Bolan & Bowie on TV show "Marc"

[sterlingmenthol77]

wats the song their playing please help

[MrGazMac]

'All the cats, you know who they are.'

[dollydaydream1996]

thank god mum listened to these two when I was a kid I think I'd be lost without them .

[therookpiece]

It's not very often that Bowie dresses plain when next to someone else.

[pawnsacrifice1]

I seem to remember Bowie saying they both kept getting electric shocks of the guitars

[DAVWAVE]

these guys go back to going thru dust bins together looking for "mod" clothes.

[lambrettali175]

Thats what being wired to the old charlie does to you lol ;)

[CashGordon]

i don't know who marc bolon is.

[walesdad]

Rough and ready and wonderful to see again,thanks for sharing.

[bolanbabe]

love my  marc.........always will...xxxxxx

[TheMikesMaiden]

fab two LEGENDS

[dollydaydream1996]

i luv them both - my idols rip marc <3

[Sunhillow1]

Hi jokanyan. Thanks for posting this. It was actually filmed 2 days before Marc died though. It was transmitted the following week. Muriel Young ran out of time and that's why they had to cut it short because the camera men wouldn't stay to finish it! So sad that the one opportunity to have these two great artists perform together was cut short because they ran out of studio time. Marc's star will always shine though - he was always under-rated and never got the recognition he deserved.

[jethropike1964]

David Bowie got a reputation as a bit of a jinx in 1977 he did this recording with Marc Bolan and Marc died shortly after, he then recorded a duet with Bing crosby "the little drummer boy" in September 1977, Bing Crosby then died in October 1977

[tessayay]

if u dont think this is awesome lets not b friends

[jbrad138]

Dying only a week or so after the taping of this film for marcs last show, it is a wonderful tribute to the magic marc possessed, and a tragedy that in the middle of what was sure to be a a comeback of "bolanesque" proportions he was taken from the world. But at least he was able to say good-bye to his friends and end on the way up instead of on the down. Ride a white swan. RIP

[bolanbabe]

@jbrad138 he said,,," thankyou and goodbye,,"......breaks my heart xx

[syndrome76]

@bolanbabe Yes doesn't it...... :-(

[actron]

Oh, it was sounding so GREAT!! A cross between Heroes and TREX! I wish they could have done an album!.

[KevL75]

Well that finished before it started.

[WishfulSinful65]

Bowie and Bolan--love both these guys. My fave part is the end when Marc trips and Bowie laughs--lol! Classic! :-)

[Johnnywasherefirst]

Both my idols on one screen WOW! :)

[WHOBYFIRE333]

OMG Imma have a heart attack marc bolan AND BOWIE

[RedHeadRach6]

Haha my two favorite men, I could die. Amazing.

[metalhen]

We still miss you Marc...

[MrHoooyah]

and it was cut short by the technicians being on strike :-(

[MrFrenchdog]

Sounds kinda like Boys Keep Swinging.

[drepmore]

Bowie can't sing and Marc Bolan looks like a cheap Lebanese hooker being sucked off by a slightly less cheap Lebanese hooker.

[bettieboutique]

aw, best friends. :)

[issystardust]

this is 1 minute of heaven! i wish there was a full song :(

[missboss1988]

so sad this was 9 days before he days

[VSSGCanberra]

@missboss1988

before he days?

[RPKIII]

You know, I just got done reading Marc's bio today. It's kinda funny how they counted off the song and it went into something that sounded like "Lady Madonna" and Marc tripped over into his microphone and out of anykind of live exposure forever...a sad moment yet funny ass hell. With Marc looking down on us all watching this, he's laughing with us. Coming up on his 32nd anniversary of him being gone, he would love to watch this with us all and have a good laugh.

[LeoMikey80]

David Bowie is known to be 5'8", and it's obvious here that Marc was standing next to him. They both are extremely thin as well. It's too bad they never did an album together. I'm just glad that on Marc's last time before the camera he was laughing and having fun, which is certainly the way he would want to be remembered.

[Ermengarde11]

I once stood abuot 6 feet from Bowie, and I can't imagine he was 5'8". He was so much shorter than I imagined him to be, which is not suprirsing due to his thin build. I'd say he was closer to 5'6, if that.

Anyway, he's the thin white duke and I admire him and Marc very much.

BTW Bowie gave my sister and I free tickets for that concert where I saw him in the late 70s, he found out we were related to Marc and sent us the tickets!

[alecx111]

Yes Bowie And Bolan on kids TV when we finished school-Yes i now we were a lucky generation!

[neto4346]

they were just jamming, ???

[honeyglamourdancehug]

:) that's such a funny clip

bowie just laughs at him at the end hehe love them x.

[gray55uk]

Marc Bolan walked into the Mic and fell off the stage. That's why David Bowie is laughing.

[honeyglamourdancehug]

Yeah got that...

[12345nufc]

what is that song they are playing coz iv been playing the guitar and it would sound awsome if icould play it eany one plz

[gray55uk]

The 12 bar blues I think they are playing.

[opqrsttu]

最後マークさんこけちゃいましたね。

コントみたいですね。

しかし、２人そろったすがたを見ると、やっぱかっこいいですなー­！

[the6thdimention877]

I had no idea that Marc was 5'2" he's the same height as me! I know Bowie wrote "Black Country Rock" in decication to Marc according to the Sound and Vision record.

[necktwister]

Marc was 5'7" according to his passport

R.I.P. Marc Bolan (1947-1977)

[gullvi]

No person have a such great smile as Marc - still missing him

[Ellathegreatable]

@gullvi I don't know david bowie is not far behind on the gorgeous smile front

[katerinablack]

@gullvi maybe Bowie? :)

[skilski2003]

I think since Marc and Bowie were able to laugh at this was perfect....and then.....sighs.

[thomasts76]

does anyone know if it´s just an intro to a song and bowie just stop because marc falls down from stage? and where I could possibly find the intire song. and the intire show? hope that someone can help (: regards thomas

[vivienne1971]

The song was called Standing Next To you. The show was recorded on September 9th 1977, Bolan was killed on September 16th with his death certificate stating cause of death as shock from multiple injuries and haemorrage, the show aired on tv on September 28th. Sadly the song was never completed as Bolan fell off the stage because it was too small and at the time strict union rules stated that filming had to finish exactly on time so the song was never finished so a golden opportunity was lost.

[JonnySwinger]

@vivienne1971

thanks man, i've trying to find out more about this song (standing next to you) for a while now... there's a 5 min recording of Bolan and Bowie working on it.. If you type the song in on youtube you'll find it...

[Micky1964]

According to Tony Visconti, in his autobiography, the unions which represented the film crew wouldn't allow a retake (for some reason or another, probably to do with overtime payments etc) and so the version we see was the only one filmed. Obviously, the show wasn't going out live.

[davidbowielovr]

very cute, i love Marc's smile when he trips :)

[davidbowielovr]

woooww, hottiess :)

[meejawhore]

wasn't this a rehearsal, and they ran out of time to re-do it? something like that.

[mouloudo]

Marc felt at the end so the producer send the credits and ended the transmission

[movikk]

hotties

[paulwady]

This is one of the great enigma's of my life, seeing this when it was first shown. The programme ended right there, with Bolan apparently falling over.  Eh?

Perhaps the poor boy suffered at the hands of Cocaine more than history records? Bless. x

[mistarcraw]

The last episode featured Bolan duetting with his friend David Bowie. Before the song had reached its end, Bolan tripped over a microphone cable and fell off the stage. Bowie is said to have called out "Could we have a wooden box for Marc [to stand on]?".

[alecx111]

Bowie and Bolan on kids TV in the 70's Does it get any better? nnnah!

[chess2bell]

It actually doesn't get any better than this!

[pachero4711]

lange nicht mehr so gelacht

## wonder happens

[tiptopdadddy]

David and Marc used to paint houses together before either one was famous. No kidding.

[ILikeABandCalldOasis]

whitewash their managers office when they were 16.

[itkapatanka]

well maybe not quite true, according to Bowie they met when they were both painting a agents office in the 60s.

[aidyanimal]

god i hate david marc all the way

[WindQuartets]

Wonderful clip! Amazing appearance.

Maro

[cloudcreature]

so funny!

[skilski2003]

Marc was killed about a week (7-10 days) after this show. Be at peace beautiful man.

[nGrEng]

It's the anniversary of his death today

[planetmoonscape]

Bolan and Bowie! If only they had worked on an album together, with Tony Visconti producing it. The stuff of dreams!!!!

[weswally1]

Hah! he falls off the stage

[bobross95]

Beautiful.

[izziixollii]

love them both so much <3

R.I.P marc,xo :(

izzie;

[MetalThrasher90]

Legendary footage! I love both's stuff, but I've always tought Bolan kicked ass better than Bowie

[MalquiLans]

Listen to The Man Who Sold The World (with Tony Visconti on bass)

Now THAT kicks ass!!!

[lors999]

both timeless genius'

[MandyKazooBowie]

David's laugh at the end is so cute!

[illhaveadouble]

He was laughing because Marc Bolan fell off the stage!

[rocksimo93]

I love david bowie and marc bolan!!!!!!!!!!

[violinbloke]

Check out the vid of them rehearsing this! Great archive. See video responses.

[Earthling14]

That Bowies laugh at the end always gives me the creeps.

[ATopHatt]

There's something somewhat nice about this clip. Even if this was the last thing we saw before his death, it seems light hearted enough to remain a good last memory.

[guywalker29]

Absolutely. It is quite nice. And the sound of it is incomparable.

[mashamorgan]

As a kid i watched this series with unease. it was terribly weird, as if Marc was already dead ! I never understood what it was about and felt there was an inate sadness in marc's eyes. i love these emos though particularly madmen ! RIP Marc !

[frenchingthebully]

haha what a nice moment. marc is laughing from the minute he falls. i had heard he looked fat and washed up in this clip but he doesn't at all!

[brieouttabham92]

I still don't get why it was alternatively called SLEEPING next to you if it was sung by two straight men. They should have finished the song even if Marc fell.

RIP Marc Bolan.

[IAMZenza]

David Bowie used to call himself bisexual. (Not sure if he still does) but I don't know about Marc. They're great anyway =)

[livinginstereo]

i hate that there isn't a completed version of this! I want to see and hear the rest!

[misssoftglitterkid]

shadow16nh, i totally agree!

[Spongeflux]

Thanks ever so much for posting this video. I have only seen it twice. Just now and when it was broadcast. Marc was a good show that started of a bit rocky but was doing ok then of course he was tragically killed in a motor accident.

I will never forget Marc and T Rex. To me they hold allot of golden memories from a golden age.

[kropst]

Right On!

[planetmoonscape]

Bolan and Bowie are both brilliant!

[Shadow16nh]

Johnny Depp should play Marc Bolan in a moving picture.

[MOJOPIN1960]

What about Jack White! A great musician and a proven actor. The White Stripes had a kinda tyrannosaurus rex quality

[ditaj]

nah. he propper shouldnt.

he cant do an english accent at the best of times.

johnny depp cant act.

sorry kiddos.

[sandboxsam]

huh? marc or david .. they didnt sing. rip off

how dare you do this now my child hood is shattered into pieces :c and you mock marc bolan after he's dead how dare you. whore :D

[planetmoonscape]

I love the way Bowie laughs as Marc falls off the stage! Classic clip

[skilski2003]

They both laughed. Bolan can be seen laughing at himself. Friends...laughing at a funny mishap...and then he died a few days later. So, laugh when you can, with your friends because that may be your last one. Bless Mr. Marc.

[bolanledgend]

I love this vid i hav just noticed now he fell x

[bolanledgend]

i really love this song were can i get it !!

[skilski2003]

Marc had wonderful hands for playing the guitar, very strong. God, a shame he died.

[helenabjorn]

yes, it's so sad. he would probably still be a live today. :'(

[Fiend556]

ha ha marc fell.

[vixiebooboo]

i like this ...always makes me smile...

[uitgeburgerd]

They played Heroes together just before this, I used to have a bootleg single of that song.

[mashamorgan]

Bowie's not evil he even went to Bolan's funeral, mind you he give his own brother's funeral a miss !!

[uclrichard]

thinking about it - this was a forerunner for the tube and other such anarchic, improvised shows in england...

it was short-lived 'cos marc died after the pilot series.

but what a coup - getting bowie (then living in berlin and very much a recluse) to appear. david did it to help rescue the show from the bad ratings - and it worked.

but bolan was sadly finished. good memories though. and good that rolan has finally got his inheritance.

[carolien77]

It's a trend in Holland to 'make a duet' with a popsinger who is already death. They simply mix the voices. Maby it's possible to make this duet again? (see Jan Smit and John Denver song they made, or Elvis Presley and his girl)

Come on let's rock again!!!!

[bartonim]

Great stuff! Old rivals obviously having a great time! two of my favourites, for certain. While Bowie rates a little higher, Marc will always have a special place in my heart! Sad, it's been 30 years since Bolan's untimely death.

[hoxtony]

God I remember that show - funny to think he took over the slot the bay city rollers no longer wanted on ITV. Good to see this on uTube

[AladdinInsanity98]

hottest combo around.

rip.

[VSAS1]

That was beautiful, I didn't know they ever actually got to perform together, as Bolan was rapped in Bowie, and I've never seen David look so nice and happy before, as a matter of interest, Bowie was going to record a song with Bolan but very sadly he had been killed in the car accident just before it happened. I don't even think marc had the chance to find out about this recording!?

[neeliaronnoc]

aww

[pargaluvva]

Oh bless him. I don't think there was any rivalry between David and Marc.

[Scarr]

There was rivalry from Marc's side of their friendship when David became famous with the Ziggy Stardust persona. But by the time of this great 1977 performance, Marc was no longer competition for Bowie and Marc knew it.

I think it's great seeing David and Marc jamming together on Marc's tv show. Just two great friends who knew each other before they were famous, and happened to be geniuses.

[AzazelloGirl]

o how I love them! Marc Bolan....so sexy!

[trylonperisphere]

Glad to finally see this after all the rumors--that Marc was fat and Bowie sneered as Marc fell head-first off the stage. Marc wasn't fat at all, Bowie is just sharing a laugh with a friend who slipped a little. No more, no less.

[nikjagger]

Bolan fell off the stage or collapse ??

[catmouse9]

R.I.P Bolan.the ending made me smile.he always said he thought he would die young and unfortunetly thats what happened.

[MNZofPimlico]

Shit, did he die? What was it a concussion? after he fell off the stage. How high was that stage then? It must have been metres! and bloody Bowie is LAUGHING!! That bastard ! Was he glad maybe to see Marc go because then he wouldn't have any more competition and he could become successful with Ziggy.

[catmouse9]

lol no he didnt fall of the stage and die. he died in a car crash. sorry to cause confusion and then laugh about it. bowie isn't an evil bastard lol.

[Scarr]

David Bowie wasn't laughing at Marc Bolan. Bowie has always spoken very highly of Bolan both as a musician and personality. If Bowie was so evil he wouldn't have set up a trust fund for Bolan's son Rolan, none of Bolan's other friends like Ringo Starr, Elton John or Rod Stewart did that for his son.

It's great seeing the Bowie and Bolan could by 1977, just be two great friends who could jam together on a televison show and forget about competion.

[eccentricsunset]

the ziggy ego was long past when this was shot.

bolan died in a car accident.

[anonymouswhore]

R.I.P bebe :(

[marcsplanetqueen]

Don't you feel like you knew him? He had such warmth and charm as a performer and in interviews. Whenever I see footage of him I feel this deep saddness, like I lost one of my closest friends. I miss him so much. I think about Gloria alot, hoping she found some peace around what I can't imagine. A staggering loss. He was larger than life (even though he was only 5'2" tall) and having him suddenly vanish, it is unimaginable to me. Bless your heart Gloria.

[181shelby]

Bless her heart? She killed him!Then flew to America before she could be prosecuted.

For her to profit off of his death is sickening.

She brought him nothing but horrible back-up singing, and a low point in his career. That being said,she must have been in horrible emotional pain, for that I give her sympathy. She was drunk when she slammed into that tree..she knows

and has to live with killing a legend.Put her in jail where all the other drunk drivers who kill are

[marcsplanetqueen]

How do you know all this intimate information? Where you there? Do you personally know all you claim?

[181shelby]

To Miss Planetqueen,.You can find that everything I said is true .Gloria Jones suffered a broken jaw along with other minor wounds,she quickly flew to America. police were seeking to press charges against her.I believe that Marc's brother's website is where I obtained most of the information,along with a clipping from a magazine that I saved after he was killed.I'm sorry for being so "strong" in my comments and certianly did not want to offend anyone. I just miss Marc, like we all do.

[pargaluvva]

Hi Shelby. Others might say your comments are a bit 'strong' but I agree with you but she has to live with herself.

[bolanbabe]

well..181shelby..i totally agree with everything you have said!!!tanx for voicing your oppinion!! x deborah x

[DAVWAVE]

Yes, I am sure she often wonders how far she could have went, had he not died. I know that sound cruel, and I know she din not intend to kill him, but she did not seem to know how bad she was.

[ExaltedCompanion]

Marc was 5'6" not 5'2"

[pargaluvva]

Marc was 5'4"

[ExaltedCompanion]

I think you'll find he was 5'6" and wore a size 6 shoe :-)

[Scarr]

Marc Bolan was 5'7, that was his height on his passport.

[HonkyCat90]

Me, I Care!

[chachadynamite]

So why are you even here watching this if you don't care? Do you just get off on being a twat?

[Ironslad1985]

Marc wasn't 5 foot 2!! How can you be such a "fan" and get that wrong. He is officially listed at time of death at 5'7" a perfectly normal, average height, 5'2" is tiny!!! Steve Marriot from the Small Faces was only 5'5" but 5'2"!!!!?? haha.

[sonsofvalentino]

from fotostat allways loved mark he got me to move out of town to get us on the road from mark to mark

[gary777777]

Marc would have been sixty on September 30 2007.He was killed just fourteen days before his thirtieth birthday in a car crash in London.

RIP

[MikeMallis]

why is it cut so short damn it, i wanna see the romp

[MargusKiistheCritic]

Bolan and Bowie weren`t rivals at all, they were very old friends from mid 60s and shared big part of audience too (before Bowie get much more mature soon). Bolan and Slade were in the "war", their fans hated each other.

In 1977 Bowie was a huge star but Bolan`s heydays were far gone.

[honeysprite]

Oh wow, now I love Slade but they don't hold a candle to Bolan.

[allasaurous]

thats strange how he kind of fell off the stage,then was gone 4ver

[Moon27]

Put both of them together, the glam rock gods, and it equals extreme sexy! lol

[kcrypt]

hey what is the name of that song anyway?

[randybullcow]

The name of the song varies from whichever bootleg tape it appears on.From the original demos taped at Marc's hotel room it's known as "Sleeping Next To You",but it's also been called "Standing Next To You" too.

The bootleg also features another Bolan/Bowie penned song called "Madman" that was covered posthumously by The Cuddly Toys.

[kcrypt]

bolan was really looking fantastic wasnt he? so sad, this was just a few days before he was killed, too. that song was smokin.

[afghanhound]

How was it that Marc Bolan was so hot? Good question!

Don't make 'em like that anymore. Love his attitude.

[Sandost]

That´s pretty funny. It´s pretty great to see these guys together, knowing they were rivals at a time.

And seemed to be funny for them as well.

Sad that bolan died soon after..

[afghanhound]

Yes, sad, they had plans to record together...I think you can see a longer version that extends a few more secs after if you watch the YouTube someone posted of David's performance on that show of "Heroes".....

[ElectricLadyLand]

aww, man. and that song was off to such a great start. Before Bolan fell off the stage

[friendlier]

I agree. If you listen carefully you can hear the perfect blend between a chooglin' Bolan song and Bowie's at-the-time-current Low/'Heroes' sound. Would love to hear where it was going to end up!

[englandscreaming]

Yep Bolan's pretty hot!

[Galuschka]

Both incredibly hot!

[LFrenzy]

How is it that Marc Bolan is so hot?! Him + Bowie = overload!