Marc was one of the first tv shows to feature a punk band and the man himself was the first main stream act to take a punk band on tour god rest his soul
@@barrypotter5751 Yeah So it goes was one of the first shows much like Marc but Tony Wilson at the time was himself a relatively fringe figure, Marc Bolan on the other hand was credited as one of the inventors of Glam Rock and had been hailed by the rock establishment so for him to embrace punk was staggering.
This recording almost didn't happen as the bands gear got held up in traffic so all the instruments used here are borrowed. This same show featured David Bowie and the director was content to just have Bowie play. Bolan insisted Generation X play as planned and allowed them to borrow equipment. The guitar that Derwood is playing is Marcs personal guitar. Bolan was very good to Generation X and many punk bands. He died a short time after this was filmed when the car his wife was driving hit a tree. This final show aired on the 28th of September 1977.
Actually the offside mirror got busted on the Truck. And it took a number of attempts for me and Pete to fix it. Also had to wait for Godfrey Davis to open. The trials of the Ford D series 7:1/2 ton truck
Who’d have thought that 40 years later, with Marc Bolan long gone, Billy Idol would be an established international star performing Get It On as a tribute to him in front of 80,000 people at the Bonaroo festival.
This makes sense seeing Generation X on Marc Bolan's show. When The Spiders and then Mott broke up - us glitter kids needed a new set of heroes, and punk did it for me. I got a similar buzz from The Ramones, The Jam and The Buzzcocks and The Clash (and Generation X) than I did seeing Ian Hunter and Mott or Bowie and Ronson. Just had to change some of our clothes, but there was no puck rock uniform in 1976, so I saw plenty of glam kids at punk shows - it was a lot of the same people. We weren't rebelling against T Rex - we were rebelling against the American stadium rock crowd mostly, at least for me, or the progressive bands that just got boring. I think marc knew that he was going to have to change, but he didn't get the chance. This is great because it's so raw (unlike ToP) Thanks for posting this Rudi - you made me feel 16 again!
Generation X's official debut release Your Generation/ Day By Day was in the stores on September 1, 1977. A potent hand grenade lobbed straight at the head of the hippie generation, the single received rave reviews but one famous singer was not impressed. . Elton John had this to say: "This is really dreadful garbage. The Ramones do this sort of thing so much better. Hear it first thing in the morning and you'd want to go straight back to bed. It's hideously recorded." Don't know about you, but if I was a punk kid in Britain and read that review I'd be in a record store the next day buying the record. This Bolan show live version is killer and you can tell they mean every word. The band is on fire and Billy's performance is one of the best I've ever seen. At the end of the instrumental break (1:44) the band snaps off some tremendous, powerful, vicious chords-- like getting electrocuted.. IMO a great punk moment. It really is a crime they cut away before the end of the song.
We loved this shit when it came out. it was a middle finger to our older sibling's "My Generation" attitude. Of course, without their generation, we'd never get one of our own. 😎✌
Three chords, a basic beat, simple incoherent lyrics and loads of energy, just a bunch of kids making a racket in the garage, love it or hate it this is what punk was all about.
Continuing on with our little Generation X love fest. Just 27 days after their debut 7" Your Generation/ Day By Day was in the stores, the band appeared on the Bolan show. This is prime Generation X in all their youthful glory. Bill Idol voc Bob Andrews gtr Tony James b and Mark Laff dr are all SUPERB musicians. This song, aimed straight at the head of the hippie generation, is served up full force here. Just listen to the vicious chords they snap out after the instrumental break (at 1:44). Man, these guys really mean it. Absolutely love this band and their debut album (the British version) remains my all time favorite punk album.
+willieluncheonette This episode of the show most likely taped at around the time Generation X's debut release appeared in the stores. All the episodes were taped well in advance of airing. Bolan died on September 16, shortly after this episode was taped.
cj shahmeran thanks for this info. Sounds like you grew up with Bolan shows, Ready Steady Go and Peel sessions. I'm a Yank so I knew nothing about them, unfortunately. You might like my channel-- it's mostly punk, hardcore and Jamaican music.
+willieluncheonette I'm a Yank too, but Bolan has been a special hobby of mine for many years. He never really cracked the American market during his day, so most folks here in the States only learned of him after the internet. Or because other bands did covers of his music. It's still fairly common to encounter Americans who never heard of him. Will check out your channel... thanks.
As you no doubt know when the T.Rex song Get It On was released in the US it was re-titled Bang A Gong, like a few years earlier when The Stones had to sing Lets Spend Some TIME Together as opposed to `night together`.
In the United States, it was called "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" to avoid confounding with a song of the same name by the Chase group. Get it on (Bang a Gong) - the original title of T.Rex 1971. What the Stones have to do with "Let's spend a night together" with the Bolen title, I do not understand!
this is obviously a hommage/dig at the Whos My generation, arguably the first "punk" song" if you listen to the lyrics. he mentions several other the who songs., like "substitute.
That is what happened. It might not even have been aired, but they decided to show the remaining editions. The series Wiki page says this edition was recorded 7.9.77.
Leave it to Marc to open up and make it delicious Then welcome Billy Idol and this energetic band to rock the punk out of things Two legends on one show . Marc came from Johns Children so this blitz was probably tame for Marc a tiger yet it seems oddly placed against Marcs softer side . Looks can be deceiving though . Bolan was a Dinosaur, eater of cars ,a wizard and most importantly a gas . Rock on
Those were the days. If only I could've found a couple of good musicians for my band. The good ones were all taken up. You didn't have to necessarily be proficient at your instrument, obviously, but what some people forget is that you DID have to have that special something. You needed that edge. You needed something that put you ahead of the others, instead of just getting together with a bunch of bored schoolboys. My band just got started. We had a bit of fun. It was pretty cool. Tons of our peers all around. Everyone getting into the whole scene. Sexy girls everywhere (that didn't mean you automatically got them though!). Wew just didn't have what it takes to push up to the next level. There were tons of musicians out there, but only a small handful had it, and they were in their bands, of course the famous ones being the Sex Pistols, and the Clash. A lot of people from those days died soon after. Drugs, depression, just general bad health. The girls went back to the suburbs and their office jobs or whatever, as did some of the guys. A few of us just lingered on doing our thing. You still can find the odd old punk somewhere here or there. I'm pretty glad how things turned out. I didn't turn mainstream, I didn't get stuck in the past, I didn't die. :) My most vivid memory is just the four of us all dressed in black, with almost everyone watching us all dressed in black too, but lots of colourful punk outfits and hair too. We were playing some strange venue, but it was so alive. The people right there. It was a small space, but there must've been at least 100 people watching the show, and literally right up to us. It was like we were playing in some old factory corridor or somewhere. Maybe an abandoned hospital? It was honesty like there was just a limited amount of talent in the whole punk world in London, although there were tons of us. You either had your guy and went on. Sex Pistols were lucky. They had Matlock and Lydon. Don't believe the hype about Sid. He came later and he definitely got attention, but he also definitely wasn't part of the initial vibe that everyone was high on at the time. Everyone else knew it too. Talk to any of the original punk rockers if you can find one, even if they were just fans, not musicians. If you were there at the time, you knew. Anyway, they had 2 solid guys in that band, and that's all you needed. You really only needed one. It had to be a musician too, not just a singer, like me. Again, a lot of people go on about how the music wasn't important, just the attitude. That's not true. The attitude was important, the FEELING was what was most important, but if you didn't have the music, you weren't going anywhere at all. There's no way you could just go in and play shit and people would like it. It had to be organized shit. It had to be God Save the Queen type of shit. It had to be sestomething with a beat. Anyway, I like to sometimes remember this time. Don't ask my name. Don't ask my band name. We were around for a bit and punks know punks from that time, but I totally don't even know the name of my own old band. Punk was fun, but a lot of dummies. There are more important things in life, but the main thing is to do what you do with love, and just accept that life sucks sometimes, maybe most of the time, but that's just how it is. All this is OK if you understand that life is but a dream. If you have to get into anything, get into God.
Biggest load of rubbish I had the misfortune to read. You give a whole essay on punk on what was & wasn't good & you fail to remember your own band name??? Perhaps it was called the Bullshitters. Don't blame your other band mates for you not making it. Blame yourself. The moment you failed to acknowledge the proficiency of Steve Jones & Paul Cook , I knew you were talking crap.
No,Billy Idol is great all the way long!!! Have you ever heard of Steve Stevens? If not,you suck you numbnut! lol Hi from a frenchy but who gives a toss! lol
They became a good band, but for all the energy of this performance, the song is too thin & I wouldn't have released it as a single. The cover art for the record sleeve was more interesting than its content.
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Marc was one of the first tv shows to feature a punk band and the man himself was the first main stream act to take a punk band on tour god rest his soul
Yes maybe s, o but what about the pistols on Tony Wilson in 1976 punk shows such as so it goes and what's on another granada TV show
@@barrypotter5751 Yeah So it goes was one of the first shows much like Marc but Tony Wilson at the time was himself a relatively fringe figure, Marc Bolan on the other hand was credited as one of the inventors of Glam Rock and had been hailed by the rock establishment so for him to embrace punk was staggering.
This is why he took the damned on tour with him
@@barrypotter5751 Exactly, he loved punk while most mainstream publications wanted to stay with hippie stuff.
Marc was a real rock&roller
amazing to watch having seen Generation Sex at Glastonbury 2023, nice one Billy Idol
What an exciting time to be alive! Wish I had been!!
This recording almost didn't happen as the bands gear got held up in traffic so all the instruments used here are borrowed. This same show featured David Bowie and the director was content to just have Bowie play. Bolan insisted Generation X play as planned and allowed them to borrow equipment. The guitar that Derwood is playing is Marcs personal guitar. Bolan was very good to Generation X and many punk bands. He died a short time after this was filmed when the car his wife was driving hit a tree. This final show aired on the 28th of September 1977.
I always wondered what was up with this because I literally think it's the only time I've ever seen Derwood playing anything other than a Strat!
@@mattpeckham667He plays a Les Paul in the Kiss Me Deadly video taken from the Kowalski movie D.O.A.: A Rite Of Passage.
Actually the offside mirror got busted on the Truck. And it took a number of attempts for me and Pete to fix it. Also had to wait for Godfrey Davis to open. The trials of the Ford D series 7:1/2 ton truck
@@sloanelouch393that’s pretty funny!
I was a young punk in the late seventies and saw the stranglers and the clash Etc and I used to look like him once..........
Who’d have thought that 40 years later, with Marc Bolan long gone, Billy Idol would be an established international star performing Get It On as a tribute to him in front of 80,000 people at the Bonaroo festival.
Without auto tune he,s way way below average .
love that story 🤘
@@gmantramp404 They didn't HAVE auto-tune in the 70's!
@@BillieBailey-th3lc I'm talking about the present with Gen Sex
@@gmantramp404 It's VERY SAD, age seems to do a number on MOST singers voices, to one degree or another. (along with smoking and drugs)
THIS IS PURE GOLD!!!
One excellent intro Marc! Love the attitude/humor.
This was a great show and a transitional time for many kids..
❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊mon roi..vive génération x..
This makes sense seeing Generation X on Marc Bolan's show. When The Spiders and then Mott broke up - us glitter kids needed a new set of heroes, and punk did it for me. I got a similar buzz from The Ramones, The Jam and The Buzzcocks and The Clash (and Generation X) than I did seeing Ian Hunter and Mott or Bowie and Ronson. Just had to change some of our clothes, but there was no puck rock uniform in 1976, so I saw plenty of glam kids at punk shows - it was a lot of the same people. We weren't rebelling against T Rex - we were rebelling against the American stadium rock crowd mostly, at least for me, or the progressive bands that just got boring. I think marc knew that he was going to have to change, but he didn't get the chance. This is great because it's so raw (unlike ToP) Thanks for posting this Rudi - you made me feel 16 again!
what incredible drumming on this track
Generation X's official debut release Your Generation/ Day By Day was in the stores on September 1, 1977. A potent hand grenade lobbed straight at the head of the hippie generation, the single received rave reviews but one famous singer was not impressed. . Elton John had this to say: "This is really dreadful garbage. The Ramones do this sort of thing so much better. Hear it first thing in the morning and you'd want to go straight back to bed. It's hideously recorded." Don't know about you, but if I was a punk kid in Britain and read that review I'd be in a record store the next day buying the record. This Bolan show live version is killer and you can tell they mean every word. The band is on fire and Billy's performance is one of the best I've ever seen. At the end of the instrumental break (1:44) the band snaps off some tremendous, powerful, vicious chords-- like getting electrocuted.. IMO a great punk moment. It really is a crime they cut away before the end of the song.
Quality stuff and I can 100% remember seeing it on the Bolan show. B-Side was Day by Day if I recall correctly.
John O'Connor Yes that was the B-side. An uptempo top notch punker. You Brits were lucky to see so many great bands back in the day.
Yeah Bolan had lots of the new punk bands on his show and let's not forget he actually took The Damned on tour.
Yeah! Happy Birthday Marc Bolan! Cool Clip!
i remember it coming out..i was 14 and i loved it..some good albums from them too..
We loved this shit when it came out. it was a middle finger to our older sibling's "My Generation" attitude. Of course, without their generation, we'd never get one of our own. 😎✌
That's raw. I like it.
That's what she said
Three chords, a basic beat, simple incoherent lyrics and loads of energy, just a bunch of kids making a racket in the garage, love it or hate it this is what punk was all about.
Justin Neill - love it! (From these guys at least.. but not all punk bands)
Just think T.W studios where they recorded that first LP was actually a converted garage! Ha!
He said it was just for fun and simple. He made a ton off of a basic beat and incoherent lyris
Hope I die before I get old.
@@ericcrawford9827 thanks for The who reference
Never seen that before, thanks for sharing. Awesome energy 👍
Billy Idol, he’s supposed to be (sniffs flower) as pretty as me! (chucks flower in the air)
No sniveling. Real punk rock, unlike snivel brown day. These kats knew how to play high energy rock n roll.
Masterpiece
Bob "Derwood" Andrews is 17 years old here...
Marc Bolan had died, tragically, 12 days prior to this airing
Ele é o cara!
The comment below is so sad, I didn't know...... but I love his intro of Gen X, both gorgeous.
keep a place in your heart for Marc
Continuing on with our little Generation X love fest. Just 27 days after their debut 7" Your Generation/ Day By Day was in the stores, the band appeared on the Bolan show. This is prime Generation X in all their youthful glory. Bill Idol voc Bob Andrews gtr Tony James b and Mark Laff dr are all SUPERB musicians. This song, aimed straight at the head of the hippie generation, is served up full force here. Just listen to the vicious chords they snap out after the instrumental break (at 1:44). Man, these guys really mean it. Absolutely love this band and their debut album (the British version) remains my all time favorite punk album.
+willieluncheonette This episode of the show most likely taped at around the time Generation X's debut release appeared in the stores. All the episodes were taped well in advance of airing. Bolan died on September 16, shortly after this episode was taped.
cj shahmeran thanks for this info. Sounds like you grew up with Bolan shows, Ready Steady Go and Peel sessions. I'm a Yank so I knew nothing about them, unfortunately. You might like my channel-- it's mostly punk, hardcore and Jamaican music.
+willieluncheonette I'm a Yank too, but Bolan has been a special hobby of mine for many years. He never really cracked the American market during his day, so most folks here in the States only learned of him after the internet. Or because other bands did covers of his music. It's still fairly common to encounter Americans who never heard of him.
Will check out your channel... thanks.
As you no doubt know when the T.Rex song Get It On was released in the US it was re-titled Bang A Gong, like a few years earlier when The Stones had to sing Lets Spend Some TIME Together as opposed to `night together`.
In the United States, it
was called "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" to avoid confounding with a song of
the same name by the Chase group. Get it on (Bang a Gong) - the
original title of T.Rex 1971.
What the Stones have to do with "Let's spend a night together" with the Bolen title, I do not understand!
this is obviously a hommage/dig at the Whos My generation, arguably the first "punk" song" if you listen to the lyrics. he mentions several other the who songs., like "substitute.
Billy is the king!
absolute banger
Remember seeing on MARC !!
Go hard boys………yea fuckin ha
Wrong date. The host of the show (Marc Bolan) died 16th of September 1977.
MinKa Loon probably aired after the fact and filmed before
That is what happened. It might not even have been aired, but they decided to show the remaining editions. The series Wiki page says this edition was recorded 7.9.77.
I wrote dozens of songs like this when I was in my teens. Three chords and no quality, but it was so pleasing.
FAB !
Weird because he was 10 years older than the first gen x generation 😂 I love him though.
Only 900 likes??? People what the hell is wrong with your ears?
Leave it to
Marc to open up and make it delicious
Then welcome Billy Idol and this energetic band to rock the punk out of things
Two legends on one show .
Marc came from Johns Children so this blitz was probably tame for Marc a tiger yet it seems oddly placed against Marcs softer side .
Looks can be deceiving though . Bolan was a Dinosaur, eater of cars ,a wizard and most importantly a gas .
Rock on
Raw, so uncleaned-up. good times
Live and better than the studio sound!!!
I’m a bit surprised by the date of the show. Marc Bolan passed away September 16, 1977.
Sadly this was Mark's last show, as he died in an auto accident shortly after.
??? You mean the Mark Laff ike:drummer, who went on to be a successful businessmen and is still alive?
Host & T-Rex frontman Marc Bolan.
Dude that gave the intro was the singer of T Rex and died in 77
Marc Bolan died 9/16/77 .I still love T-Rex song Bang-a-gong
I saw the actual tree that killed him !!!
That fuckin bassline from 1:35 to 1:46. Holy shit.
Marc ❤
This is very special lol
🔥💣👊♥
WOW
Those were the days. If only I could've found a couple of good musicians for my band. The good ones were all taken up. You didn't have to necessarily be proficient at your instrument, obviously, but what some people forget is that you DID have to have that special something. You needed that edge. You needed something that put you ahead of the others, instead of just getting together with a bunch of bored schoolboys. My band just got started. We had a bit of fun. It was pretty cool. Tons of our peers all around. Everyone getting into the whole scene. Sexy girls everywhere (that didn't mean you automatically got them though!). Wew just didn't have what it takes to push up to the next level. There were tons of musicians out there, but only a small handful had it, and they were in their bands, of course the famous ones being the Sex Pistols, and the Clash. A lot of people from those days died soon after. Drugs, depression, just general bad health. The girls went back to the suburbs and their office jobs or whatever, as did some of the guys. A few of us just lingered on doing our thing. You still can find the odd old punk somewhere here or there. I'm pretty glad how things turned out. I didn't turn mainstream, I didn't get stuck in the past, I didn't die. :) My most vivid memory is just the four of us all dressed in black, with almost everyone watching us all dressed in black too, but lots of colourful punk outfits and hair too. We were playing some strange venue, but it was so alive. The people right there. It was a small space, but there must've been at least 100 people watching the show, and literally right up to us. It was like we were playing in some old factory corridor or somewhere. Maybe an abandoned hospital? It was honesty like there was just a limited amount of talent in the whole punk world in London, although there were tons of us. You either had your guy and went on. Sex Pistols were lucky. They had Matlock and Lydon. Don't believe the hype about Sid. He came later and he definitely got attention, but he also definitely wasn't part of the initial vibe that everyone was high on at the time. Everyone else knew it too. Talk to any of the original punk rockers if you can find one, even if they were just fans, not musicians. If you were there at the time, you knew. Anyway, they had 2 solid guys in that band, and that's all you needed. You really only needed one. It had to be a musician too, not just a singer, like me. Again, a lot of people go on about how the music wasn't important, just the attitude. That's not true. The attitude was important, the FEELING was what was most important, but if you didn't have the music, you weren't going anywhere at all. There's no way you could just go in and play shit and people would like it. It had to be organized shit. It had to be God Save the Queen type of shit. It had to be sestomething with a beat. Anyway, I like to sometimes remember this time. Don't ask my name. Don't ask my band name. We were around for a bit and punks know punks from that time, but I totally don't even know the name of my own old band. Punk was fun, but a lot of dummies. There are more important things in life, but the main thing is to do what you do with love, and just accept that life sucks sometimes, maybe most of the time, but that's just how it is. All this is OK if you understand that life is but a dream. If you have to get into anything, get into God.
Choco Manger Life is a dream. And death is waking up... U wanna believe it...
Hay! Great story.. I enjoyed every word..
Much appreciation , THANKU
Biggest load of rubbish I had the misfortune to read. You give a whole essay on punk on what was & wasn't good & you fail to remember your own band name??? Perhaps it was called the Bullshitters. Don't blame your other band mates for you not making it. Blame yourself. The moment you failed to acknowledge the proficiency of Steve Jones & Paul Cook , I knew you were talking crap.
Acho que sou o único br que espera o punk voltar
Claro que não amooo o punk rock 💜💜💜💜
A would love a mash up t rax ride a white swan and generation x your generation but would it work
Can’t even catch my breath to say anything
not Billy Idol. Just a entered in a 'back up' saying. "your generation". But Piece.. Mikayl Angilinou
BfI forever💋😎💖💦
Early Billy is the best!
No,Billy Idol is great all the way long!!! Have you ever heard of Steve Stevens? If not,you suck you numbnut! lol Hi from a frenchy but who gives a toss! lol
@@nicolassosolic5928 it's not all the same, and it never is for any artist. That's just plain Idol worship you are committing here!
Bob with a Gibson, thats more like it!
Where is everybody👀😳
Curious,how old was idol when this was filmed?
If the pistols had been on they would hav knicked the gear...ask bowie n ronson
This could have been sid vicious is it were not for the dope.
The real BILLY IDOL not the pop one.
Sorry Marc, but he was definitely prettier than you. You were pretty, but Billy was even prettier. He still is pretty too.
Sounds like the Clash's White Riot!!!
Bolan is so out of touch here it's untrue.........and those titles wtf haha
28/9/77 ? Bolan had been dead for 12 days by then ? 🤔
Don't think so!?!?
@@yvonnecollett died on 16/9/77 ?
But god they were terrible. Good thing he was pretty.
They became a good band, but for all the energy of this performance, the song is too thin & I wouldn't have released it as a single. The cover art for the record sleeve was more interesting than its content.
kcirdrab glad it wasn't up to you then. 1 bad decision could've kept us from enjoying the last 40 years of Billy Idol's music!