@oldhacks Is not Townsend. This is the last T. Rex line-up with Dino Dines on keyboards, Miller Anderson on guitar and backing vox and the fantastic rythm section with Tony Newman on drums and Herbie Flowers on bass who previously played with Bowie on Diamond Dogs and Lou Reed om Transformer.
I'm pretty sure Marc's glad he left such a good looking corpse. Don't mean to be rude, but he's still with us and has never grown old. I'm 56 now, and I sure don't look like the pretty young thing I once was. Glad to be here, but I think Marc's smiling down on all of us!
@leeleebaby2100 i think Marc would have hated the idea of getting old and the chance of loosing his good looks,i agree i too believe he is very happy sending us all his love and thanx for still keeping his memory alive!
Marc died five years to the day before I was born. I see it only fitting that I play Electric Warrior in his memory every birthday. A truly gifted musician who should be appreciated on both sides of the pond and around the world.
@SEAN1983PHEANIS No,at this particular point in his career he was coming back from the drug/brandy days. He is singing live....... something he couldn't really do that well circa 73-74. This is rehabilitated Bolan and rockin.
I feel the same way about T Rex as Morrissey does about The Dolls. A band or artist that simply captures you and can never do wrong in ones awestruck eyes.
he was a legend, he was helping a lot of punk bands get on TV with his Marc show and would have been punks Godfather...so tragic, but the legend lives on
When he looks into the camera at 3:02, it feels like he's looking you right in the eye and singing just for you...such a performer...such a tragic, tragic loss.
Oh its sooo sad Marc would die not long after this performance, what makes it even more sad is that Marc and T rex were in the process of working their way back up to the top.
@mrtamberineman123 ACTUALLY YES, HE DIED 2 WEEKS AFTER HE PLAYED WITH BOWIE AT A TV SHOW.... AND THIS SONG WAS FROM HIS LAST RECORD.... HE WAS GOING TO BE ON THE TOP AGAIN.. AFTER HE WENT DOWN BECAUSE OF COCAINE PROBLEMS!!!!!!
@classicrockfan555 It was an accident kiddo. It was acceptable, in those days, to drink and drive. They were both drinking that night and both made the decision that Gloria would drive home. She cannot be held responsible. It was unfair for both of them.
You're wrong because these peeps are very well known session musicians, worked with Bowie and others before. But yes they had no charm or sexual appeal or whatever to appear in a rockband
dont get me wrong i am a HUGE t rex fan but i think apart from marc bolan everyone else looks like thay could be from any old band for example at 0:42look at the guitarist and drummer and at 1:19 look at the bloke on the keyboard it looks like marc has gone through the yellow pages and found them and they have never heard of t rex it is a shame...
he was a star,,,what a voice, i always thought that this backing band were'nt right for him ..only by their looks..i would run home from school in 1977 to watch the marc bolan show and i thought his band were a bit boring for him as he was so flambouant
What a song for a kiddie showI No way can they have any idea what he's singing about. Do you think their parent's were thrilled that their kids idoled a coke head binge drinker? I'm always amazed at how performers can give such a performance before a group of little kids - amazing - or before a small group/empty studio. I also never understood why his audience was mainly 15 to 16 years olds ( from what I've heard from his interviews, ect...), at least at the concerts, what's not to like?
It must have really got to him/the group that their core audience were teenies/young girls. THANKS FOR POSTING THIS LIVE PERFORMANCE! I almost always find the live non-studio polished versions more enjoyable, and the visuals don't hurt either. Still makes me sad to think he died so young and in such a violent way.. Too bad the "MARC" show tapes were re-recorded on/erased (what I've read) - what fool made that decision???
Not true, i'm 16 and I listen to all this clasic music because its far better than the rubbish being made today by untalented drama queens who only get a contrat because tey appeared on some stupid reality tv show...
@helene05 amen that!,i'm also 16 and ridiculed for liking this brilliant stuff. Dappy and P diddy whasisface prancing around embarrasing themselves chanting inanely to naff and souless riffs really doesn't do it for me :) so much respect for you, not enough people have the balls to stand up against the herd :)
This song is amazing... it would probably be my most faviourite bolan song... such a pity that he died within weeks of a big tour for this album..dandy in the underworld.....its sad to think that this beautiful genius within months would be dead after this performence.......this song is such an autobiographical song, i commend him on changing the lyrics from "cocaine nights" and with this album especially this song utilising a more prominant backing vocalist to enhance the song
This is one of my favorite T Rex videos on youtube. I've watched it so many times. I love this song, and the lyrics are amazing. And Marc looks so cool here.
Was this on a children's tv show?! The audience looks super young.
Maybe the reason the record flopped was that it sounds like he's singing "Dandy in the Underwear". The BBC doesn't take kindly to allusions to naughty bits.
hahahhahahaha , i was asking myself if there was an ACTUALLY live video of t-rex in the youtube. You had the same problem but you did the right thing , UPLODE IT !
This song sends me shivering. He just looks like he *knows* this is the real swan song. It's really beautiful that he went on such a high note though. I can just see this elfin dandy donning this same garb, forever singing fine rock and roll tunes to sly-eyed nymphs, mesmerised maenads, and long-dead lovers in some strange world down under
I loved him from "Ride a White Swan" in 1970 and saw him in his Dandy in the Underwold tour in Manchester with the Damned as support in 1977 only weeks before his death and he was as good then as he had ever been. Will always love u Marc - I just know you're making them boogie up their. See ya some day.
Wow, Devendra Banhart has turned into a T. Rex knock-off. I never even realized it till now. If you don't know who Devendra Banhart is disregard this comment.
And find out who he is after you do disregard it.
he was a brilliant shining star...its a rare voice that, the vibrato (worble) in his voice is very hard to do and rare, heard in jamaican 1950's/60's calipso/reggae vocals.. he perfected it, so natural. Thanks for posting :)
Mickey left the band in 1975, primarily as a result of Marc moving heavily into the "electric" sound, and also the addition of Bill Legend as drummer. By 1977, all the original T Rex lineup were gone and Marc was using session players. Marc was cleaned up and repairing broken relationships at the end, but was tragically killed before he could really see those changes through. RIP, beautiful boy. Keeping a little Marc in my heart.
Bill was in the band from 70-74. However, Marc started to use him much more heavily as Mickey was sort of getting phased out.
From snippets I've heard from June and others, Marc liked Mickey because he made him laugh, and also as you say, a good-looking foil. IMHO, Marc was plenty good-looking enough and really didn't need that aspect, he just needed great musicians (which he had in Bill).
By all accounts, Marc had cleaned up completely and was off drugs in the last days. He had been badly mistreated by a fickle music industry, the press, and was sorely disillusioned. I too have noted the profound sadness in his eyes here as well. Dandy In the Underworld is a largely autobiographical song, the lyrics tell it all. Keeping a little Marc in my heart.
Johnny Depp hysteria aside, Marc Bolan was one of the few true musical geniuses we've been privaledged to share this planet well. He was a great poet, writer AND guitar player. Combine that with an overabundance of charisma and you see why his music will never die.
So true. I try to imagine what he would have been doing today..compared to the totally untalented we have today. So goes Buddy Holly, etc. I just heard Jessica Simpson attempt to sing "country". That woman CANNOT sing no matter what the subject and it's a shame that real talent has been lost...for now.
Why are so many people against Depp? He plays guitar, sings and as beautiful as Marc would have been in his 40's. It would be an honor for both of them. Depp is a truly fantastic actor, so I don't understand the anger and angst. Sighs, oh well...as Peter Green once wrote.
Ditaj, you're right...I am totally of the same opinion as my sister (who just wrote the last three comments by this name). I love Bolan; he just looks so crazy and intoxicated sometimes! But always beautiful in his fantastic, crazy Orpheus of the 70's way.
Johnny Depp is good for only one thing: playing the 'quirky', 'sexy', 'sensitive' Tim Burton role. Because of Tim Burton people only want to see Depp playing these sort of weirdo cutesy pirate willy wonka roles. I don't take him seriously. To get Depp to play Bolan would be to portray a beautiful artist as another one of these cliched Johnny Depp roles. Marc Bolan would not be seen as Marc Bolan he would be seen as Johnny Depp in another one of his narrow roles. ITS MADNESS.
Thanks for sharing your narrow definition of beauty with us all. Its nice to know that you are limited to finding touched up celebrities like Depp beautiful. You and your friends probably base your look and your lives on celebrities - YOU NEED TO FREE YOURSELF DESPERATELY, or else go and kiss your Depp posters some more. Who decides what beauty is & why is it limited to celebrity in your little mind? I'm beautiful, same as everyone is in their own way - its called being human and unique. Try it.
I love t rex they are one of my favorite bands but the description is wrong bowie is better then t rex
jth112 1 month ago
@jth112 just opinionsbut I agree with you :)
Groblinfull 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
I hated curls and short guys but Marc changed my mind :) beautiful song
nervsykins 1 month ago
T Rex was straight 50's Rock!
SgtPepper9537 1 month ago
This is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen
PontieJohnson 3 months ago
Awesome song. A few time later, Marc left us :/
sacpelicancom 3 months ago
wonderfull x
boogieelaine 3 months ago
Terrific song! RIP Marc.
discussislam 4 months ago
love the music, voice, hair...
babyrrrtdoll 4 months ago
favorite tumbs up and im my list!
moimoiac 5 months ago
The keyboard player doesn't have a forehead...he has a fivehead.
artdamaged 5 months ago
is that pete townsend on guitar?
oldhacks 6 months ago
@oldhacks Is not Townsend. This is the last T. Rex line-up with Dino Dines on keyboards, Miller Anderson on guitar and backing vox and the fantastic rythm section with Tony Newman on drums and Herbie Flowers on bass who previously played with Bowie on Diamond Dogs and Lou Reed om Transformer.
Cheers from Spain of an old boogie lover.
h34th3n 5 months ago
@h34th3n looks and sounds like him :p
oldhacks 5 months ago
ROY FUCKING NORTH AS I LIVE & BREATHE!!
diskochimp 6 months ago
not that anyone was worthy to appear on stage with marc...... but the organ player wasnt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
konsidoherty 7 months ago
I LOVE MB and Tyrannosaurus Rex!
lumeriam 7 months ago
He died shortly after....He was my Teen-Age idol.......By now every member of T.Rex has all passed away...........All too young.....
BenteRabbit 8 months ago
Keep a little Marc in your heart
jrcornwall1 8 months ago
This song seems to take on an added meaning since his death. He definitely is a dandy in the underworld! :D
mjkr1988 8 months ago
IT is amazing that "Get it on" Still to thsi day sounds as modern as ANYTHING out there. What a great song and recording.
RushmoreGerleve 9 months ago
T. Rex rocked the 70s
totaly love them :D
BERO17071991 10 months ago
Keep a little Marc in your heart.
jayrox40 11 months ago
Rest in peace Marc. Love you forever.
classicrockfan555 11 months ago
Another brilliant solo from Marc Bolan, Rest in peace Marc
bruceleerules747 11 months ago
Awesome, never saw this footage, thanks a TON for the upload!
sloanstewart 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure Marc's glad he left such a good looking corpse. Don't mean to be rude, but he's still with us and has never grown old. I'm 56 now, and I sure don't look like the pretty young thing I once was. Glad to be here, but I think Marc's smiling down on all of us!
leeleebaby2100 1 year ago
@leeleebaby2100 i think Marc would have hated the idea of getting old and the chance of loosing his good looks,i agree i too believe he is very happy sending us all his love and thanx for still keeping his memory alive!
mymusic777ify 6 months ago
I think its more that Depp looks like him, this was Bolan back to his best.
Keep a little macro in your heart.
tanx54 1 year ago
very funny he's smiling at 2:39, wonder why
piperbard 1 year ago
if they ever do a movie about this guy, they should get johnny depp. he looks like depp in this clip.
fessdrums 1 year ago 2
0:39 omg is that pete townshend!?!?!
guitafire 1 year ago
@guitafire no it's Miller Anderson, a very respected musician from Scotland.
hearditman 1 year ago
@hearditman oh it sure looks like him
guitafire 1 year ago
Marc died five years to the day before I was born. I see it only fitting that I play Electric Warrior in his memory every birthday. A truly gifted musician who should be appreciated on both sides of the pond and around the world.
aeonautic 1 year ago
looks like drugs have worn this warrior.
SEAN1983PHEANIS 1 year ago
@SEAN1983PHEANIS No,at this particular point in his career he was coming back from the drug/brandy days. He is singing live....... something he couldn't really do that well circa 73-74. This is rehabilitated Bolan and rockin.
hearditman 1 year ago
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SEAN1983PHEANIS 1 year ago
Bolan's eye makeup here is flawless! His hair is pretty rad, too.
venusdetroit 1 year ago
legend of a man r.i.p marc
robbiebirchall 1 year ago
Im 16 and if music today was this good i still wouldnt listen to it
like Bob Segar said "Todays music ain't got the same soul i like that old time rock n roll"
RIP marc
abcbeatle 1 year ago
I feel the same way about T Rex as Morrissey does about The Dolls. A band or artist that simply captures you and can never do wrong in ones awestruck eyes.
thedeadeatbrains 1 year ago
Happy Birthday, Marc. Forever 29- forever beautiful, and forever missed!
jroo3017 1 year ago
He is sexxxy. <3
Zwinyfy 1 year ago
Man Music Today Has Nothing on Marc Bolan. Im 18 and I was brought up with his music and He's always been my favourite
55river55 1 year ago
still sends a shiver down my spine
electricslims 1 year ago
This man never needed backup singers. Totally amazing vox!
GLABB69 1 year ago
why does this remind me of SYD BARRETT in the apples and oranges video?
dimebagdave77 1 year ago
he was a legend, he was helping a lot of punk bands get on TV with his Marc show and would have been punks Godfather...so tragic, but the legend lives on
4everTOON1 1 year ago
Good song and good solo but the chorus sounds like Chas and Dave.
andreaneilcmc 1 year ago
When he looks into the camera at 3:02, it feels like he's looking you right in the eye and singing just for you...such a performer...such a tragic, tragic loss.
jroo3017 1 year ago
RIP Sebastian Horsley.
NoPainNoGain200 1 year ago
hey he changed a word in thead of saying cocaine nights he said t rex nights.
curly5599 1 year ago
This is my absolute favorite video- listen to it atleast once everyday! Thank you! thank you ! thank you!
jroo3017 1 year ago
Is that an IBanez he's playing?
woodsworkciew 1 year ago
I think the old T.rex line up was way better than this late T.rex
ACDCFan15Swe 1 year ago
i can totaly see jack white covering this
HelloFizzy 1 year ago
@HelloFizzy Jack White is okay...but he aint got 1/100th of the talent of Marc Bolan!
jroo3017 1 year ago
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MyFingerPoints93 1 year ago
Ringo Starr liked him ...and so did I.. nuff said.
idle44 1 year ago
miss ya marc
boppingelf 1 year ago
Played this today in memory of brother Roy Trueman who passed away April 7th 2010.
Doubt you ever heard this song Roy..but you know me.
Love you brother, RIP Mick.
Alright...............
bolansbestplus 1 year ago
awesome video- a rare treat! Such a beautiful man, a great talent- so sad he had to leave us. Thanks so much for sharing.
jroo3017 1 year ago 2
So david bowie is erm i dunno.. inspired by.. lets say that.
toweronepower 1 year ago
One of the best live performances I've seen of Bolan. He definitely gave meaning to the phrase 'Bigger than life'!
MacAggy 1 year ago 2
Amazing too because he was about 5'4".
crosscatch 1 year ago
2010 STILL HOT!
noahsdelight 1 year ago 5
too beautiful to live ... too young to die ...
MOJOPIN1960 1 year ago 4
beautiful marc,wish you were still here,love you x
ScrittiSparkle 2 years ago 3
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He was all washed up, done finnished, the tenny boppers out grew him. they grew up his music didnt, same old shit.
bowie12 2 years ago
god he's so cool.
deadzeppelin 2 years ago 4
Oh its sooo sad Marc would die not long after this performance, what makes it even more sad is that Marc and T rex were in the process of working their way back up to the top.
mrtamberineman123 2 years ago 22
@mrtamberineman123 ACTUALLY YES, HE DIED 2 WEEKS AFTER HE PLAYED WITH BOWIE AT A TV SHOW.... AND THIS SONG WAS FROM HIS LAST RECORD.... HE WAS GOING TO BE ON THE TOP AGAIN.. AFTER HE WENT DOWN BECAUSE OF COCAINE PROBLEMS!!!!!!
skarsgardskull 1 year ago
@mrtamberineman123 Yeah, it's the most unfair thing EVER! He would be with us today, if it weren't for that Gloria Jones...
classicrockfan555 11 months ago
@classicrockfan555 It was an accident kiddo. It was acceptable, in those days, to drink and drive. They were both drinking that night and both made the decision that Gloria would drive home. She cannot be held responsible. It was unfair for both of them.
hearditman 11 months ago
@hearditman I know it was an accident, but she was the one who could actually drive. I'm going to blame it on the tree for getting in the way.
classicrockfan555 11 months ago
great song!!! i love that solo
shredheadbob 2 years ago 2
Which year?
mlody3k 2 years ago
1977
hearditman 2 years ago
change is a monster, and changing is hard.
man, i love you guys.
vampgnr69 2 years ago
Bowie played sax for T-Rex at one time.
msmarjoriecol 2 years ago
R u avin a larf?
hearditman 2 years ago
Bowie and Bolan were roommates at one time. They had a long history of sitting in with each other's bands.
msmarjoriecol 2 years ago
ccooll
vampgnr69 2 years ago
bet if they ever make a movie about him they'l lget jonny depp to play him
vampgnr69 2 years ago
They'd better hurry up then as Johnny Depp is getting too old to play Bolan. He reall did look like him though in Sleepy Hollow!
venusloony 2 years ago 2
What was the name of the tv show?
And of course, great song. Thanks for posting it!
TheCoffeeCreature 2 years ago
Gypsy Explorer
Localulu27 2 years ago
It are sweet songs T.Rex !
beatboy001 2 years ago
"dandy" song... wonderful marc...love it!!!
joeyglam1 2 years ago
Can't help but notice he changed "cocaine" to "teenage."
Same thing, really.
IoEstasCedonta 2 years ago
"t. rex", not "teenage"
mlody3k 2 years ago
could not use cocaine for the single or it would have been banned
jambointexas 2 years ago
Are you sure? "Rebel Rebel" was well before this, and there's a mention of quaaludes. Clapton put out "Cocaine" not long after.
IoEstasCedonta 2 years ago
Yes. when Bolan wrote the lyrics he put a note on the sheet to change cocaine nights to T.Rex nights on the single.
jambointexas 2 years ago
Hmm. I'd just assumed he was censoring himself for this younger crowd.
IoEstasCedonta 2 years ago
You are correct, my friend.
hearditman 2 years ago
TRex very cool in the 70's and it was he filled an era in musical history I will remember when I'm 80xoxox
ebrena1 2 years ago
Mark Bolan (TRex) was very sexy!!! RE 70's and I watch these vids now and he still gives me shiver's.
ebrena1 2 years ago
bolanthfcmod44
why do you care so much bout how they look they can all play real good
fishj123 2 years ago
You're wrong because these peeps are very well known session musicians, worked with Bowie and others before. But yes they had no charm or sexual appeal or whatever to appear in a rockband
dutchbolanfan 2 years ago
dont get me wrong i am a HUGE t rex fan but i think apart from marc bolan everyone else looks like thay could be from any old band for example at 0:42look at the guitarist and drummer and at 1:19 look at the bloke on the keyboard it looks like marc has gone through the yellow pages and found them and they have never heard of t rex it is a shame...
but hey i still fucking LOVE T REX!!!!!!
bolanthfcmod44 2 years ago
simpley the best frontman there ever was! listen to lifes a gas if ur relationship breaks up bein dumped never sounded so beautiful
royston186 2 years ago 2
he was a star,,,what a voice, i always thought that this backing band were'nt right for him ..only by their looks..i would run home from school in 1977 to watch the marc bolan show and i thought his band were a bit boring for him as he was so flambouant
soiyamoto 2 years ago
It suck the old T.rex was replaced with this. It's still quite good but the old T.rex was the best. Marc, Billy, Mickey and Steve
ACDCFan15Swe 2 years ago
I know what u mean mate but I kinda like this band, Mickey Finn was well u know , window dressing.
hearditman 2 years ago
What a song for a kiddie showI No way can they have any idea what he's singing about. Do you think their parent's were thrilled that their kids idoled a coke head binge drinker? I'm always amazed at how performers can give such a performance before a group of little kids - amazing - or before a small group/empty studio. I also never understood why his audience was mainly 15 to 16 years olds ( from what I've heard from his interviews, ect...), at least at the concerts, what's not to like?
worfie500 2 years ago
It must have really got to him/the group that their core audience were teenies/young girls. THANKS FOR POSTING THIS LIVE PERFORMANCE! I almost always find the live non-studio polished versions more enjoyable, and the visuals don't hurt either. Still makes me sad to think he died so young and in such a violent way.. Too bad the "MARC" show tapes were re-recorded on/erased (what I've read) - what fool made that decision???
worfie500 2 years ago
Time is passing by... Nowadays 15/16 years olds listen songs without meaning or simple lyrics...
Sokram1987 2 years ago
Not true, i'm 16 and I listen to all this clasic music because its far better than the rubbish being made today by untalented drama queens who only get a contrat because tey appeared on some stupid reality tv show...
helene05 2 years ago 55
Agreed, I'm 14, and I hate most modern music. Bring back the 70's!
MarcusMKPatriot 2 years ago 4
@helene05 amen
manmanguy 1 year ago
@helene05 AMEN!
gore8ss 1 year ago
@helene05 amen that!,i'm also 16 and ridiculed for liking this brilliant stuff. Dappy and P diddy whasisface prancing around embarrasing themselves chanting inanely to naff and souless riffs really doesn't do it for me :) so much respect for you, not enough people have the balls to stand up against the herd :)
94ForReal 1 year ago
@helene05 same, I'm 15 and I prefer so much that music. (is helene your name? mine is helena xD)
deathnoteLband 1 year ago
@helene05 hi have followed marc from the beginning and totaly agee with your coments he is just quality
bulldog6396 6 months ago
now i know where adam ant got it. great song!
rongravy 2 years ago
This song is amazing... it would probably be my most faviourite bolan song... such a pity that he died within weeks of a big tour for this album..dandy in the underworld.....its sad to think that this beautiful genius within months would be dead after this performence.......this song is such an autobiographical song, i commend him on changing the lyrics from "cocaine nights" and with this album especially this song utilising a more prominant backing vocalist to enhance the song
darksorcerermusic 2 years ago
kewl song, kewl kids
dinosaurjerk 2 years ago
Shame this excellent performance was wasted on a kids tv show with Basil Brushes sidekick!
mikep72 2 years ago
Great performance, Marc was an amazing musician!
I miss him so much although I was born years after his death
mariappolacchia 2 years ago 2
OHH BOLAN I'TS A FUCKING GENIUS
1NDIEMAN 2 years ago 7
Bolan is gorgeous here.
LittleBitTragedy 2 years ago 2
das ist der Lieblings song meines Engel
marcbolan1960 2 years ago
It's a gas, man, it's a stone gas!
ChetMozart 2 years ago 2
This is one of my favorite T Rex videos on youtube. I've watched it so many times. I love this song, and the lyrics are amazing. And Marc looks so cool here.
Was this on a children's tv show?! The audience looks super young.
missoctober77 2 years ago
Had to come back to this tune ,because it's realy GREAT !!!
So thanx again,for sharing !!!
VERY BEST REGARDS,FROM HERE !!!
Kammler03 2 years ago
marc is still the future in rock n roll, he was shaped for...... rip 77
best wishes from peru
nikjagger 2 years ago 2
A great singer, songwriter and musician! He is sorely missed.
MartyRotten 2 years ago 4
Maybe the reason the record flopped was that it sounds like he's singing "Dandy in the Underwear". The BBC doesn't take kindly to allusions to naughty bits.
moorlock2003 2 years ago
he is gread..
keanuangi 2 years ago
Admire this song !!
So Thanx for sharing !!
Must admit,that from my opinion,Marc looks tired somehow !!
In the beginning,almost "uninspired" somehow!!
Then it "turned out" to be a great performance!!
So Thanx again !!
Just Great !!!"
Kammler03 2 years ago
quite a "cool" differential span between marc and his keyboardist
putdownan8dude 2 years ago
but hes good enough to be in T-Rex isnt he? Id be happy to see him with The Forgotten Rebels
mgrelecki 2 years ago
oh of course, great keyboard. i just thought, how cool marc looked was overwhelming
putdownan8dude 2 years ago
Marc made anybody who ever played with him or copied him better.....what a shame to lose him at such a young age
viessmann2009 2 years ago
this was the last song he did before he died R.I.P. MARC BOLAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
gnrskid00 2 years ago
yeah
chumbels 2 years ago
Love that little guitar solo at 1:36, so tasteful and understated, classic Bolan good taste guitar.
WisemanLes 2 years ago 3
oh yes! marc have my babies
Prudukt 2 years ago
ps love his outfit and shoes
movikk 2 years ago
2:40 great smile : D
movikk 2 years ago
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Too much coke with that dumb n.......
She killed him...let's be honest...Marc lives forever
181shelby 2 years ago
hahahhahahaha , i was asking myself if there was an ACTUALLY live video of t-rex in the youtube. You had the same problem but you did the right thing , UPLODE IT !
THANX !!!!
fonou 3 years ago 3
Wow spiritofblake wonderful words
mickey245845 3 years ago
This song sends me shivering. He just looks like he *knows* this is the real swan song. It's really beautiful that he went on such a high note though. I can just see this elfin dandy donning this same garb, forever singing fine rock and roll tunes to sly-eyed nymphs, mesmerised maenads, and long-dead lovers in some strange world down under
Spiritofblake 3 years ago 4
I loved him from "Ride a White Swan" in 1970 and saw him in his Dandy in the Underwold tour in Manchester with the Damned as support in 1977 only weeks before his death and he was as good then as he had ever been. Will always love u Marc - I just know you're making them boogie up their. See ya some day.
hassanradwan 3 years ago
R I P MARC
FUTNMES2 3 years ago 3
Wow, Devendra Banhart has turned into a T. Rex knock-off. I never even realized it till now. If you don't know who Devendra Banhart is disregard this comment.
And find out who he is after you do disregard it.
Joey11201 3 years ago
he was a brilliant shining star...its a rare voice that, the vibrato (worble) in his voice is very hard to do and rare, heard in jamaican 1950's/60's calipso/reggae vocals.. he perfected it, so natural. Thanks for posting :)
rocha39 3 years ago 2
This video is amazing. One of my favourites and great performance of Marc. Marc looks so confident and well in this..:)
CosmicRuis 3 years ago
Mickey left the band in 1975, primarily as a result of Marc moving heavily into the "electric" sound, and also the addition of Bill Legend as drummer. By 1977, all the original T Rex lineup were gone and Marc was using session players. Marc was cleaned up and repairing broken relationships at the end, but was tragically killed before he could really see those changes through. RIP, beautiful boy. Keeping a little Marc in my heart.
chanteleigh 3 years ago
Bill Legend was in the band in 1971. Mickey was surplus to requirements in 1975, many thought he was only there as a good looking foil to bolan.
hearditman 3 years ago
Bill was in the band from 70-74. However, Marc started to use him much more heavily as Mickey was sort of getting phased out.
From snippets I've heard from June and others, Marc liked Mickey because he made him laugh, and also as you say, a good-looking foil. IMHO, Marc was plenty good-looking enough and really didn't need that aspect, he just needed great musicians (which he had in Bill).
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chanteleigh 3 years ago
where is Mickey Finn?
BipolarPics 3 years ago
By all accounts, Marc had cleaned up completely and was off drugs in the last days. He had been badly mistreated by a fickle music industry, the press, and was sorely disillusioned. I too have noted the profound sadness in his eyes here as well. Dandy In the Underworld is a largely autobiographical song, the lyrics tell it all. Keeping a little Marc in my heart.
chanteleigh 3 years ago
Was Marc on drugs again the very last few months of his life?
pielowich 3 years ago
Great! But why he look so sad?
pielowich 3 years ago
Man...he could play that guitar and when he smiles his little smile!Miss his badly!
krakra58 3 years ago
This is my alltime favourite T.Rex on the TV performance, live/ Marc looks amazing/ the ending (Cosmic) Rocks.
Michaelfrancismal 3 years ago
Oh, my, god! When he screaming!
freakbeat9 3 years ago
depp would be absolutely perfect, everyone who denies it can't seem to really offer up anyone better, just shoot him down
nicforte 3 years ago
"Dandy in the Underworld". Was Marc talking about himself in a pub in Camden Town???
pargaluvva 3 years ago
is that Pete Townsens
khantac 3 years ago
Man who said that Depp is going to play BOlan in a movie????????????? I can't find any evidence on the internet!
Thomaspwgy 3 years ago
Johnny Depp hysteria aside, Marc Bolan was one of the few true musical geniuses we've been privaledged to share this planet well. He was a great poet, writer AND guitar player. Combine that with an overabundance of charisma and you see why his music will never die.
Bogframe 3 years ago
So true. I try to imagine what he would have been doing today..compared to the totally untalented we have today. So goes Buddy Holly, etc. I just heard Jessica Simpson attempt to sing "country". That woman CANNOT sing no matter what the subject and it's a shame that real talent has been lost...for now.
skilski2003 3 years ago
Why are so many people against Depp? He plays guitar, sings and as beautiful as Marc would have been in his 40's. It would be an honor for both of them. Depp is a truly fantastic actor, so I don't understand the anger and angst. Sighs, oh well...as Peter Green once wrote.
skilski2003 3 years ago
Ditaj, you're right...I am totally of the same opinion as my sister (who just wrote the last three comments by this name). I love Bolan; he just looks so crazy and intoxicated sometimes! But always beautiful in his fantastic, crazy Orpheus of the 70's way.
MarieEtOlivia 3 years ago
He looks really nice!
=)
llama2125 3 years ago
Marc will always be my prince.
MarcBolaninmyheart 3 years ago
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shit song
shitunot 3 years ago
Go fuck yourself.
BooNube 3 years ago 5
yes
shitunot 3 years ago
can't stop watching. what talent!!
tap5883 3 years ago 4
Johnny Depp is good for only one thing: playing the 'quirky', 'sexy', 'sensitive' Tim Burton role. Because of Tim Burton people only want to see Depp playing these sort of weirdo cutesy pirate willy wonka roles. I don't take him seriously. To get Depp to play Bolan would be to portray a beautiful artist as another one of these cliched Johnny Depp roles. Marc Bolan would not be seen as Marc Bolan he would be seen as Johnny Depp in another one of his narrow roles. ITS MADNESS.
MarieEtOlivia 3 years ago 3
Not true.
skilski2003 3 years ago
every one please shut the fuck up about johnny fucking depp being so like marc bolan.
propper toss. depp is unattractive, talentless and he cant do accents properly. his irish accent in chocolat or what ever was laughable.
ditaj 3 years ago
Not true. Depp is beautiful. Bet you're not.
skilski2003 3 years ago
Thanks for sharing your narrow definition of beauty with us all. Its nice to know that you are limited to finding touched up celebrities like Depp beautiful. You and your friends probably base your look and your lives on celebrities - YOU NEED TO FREE YOURSELF DESPERATELY, or else go and kiss your Depp posters some more. Who decides what beauty is & why is it limited to celebrity in your little mind? I'm beautiful, same as everyone is in their own way - its called being human and unique. Try it.
MarieEtOlivia 3 years ago 4
Furthermore I never said that Depp wasn't a beautif