T Rex: Top 10 Songs (x3)

[@ianrobinson4200]

Unlike you guys, I'd have to have Hot Love in my top 10, the song that introduced me to T. Rex and I still love it

[@jesuschambers]

Marc Bolan has always been my Main Man and I could've listed 50 great songs here so narrowing it down to ten was extremely difficult. 10. Chrome Sitar 9. Rapids 8. Cadilac 7. Thunderwing 6. Jitterbug Love 5. Children Of The Revolution 4. Mambo Sun 3. 20th Century Boy 2. Metal Guru 1. JEEPSTER

[@casualagent7250]

I concur...narrowing it down to 10 Extremely difficult 🤔

[@beltanetrex]

The fact that you have Chrome Sitar on your list is awesome!

[@abbeyprice7413]

Glad to see Chrome Sitar and Jitterbug Love

[@ste.6026]

These are the songs that I am least likely to skip... T.Rex... (This would also be my actual top ten) 10... One Inch Rock, 09... Spaceball Ricochet, 08... Country Honey, 07... The Slider, 06... Planet Queen, 05... The Groover, 04... Solid Gold Easy Action, 03... Metal Guru, 02... Life’s A Gas, 01... Mambo Sun... Tyrannosaurus Rex top 10... 10... She Was Born To Be My Unicorn, 09... Lofty Skies, 08... Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart, 07... Woodland Bop, 06... Wielder Of Words, 05... Eastern Spell, 04... Cat Black (The Wizard's Hat), 03... Find A Little Wood, 02... Conesuala, 01... By The Light Of The Magical Moon...

[@bengalgangster]

hard to do so many 11born to boogie 10 jupitar liar 9 metal guru 8 bang a gong 7the slider 6 buick mackane 5 the motivator 4 rapids 3 telegram sam 2 jeepster 1 mambo sun HM elemental child 20th century boy jewel visions of domino t rex finally seems to be getting the recognition they deserve!

[@brentjackson6839]

Hi bengal. Very nice list! We've got some in common and others that barely missed my list. LOVE your number one song. 🙂

[@bengalgangster]

@@brentjackson6839 thanx brent off to check your list out

[@bryanbyrde8338]

@@bengalgangster Hi Bengal, we have a few shared choices plus several that I need to listen to. T Rex always seemed more of a singles band to me, and the only album I have listened to is Electric Warrior. I definitely have to put that right! 😄 Cheers my friend.

[@deathfromabove77]

Top 10 T- Rex songs 10. Raw Ramp 9. Get It On ( Bang A Gong) 8. Monolith 7. 20th Century Boy 6. Baby Strange 5. Children of the Revolution 4. Telegram Sam 3. Hot Love 2. Metal Guru 1. Ride A White Swan

[@befreiedeinengeist7715]

Rhide a white swan is the Top, from the magical Tyrannosaurus Rex to the birth of Glam

[@michelewiese48]

Life’s A Gas is beautiful in its simplicity. Thanks to K for including it. Didn’t see it on many lists.

[@davidley7549]

THIS ONE COULD KEEP ME UP ALL NIGHT. BUT HERE GOES 1 PICTURES OF PURPLE PEOPLE 2 LOFTY SKIES 3 ELECTRIC SLIM AND THE FACTORY HEN 4 LEFT HAND LUKE 5 FREE ANGEL 6 GET IT ON 7 COSMIC DANCER 8 ONE INCH ROCK 9 LIFES A GAS 10 CADILAC

[@fijack4290]

I'd have a hard time naming my top 50 T. Rex songs let alone my top 10 but here goes... 10. Beltane Walk 09. Highway Knees 08. Jeepster 07. The Groover 06. Telegram Sam 05. Children of the Revolution 04. 20th Century Boy 03. Jitterbug Love 02. Get It On 01. Mambo Sun

[@zacharypopp3549]

From hearing just the two main albums and a handful of singles: 1. Cosmic Dancer 2. The Slider 3. Jeepster 4. Rock On 5. Life's a Gas 6. Ride a White Swan 7. Bang a Gong (Get It On) 8. Metal Guru 9. Mambo Sun 10. Mystic Lady

[@edgustafson]

I'm glad T.Rex week is over, so hopefully none of the TLM crew has to say "Boogie Woogie" or "Choogle" for awhile. Here's my top 10. 4 from Electric Warrior, 3 non-Album singles, 2 from the Slider, and a lone track from Zinc Alloy. 1. 20th Century Boy 2. Ballrooms of Mars 3. Jeepster 4. Cosmic Dancer 5. Bang a Gong (Get it On) 6. Buick Mackane 7. Monolith 8. Ride a White Swan 9. Debora 10. Teenage Dream I share 4 songs each with Joe and Kram, and only 1 with Jason, who inexplicably didn't pick one of the 2 Slider songs I did.

[@RostyslavLogachov]

10. Ride A White Swan (single from T. Rex album) 9. Girl (Electric Warrior) 8. Metal Guru (The Slider) 7. Electric Slim And The Factory Hen (Tanx) 6. Spaceball Ricochet (The Slider) 5. Planet Queen (Electric Warrior) 4. Tenement Lady (Tanx) 3. Chariot Choogle (The Slider) 2. Rip Off (Electric Warrior) 1. Ballrooms Of Mars (The Slider)

[@claytonkelley4921]

10. Left Handed Luke (Tanx, 1973) 9. Chariot Choogle (The Slider, 1972) 8. Mambo Sun (Electric Warrior , 1971) 7. Teenage Dream (Zinx Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow, 1974) 6. The Slider (The Slider, 1972) 5. Jeepster (Electric Warrior , 1971) 4. Planet Queen (Electric Warrior , 1971) 3. Bang a Gong (Get It On) ( Electric Warrior , 1971) 2. Calling All Destroyers (Futuristic Dragon, 1976) 1. 20th Century Boy (1973)

[@MegaDave8520]

1. 20th Century Boy 2. Metal Guru 3. The Slider 4. Mambo Sun 5. Cosmic Dancer 6. Children of the Revolution 7. Teenage Dream 8. Telegram Sam 9. Ballrooms of Mars 10. Rock On

[@179rich]

Love all your choices except the last two. We've got 5 in common.

[@frangarcia7774]

Great lists. My top ten TRex songs are: 1. Get It On 2. Ride a White Swan 3. 20th Century Boy 4. Children of the Revolution 5. Cosmic Dancer 6. Metal Guru 7. Mambo Sun 8. Hot Love 9. Ballrooms of Mars 10. Teenage Dream

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

Six in common, Fran. 😀

[@richardjones4466]

No mention of The Groover, T Rex's last top 10 hit, and their last classic single. Severely underrated. Solid Gold Easy Action is also great. Both non album tracks.

[@ste.6026]

Both on my list🙂

[@parishofrock2963]

As I was a Child of the Revolution who worshipped the Metal Guru, you won’t fool me as my choices were all singles... New York City Telegram Sam Jeepster Solid Gold Easy Action Hot Love Get it On I Love to Boogie 20th Century Boy Metal Guru Children of the Revolution

[@rupertx_x1613]

1. Get It On 2. Hot Love 3. Children Of The Revolution 4. 20th Century Boy 5. Love To Boogie 6. Jason B Sad 7. Cosmic Dancer 8. Ride A White Swan 9. Jeepster 10. I'm A Fool For You Girl

[@beltanetrex]

Awesome list! Cool to see Jason b sad and I'm a fool for you girl on it.

[@kevtruth]

Great job on your lists you guys. I'm gonna lay down my top 10 10. Get It On 9. Buick Mackane 8. Jeepster 7. Planet Queen 6. Mambo Sun 5. Telegram Sam 4. Hot Love 3. Ballrooms Of Mars 2. Raw Ramp 1. The Slider

[@Maanebaronen]

10 She Was Born To Be My Unicorn 09 Life’s A Gas 08 Seagull Woman 07 Bang A Gong (Get It On) 06 Debora 05 Ride A White Swan 04 Children Of The Revolution 03 Dreamy Lady 02 Light Of Love 01 Cosmic Dancer

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

1. Get It On 2. Metal Guru 3. 20th Century Boy 4. Ride a White Swan 5. Jeepster 6. The Slider 7. Children of the Revolution 8. Cosmic Dancer 9. Electric Slim & The Factory Hen 10. Stacey Grove HMs: Consuela, Hot Love, Mambo Sun, Mister Mister, Left Hand Luke, Rock On, Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart, Planet Queen, Broken Hearted Blues, One Inch Rock, Golden Belt, Ballrooms of Mars, Life's a Gas, Cadilac, Afghan Woman, Shock Rock, Pavilions of Sun, Monolith, Girl in the Thunderbolt Suit, Spaceball Ricochet, Main Man, Country Honey, Teenage Dream, By the Light of a Magical Moon, Cat Black (The Wizard's Hat), The Motivator, Dwarfish Trumpet Blues, The Street & Babe Shadow, The Seal of Seasons, Childe, Lofty Skies, Diamond Meadows, Highway Knees, The Travelling Tragition, The Visit, Dawn Storm, Baby Strange, Jewel, O Harley, Root of Star, Organ Blues, Dragon's Ear, Calling All Destroyers, Knight, Misty Mist

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

Good list Whammy. Same #1.

[@painless465]

My list dominated by 2 albums and one of the best non album tracks ever in rock; 10) Cosmic Dancer 09)Metal Guru 08)Jeepster 07) The Slider 06)Mambo Sun 05)Get it On( Bang a Gong) 04)Buick Mackane 03) Telegram Sam 02)Monolith 01)20th Century Boy Can’t Wait for X!

[@179rich]

10) Space Boss (Bolan's Zip Gun) 09) Baby Strange (The Slider) (cuz it cracks me up) 08) Telegram Sam (The Slider) 07) Life's a Gas (Electric Warrior) ("..hope it's gonna last" - too bad it didn't) 06) The Wizard (T. Rex) 05) Children of the Revolution (1972 single) 04) Teenage Dream (Zinc Alloy...) (touch of Dylan here, killer guitar solo, great orchestration, top notch glam) 03) Liquid Gang (Zinc Alloy...) 02) The Slider (The Slider) 01) 20th Century Boy (1973 single)

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

great list - one in common . . I thought The Wizard went on too long and got kind of annoying . .

[@davidellis5141]

Not much love for 20th Century Boy so far .. Certainly one of my top picks.

[@179rich]

@@NaughtyVampireGod Well, I suppose it was a breath of fresh air and quite different from everything else they had done. I can understand finding it annoying.

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

@@179rich Unlike most T Rex songs - I wished The Wizard was shorter! BTW, 20th Century boy used to great effect in Velvet Goldmine.

[@bigneon_glitter]

*T Rex* Desert Island Top 10 10. Children Of The Revolution* _1972 Single_ 9. Bang A Gong (Get It On) _Electric Warrior_ 8. Planet Queen _Electric Warrior_ 7. Ballrooms Of Mars _The Slider_ 6. Jeepster _Electric Warrior_ 5. By The Light Of The Magical Moon _A Beard Of Stars_ 4. Jewel _Live on Beat Club 1971_ 3. Girl _Electric Warrior_ 2. Cosmic Dancer _Electric Warrior_ 1. 20th Century Boy _1973 Single / Tanx_ * _"I drive a Rolls Royce / 'Cause it's good for my voice"_ - greatest Rock lyric ever

[@merlinman7300]

Staggered that there's not a single pick of Ride a White Swan, incredible it's not on all three lists actually! It was literally the beginning, without which......and it's their best song too!

[@UlyssesJonah]

Not an accurate list and less so in ranking, got busy but spent some time making it today: 1. Metal Guru 2. Mambo Sun 3. Teenage Dream 4. Ballrooms of Mars 5. The Seal of Seasons 6. Spaceball Ricochet 7. Cosmic Dancer 8. The Slider 9. Children of The Revolution 10. Cat Black 11. 20th Century Boy 12. Debora 13. Get It On 14. Ride A White Swan 15. Chariots of Silk

[@ihavenoquarrelwithyou3249]

They may have only made two decent albums (Electric Warrior & The Slider) but from 1970 to 1973 they put out 10 maybe 11 singles in a row that can all be called classics. 9 of those 11 are in my 10. So no surprises here. The quality of T-Rex is that even though they peaked for such a brief period they easily hold their own with bands with much more breadth in their catalogs. There is nothing wrong with having a limited palette when it is this good! I have never felt more in tune with the TLM top 10s, many of those deeper cuts were HMs for me. Even Roger Daltry wanted to drink himself blind to the sound of old T-Rex. The legend and influence certainly outway their success commercially. Outside of the British Isles, it is wild how limited their commercial impact was. Even my native New Zealand, which has a grand tradition of championing odd-ball musicians didn't really embrace them. And the US took Get It On to its heart but wouldn't look any further. 1. Metal Guru 2. Ride A White Swan 3. Children of The Revolution 4. Solid Gold, Easy Action 5. The Slider 6. Jeepster 7. 20th Century Boy 8. Hot Love 9. Get It On (Bang A Gong) 10. Telegram Sam

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

I'm pretty much working off the same page as you. I'm an American who grew up only hearing "Get It On" and didn't investigate the band further until I was an adult. Albums-wise, T-Rex doesn't blow me away, but I think their top dozen songs are about as great as anyone's top dozen.

[@roxannewalsh]

My memory of T Rex in NZ is different, I was 13 years old in 1972 and I NEVER shared any musical tastes with the other girls of my age...except for the T Rex singles. Your list covers them completely. Also, T Rex appeared regularly on Top of the Pops that was broadcasted in irregular order and with sometimes significant delay from the UK dates (and at odd hours) so they were one of the few artists we could see, even if they just mimicked to playback.

[@ihavenoquarrelwithyou3249]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 Absolutely! It does baffle me that they didn't have more success here

[@ihavenoquarrelwithyou3249]

@@roxannewalsh I am younger but my experience was similar with older siblings being big T-Rex fans. It made me think they had a bigger commercial impact in NZ. But looking now they really didn't conquer the charts.

[@roxannewalsh]

@@ihavenoquarrelwithyou3249 Probably teens like me were responsible for the lack of "commercial impact". I recorded their hits from the radio to cassette but never bought their records - my money was reserved for LPs with music that was otherwise not easily available.

[@davidellis5141]

My Top 10 T.Rex 🦕 songs - # 10 Born To Boogie # 9 London Boys 👦 # 8 Cosmic Dancer # 7 Get It On .. # 6 Ride A White Swan # 5 Jeepster # 4 Metal Guru # 3 Twentieth Century Boy # 2 Children Of The Revolution & # 1 Telegram Sam 👍

[@palacerevolution2000]

He's got so many great songs like 'Rabbit Fighter"; and on the big singles "Telegram Sam", "Metal Guru", "Children of Revolution" and "20th Century Boy" they got that huge sound down so well. The violas, the BU voices, the super dry snare. But my favorite cuts are probably "Raw Ramp" with the great intro "Jewel" "Beltane Walk" "Life's a Gas" - he comes close to the great ones here "Explosive Mouth" "Sitting Here" "Life's An Elevator" with that CRAZY note that resolves the chorus I know that sound that J is talking about on 'Slider'. I think it is him doing "cchk"

[@Vanessa.P]

Super tough list to settle on, they had a lot of really great songs! 10. Liquid Gang 9. Mambo Sun 8. Jason B. Sad 7. Chrome Sitar 6. Born To Boogie 5. Telegram Sam 4. Cosmic Dancer 3. Buick Mackane 2. Rabbit Fighter 1. Metal Guru

[@bengalgangster]

nice V , we had 5 matches!!

[@Vanessa.P]

@@bengalgangster Awesome 🥳

[@trickygoose2]

I only really know the singles but enough decent songs for a top 10: 10 - I Love to Boogie 9 - Get it On 8 - Solid Gold Easy Action 7 - Telegram Sam 6 - Ride a White Swan 5 - Metal Guru 4 - Jeepster 3 - Children of the Revolution 2 - Hot Love 1 - 20th Century Boy I'm beginning to think that my number one had the first guitar riff that the then 5 year old me was really aware of.

[@surferles589]

Can't believe Hot Love didn'y make anyone's list. Also Lady, Inyeresting

[@porkchopen]

1 - Telegram Sam 2 - 20th Century Boy 3 - Solid Gold Easy Action 4 - Children of the Revolution 5 - Jeepster 6 - Hot Love 7 - Mambo Sun 8 - The Groover 9 - Dandy in the Underworld 10 - Ride a White Swan

[@bryanbyrde8338]

My knowledge of their music is mainly restricted to the hit singles but what fabulous singles they were: 10. Hot Love 9. Cosmic Dancer 8. I Love To Boogie 7. Ride A White Swan 6. Telegram Sam 5. Mambo Sun 4. 20th Century Boy 3. Children Of The Revolution 2. Get It On 1. Jeepster

[@brentjackson6839]

Hi Bryan. Thanks for letting me know you posted a list. 🙂 I wasn't sure of your feelings toward T. Rex. Nice that we shared some picks!

[@bengalgangster]

hi bryan 3 matches , good to see mambo sun on there cheers

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

Excellent list, Bryan. Four sames - as you noted. 😀 The harder stuff such as Children of the Revolution and 20th Century Boy just missed my list but they are undeniably great. I Love to Boogie is such a joyful song. The dance group "Heart Throb" took that on in the first episode of the Marc show!

[@johnlefsky8731]

1. 20th Century Boy 2. Main Man. For purely sentimental reasons. When I was 12 and my sister was 9 we would sing it together while reading off the lyric sheet. 3. Cosmic Dancer 4. Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart. Ty Segall does a good version on his Bolan tribute album. 5. Life's A Gas 6. Solid Gold Easy Action 7. Spaceball Ricochet 8. She Was Born to Be My Unicorn. Yeah, I like some of the hippy hobbit stuff. 9. Children Of The Revolution 10. Jeepster Much of this list can change daily, with a couple of exceptions.What could side 3 be? Favorite Glam songs, favorite rock hair?

[@roxannewalsh]

How about side 3 "The Mickey Finns"? Musicians in famous bands that make you wonder why they are there. But on second thought this may be boring since the obvious winner would inevitably be Mike Love.

[@roxannewalsh]

The top 3 songs from my list also made it into my SOTY lists of the respective years, an indication that I think they are really great songs and I am no T Rex hater (just my album rating was not too enthusiastic...) 10. Born to Boogie 9. The King of the Mountain Cometh 8. Cosmic Dancer 7. Mambo Sun 6. Jupiter Liar 5. Beltane Walk 4. 20th Century Boy 3. Children of the Revolution 2. Ride a White Swan 1. Get It On

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

4 of 10 but all the rest could be HMs for me (maybe not #9 . . )

[@beltanetrex]

Jupiter Liar, nice!

[@iangoold4262]

1) Venus Loon 2) Casual Agent 3) Teen Riot Structure 4) Cadilac 5) Til Dawn 6) Sunken Rags 7) All Alone 8) Chariot Choogle 9) Mambo Sun 10) Electric Slim and the Factory Hen

[@casualagent7250]

Am with you on 1/ 2/ 9/ 10 Till Dawn also excellent 🙃

[@geneharvey7]

Great lists. I really like "Ride a White Swan," "Baby Strange," "The Street and Babe Shadow," and "I Love to Boogie." I think those four would be in my top ten. But otherwise, great lists.

[@davidr5250]

Ride a White Swan is a great track

[@stevelee5562]

1. 20th Century Boy 2. Teenage Dream 3. Dandy In The Underworld 4. Cosmic Dancer 5. Get It On 6. Jason B Sad 7. Rabbit Fighter 8. Mambo Sun 9. Explosive Mouth 10. Broken Hearted Blues

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

4/10 - nice list . .

[@asmallwhitedog0479]

I was in 7th grade when Bang a Gong came on to AM radio. It will always hold a special place. It imprinted. The other song that I think about when I hear T Rex is Elemental Child off of Beard of Stars.

[@mattymac1399]

Agreed, Light of Love is lovely. Get It On (Bang a Gong) influenced Bon Jovi (Bad Medicine) and Oasis (Cigarettes and Alcohol). Also U2 ripped off Children of the Revolution for Hold Me, Thrill Me...props to Buick McKane

[@theobjectivethinker64]

My top Ten. 1, 20th Century Boy 2, Get it On (Bang a gong) 3, Metal Guru 4, Telegram Sam 5, Hot Love 6, I love to Boogie 7, Children of the Revolution 8, Ride a White Swan 9, Jeepster 10, The Groover

[@gavinsmith9016]

As a child in the 70s T.Rex and the other great Glam bands greatly influenced my love of rock music. My favourite T.Rex songs are : 1: Hot Love.... what a groove and bass line 2: 20th Century Boy... killer riff 3: Get It On (Bang A Gong)... Again a killer groove 4: Metal Guru 5: Ride A White Swan 6: TeleGram Sam... Probably my favourite Bolan lyrics on this one 7: Children Of The Revolution 8: Spaceball Ricochet 9: Ballrooms Of Mars 10: Thunderwing If you ever get the chance check out the T.Rex tribute band TRextasy. They are great live.

[@Pinerocks]

Brilliant picks guys! I would have included Raw Ramp, Thunderwing, and Cadillac

[@spiritualarchitect4276]

So many great songs yet I could not get beyond the 2 Big albums. 10. Life’s A Gas 9. The Motivator 8. Baby Strange 7. Rip Off 6. Cosmic Dancer 5. Rock On 4. The Slider 3. Planet Queen 2. Telegram Sam 1. Metal Guru

[@-Ricky_Spanish-]

I'm new to the channel, but I feel like I'm a Joe guy from this. I would also have included "Ride A White Swan" probably in the 9 or 10 slot, but otherwise I can't complain too much. It's difficult when an artist has so many more than 10 amazing songs.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

👊🏻- Joe

[@lewismusser7184]

A few other T-REX numbers worth mentioning: from Tanx, "Tenement Lady"and a monster track that should have gone on another 2 minutes,"Shock Rock" "The Groover",where Marc embraces his bad self. Another jewel is"Raw Ramp", that wraps up with his signature Chuck Berry electric boogie!

[@pete3105]

I could easily make a top 30, but this is my top 10 at the moment: 10. The Slider (1972) 9. Children of the Revolution (1972) 8. Baby Strange (1972) 7. Ballrooms of Mars (1972) 6. Light of Love (1975) 5. Teenage Dream (1974) 4. Telegram Sam (1972) 3. 20th Century Boy (1973) 2. Mambo Sun (1971) 1. Metal Guru (1972)

[@ignatiusj.reilly5418]

1 Ballrooms Of Mars 2 Monolith 3 Cosmic Dancer 4 Sunken Rags 5 Spaceball Ricochet 6 Children Of The Revolution 7 Girl 8 Mystic Lady 9 Romany Soup 10 Teenage Dream

[@RostyslavLogachov]

Ballrooms From Mars my #1 pick too. Also glad to see Girl, this song didn't make any other lists in the comments sections so far, sadly.

[@oppothumbs1]

@@RostyslavLogachov I listed "Girl"

[@RostyslavLogachov]

@@oppothumbs1 Nice. I'll check out your list.

[@officialFredDurstfanclub]

10. The Leopards (Ft. Gardenia and the Mighty Slug) 9. Dandy in the Underworld 8. All Alone 7. Jewel 6. Children of the Revolution 5. 20th Century Boy 4. Cosmic Dancer 3. Ride a White Swan 2. Metal Guru 1. Mambo Sun

[@delmofritz3964]

Glad Jason mentioned Mystic Lady. Love it. And it's fun to play on the guitar.

[@TheVanmanderpootz]

1,Get It On (Bang A Gong) 2.Telegram Sam 3.I Love To Boogie 4.Laser Love 5.20th Century Boy 6.Jeepster 7.Children Of The Revolution 8.Metal Guru 9.Baby Strange 10.There Was A Time/Raw Ramp/Electric Boogie

[@beltanetrex]

Marc Bolan had so many great songs throughout his career! There are definitely some great gems on futuristic dragon and dandy in the Underworld that were worth considering too…. But even beyond his studio albums Bolan has tons of great home recordings and unreleased studio recordings from the T. Rex unchained Series. Go listen to plateau skull, Saturday night version 3, down home lady, 21st century stance, jet tambourine, over the flats...and more!

[@steveblease]

Still have all my T-rex albums from when I was a kid in the 70s. Not been played for 40 plus years. I have a nice Japanese Philips lable Electric warrior with the band on it. I think I played it once to record it.

[@charlesandbettesson7229]

Only includes tracks from the 8 T. Rex albums 10. Buick MacKane (Slider) 9. Slider (Slider) 8. The Avengers (Superbad) (Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders of Tomorrow) 7. The Leopards featuring Gardenia & The Mighty Slug (ZAATHROT) 6. Children Of The Revolution (non-album single) 5. Metal Guru (Slider) 4. Jeepster (Electric Warrior) 3. 20th Century Boy (non-album single) 2. Telegram Sam (Slider) 1. Bang A Gong (Get It On) (Electric Warrior) HM Groove A Little (Dandy In The Underworld) Lean Woman Blues (Electric Warrior) Dandy In The Underworld (DITU) Solid Gold Easy Action (non-album single) Girl In The Thunderbolt Suit (Bolan's Zip Gun) Corrected the songs on the Tanx reissue to reflect their non-album single status, thanks Roxanne

[@roxannewalsh]

If those tracks you nominate from Tanx would have been on the album, my rating yesterday would have been quite different. But they were not, they were 1972/73 singles.

[@charlesandbettesson7229]

@@roxannewalsh fair enough, must have been on the reissues and I didn't go back to verify.

[@suneyeintuition4315]

My 10, no particular order: The Groover Children of the Revolution Bang A Gong 20th Century Boy Jewel The Visit Crimson Moon The Slider Solid Gold Easy Action Electric Slim and the Factory Hen Best review line ever: "Greasiness to the happiness of it" 👍 And here's what's weird: My favorite album is Futuristic Dragon, although I picked no songs from it. Because Futuristic Dragon has unique great tracks, but is an overall experience.

[@oppothumbs1]

Marc got his name from Dylan. Bo for Bob and Lan for Dylan. Let it be known that polls and most on here think Slider is better than Electric W but I'm not feeling it. 1 to 5 scale. Bang a Gong (Get it On) 5 Jeepster 5 Mambo Sun 5 Planet Queen 5 Girl 5 (Seems to be ignored by most on here) 20th Century Boy 4.2 (Slider) 5 Life's a Gas 4.2 Cosmic Dancer 4.2 A critic of Slider wrote it "is full of songs of a slightness which is wondrous to behold". One never knows how Tony Visconti could screw up an album but this is murkier, repetitive, less dynamic and vital, more glam, less eerie (Mambo Sun is eerie), less hooky and it might succumb to Paul McCartney's Syndrome if Marc put his wife Gloria Jones on keyboards (I have no knowledge of this). Actually both records had different sound engineers - that aside from lesser songs could be the difference. Metal Guru 4 (Slider) would like to hear this with the engineer from EW Electric Slim and the Factory Hen 4 (Tanx) would like to hear this with the engineer from EW Monolith 4 (from EW) like to hear this with engineer from SLIDER Some songs could be less than 4.0: Children of the Revolution 4 would like to hear this with the engineer from EW Hot Love 4 would like to hear this with the engineer from EW Telegram Sam 4 ditto Light of Love 4 ditto Slider - 4 ditto

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

Hey Oppo. Electric Warrior and Slider are both 5-star albums but I prefer Warrior and actually classify it as a "six star" album. Dolittle by Pixies is another six-star album. Slider is certainly meloncholy. Spaceball Ricochet is a beautiful song (not on my top 10 for whatever reason) and is probably Marc at his most pensive and autobiographical . . without the bravado. Good point about the engineers. Producers get all the credit (or blame) but what yer hearing is thanks to the engineer, right? It's like the director/cinematographer distinction . . I guess . .

[@oppothumbs1]

@@NaughtyVampireGod Hi Vampire. Sure Doolittle is a great record. I don't mind the melancholy of Slider but the feelings and reasons I gave still stand on it. Spaceball has beauty and yearning and I like the sound production more than most on Slider so ya know the engineer takes five (went on break). Marc does a live version on tube and it is better I think. Thanks for stopping by.

[@MH77391]

All good I definitely would have included Ride a white swan and Monolith and All Alone in my top ten though Good lists though

[@befreiedeinengeist7715]

Elemental Child? The fantastic " Rhide a white swan" between the Magic of Tyrannosaurus Rex and the awakening Glam Rock of T.Rex? Jitterbug Love, Mambo Sun, Hang-UPS, Midnight, Teenage dream👍👍👍 There is so much ..

[@anthonyanderson6463]

I could go deep into this being a Bolan fan from the age of 14. Sunken Rags deserves a mention, Thunder Wing, a twisted Bolan transformed Rock n Roll glacial stomp; and Lady for simplistic beauty, By the Light of the Magical Moon for its haunting romanticism and otherworld guitaring. Broken Hearted Blues is my favourite, conjuring up Eraserhead imagery of sweet nightmares.

[@davidschecter5247]

No "Thunderwing?" Love that one, but pretty much every song on your three lists is classic. I also love "Mister Mister." No other song in his canon like that one.

[@johnw706]

Great lists by all of you . Here's mine in order of preference : Ballrooms of Mars Children of the Revolution Rock On Telegram Sam Cosmic Dancer Ride a White Swan Monolith Metal Guru The Motivator LIfe's a Gas Thanks !!

[@MMoses87]

It's a shame that American radio only plays one stupid song by this band. Marc Bolan was an incredibly talented & influential artist. This is probably my favorite top 10 songs list thus far. TOP 10 10 Rip Off(John Frusciante admitted to ripping off a portion of this song for 'Under The Bridge') 9 20th Century Boy 8 Metal Guru("Panic on the streets of London...."🎶 🎵)The Smiths clearly ripped this off 7 Rock On 6 Jeepster 5 Planet Queen 4 Mambo Sun 3 Slider 2 Ride A White Swan 1 Cosmic Dancer

[@179rich]

I don't think Panic is a full-on rip-off, but it definitely sounds like they took some inspiration from it.

[@davidellis5141]

My favorite cover of a T.Rex song is the excellent version of Telegram Sam by Bauhaus 👌

[@jukeboxcowboy]

Mine would be Gloria Jones' (first) version of Get it On/Bang a Gong: funky... dark... ...shades of Come Together... Would be right at home on the Live and let Die movie soundtrack. 🤠

[@davidellis5141]

@@jukeboxcowboy She did the original version of Tainted Love !

[@johnlefsky8731]

Tall Dwarfs do a good Ride A White Swan and Ty Segall recorded a whole album of T Rex tunes. You can hear Bolan's influence in Segall's own music, so his adoration is not a big surprise.

[@bigneon_glitter]

The live Brett Anderson/Terence Trent D'Arby cover of "Children Of The Revolution" for French TV sticks with me. Placebo's "20th Century Boy" & Moz's "Cosmic Dancer" are pretty top notch as well.

[@jukeboxcowboy]

@@davidellis5141 I reckon I own a copy of that single! Man, Bolan must have really dug her, because he sure had her turned up in the mix on his albums! 🤠

[@Ianmackable]

Three T. Rex top tens and not one mention of Ride a White Swan or Hot Love? My brain can't handle this.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

"Ride a White Swan" should be in everyone's top 5!

[@Ianmackable]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 They're the two songs that created T. Rextasy in the UK. Hot Love remains the biggest T. Rex hit--six freakin' weeks at Number One!

[@davidellis5141]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 Agreed 👍

[@LarsPop-Tartus]

Great lists fellas- a favorite of mine one of those turn up the volume songs is “Planet Queen”. Perchance to dream/ she used my head like a revolver.

[@michaelbyrne8860]

Very interesting channel! Born on South Halstead! So I be digging the SOX's Cap! Always get this wrong? Glitter Rock or Glam Rock? But I dig Marc's and his Les Paul work!

[@rtrout57]

Great lists! I would add "The Groover" and "Hot Love" .

[@TheBlebski]

For me the following:- Monolith Rip Off Shock Rock Raw Ramp/Electric Boogie Sunken Rags Jitterbug Love Baby Boomerang Rabbit Fighter Rapids The Motivator

[@theydontmakeemliketheyused9995]

Mambo Sun not being on any list is a shock

[@bengalgangster]

since it was my #1 it bummed me out

[@ste.6026]

My #1...

[@oppothumbs1]

That's nut too. Even "Girl" should make someone's list but mine.

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

shock rock

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

it's on many commentor lists - my #3 song

[@MrJonnyartist]

1. Children Of The Revolution 2. 20th Century Boy 3. Electric Boogie (unused mix) 4. Telegram Sam 5. The Slider 6. The Groover 7. Get It On 8. Monolith 9. Chrome Sitar 10. Rip Off

[@davidskidmore4189]

You fellas ought to do Pearls Before Swine. If you never heard them, there is some very good songwriting there.

[@casualagent7250]

There is something about the song ‘Nameless Wildness’ that I really like, from the underrated Zinc Alloy album. My other top ten picks..... 🎸🎼🎻🎼 Mambo Sun Thunderwing Metal Guru Diamond Meadows Highway Knees Free Angel Blessed Wild Apple Girl Venus Loon Electric Slim & TFH Ps: Bless Tony Visconti 🎧

[@cloudberry555]

my top 10 T.rex songs

[@DrWaites]

Not sure what my rankings would be, but I feel like these are some tracks that don't get enough talk: Sunken Rags, Thunderwing, Cadillac, There Was a Time/Raw Ramp. Truck On Tyke (especially the acoustic version).

[@SomeSong2]

1. Laser Love 2. By the Light of a Magical Moon 3. Celebrate Summer 4. Sunken Rags 5. Ride a White Swan 6. Thunderwing 7. Dove 8. Telegram Sam 9. Midnight 10. Children of the Revolution

[@floydshambles]

planet queen deserves some top ten love. flo and eddie at their best

[@BazStrickland]

Boooyyyzzz…..the ads were great…..you were all great….life’s great boooyyyzzz……

[@179rich]

TLM fanboy alert! Songs in common - Joe and Rich - Telegram Sam, Children of the Revolution, 20th Century Boy Jason and Rich - Telegram Sam, The Slider Kramzer and Rich - Life's a Gas, Teenage Dream, 20th Century Boy.

[@danmoss2080]

Enjoyable list. Weird to not see Hot Love or Ride AWhite Swan. Both number one s here in the uk

[@casualagent7250]

Errr...Ride a White Swan 🦢 got to Number 2

[@user-ys3qq6rf6z]

RAW RAMP three great songs in one

[@ste.6026]

I don't know for definite but I always assumed that Marc was sniffing on 'The Slider'... Gene Vincent utilized breathing and sniffing on songs like 'Woman Love' to great effect, it was always my assumption that the likes of Bolan & The Beatles, notably on 'This Boy' was throw back or homage to Gene... Maybe others did it too...

[@bobsmith3217]

"The Slider" has an almost prayerful quality. I imagine Marc Bolan walking out to the front edge of the stage, with the lights slightly dimmed, and singing this song in a trance-like manner. (Of course, not too many prayers include lines like "nailed a nose") I've had humorous thoughts about the basic rhyme scheme of "Telegram Sam." It's so simple, I can imagine T-Rex playing an epic-length version of it using verses from the audience. "Ladybug Jones, Ladybug Jones, she don't talk in person, she just likes to phone," and stuff like that. Also, this video takes you into the whole cultural swirl that surrounded this song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqaam5l6jspogqs This week reminds me that I need to pull out one of my favorite summer albums, Candy-O by The Cars. Its medium tempo grooves were probably influenced by the Classic Era T-Rex, especially "Dangerous Type."

[@peteplumley1521]

It's about snorting Cocaine...

[@djtforever1414]

Best T Rex song: Cosmic Dancer. Hidden-gem T Rex song: Chariot Choogle.

[@memphissoulstew]

Jeepster Sunken Rags Chariot Choogle Raw Ramp 20th Century Boy Rabbit Fighter Thundering Life's A Gas Mad Donna Left Hand Luke Visions of Domino Chrome Sitar Think Zinc Rapids Born To Boogie Jitterbug Love Children of the Revolution Cadillac Soul Of My Suit....etc etc Some of Marc's best tunes were on the 'b ' sides , especially the earlier singles!

[@casualagent7250]

Sorry... 😐 more than 10

[@memphissoulstew]

@@casualagent7250 must have missed that stipulation!

[@davidfinn3362]

My list..2 years late sorry.. 1. Ride A White Swan 2. Cat Black (The Wizard’s Hat) 3. Diamond Meadows 4. Beltane Walk 5. The Time of Love Is Now 6. Hot Love 7. Life’s A Gas 8. Telegram Sam 9. Once Upon The Seas of Abyssinia 10. Children of the Revolution Guess they peaked early….

[@VinylWarrior24]

Bang a GONG!.......get it on!

[@andrewmorton2430]

Flo & Eddie didn’t provide backing vocals on Left Hand Luke.

[@carolepeary8101]

Ride a White Swan. And Hot Love.

[@danieldaniel2]

No Monolith? No Spaceball Ricochet? Wow 😱

[@SmartCookie2022]

It's just "Get it On" in the UK. The U.S. changed to "Bang a Gong (Get it On)" because they were too prudish and didn't like the connotations.

[@Sigurd-r5]

Cadillac. It was left off The Slider is great too.

[@Ginubi]

You all forgot Hot Love!

[@Ginubi]

Oh and Ride a White Swan!

[@Sigurd-r5]

Thunderwing is a great track on B side to Metal Guru.

[@claymccoy]

I prefer the alternative mix of "Mister Mister".

[@gazfunk]

Panic by The Smiths and Metal Guru are the same song.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

I've always felt like the melody is the song, and the melodies of those 2 songs are different. But you're right that in terms of the chord progression and the "feel" of the song they are incredibly similar.

[@grooveyerbouti]

Teenage dream Rabbit fighter Mad Donna Hot love Teen riot structure Dandy in the Underworld Thunderwing Ballrooms of mars Metal guru The slider

[@davidenders9282]

The Motivator, numero uno.

[@kimberlywalker3970]

Joe, I swear we sometimes share a brain 😉 20th Century is a good song so is Bang A Gong (Get It On). But Jeepster is my favorite by far. I was born in the seventies and, I've been going back to the music of that decade because it holds up well after all these years: The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Quen, The Cars, Badfinger, The Doobie Brothers is some of what I like and listen to. I also agree w/your assessment of Jeepster. It's the delivery as well as the cute and coy lyrics that sell the song. I don't think anyone else could sell it the way he does. It reminds me of Need You Tonight. I like the song but it's not my favorite INXS song. It's Michael Hutchence's delivery that makes it worth the listen. Anyone else and it would sound pretty lame.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Sorry about your brain. - Jason

[@kimberlywalker3970]

@@TastesLikeMusic ?????????

[@tylerhackner9731]

Love them!

[@sjm1]

Oh man, no 'Hot Love' and 'Ride a White Swan'?