Marc Bolan & T.Rex - "Light Of Love" [Promo '74]

[classicrockfan555]

Happy birthday Marc!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Dwornboy]

Best intro to a song...ever. Totally cool video. Love this song more and more!!! One of Bolan's best! Spot the naked chick too..

[sadeyedlady9]

One of the worst T Rex songs,IMO. This song ruin Marc's career, period.

[tanx54]

worst song he ever sang,terrible single.

[atheistasylum]

@tanx54 Hey. I like it.

[cricketbat08]

Lovin' this, Pop Disco at its finest. Such a memorable melody!

[avipaulweinstein]

Does anyone know exactly what he's saying in rapid succession at the end of the song?

[andytrex]

@avipaulweinstein The fade to light Of Love is "You can't resist you can't defeat yeah the light of love. If you want me you gotta see yeah the light of love".

[MZVIRB]

Great great song!

[conesuela1]

Songs do not get funkier. End of

[Tregidio]

One of the best songs ever. Spent ages looking for this some time ago. Awesome.

[LogicalSimba]

@ZLUGGO gtfo, cunt.

[streissel]

marc bolan on our mind!

[theglastonburygirl]

The Seventies What can b said - Party on Marc xxx

[CUMSLUTSINC]

marc bolan is my guardian angel....i adore him.

[khukhem1001]

I love you Marc.. you are my light of love...!

[Clematisian]

:: i still love T. Rex all these deacdes later . . . so thank you very much, TvRex, for uploading this gem. R.I.P. Marc, the Bopping Elf. Namasté ~ (•8-D

[ScrittiSparkle]

just beautiful,always,thank you

[jessieprice1990]

We have to sing this in our final major project performance. we have a dance to it as well. its so fun :D

[adric137]

one of his best songs!

[Promoagent]

Great little sing along tune pity it wasent a hit it should have been big but we all know Radio One let it down

[stanibol]

@Promoagent If anyone conspired against Bolan in the past, they won't succeed in the future. Bolan was never the greatest voice or the greatest guitarist, but he is the greatest enigma since Jesus Christ, with as much talent for connecting with the human spirit.

[davidcranston]

Much underated song

[davidcranston]

Much underated song

[zarabow]

Even thou the good one's die, there are always new fans waiting and old fans still loving.... A good one had to go but never forgotten

[trolgar]

i was born in 93 and Marc is 1 of the greats in my book!

[deborahsuewho]

@trolgar my boy born in 95 and in agreement with you. One of the best parts of parenting is turning him on to new (old) music. Keep discovering! Write to me for more if you want. Thinking you've checked Jeff Buckley??? Nick Lowe (Nick the Knife album?) Everything Elvis Costello, Psychedelic Furs, Smiths....there's so much. I go back to the 14th century in search of great "new" stuff for my ears... Keep up the hunt!

[darksorcerermusic]

A disco track...disco whites...and a HUGE AFRO....no bill legend.....good song

[shanehitler]

what a beautiful song i am new 2 bolan and Trex but this is already 1 of my favourites,,,god bless marc the 20th century boy

[youwinoneinternets]

I grew up listening to T-Rex thanks to my mum being a bolan obsessive x) love it. Anyone know what vinyl it was that had a picture of marcs face on it in trippy colours, and the otherside was blue?

[joeyglam1]

Marvelous Marc! Bring back those flares & platforms!!!!

[slider876]

glamtastic

[BowieBolanLuv]

Marc is just too beautiful to be real! :)

[MCRussianator]

my birthday, nice...

[MarcBolaninmyheart]

The most handsome and beautiful man of all times!

He lives in my dreams. A big kiss to you Marc!

[xxfocusstxx]

@MarcBolaninmyheart altho he was way before my time i can say he was gorgeous from watching the videos bless him and as watched some videos of him on my sisters glam rock video thats how i knew about him at the age of 5 and he is 1 of my favorite singers of all time so tragic he did when and how he did :( REST IN PEACE MARC BOLAN XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX <3 <3 <3 <3

[ZLUGGO]

This man was beautiful. And I stand for that. You can quote me on that one.

[1starryeyedkid]

@ZLUGGOi, he was beautiful [i mean unbelievably gorgeous] around the time of hot love, metal guru-but here he just looks bloated & dead eyed from the drugs & booze he was doing in 74..even the way he moves looks ungainly-less boppin elf, more like gary glitter..

[ZLUGGO]

@1starryeyedkid

So now YOU are going to tell me what to think? It is all a matter of taste. And I like Gary Glitter. I don' t care what people say. The song remains the same.

[1starryeyedkid]

@ZLUGGO hey chill out! Its an opinion..as is every one else's who posts a comment. And yes, GG was fab in his time-a national treasure.

[cormaelia]

@ZLUGGO that's because of his inner light ♥

[classicrockfan555]

@ZLUGGO He was. End of.

[wouldntyoulike2know]

He is the most beautiful man I have ever seen!

[mikep72]

Very underated t-rex song!

[johno777uk]

he was the man in the 70's and still is the man now i cant find anyone better than marc bolan ride on to all u bolan fans out there

[imalovedrunk]

rock on johno stroll on main man

[itstoogoodtopassby]

i will you cant help but ride with marc bolan he was unique and his spirit lives on still things are happening marc never stops film very soon

[steveoliver62]

For a good part of the early '70's he was THE MAN !

He understood his job - and did it very well indeed.

RIP mate.

[Bolancity]

So where is Marc Bolan credited in England for his accomplishments? Hall of Fame???...

[myminestry]

miss you so so much marc , think of you all the time , id be dead if it wernt for you , rip rock on wiv god , xx

[Bolancity]

OMG me Too? Think of Him all the time as well. :)

[Austin24468]

Great song. Again ahead of its time. Bolan, thanks to Gloria's influence, got into black music a year before Bowie, just like he got into glam rock before Bowie. Marc WAS the original. And is that Marc rapping at the end? Amazing!

[Bolancity]

YES, Yes, yes...I said it before WAy Ahead of the pack of rocknrollers of the day! That is Marc rapping and he did it without swearing and it adds to the track!!! Love Him every moment and this vid makes me laugh with joy.

[TheBallroomsofmars]

Classic mid period T.Rex with Marcs distorted guitar and the rythm section of Mickey Steve and Davey Lutton sounding really tight and funky. Marcs interstellar soul sound at its best. I first saw the film clip on Sound Unlimited a Saturday morning music show in Australia and remember reading it was made in Germany.

[xxxTheDeadOnexxx]

groovy...

[pauleyh]

t rex will live forever

[chauvesouri]

j'adore , j'adore

[explosivejohnny]

c-am-f-g?

[Doors121]

Is Bill Legend dumming for this track

[bolanbaby]

no, it would have been that dozy davy lutton, no drummer could ever touch bill...

[randybullcow]

No it was his replacement Davey Lutton,from the band Heavy Jelly or Eire apparent I think.

Bill Legend quit during the tour of the far east in mid '73

[NY2CT84]

Great video-shows Marc in all his glory!!!

[delflord]

This is a fab record and Marc and Gloria give it some. All this talk about Marc should have done this or that is totally irrelevant. The guy was his own creation, he did what HE wanted not what others wished he had done. I applaud him for trying new avenues in music.

Delf n Kaz x

[pewsterbaby]

I like other period Marc alot, but this song KICKS ASS!!! What a freaking groove! I could definitely slither down the sidewalk to this. You can totally grind your body to this. Well, maybe everybody can't. you gotta have a kinda slutty soul aspect to your persona. Marc and Gloria bonded over that part of themselves.

[MOJOPIN1960]

you gotta listen 2 the ' BUMP N GRIND' version of this.....it will blow your mind!!!!

[cosmicdancer00]

great :) Marc Bolan is the number one!!!!!!!!

Here in Italy too!!!

[xbanjo]

eh magari!

[LeeMT2008]

At this point, Marc had totally lost the awesome T. Rex sound of 70-74. Thanks no doubt to Glorias influence. The funky-soul turn in Marc's style ruined it for him. Things would only get worse in 1975 when he gained all the weight and spent the year in the US. If you look at his performances from those days they were just awful. Still T. Rex is one of my top 5 favorite rock bands of all time. And 1977 saw a turnaround in his music and popularity. I miss him.

[pewsterbaby]

No way. This tune "burns it down" so hard! He needed to change. Everybody was telling him he needed to branch out more. His 70-74 schtick was way played out. People were bored with it. They were like, "Enough already, show us you have some substance too." And he did! and his 75 persona was cool too. The Dreamy Lady videos are total porn-Marc. If he went directly from 74 to his 77 stuff, people woulda said it was still too similar. he needed stuff in between. so there.

[oneartist9]

@LeeMT2008

Agree. Gloria ruined him and this song proves it. I love the original T Rex.

[pewsterbaby]

I LOVE the sound of the clavichord Gloria's playing! Stevie Wonder used one on "Superstition" and Zeppelin did on "Trampled Underfoot". I guess it was all the rage in the mid seventies. I'd love to have one. Funky baby!

[zincalloy2]

Had Bolan hung on to Visconti as his producer, and gotten cocaine out of his life, I think he (and Gloria) could have been much more successful with his plastic soul music. After all, look what Visconti did for Bowie with 'Young Americans' just a few months later. His Zip-Gun period really did have some cool songs...they're just not produced well.

[onepixedpup]

I think Bolan produced just fine, especially Futuristic Dragon.

[Zipgun1]

Always loved this video but at the time I was mad because Marc did not appear on TOTPs and instead offered this!

[eddysteele]

this is still a great vidioe and gives me so many hay memories

[emeraldecity]

Funny the comment about before Queen, because I always thought of main man as the ultimate drama Queen*

[eddysteele]

every time i watch this i remember why i love Marc so much, i even keep it on the laptop so i can watch it when i feel down as it lift's me up

[Hiddenrider1]

As always Marc ahead of his time, this vid was made for promotion of his single in GB as he was in the USA. The first vid of its kind before Queen.

[honeysprite]

I love this vid.

[ZipDrumBoogie]

I like that floor - looks like water