T - Rex - Spaceball Ricochet

[mothergrace1]

way too far ahead of his time what a great loss to rock and roll and music

[mothergrace1]

wow

[7733221]

Thank you Marc...when I was a teenage runaway...I was hiding out waaaay out in a little house on the prairie...but there was an 8 trak of T. REX...I played it over and over...you kept me company and kept me from going insane....I love you and you left me too early...much luv...

[tromachick]

i don't know one single friend or family member that adores marc bolan and t-rex like i do. i am obsessed!

[artdamaged]

@tromachick Well, I'm not a friend or family member, but I love MB and T-Rex too.

He's/they're in my top three musicians list.

[thevelvettgoldmine]

Nothing will ever compare to this. To Marc Bolan, period. I feel sad and alone much of the time because more people my age don't fucking get it.

[aramis7350]

@thevelvettgoldmine - Take pleasure in the fact that you are one of the few of your age group who carry the torch - and think of how much you would have lost had you not 'gotten it'.

[omegalast800]

...if i had 1£ for every time i've listened to this!?....

[HordeVengeance]

Me and my Les Paul, deep in my heart there is a house that can hold all off you!

with Flow & Eddy on vocals , it is the best song from my childhood. I am brining up two young boys 10 & 12 who have an ear for music. Thank god I can give them some inspiration from Marc.

Love you man!

[reverendjimj]

this was originally titled "universe orb reverberations" but the orb manufactuers industry lobbyists fought T"Rex tooth and nail in small claims court and trounced them, therefore "spaceball ricochet"

[andytrex]

@reverendjimj Very Clever. You had me thinking for a few seconds!!!!

[stickypuddler]

It's hard to say, but this may be my favorite. Saw a negative comment on another T REX song, calling The Slider repetitive. It's not though, just one song kinda flows to the next with few radical changes. Perfect. They should have been way more popular here in the United States. Even hard core Bowie fans dismissed T REX as Glam Rock. I just thought/think it kicks ass.

[goldielocks591]

every song he sings is awesomely uniqu and beautiful i can paint a picture in my mind i love him so much . : )

[lynne19481]

I moved to key west in 1973,had 2 albums...this was one...the other was sticky fingers/ the stones...no one down there had heard of T-Rex...but they listened to it from my house everyday! LOVED 'EM"

[mymusic777ify]

@lynne19481 something to remember and be proud of! and people are still listening on the web 30 years later,amazing!

[freudastaire]

Bolan > Bowie > Bolan > both better than all the rest, but who cares?

[KathyAAllen]

Cos of Marc, my parents let me skip school to listen to the only place I could hear his music in America, at the library, with huge headphones and the books I wanted to read. I can hardly listen to his music without a tear or 20. Why is there not a video for The Slider?(A live one I mean)

[tatia641]

I was a huge fan of T.Rex in my early teens but somehow I always missed out this song. I discovered it by chance on youtube recently and I just LOVE it. Thanks so much for uploading!

[phoenix3467]

love this!!!Love this album !!!

[TheRipStudio]

the writer talks to him as a friend unlike some i know the writer

[Balistikdaog1]

too bad well never know might have been here i thought only the american rock stars die young

[jbclaret44]

Just listen to the album one of the best Marc was sadly dismissed and overlooked by so many so called moso's but in his own way he was a genius. I still miss him

[mcpokes]

My favourite track from the first album I ever bought, way back in '72,

Difficult to imagine I could've spent the money more wisely.

[classicrockfan555]

@mcpokes You couldn't have spent the money more wisely! What do I know about money though? I'm only 15.

[htti]

great arrangement by Tony Visconti

[classicrockfan555]

@htti Great? Hell yeah! Ringo Starr got the credit for taking the photo for The Slider album even though it was Tony Visconti!

[TheThesmyths]

bought the slider on vinyl, then cassette years later, then cd. this one of my top 3 fav albums. any newcomers to t rex check out cockney rebel. same vintage

[homehub100]

This man is as dead as jim morrison. He's proper dead. Shit you not.

[ahitler1000]

reflections of a bye gone era of talent and art , but least we got you tube to be our time machine , in the greater Roswell New Mexico valley , russell the wizzard on myspace

[jacquesL0711]

He was the MASTER ....

[ouchyg]

Here in my heart theres a house that could hold just about all of you.

Especially when Marc's singing. :)

[slumsofmecca]

my new favorite song

[belgion75]

There's something about this whole album that I've never experienced with another album. Usually, there are songs that I like, some that I don't; but with this, every single song is absolute brilliance. Magnificently sublime from start to finish. Thank you Mr. Bolan & Friends...

[VisceralSTH]

I was turned on to Marc Bolan more deeply in '89 via this cassette. After I helped get his car fixed, a guy off the street handed it to me and said, "T Rex. Rock and roll." That's the last I ever saw of him but I'm still listening to it. With so many good songs on there, this one became a favorite over the years alongside Jeepster.

[psychkoala]

@VisceralSTH

The guy who's car you fixed-- the car was a jeep, wasn't it ?

Ha, ha, I thought so.

You helped the Jeepster, so naturally he gave you a tape with his song on it as a way of thanking you.

[darrinmam]

you are my love, but i can't it's a pitty i'm like i me"

[68beano]

im a child mom feels good life is good youth you little devil t thanx

[cdchirinos]

I love spaceball ricochet, make me remind old ages, rock parties, hypnotical song...and bolan one of the greatest , as Dylan or McCartney....unfortunlalety his life was an excess but that does not care...his music touched a millions

[SecretActivator]

YES!!

[xskindeepxx]

t rex influenced my style and noel gallaghers.check my songs.

[theverve92]

marc bolan was the man love all his music rock on t-rex!

[TheCoffeeCreature]

It's kind of ironic that this was one of the few songs on which he DIDN'T play a Les Paul.

[cokeydear]

I just bought this record on ebay, i cant wait for it to come.. Just an amazing songwriter and guitarist he was.. They were such a great band.

[stannollienfluffy]

@cokeydear you're in for a real treat

[cokeydear]

I know (: Its one of my favorite albums now

[leftyjcw]

@cokeydear this is one of the best albums ever, by anybody. it came out when I was in school, and always takes me back.

[Byrontheone]

Every bit equal to John Lennon and David

Bowie. A Master who died too young.

[bowie12]

u need your head looked at, imagine trying to compare that crap to likes of lennon/bowie

[nrlova]

@Byrontheone David bowie aint dead...

[mcpokes]

@nrlova

Have you heard any of his recent stuff ? I wouldn't be too sure

[MJItalyKid91]

@Byrontheone Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson too :D

[NrLovar]

@Byrontheone David Bowie isn't dead

[TheRipStudio]

@NrLovar i wish he was

[classicrockfan555]

@Byrontheone David Bowie is still alive.

[balls86ful]

@Byrontheone bowie isnt dead though.

[bonbon1995]

The things that boy does with his voice...*shudder*...

[stannollienfluffy]

thank you marc for getting me thru my teens when noone else understood me

[will548]

@stannollienfluffy reminds me of me right now... i love marc

[godfugitive]

this is music. this is all you need.

[electricslims]

I get hooked everytime the writer talks to me like a friend...

[darkfro]

Spaceball Ricochet ooooh baby

Spaceball Ricochet ooooh mama...gotta love this tune...it is just GREAT!!!

[403life]

this rock icon died to young, rock on spaceball

[turducken2990]

im so glad you put all these awsome songs from the slider on here i need to rebuy this album. i lost the tape i had.