People are just jealous on here because they wish that Marc had been schtooping them instead of Gloria. But oh well Marc was schtooping Gloria and not you. And now it's too late because he's been dead forever! Oh well....
Because none of you ever went to an actual church in your whole entire lives, you don't know that you just HAVE to sing and bang the hell out of a tambourine all at the same time and beat the thing like you're beating up a person on the street! It's only natural. DUH!
Wow! I was a Junior in High School and stayed up with a couple of friends to watch this very airing of the "Midnight Special". Back then there were only 2 or 3 "Rock" stations, AM and FM that you could here stuff like this.
stan harris was the director and i remember him getting really pissed because these guy went so long. it almost got cut. Marc was, well, a little high, he didn't care
I was there at this taping in 1973. We loved the song, we said the backup singers sucked then too. I'm the guy wearing the mickey mouse shirt. i went on to become a colossal flop in the music business
The annoyong female in the red with the flower in her hair doing her Yoko singing impression is Gloria Jones, Bolan's GF at the time and the woman driving the car that caused the accident that he died. In other words, she killed him.
I saw this shit the night it was shown;...I was a soph in highschool...Long live the 70s...we loved to get fuckin high as a kite and watch IN CONCERT and Midnight Special...Before the AUto TUNE KIDDIES...
OMG!! Those women...HORRIBLE!! Who told them that they could sing? Where was Simon Cowell? LOL Still love Marc!! He is one of the hottest guys ever!!!!
Too bad someone can't remix this video and drown those two bitches out completely... they add NOTHING to the song. It may be my imagination but the drummer didn't look like he was too impressed with the singers... he seems to be glaring at them in the beginning.
Tony Visconti said "the rot" began to set in once Marc got into coke big-time, along with having a major problem with booze (particularly champagne). Eventually, he corrected his downward spiral, but 15 minutes of fame had passed. He may have retrieved it, had it not been for his untimely death. This is certainly one MAJOR coked-out performance - whew!
I've got the DVD set, and the backup singers are not as loud as they seem to be on every youtube posting out there. Go figure. And it sure was a tragedy to see the essential beginnings of Bolin's end here, but the genius and the drugs were sure battling within him, even though he never really realized it. At least not until it was too late, and the many in the industry who DID see it did nothing at all to help him, even though they created the situation in the first damn place.
The downfall, right before the heroin overdose. Terrible. Black girls with no ability and Marc Bolan not realizing that he was crashing. Yet historic.
@curt8789 .... LOL!!!! Your comment was funny.......but like you said still historic! Anyway no woman should have the right to scream like that with the exception of Janis Joplin!!!!!!!
@5jerry1 jerry, he absolutely did not od. he was killed in a car wreck on september 16, 1977. he died one month to the date after elvis and just shy of his 30th birthday.
It's weird to think how it was hard for T. Rex to cross over in the US when this crowd is actually trying to get up and move what little ass they have back there! Check out 6:35
Someone must have dropped acid before getting in front of the camera.
Fun to watch though - as bad as it is. I expect Marc to burst into flames at any moment here. At about 3:00 he continues picking with no left hand on the guitar. Is he just wailing on the open E string? My band covers this song a WHOLE lot better than this. At 1:33, the drummer has this look on his face like "Couldn't you have stayed sober for JUST THIS ONE gig? C'mon - we're on TELEVISION for cryin' out loud!"
@Guitarburt I disagree. Marc doesn't seem to be the problem here. I think the backup singers and their horrible singing and tambourine played threw everybody off.
@Omegasupreme1078 They're attempting to emulate the classic backing vocals on the record, which were provided by a couple of dudes named Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (aka Flo & Eddie) from The Turtles. You gotta wonder what kind of contract they signed back in the 60's that not only prevented them from using the name The Turtles, but also from using their own names, at least for music-related endeavors. So they became Flo & Eddie in order to keep working. A little off topic, but what the hell.
I like how he beats up on an SG instead of his Les Paul. He did try for a real Sly and the Family Stone meets Jimi Hendrix live presentation though. It seems to me that there's a clip from around this time where he's throws glitter everwhere during his performance too.
Oh man...this must be one of the best TV performances by any band! everything about it is perfect...that is including the backing singers and their energy and screaming and DANCING and the tambourines...and Gloria Jones is smoking hot! and no need to even comment on Marc.....I could seriously watch them play this song for 2 hours without getting bored...
FUCK ALL THE HATERS! What we have here is some rock and fuckin roll !are you kidding me ?those tamborine bitches were unreal!whipping his guitar the fans getting up and running for the door ,AMAZING! you aint gonna see this at a beiber show kids!
I was 12 when I first saw this. I remember by mouth and eyes being wide open during the performance. Rock and Roll. Live. Raw. Like spookypie said OWT OF KONTROL. One of the most electrifying performances I've ever seen
This is the worst version ever, typical yank over produced and over coked, to fast, and who are them two black chicks?, they sound like they are trying to out do Mark instead of back him up, they sound like some kind of mutant gospel freaks< aghhhh
Marc's handlers had lost control by this time. His war with Bowie in the British press was over and Marc never recovered. Speedballs fueled this performance. RIP Marc, I'll hit the floor doing 200kph with your spirit and memories of your smile. Rock on Brother.
the reason I stopped buying TRex LP's--he's coked out of his mind, Gloria Jones is his Yoko---his guitar is turned down in this LIVE mix and her vocals blast across my ears----he found personal happiness and I found music drivel from him until just before he died
What the fuck is goin' on in his head, whippin' his guitar...I'm all for being open minded, but there is a point where you just say "wtf?" I'm glad this vid is here, but I like it for the "wrong reasons"-it's funny.
Obviously most of the comments are from people that weren't around at the time. I saw T Rex live at Boston Garden they opened for (believe it or not Three Dog Night) When T Rex was done we were done! This was typical of Glam back in the day, sex drugs and rock n roll was a way of life, thats why a lot that were there aren't here anymore, but boy what a ride! RIP Marc Bolan, and all the rest that didn't live long enough.
I've got this performance on DVD and really love it. Checked it out on Youtube to see how the comments leaned. Kind of surprised at the bitching about the backup singers. If it was up to me, I might have turned down their mikes a tiny bit...but to compare them to Yoko Ono? That's ridiculous. This a great performance of rock and roll abandon, and the girls ADD to it, big time (as opposed to Yoko detracting from things). Looks like Marc agrees. That's my opinion anyway. Open up, people!
What could've been a great performance was ruined by two atrocious singers. What the hell was Marc thinking? Just cause one of them was his girlfriend doesn't mean that had to mix business with pleasure as well!
he could give a dame about following the pack all the greatest took chances some times its better then others.it's better to play with reckless abandon and soul then be a technically perfect robot
Would be great live song if not the women singing with Merc ... Sorry, but for me that ruins all. Just listen to the new Eminem or Jay-Z. Not the same as they were, and so Im no longer their fan.
@KISSbestfan Can't you still be a fan and appreciate their past works even though they are no longer in their prime? I think it's kind of impossible for artists who've been around for a long time to hit it out of the ballpark with every album.
@IAmPlaysWithSquirrel No no, I didnt mean Im no longer a T. Rex fan. I was also a Jay-Z and Eminem fan someday, but it was in the 90's. Now they gone commercial, and I dont want to listen to the commercial songs. Im fed up whit hearing all the same on a radio nowadays ...
So maybe its good that T.Rex decided to end, they left so many good music for us, and they didnt changed their style as well ...
@KISSbestfan I knew you were referring to Jay-Z and Eminem, and I agree that Jay hasn't been in good form for a long time now, but he's still the same guy who made "Reasonable Doubt", "The Blueprint" and "The Black Album". Can't deny that those will always remain classics, even if his new stuff is shit. And Eminem still has it, I think "Recovery" shows that he is capable of artistic growth. I wouldn't like it if he was still trying to be Slim Shady, he's way past that now.
You're so right - marc did live with gloria jones and had a son with her - he's called rolan and he has his own career in music in california. Hope he is doing fine...
T Rex is one of the most under rated rock artists in history.Classic performance. Another life cut too short. I love T Rex!
strangeteacher 4 days ago
I wish I WERE the back up singers dammit! They and Marc look like they were having fun and without a care in the world and I don't blame em!
jrmetmoi 4 weeks ago
time to bring back capes
TubobRainbowUnicorn 1 month ago
@TubobRainbowUnicorn Gaga already did LOL
jrmetmoi 4 weeks ago
omg..luv the song,but this really,really sucks. Looks like the spandex was a tad tight....
snowy16100 2 months ago
コーラス、やりすぎ
xzghll 2 months ago
The one in orange needed a stick in her mouth so she didn't bite her tongue!
jocko1960 2 months ago
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Used this song in one of my Blog posts. Great tune
wanderoke 2 months ago
Cocaine is a hell of a drug...
Gfresh1620 2 months ago
Bitches need to ease up off the mics...Goddam that's annoying !
Gfresh1620 2 months ago
@Gfresh1620 I blame whoever mixed the sound rather than the singers
drummerman64 1 month ago
I think the Bard had these two back-up singers in mind when he penned:
'Poor players that strut and fret their two minutes on stage'
SFConifer 2 months ago in playlist Midnight Special
This video totally captures the 70's to me in it's vibrant excess and glory.Get it on.
Sorella23 3 months ago
People are just jealous on here because they wish that Marc had been schtooping them instead of Gloria. But oh well Marc was schtooping Gloria and not you. And now it's too late because he's been dead forever! Oh well....
jrmetmoi 3 months ago
Because none of you ever went to an actual church in your whole entire lives, you don't know that you just HAVE to sing and bang the hell out of a tambourine all at the same time and beat the thing like you're beating up a person on the street! It's only natural. DUH!
jrmetmoi 3 months ago
Wow! I was a Junior in High School and stayed up with a couple of friends to watch this very airing of the "Midnight Special". Back then there were only 2 or 3 "Rock" stations, AM and FM that you could here stuff like this.
RIP -Mark Bolan- Taken from us too soon...
Peace, Randy
randy95023 3 months ago
A guitar solo worthy of Nigel Tufnel! ...um, except for using a tamborine instead of a violin, of course...
neverfrisco 3 months ago
stan harris was the director and i remember him getting really pissed because these guy went so long. it almost got cut. Marc was, well, a little high, he didn't care
baabaabooey1 4 months ago
btw, marc was into the scene, all of it. he was a nightmare, even when he was not high
baabaabooey1 4 months ago
I was there at this taping in 1973. We loved the song, we said the backup singers sucked then too. I'm the guy wearing the mickey mouse shirt. i went on to become a colossal flop in the music business
baabaabooey1 4 months ago
More cowbell, i need more cowbell please
baabaabooey1 4 months ago
really people, stop complaining about the backup singers, just listening to the music!
SuperDiamondDogs 4 months ago
I could buff my car with that back up singer's hair.
e081194eng 4 months ago
@e081194eng I did
baabaabooey1 4 months ago
The backup singers are bangin a gong and gettin it on.
2skyland 4 months ago 2
Get it on Bang a Tamborine...that's all I hear. What a mess
EUGENECUB 4 months ago
What back up singers? lol
Great stuff!
init4mojo 4 months ago
Back-up singers...please, just say no...
kurtmanerz1 4 months ago
Tambourines are OK, but why no COWBELL
Freehawk52 5 months ago
i like the singers but i enjoy life
so why wouldnt i enjoy t rex
TheCutthroatjake 5 months ago
Not only can they not sing, who the F thought it was a good idea to give those colored girls tambourines? Someone smack them.
BILLBRASSKY22 5 months ago
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jrmetmoi 3 months ago
@BILLBRASSKY22 The tambourines are genius so go and do one!
jrmetmoi 3 months ago
Not only can they not sing, who the F thought it was a good idea to give those colored girls tambourines? Someone smack them.
BILLBRASSKY22 5 months ago
The annoyong female in the red with the flower in her hair doing her Yoko singing impression is Gloria Jones, Bolan's GF at the time and the woman driving the car that caused the accident that he died. In other words, she killed him.
WarmCuddles 5 months ago
as much as I like the song...which is worse--his necklace or those really,really,really awful backup singers...gawd, "my eyes,my eyes.."
snowy16100 5 months ago
horrible. those singers are horrible!! To be on national tv with this is just ridiculous!!
elixergtarist 5 months ago
I saw this shit the night it was shown;...I was a soph in highschool...Long live the 70s...we loved to get fuckin high as a kite and watch IN CONCERT and Midnight Special...Before the AUto TUNE KIDDIES...
1stSaintsFan 5 months ago
OMG!! Those women...HORRIBLE!! Who told them that they could sing? Where was Simon Cowell? LOL Still love Marc!! He is one of the hottest guys ever!!!!
tehillah04 5 months ago 2
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tehillah04 5 months ago
I can't watch this thanks to those annoying women! F****ng ass!
ViciousBeatle 5 months ago
Great stuff. That`s one beautiful Les Paul. Marc`s music was well before it`s time.
Sadly he was taken from us well before his time.
DoubleVisionandco 5 months ago
Too bad someone can't remix this video and drown those two bitches out completely... they add NOTHING to the song. It may be my imagination but the drummer didn't look like he was too impressed with the singers... he seems to be glaring at them in the beginning.
espo1967 5 months ago
I like T-Rex, but I don't like this performance. As everybody else is saying, the back-up singers sound bad, but the whole performance is off.
5jerry1 5 months ago
Wow, this brings back memories. T Rex was great.
Scriptease123 5 months ago
Tony Visconti said "the rot" began to set in once Marc got into coke big-time, along with having a major problem with booze (particularly champagne). Eventually, he corrected his downward spiral, but 15 minutes of fame had passed. He may have retrieved it, had it not been for his untimely death. This is certainly one MAJOR coked-out performance - whew!
boogiebabe67 5 months ago
I guess this was around the time crack rocks came out?
BirthOfFrankenstein 5 months ago
This was awesome it rocked!!
ringostarr2011 6 months ago
The background singers destroyed this song. Someone needed to tell them Marc is the singer. I saw them at the Palladium in LA, they were incredible!
They remind me of Yoko Ono. SSHHIIVVEERR ...
CandiceCruickshank 6 months ago 2
the background singers ruined this song. someone needs to tell them Mark is the singer. I saw them at the Palladium in LA, they were incredible!
CandiceCruickshank 6 months ago
I've got the DVD set, and the backup singers are not as loud as they seem to be on every youtube posting out there. Go figure. And it sure was a tragedy to see the essential beginnings of Bolin's end here, but the genius and the drugs were sure battling within him, even though he never really realized it. At least not until it was too late, and the many in the industry who DID see it did nothing at all to help him, even though they created the situation in the first damn place.
KayakMike1963 6 months ago
Marc Bolan is one of the top 5 rock stars of all time.
h2ofield 6 months ago
those chicks sound and look like they had too much cocaine ! I agree with the idea of Johnny Depp playing the role as Marc !
gtrscience1 6 months ago
those chicks sound and look like they had too much cocaine !
gtrscience1 6 months ago
The downfall, right before the heroin overdose. Terrible. Black girls with no ability and Marc Bolan not realizing that he was crashing. Yet historic.
curt8789 6 months ago
@curt8789 .... LOL!!!! Your comment was funny.......but like you said still historic! Anyway no woman should have the right to scream like that with the exception of Janis Joplin!!!!!!!
44joints 6 months ago
@44joints Dig It. I'll give Joss Stone a pass as well as JJ. Good talkin'.
curt8789 6 months ago
@curt8789
I guess I could look it up, but I thought Bolan was killed in a car accident. He OD'd?
5jerry1 5 months ago
@5jerry1 jerry, he absolutely did not od. he was killed in a car wreck on september 16, 1977. he died one month to the date after elvis and just shy of his 30th birthday.
eydie57 1 month ago
@eydie57
I was pretty sure it was a car accident.
5jerry1 1 month ago
Marc, a phenomenal guitar player........
imagine2010mjm 6 months ago
there is something to be said about this live performance: GO MAN GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
justw81 6 months ago
Hey ... whaddaya know, a black gal with no rhythm!!! LOL
paineite 6 months ago 5
How much coke were they on....
cystermisterie 6 months ago
..but why did he trash that SG?
CrazyBear65 6 months ago
It's weird to think how it was hard for T. Rex to cross over in the US when this crowd is actually trying to get up and move what little ass they have back there! Check out 6:35
jrmetmoi 6 months ago
@hockpatooey One of them's the mother of his child! LOL
jrmetmoi 6 months ago
These backup singers make Yoko Ono sound good!
jetbax13 6 months ago
all the kids who listen to shit music (pop, justin beiber..etc) should pay attention to this because....ITS REAL MUSIC AND TALENT!!!!
theplourde 6 months ago
wanted 2 backup singers
lovemusic3657 6 months ago
Backup singers dropped the ball. I wonder how they felt the next day, cause it's not like Marc came up and said good one guys
wurlitzer78 6 months ago
@wurlitzer78 The next day they fell as the day before and they took more coke...
BobbyTwoTimes 6 months ago
MARC GOES METAL.
deeniemarie7 7 months ago
Somebody drown the back up singers... Ugggh.
609Blondebomb 7 months ago
The back up singers MURDERED this performance.
YoshiGotSwagger 7 months ago 2
Someone must have dropped acid before getting in front of the camera.
Fun to watch though - as bad as it is. I expect Marc to burst into flames at any moment here. At about 3:00 he continues picking with no left hand on the guitar. Is he just wailing on the open E string? My band covers this song a WHOLE lot better than this. At 1:33, the drummer has this look on his face like "Couldn't you have stayed sober for JUST THIS ONE gig? C'mon - we're on TELEVISION for cryin' out loud!"
Guitarburt 7 months ago
@Guitarburt I disagree. Marc doesn't seem to be the problem here. I think the backup singers and their horrible singing and tambourine played threw everybody off.
Mikemaniax 6 months ago
One of the most underrated rock songs of all time.
dajesusblues 7 months ago
Enthusiasm and volume are no substitute for pitch when it comes to backup singers.
Omegasupreme1078 7 months ago 8
@Omegasupreme1078 They're attempting to emulate the classic backing vocals on the record, which were provided by a couple of dudes named Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (aka Flo & Eddie) from The Turtles. You gotta wonder what kind of contract they signed back in the 60's that not only prevented them from using the name The Turtles, but also from using their own names, at least for music-related endeavors. So they became Flo & Eddie in order to keep working. A little off topic, but what the hell.
neverfrisco 3 months ago
Just for the record - I think the backing singers are great.
spiritofbebella 7 months ago
I think those backing singers went a little too deep into the backstage coke bowl.... my computer speakers just blew...
geedus71 7 months ago 7
Funnier than Spinal Tap!
rdermody 7 months ago
I love this song, but this is the WORST VERSION I have ever heard in my life. Why
are those backup singers SCREAMING??? What is wrong with the pitch???
UHGGGGGGGGGG!!!!
Look at 1971 version to see them at their best. Also included Elton John on keyboard.
BillBaily133 8 months ago
The Americans didnt get Marc at all,and this version of TRex with the soul sisters just didnt work,but he couldnt or wouldnt see it!!LOL
onlyjoetee 8 months ago
Omg they sound like sheep here.
rigli62 8 months ago 2
T-Rex is one of the greatest bands ever.
plurx 8 months ago
I love the chick at 1:04 who sings louder than the whole band and then steps away from the mic and smiles!!!!!!!!!
Keatz999co 8 months ago
Brilliant.
kirkwallboy 8 months ago
Time to bang a gong on America! CHANGE it!
Licmycat 8 months ago
I like how he beats up on an SG instead of his Les Paul. He did try for a real Sly and the Family Stone meets Jimi Hendrix live presentation though. It seems to me that there's a clip from around this time where he's throws glitter everwhere during his performance too.
rhythmrancher 8 months ago
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Get it on!
F6087997 8 months ago
too bad the tambourines drown out the cowbells :o)
1blastman 9 months ago
There needs to be a movie made on T-Rex and Johnny Depp could play the part of Marc
TheSonicmule 9 months ago 26
@TheSonicmule - J. Depp can't get movies made.
There are NO Chinese bankers who want to make what he knows would have integrity.
Rename "Hollywood," "Peking" (or whatever the f. they call it today) and you're properly oriented (no pun intended).
7855waldo 7 months ago
Oh man...this must be one of the best TV performances by any band! everything about it is perfect...that is including the backing singers and their energy and screaming and DANCING and the tambourines...and Gloria Jones is smoking hot! and no need to even comment on Marc.....I could seriously watch them play this song for 2 hours without getting bored...
ShahpuriRachnavi 9 months ago
@ShahpuriRachnavi poppycock.
DAVWAVE 9 months ago
gotta love the bushwackers @02:06
busdriver1986 10 months ago
@busdriver1986 omg, ding, ding, give the man a prize, for "bushwackers". Hilarious.
DAVWAVE 9 months ago
WOW,What a show!
astapic 10 months ago
back when music was fun, and fueled by drugs!
joshbustamante 10 months ago 3
Марк Болан великолепен!
serven29 10 months ago
FUCK ALL THE HATERS! What we have here is some rock and fuckin roll !are you kidding me ?those tamborine bitches were unreal!whipping his guitar the fans getting up and running for the door ,AMAZING! you aint gonna see this at a beiber show kids!
trukkerhulp69 10 months ago
Wow. Was he (and the whole band) drunk or just phoning it in?
edgalaxie 11 months ago
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mrianmark 11 months ago
I was 12 when I first saw this. I remember by mouth and eyes being wide open during the performance. Rock and Roll. Live. Raw. Like spookypie said OWT OF KONTROL. One of the most electrifying performances I've ever seen
moefitt 11 months ago
The worst backup singers in the history of music. Unbearable.
MDS1958 11 months ago
@MDS1958 Amen
DAVWAVE 9 months ago
The sound man needed a slap upside the skull. The weird extraterrestrial sounding back-up vocals were louder than the whole band.
empireoflizards 11 months ago 2
This is a ROCK STAR!! OWT of KONTROL the way it should be - on corporate TV to boot!!!!
spookypie 11 months ago
Who are the lunatics with those annoying tambourines? The Yoko Ono vocals?
accidentalfilms 11 months ago
タンバリンやばい(笑)
MetroGirlSect 11 months ago
Kinda sad the body language in this one between Mickey Finn and Gloria Jones. You could see Mickeys days were numbered!
shonuffido 11 months ago
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Keatz999co 1 year ago
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Keatz999co 1 year ago
This is the worst version ever, typical yank over produced and over coked, to fast, and who are them two black chicks?, they sound like they are trying to out do Mark instead of back him up, they sound like some kind of mutant gospel freaks< aghhhh
mickhuntify 1 year ago
Marc's handlers had lost control by this time. His war with Bowie in the British press was over and Marc never recovered. Speedballs fueled this performance. RIP Marc, I'll hit the floor doing 200kph with your spirit and memories of your smile. Rock on Brother.
M!c
ToneMaestro 1 year ago
I got a fever and the only prescription is more tambourine!!!!!
cbond99 1 year ago 2
back up singers toooo loud!!
Missginnius31 1 year ago 30
@Missginnius31
Absolutely.
5jerry1 5 months ago
Forget T Rex, the back up singers ROCK
CalStateChico 1 year ago 2
O-o
frankenboston 1 year ago
Needs more tambourine! ;-)
wm93 1 year ago 2
I prefer these background singers to Flo and Eddy who were on the album.
maxlharris 1 year ago
the reason I stopped buying TRex LP's--he's coked out of his mind, Gloria Jones is his Yoko---his guitar is turned down in this LIVE mix and her vocals blast across my ears----he found personal happiness and I found music drivel from him until just before he died
theuncletodd 1 year ago
are those black heifers coked up or what?
DrHogfan 1 year ago
That guitarist in blue looks like Jimmy Fallon lol
Sandwitchloord 1 year ago
@Sandwitchloord Yeah, you're right! It's like he's in a middle of a crazy SNL sketch. xD
HelloweenAndi 11 months ago
@HelloweenAndi Hahaa
Sandwitchloord 11 months ago
This is like a cocaine nightmare...
bamboosa 1 year ago 3
最高ですねｗ・・・＾＾ｂｙ太郎
je4rvb 1 year ago
Well, go comment elsewhere! There must be some other vid that you want to leave inane comments on. Do one............
hearditman 1 year ago
there is no way drugs weren't involved in this performance lol
RockoJulian 1 year ago
What the fuck is goin' on in his head, whippin' his guitar...I'm all for being open minded, but there is a point where you just say "wtf?" I'm glad this vid is here, but I like it for the "wrong reasons"-it's funny.
jeffdeanable 1 year ago
@jeffdeanable Stop fucking commenting, we've heard enough.
hearditman 1 year ago
@hearditman Calm down. That's what the comment option is for. Jeez.
jeffdeanable 1 year ago
Damn, this is actually pretty funny. Get it OooOooooooOOOOOOoooooooOOOn!
jeffdeanable 1 year ago
It must be said, this kind of sucks. I like T. Rex, but this performance...at least the back up singers are funny.
jeffdeanable 1 year ago
Damn. I wish I could have been there. This is real rock n' roll! Unfortunately I was born too late :-(
bklyndlite 1 year ago
The black chick killed his career quicker than the car accident...
msteven515 1 year ago
Those background singers ruin it
nostology 1 year ago
dam for the days of real speed
oneeyedoldfatman 1 year ago
give it up to the black chick playing wipe out on the tamborine!
froglogdogtog 1 year ago
@froglogdogtog Nice one!
jeffdeanable 1 year ago
Obviously most of the comments are from people that weren't around at the time. I saw T Rex live at Boston Garden they opened for (believe it or not Three Dog Night) When T Rex was done we were done! This was typical of Glam back in the day, sex drugs and rock n roll was a way of life, thats why a lot that were there aren't here anymore, but boy what a ride! RIP Marc Bolan, and all the rest that didn't live long enough.
nee1nee2 1 year ago
@nee1nee2 this is a really great performance of this song
apeloki 1 year ago
I've got this performance on DVD and really love it. Checked it out on Youtube to see how the comments leaned. Kind of surprised at the bitching about the backup singers. If it was up to me, I might have turned down their mikes a tiny bit...but to compare them to Yoko Ono? That's ridiculous. This a great performance of rock and roll abandon, and the girls ADD to it, big time (as opposed to Yoko detracting from things). Looks like Marc agrees. That's my opinion anyway. Open up, people!
mielazul 1 year ago
Shit man,they all wired to fuck,except Mickey Finn,Steve Took,on the heavy gear.
Gloria,Marks wife,is cracklin with that tamborine.
sopitabo 1 year ago
Oh God get rid of the over-zealous attention seeking back up screamers with the tamborine...
jdlewis60 1 year ago
What could've been a great performance was ruined by two atrocious singers. What the hell was Marc thinking? Just cause one of them was his girlfriend doesn't mean that had to mix business with pleasure as well!
IAmPlaysWithSquirrel 1 year ago
he could give a dame about following the pack all the greatest took chances some times its better then others.it's better to play with reckless abandon and soul then be a technically perfect robot
rebob59 1 year ago
Quite impressive
BWMcT 1 year ago
Is that Donna Godchaux on vocals??
mrtonebone 1 year ago
Outstanding!!!
elanspur 1 year ago
Damn it woman! This isn't Soul Train! Calm down.
Mufaso1000 1 year ago
@Mufaso1000 LOL LOL It's not Soul Train but maybe it should be. If Elton John could be on it, why couldn't Marc be on it? LOL LOL
jrmetmoi 1 year ago
@jrmetmoi True,true!
Mufaso1000 1 year ago
this suck so bad
edrixie 1 year ago
simply sh@t. never heard it this bad... ouch.
jvendiiti 1 year ago
Would be great live song if not the women singing with Merc ... Sorry, but for me that ruins all. Just listen to the new Eminem or Jay-Z. Not the same as they were, and so Im no longer their fan.
KISSbestfan 1 year ago
@KISSbestfan Can't you still be a fan and appreciate their past works even though they are no longer in their prime? I think it's kind of impossible for artists who've been around for a long time to hit it out of the ballpark with every album.
IAmPlaysWithSquirrel 1 year ago
@IAmPlaysWithSquirrel No no, I didnt mean Im no longer a T. Rex fan. I was also a Jay-Z and Eminem fan someday, but it was in the 90's. Now they gone commercial, and I dont want to listen to the commercial songs. Im fed up whit hearing all the same on a radio nowadays ...
So maybe its good that T.Rex decided to end, they left so many good music for us, and they didnt changed their style as well ...
KISSbestfan 1 year ago
@KISSbestfan I knew you were referring to Jay-Z and Eminem, and I agree that Jay hasn't been in good form for a long time now, but he's still the same guy who made "Reasonable Doubt", "The Blueprint" and "The Black Album". Can't deny that those will always remain classics, even if his new stuff is shit. And Eminem still has it, I think "Recovery" shows that he is capable of artistic growth. I wouldn't like it if he was still trying to be Slim Shady, he's way past that now.
IAmPlaysWithSquirrel 1 year ago
@KISSbestfan They only decided to end because Marc died
jrmetmoi 1 year ago
@jrmetmoi I know that, but I think it was at least a good decision ;) Led Zep end the same way, and they were a brilliant band !
KISSbestfan 1 year ago
BEst drive SOng!
Kumeha11 1 year ago
I believe that's the first time I ever seen a guitar whipped on stage. I think I prefer The Slider.
powerleg5 1 year ago
Ugh, Gloria ....
ladyislingering 1 year ago
dang...that amp blowed up real good..
ambientgreg 1 year ago
You can rip the audio-mp3 of this clip at grabaudionow doht cohm.
LisandraSkelly543 1 year ago
I think one of the backing vocalists is Gloria Jones with whom Bolan had an affair and a child.
paulooca67 1 year ago
@paulooca67
You're so right - marc did live with gloria jones and had a son with her - he's called rolan and he has his own career in music in california. Hope he is doing fine...
pollenprognoosi 1 year ago
He does appear to be a bit blitzed out of his head. It's absolutely amazing that Marc can stand up straight nevermind sing.
CelesteK 1 year ago