Tyrannosaurus Rex "Debora"

[davefernandez22]

@beefydebster your dad probably rules.

[Hawkdd]

Saw them live at the First New Orleans Pop Festival in the summer of 1969 (I was 18).We were walking to where the concerts were being held and I yelled to my friends "Man it's Donovan!!! Let's run !!!".It was T-Rex...they were sensational.

[PAULLONDEN]

C©©L stuff____________

[theNamithecartman]

i love this song best ever!!

[kappser]

Both T. Rex phases were fantastic. Possibly the most charming band of all time.

[kaykieslice]

happy song :D

[classicrockfan555]

Hey, I was watching a programme about Marc Bolan on the Biography Channel and there was this clip along with many others. I recorded it about 3 weeks ago and I will never delete it!

[lordofmorgul]

i prefer tony's intrerpretation

[Wisztrock]

I don't really don't like T. Rex but when I write and record music it sort of sounds like it. If you want to hear how T.Rex music sounds 2011 style click on wisztrock. I think you might like it.

[cptnwilliamread]

@Wisztrock T-Rex is the jams. by the way nice shameless self-promotion tool bag.

[natalianiarchou]

my 2nd name is Deborah!! :D

[CutePoison92]

My name is Deborah! Marc dedicated me a song :)

[Ghoopty]

The audio is not live.

[1955Brummie]

Marc sang Debora years before poxy Mungo Jerry were even heard of.

[stanibol]

Vocally, this song is sort of reminiscent of Mungo Jerry's Lady Rose (1971)

Oh Debora, my Rose my Lady Rose... Dadn de da daaa... Din de-dee de-dee de-dee de-dee.. it must be due to the bongo drum!  :)

[makemeateeshirt]

mmmmmmh....amazonian wimmen...will too be pensioners sum dhay...embrace the now....

[makemeateeshirt]

mmmmmmh

[rexmania77]

It's Kempton Park 10th August 1968, 18th National Jazz, Blues and Pop Festival

Marc Bolan one of the most innovative artists of our time, great~~thanks for sharing

[MOONST0MP]

reminds me of Glastonbury 1995

[leach1527]

I would like to think this was Saturday night at the National Jazz and Blues Festival at Kempton Park in 1968, but the shot at the beginning where you see out into the crowd doesn't look how I remember the spectator arena at Kempton Park.

But it is 42 years ago since I attended so I may well be wrong.

[WARRIORPARK]

i named my cat after this song!

[osvelhos]

see: Os velhos da montanha

[marvjanet]

i was there.my first festival

[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

far out

[theguitarguy70]

T.REX

[theguitarguy70]

i asked for this song to be put on in my humanitys class and they did and everyone exept for few people where like what the hell is this and oh my god this is crap.

i ended up getting annoyed this is not what marc would have wanted to happen to the world

[chelseabornboy]

my uncle named his tortoise after this song

[Kenentigern7]

My Gran named my dad after this song

[fabfunty]

@Kenentigern7 * lol * your dad named "Debora" ???

[Kenentigern7]

@fabfunty irony dear boy irony



[DrLikoer62]

super

[colly50]

thanks for thisrare rememberance of my main man.MARC BOLAN......xxx

[bloodandfire1]

it just goes to show that you dont need a massive production to make a killer tune - Steve Took on bongos,Marc Bolan on guitar... Beautful !!! i still love you Debbi L xxx ...T :D

[mattdb1983]

my favourite music video ever - how can a guitar, bongos, 3 chords and non-sensical lyrics add up to something so beautiful

[crystalofmud]

Loved all their music when I was a teenager . Remember being in our local underground record shop when Ride a White Swan first made it. Thanks for this.

[beefydebster]

my daddy named me after this song :-/

[cosast54]

@beefydebster Nice name !

[pshaveli100]

@beefydebster

in a same way - I am going to name my doughter soon, Debora nice name isn't it? :))

[dlp751]

ha ha! me too!

[matheuskerr]

@beefydebster I would've named you Salamanda Palaganda, so don't be making sad faces.

[rockerbox1973]

ha ha, nice one!

[PinkPanther220]

@matheuskerr That's hilarious, beefy

[skinlola]

@beefydebster What! Tyrannosaurus Rex?

[mart2mart]

@beefydebster So Sweet :)

[CiderKisses]

@beefydebster i wish i had that name :/ x

[rockerbox1973]

Sweet!

[donttouchmybikini]

@beefydebster thats awesome.

[sobaguest]

omg So remember stealling this from my older sister and playing it while thinking of Deborah leach who lived over the road lol..

Where does the time go?/ even the tracks too short

[RoterTurm2000]

leb jung und werd unfreiwillig zu einer ikone

[slawek033]

love you marc

[soiyamoto]

same marc time..same marc channel

[JBnotthescotch]

the seventies... color photography and folk music

[bikerjools]

I saw Marc just like this in 1970 sat on the front row in Hull City Hall.

An experience that changed my life forever!!

Keep a little Marc in your heart!!

[strangeparty]

I would love to see a video for "Once Upon the Sea of Abyssinia" or "Find a Little Wood".

[kevmoney2make]

My friend playsa guitar looks just like him

[FactoryHen]

Sat on the stage floor and holding the audience in pure captivation - RIP Marc.

[vertxxgg]

Deboraabed in Yeoville shanty Klub pastime bongo beating 74 Johannesburg..or trekkin to the land of Boland (awh .. memory lane..

[randypanhandy]

The real one is as infectious as the song!

[cricketbat08]

One of Marc's best folk songs. Lovin' the rhythm.

[ACDCFan15Swe]

He was skinny as hell! And, in the beginning i didnt like this or Woodland Bop but now i like them both! =P

[italianbutoh]

marc for ever!!! mario florence italy

[MartyRotten]

Lately I've been wanting to hear more of Marc's earlier acoustic stuff. :-)

[margatelad]

i was there,truly the best 100,00,000 stars.

[sertuerner]

saw them play this live , the bollocks

[164man]

happy days !!

[urukrec]

syd barrett imitated

[DAVWAVE]

When being honest everyone copied from others and then put their twist on it. Marc just did it so well he :fooled millions'.

[imalovedrunk]

mr took not mickey

[Viznel137]

yeah!The Glitter thing was quite important in the early 70s!Still, he was a bit weird looking and so was his music1Quite an original!

[eddysteele2]

great footage of a young marc

[Viznel137]

Classic song!Marc bolan was a TRUE hippie!!did he always sit on the ground to play?

[Marackuss]

Actually I always thought Marc Bolan was quite anti-hippie and just tapped into the most popular counter-culture of the time. I don't think it's any coincidence that his musical style changed drastically in the 70s. Bowie did a similar thing, too.

[kelsmoana]

Your right.He was post-hippie and was a big part of the Glam Rock movement.

[anniething1]

In those days mostly

[XiOjala]

Saw them at Imperial College in 1969 and yes he sat on the ground. Awsome!

[smw73videos]

I have to agree, I think he was sort of a pretend hippie. He was into Elvis as a child and was star struck. But one of my favourite musicians.

[FactoryHen]

Probably because it was Steve Peregrin Took.

Elton John lost his hair not long after this era ...Great bit of film - thx

[Johnoco66]

Looks sort of like Elton John instead of Mickey Finn! ;-]

[anava84]

man he really bangs on those drums

[MehrerPerformances]

that looks like woodstock, but i dont recall them playing there

[ellycat]

High as kites on quality hash. lol

[harrynicholas]

I had 'my people were fair and wore stars in their hair' painted in Arnold Bocklin on my old Framus - ah to be 17 again. Did you buy it from me?

[ukgirlonce]

i had the album...& one entire wall of my bedroom covered with magazine photos( much to my familys horror:)...i was hooked...u.k...1960 something...this is great!!! :)

[HereForBarbara]

One of my favourite songs of all time. Love it.

[aliceandrich]

Thiis Song Is Wrote About My Mum... She Went Out Wiiv Mark Bolan (: R.I.P

[iching1111]

OMG! how cool is that? My husband and his best friend had tickets to see Marc, but my husband got grounded (high school) and couldn't go. His best friend was killed by a train (trying to beat it)on the way to the concert, so Marc has been a very special person to us.

[thejet51]

your mum really dated marc bolan? i wanna meet her

[ditaj]

that would make your mum about what? assuming she was the same age as marc, 61? and you look about... 12?

im impressed her ovaries are still working.

why lie?

[richjones91]

Im 15 Darliin (:

[MICKEY1JOE]

What in the name of reincarnation was he singing about...or what was he on ??

Dug a re dug n dug a re dug .

Oh Debora, always look like a zebra

Your sunken face is like a galleon

Clawed with mysteries of the Spanish Main, oh Debora

[OMGitsSeppie]

the beginning i always thought he was saying deb-or-reee-da-be-deb-or-ree-d­a-be-da

maybe i'm just wrong and strange

[beulahsolow]

@MICKEY1JOE

dug and re dug!! drugs!!

[randybullcow]

@MICKEY1JOE I've been listening to his music for well over 35 years,and still don't know what the bloody hell he was singing about.Still magical wasn't it!!!

[DAVWAVE]

@randybullcow And he is not jumping all about a stage with a light show, a team of dancers, ect. He is sitting cross-legged with and accoustic. It made no sense that he succeeded.

[fripouille69]

This is great, but it IS NOT live at Kempton Park. Just look at what they're singing! Nothing to do with the phrasing or the words of 'Deborah'. I think the music is the studio version (although I'm not certain) tacked onto some concert footage. Whatever, always nice to see them again.....

[moonheaver]

Yep it's the studio recording alright. It's not the 1968 Isle of Wight Festival either, stage is wrong and crowd sat on chairs(?). We were just sat on the ground, a few like me in a sleeping bag to keep warm. Marc & Steve did a good set, but Jefferson Airplane were something else.

[fripouille69]

Thanks. I missed the Isle of Wight, but did see them at an all-nighter in central London with the Edgar Broughton Band amongst others. Can't remember the venue though...it was a large theatre complete with red upholstered chairs, gold coloured fresques et al. A bourgois theatre with hundreds of stoned and drunk freaks lying around. Unreal. Great. Anybody know where it was?

[ehollandbkk]

More than likely the Lyceum Ballroom on the The Strand

[fripouille69]

Thanks very much!! You are, of course, absolutely right. The Lyceum put on quite a few of those weird and eclectic concerts at the time. Top class programming!!

[therisingblues]

Hmmm, this doesn't sound like the studio version that I know. Could there be more than one studio version? I agree it doesn't match the video too well, but it does sound like it was done in a single take without over dubs or any studio "art" edited in.

[fleetwoodmac1982]

I am not sure but it sounds like the first half part of Deboraarobed, the opening track of their second album.

[eddysteele]

it is an over dub and was BADlY done by the Branelys in th 1980's

[TerraplaneTommy]

Hi, this defiately footage from Kempton Park Jazz Festival 1968! Original sound quality is less fair, so its overdubbed with the record Deboraarobed. Btw. the original three performances to be filmed and shown here are DEBORA, CONESUALA and MUSTANG FORD.

(If anyone doubt, I got hold the originals)

Cheers

[fripouille69]

Thank you. Don't doubt you at all lol!! Effectively, given the quality of the film, the sound had to be bad too, so, so, I would have done the same!, because ALL footage of TR is interesting. End of one mystery, and on to the next. Have a good evening....

[xeebo]

When I was young/I heard this song/And all my summer days were long/Then one day you went away/Now all my summer days are grey.(Tribute to Marc (c)xeebo 2007

[AthenaOfArgos]

Wow, that blew me away. I was so young during the T Rex days but was obsessed with them for years. Something about Marc that was amazingly mystical.

[DAVWAVE]

The lst guy on bongos was quite good and did some nice singing too. Steve Peregrine Took was his name. Too bad drugs ruined him and finished him off. It was a magical sound, and in the midst of the Beatles music, ect.

[Belfire4]

fine to see your young face hidin' 'neath the stalion that im ridin' hehe genious

[qwertyloop]

Great stuff! A mate of mine actually met Marc when he had just teamed up with Mickey Finn. Apparently Marc was a really nice guy who cared for the fans. My mate offered to buy Marc a drink - he chose an orange juice as he didn't even drink - nevermind take drugs-in those days!

[dollybird1]

i met marc loads of times he was a customer at the nat west bank i worked at in london in the 70s and i went to his funeral too and met his family after the funeral went to the do after funeral too

[anna315]

oh wow what a special story to tell! i take it he was as nice as he seems?

[DAVWAVE]

Yeah, I don't what was worse the drugs or gloria. But that is so interesting, if there is anything else you can recall from the meeting?

[derryhawk]

About this time I saw them at Trowbridge. Most of the lads and girls went out to the pub; but about thirty of us really loved it. The others wanted poppy dance stuff I guess. We wanted something a bit different. Liked this better than Marc's later stuff...electric i mean.

[londonpenda]

I thought that video clip was from 'Salamnda Palaganda'.?

[out52law]

always liked marc since 68 early stuff fantastic film ex overdubbed with real recording wot a shame keep marc alive in heart

[MuNkYBizNess]

I grew up with this song, it's magical... anyone who likes this should do themselves a favour and check out the rest of the early Tyrannosaurus Rex stuff. It's wonderful!

[DAVWAVE]

It is good music alright but..., I heard it right after I had heard The brown album, E warrior and Slider. At the time it sounded raw and different, stripped down, ect. So, I was shocked at first but grew to like it. It really sounded strange at first.

[Isan90]

Dedora!

[Delabe]

Very cool. Once he stood up he bacame the rock n roll giant that influences to this day!

[emeraldbijou]

Good stuff! "Deboraarobed" is one of my favourites. Whenever I see Marc with short hair, I can't resist thinking, "wear your hair long, babe, you can't go wrong" ...

[violetvain]

deboraarobed. Is that how that went? *s* Even though Marc's early stuff sometimes required getting used to it was some of his most beautiful work imo.

[randomtennisball]

Rather badly matched, but fun to reflect upon.

And the www.dot theory is pretty good.

[bazonics]

The audio is the studio version of deborah. I don't lip read so they may be singing this or it could be any song! difficult to tell.

[lesoo3]

he was singing by light of a magical moon lestrex M.B RIP

[bazonics]

Nope, it's not that, BTLOTMM was a post steve took song anyway. I think it probably is deborah (tho not the version playing). I checked it with the sound off and if you look from 1min 30 onwards you can see him mouth "na na na na na" and then "deborah"

[lesoo3]

you are right looked again beat is to fast appologies

lestrex

[bazonics]

'S ok, it's not easy. Now I feel like one of those anal types I ususally hate :)

[Sudhang]

Besides, BTLOAMM had electric guitar

[ruddiger]

man, i wish this was sync'd right

[ellycat]

Of course. My bad. Peace to yer.

[ellycat]

Just love the Tyrannosaurus Rex days. Mickey Finn on bongos just rocks. They are both soooooooo stoned.

[sk8punk3d288]

Actually that was Steve Took on bongos. Mickey Finn joined toward the end of Tyrannosaurus Rex and stayed on through most of the T. Rex days.

[alexj89]

wow. marc bolan was a genius... whether it's glam rock or psychadelic folk he was amazing.

[mikemuncy]

YEAH! Bolan Forever! Stroll ON!

[donnyry]

at times it sounds like he is signing "www.dot",

i think marc bolan invented the internet.

who else knew of www.dot, in 1968?

proof, if ever you need it, the man is a genius.

[umaibow]

that's inpossibble,hahaha

[ilcolonello]

Well spotted... Marc Bolan did indeed invent the Internet in his Tyrannosaurus Rex days. The internet was powered back then by pills and alcohol. He later went on to invent the World Wide Web after he went electric with T-Rex.

[afghanhound]

"I love to see your young face hiding 'neath the stallion that I'm riding" Cheeky monkey....they don't make 'em like that anymore.

[chuckdee121]

That was Great!! I love Marc Bolan and wish he was still with us. Long Live the memory of Marc Bolan. Mod King!

[trapper2]

Funny to see Marc back then. I grew up watching T Rex on TOTP, but never saw any earlier stuff. Tanx.

[thenoize]

hi... if u have any more tyrannosarus rex... please put them on here.... id love to see them! cheers

[littleyippee]

thank gawd

[LadyStarChilde]

OMG brings back so many memories!