bro!
@zipperpillow Жыл бұрын
I had to take a shit after seeing this. Care for a souvenir?
@-Pol- Жыл бұрын
@@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!
@theseustoo Жыл бұрын
Probably the best live T-Rex jam session ever recorded! :D
@Steve-wz5pz8 ай бұрын
OH! MY! GAAAAWD!!!! That was the most PERFECT HOT MESS I have ever SEEN!!!
@verkpunk28 күн бұрын
Thanks for the intro Longlegs.
@sly05098 ай бұрын
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.
@371francis8 жыл бұрын
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.
@sallybrowning25318 жыл бұрын
too right just enjoy if you dont like it dont listen 70s fantastic !!
@gretchennelson99653 жыл бұрын
Exactly.😎
@brianttran7612Ай бұрын
You must not recognize me because I’m wearing my long legs today
@thatsez76952 күн бұрын
Cucoo
@fuchsiaswing8545 Жыл бұрын
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!
@bluesborn8 жыл бұрын
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.
@seandodd6388 Жыл бұрын
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.
@zipperpillow Жыл бұрын
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.
@ericthorfinnson3596 Жыл бұрын
Bellamy Bro's you're showing your AGE keep on rocking BRO
@RideAcrossTheRiver Жыл бұрын
@@zipperpillow You're just jealous
@MrDeengels Жыл бұрын
A les Paul and a marshal stack and you can rule the world!!!
@GeorgeVreelandHill Жыл бұрын
Live. Real, and Rock and Roll at its best.
@deborahhewitt6101 Жыл бұрын
This song has just been tore up, shredded into something that is unrecognizable by today's standards. This is the real bang a gong.
@vincentbrown29273 ай бұрын
That black girl on backround ruined it with her big mouth
@tortoise56873 жыл бұрын
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 :-)
@mikenine19628 жыл бұрын
Man he killed it, Marc the showman.
@Slo-ryde Жыл бұрын
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!!!!
@tchullescruz8593 Жыл бұрын
Otmosmuito Bom
@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes Жыл бұрын
As technology improves, musicianship becomes less and less
@slappy8941 Жыл бұрын
Then and than are different words with different meanings.
@alpeterson Жыл бұрын
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
@janetownley Жыл бұрын
Oh would you please stop with that tired old person stuff
@JacobSkriver9 ай бұрын
the definition of a Rock'n'Roll god!
@beecee2205 Жыл бұрын
where the hell has this been all my life ? amazing groove. Bolan gone mad
@PatrickMorris-sm8dv Жыл бұрын
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris.
@beecee2205 Жыл бұрын
@@PatrickMorris-sm8dv just had a listen. excellent stuff. cheers bud
@RBRN_69Ай бұрын
@@PatrickMorris-sm8dvyou’ve commented this an unbelievable amount of times on T Rex videos lol
@davekump15328 жыл бұрын
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.
@gretchennelson99653 жыл бұрын
The performances now are NOTHING compared to this.
@robbiedaug Жыл бұрын
It's referred to as "tolerance"
@Glencairns Жыл бұрын
Long live rock 'n roll. Bolan and band at their best. Thanks for the post.
@kennyglesga Жыл бұрын
Marc was a one-off, a little London pixie maverick with genius music ability.
@macsnafu Жыл бұрын
Certainly one of the wildest performances I've ever seen.
@PatrickMorris-sm8dv Жыл бұрын
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris.
@smanticus10 жыл бұрын
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.
@371francis6 жыл бұрын
Right on...bad ass rock!
@phoenixthedevourer17162 жыл бұрын
ladies andd gentelmaen thaaaaaats kiveeee
@user-wx4ee5ey7d Жыл бұрын
ну и фуйня... . . .
@zipperpillow Жыл бұрын
The Stooges were mediocre at their best. This was just oversold trash. You must love the smell of garbage?
@osiris3550 Жыл бұрын
@@zipperpillow Awww look, it’s poop nuggets spreading joy everywhere they go. WTG Nuggets. Way to go.
@gracielasantana Жыл бұрын
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.👍🏻😎
@philiptownsend40268 ай бұрын
I'm with you Gracie.
@eezeedoesit6 ай бұрын
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!!
@sunroy13 ай бұрын
I was 18 listening to this
@florenciode3 жыл бұрын
That's the way a rock band should play live. Overplayed? But truly sincere.
@andydalgleish71224 ай бұрын
Gloria Jones and Sister Pat Hall touch my soul in this performance.
@pizzamanmep10 жыл бұрын
I've never seen a tambourine player that much hyped of playing his instrument...
@akimelton4 жыл бұрын
meparadis cocaine
@hujajiblamble33374 жыл бұрын
Cocaine bruh
@sagegoodwin14 жыл бұрын
It’s cocaine
@tommymcweedface2294 жыл бұрын
We had the good dope back then! They could afford the GREAT dope!
@izasana473 жыл бұрын
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 KZbin 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.
@tipofthespear71822 жыл бұрын
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.
@carlamurray91505 күн бұрын
We had this album .thoroughly enjoyed it
@gmajors2237 Жыл бұрын
Bang A Gong BABY. Incredible.
@jeffryhammel3035 Жыл бұрын
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.
@edmcgrath9158 жыл бұрын
Never came across this before. WOW. What energy. How wonderful to have this new version of a classic T. Rex number.
@nialldoherty5570 Жыл бұрын
Never get any better than this
@earthling85852 жыл бұрын
Raw talent. I feel lucky to have grown up with it. A rare breed indeed.
@santiagobenites10 жыл бұрын
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!
@heavymetallove710 жыл бұрын
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!
@theseustoo Жыл бұрын
Back in those days, if your amps didn't blow up, you weren't doing it right! ;)
@DUTCH7770 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for video. Never heard or seen this version before. Marc was and is a very underrated guitarist.
@MrDeengels Жыл бұрын
I love early 70’s rock, it was fun, explosive, performance art was bringing rock into a new era.
@victoriaredsky38592 жыл бұрын
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.
@SAHB Жыл бұрын
I hated my plate form shoes 👟
@annemarie5273 Жыл бұрын
Never saw this version .. excellent vibe! Background singers Wiggin' out!
@davidbutler88506 ай бұрын
This is the most awesome version of this song🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉T- Rex.... You still Rock rest in peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️
@SusanBrown-bf6gb Жыл бұрын
I watch this every day!!!😮
@jerryturner3997 Жыл бұрын
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....👍...✨
@THEMASTEROFYOU20007 жыл бұрын
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.
@leecoops2002 Жыл бұрын
Envy ain't my thing but experiencing Marc Boland live must have been Hell special !
@GerryGillard6 жыл бұрын
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 👍👍👍
@leecoops2002 Жыл бұрын
Yes; no voice enhancement; electronic "sound good" equipment, just raw talent and class !
@mr.roaddogwade7107 Жыл бұрын
The 70s were cool. 🕺🏻 Especially the music. I still jam it regularly. Takes me right back to my teens.
@PatrickMorris-sm8dv Жыл бұрын
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris.
@petergambaccini7396 Жыл бұрын
He's a revelation and he's timeless.
@brahmburgers7 жыл бұрын
Bolan was a maestro who showed the way to great R&R performers who followed; Prince, Page, Jackson, and others.
@sheilacirioni4676 Жыл бұрын
Great live performance!!!☮🎶👍
@kirstendieker9798 Жыл бұрын
Simply sublime. Absolute PERFECTION!
@universallanguage59 Жыл бұрын
'Unfiltered and spontaneous' indeed...and arguably the best version I've heard.
@revbudgreen47765 жыл бұрын
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.
@FERNANDOJOSESORIACASTRO7 жыл бұрын
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
@JDsmiffy1 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, I luckily saw T Rex live at Weeley festival 1971. They were amazing.
@PatrickMorris-sm8dv Жыл бұрын
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris.
@jazmindiaz3180 Жыл бұрын
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
@tomlangford23044 жыл бұрын
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.
@monkeypants76112 жыл бұрын
Awesome mate!
@omarvasquez4452 жыл бұрын
Don't forget great guitarist 🎸
@danielogorman68582 жыл бұрын
Wow
@saxa212 жыл бұрын
You spoke to the King.
@zipperpillow Жыл бұрын
Didn't his girlfriend kill him in a car crash against a tree? What a great Tree!. Thank you, Trees.
@oliverkalamata27533 жыл бұрын
Everyone in the comments is complaining about this performance but I love it. It's out of control rock and roll. It rocks hard! 🤙
@phoenixthedevourer17162 жыл бұрын
Vedddy true
@aarondigby98592 жыл бұрын
@@phoenixthedevourer1716 This is why I love Rock & Roll.
@iggy99552 жыл бұрын
Yes he is fat ,full of burbon and cocain but it is same Marc Bolan ful of energy and rock hard.
@thatismattjohnsonjohnson31462 жыл бұрын
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.
@joelouis-arena40612 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@tameramares578510 ай бұрын
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!! ❤
@martingrimshaw7336 Жыл бұрын
Marc still killing it
@jonhillman8715 ай бұрын
the background singers steal the show. love it!
@Heidi_Bradshaw4 ай бұрын
The one on the left is Gloria Jones, Marc’s last love and mother of his son.😊
@brentgabel3660 Жыл бұрын
This is pure gold. Love the ladies!!!!!!!
@user-bs6sh1sr3d Жыл бұрын
A very beautiful boy with so muchxxxxxxxx
@user-bs6sh1sr3d Жыл бұрын
Talent made my world absolutely 😊
@myradioon9 ай бұрын
His wife and friend.
@brentgabel36609 ай бұрын
I wasn't aware. Thanks. The 2 of them were awesome in this vid.@@myradioon
@suzi5414 күн бұрын
@@myradioonThey never married. He was still married to June. They never divorced.
@garyastrein5192 Жыл бұрын
Unbelievably great, rock n roll out of control 😊
@Bruno-ck4hl Жыл бұрын
Yeah ! Specially as you listen to the lyrics ... Today , these guys would be in jail !!!
@gillmartin1758 Жыл бұрын
Back in the days when rock and roll went to 11
@jeffmurray6219 Жыл бұрын
Precisely why we love him to this day.
@keithrissolo7437 Жыл бұрын
Never get tired of this song.....
@PatrickMorris-sm8dv Жыл бұрын
if you like this you might like my brothers music. his name is Stu Morris.
@pendriss Жыл бұрын
One of my top five songs for the past 40 or so years - never get tired of this song - great performance !
@Bruno-ck4hl Жыл бұрын
Yesss ! Sure ! Could you tell us what are your four following songs ? Thanks !
@pendriss Жыл бұрын
@@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"
@Bruno-ck4hl Жыл бұрын
@@pendriss Yeah ! Good! What about " my Sharona " The Knack and " Ordinary World " Duran Duran ?
@KittyGrizGriz Жыл бұрын
Love it too!!🎉
@terrymckenzie87868 ай бұрын
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.
@geekverve Жыл бұрын
Those are the most enthusiastic back-up singers I've ever seen.
@SusanBrown-bf6gb Жыл бұрын
There will never be another time like this in music!!
@codykuo82652 жыл бұрын
Mark is a musical genius.
@jer2xjim Жыл бұрын
incredible... the synchronicity with the backup singers is unsurpassed.
@bh-zj4yt2 жыл бұрын
Saw them in San Diego 1973… great show with tons of energy….loudest concert ever including The Who, Zep and Judas Priest
@micksangel1710281111 жыл бұрын
A genius.. gone too soon. Great guitarist too, he is loved and missed. Those girls were totally over the top though!!!
@bobhotchkiss2438 Жыл бұрын
The gal on the left beat the @#$@ out of that tambourine.
@friktionrc Жыл бұрын
@@bobhotchkiss2438I think that’s his wife….I know one of those two ladies is his wife, just can’t remember which one lol
@user-pu2cj3no5f4 ай бұрын
They belong in an SNL skit.
@MrZenigata7310 жыл бұрын
....it ends in a spectacular Jam session!!! A mass of raw Energy that was Marc
@ALD56 Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah! Glad this showed up in my feed. I watched Midnight Special religiously bitd but don't recall this
@SAHB Жыл бұрын
Good
@patrickplug7460 Жыл бұрын
Glam rock at its finest. Timeless!
@ladyspace8815 Жыл бұрын
If this song don't make you feel good I don't know what will. 😻
@KenJones4201710 жыл бұрын
those backup singers are freaking me out. especially their frantic movements.
@martydaymudefromdc6 жыл бұрын
I know, but they're terrific and wonderful! Man this is LIVE performance at its best.
@myfalsenamedotcome6 жыл бұрын
Yes, cocaine man.
@martydaymudefromdc6 жыл бұрын
Cocaine!
@lenkareznicek27786 жыл бұрын
This is one insane performance; I love it - it's got a definite Sly and the Family Stone funk vibe.
@AcePanno15 жыл бұрын
TheBigHase, cheap shot loser
@ezsmith3765 Жыл бұрын
This is about as ROCK N ROLL as it gets. Pure ⚡️ ⚡️ELECTRICITY ⚡️⚡️ Bang a Gong, Hit a bong, Sing along
@leecoops2002 Жыл бұрын
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
@KittyGrizGriz Жыл бұрын
Very well said, agree 💯 💄💖
@johnmanning5568 Жыл бұрын
His name was “Bolan” not “Boland”. He named himself after his idol BOb dyLAN.
@randymerlo407010 ай бұрын
There is no such thing as ahead of your time he came at his time which was right on time
@guitarslinger488 жыл бұрын
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.
@gabby81037 жыл бұрын
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.
@misterknightowlandco7 жыл бұрын
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_0007 жыл бұрын
*Oh, shut up grandpa and get back in your rocking chair. This is the age of the Beiber!*
@michaeld25195 жыл бұрын
@@Trigger_000 Who is 'Beiber'? Either you're a troll, or a simpleton of the highest order, lol
@diorme75105 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@jeffgeorge33733 жыл бұрын
Marc Bolan broke the mold for Glam Rock. R.I.P. my friend. 40 years from now folks will talk and speak bout ya..❤❤
@tonybeards91534 жыл бұрын
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 😎😎
@dinoevagorou72982 жыл бұрын
Once played football with drummer Clem Cattini, love the man. Legend.
@creepshowcrate8 жыл бұрын
Bolan flat-out ROCKS.
@IlluminovaNibiru8 жыл бұрын
I think this kind of trend setting glam rock trend is what probably gave Kiss their idea. I don't know?
@creepshowcrate8 жыл бұрын
Chris Mason The glitter scene was big and certainly had an influence, but KISS tried it and were too tall and husky to pull it off, so they went with all black and silver and looked more toward Alice Cooper for aesthetic inspiration. They thought four Alice Cooper-type band members would be more exciting than one.
@toniecampa61057 жыл бұрын
no, he doesn't
@56cadd5 жыл бұрын
@@toniecampa6105, connway twitty you wont see here.
@TheDressingRoom_band3 жыл бұрын
Tonie Campa so why you watching this video ?👀
@markrussell3414 Жыл бұрын
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 🎶
@joey_bonin Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure Bolan never thought this song would still be played on the radio in 2023.
@user-zd1th9it3h3 күн бұрын
2024 !!😊
@franklindelanoroosevelt91775 жыл бұрын
all the best and most underrated bands performed or started on midnight special, legends never die R.I.P Marc Bolan
@richmacer21082 жыл бұрын
Marc had a back line to die for, great looks and a totally unique way of playing the guitar- nobody ever sounded like him. Oh yeah, also a fantastic riff writer and he oozed sexuality and mystery.. God Bless
@SandraMcCalip7 ай бұрын
To the great T.REX ROCK WILL NEVER DIE
@toshyman13 ай бұрын
Unreal !! What a talent we lost ❤
@gaynorfairweather86265 ай бұрын
Absolutely love this live clip of him, amazing performances, the backing singers are dynamite! Most awesome! ❤
@andresguzmanheim92049 жыл бұрын
Auténtico Glam Rock en estado puro !!!!!!!!!!!! (Bolan era un monstruo !! )