i am an american and i can tell you i loved marc bolan and trex as much as any other person on this planet. many american kids did. i fought like hell to get all of his albums and it was hard to do because america didn't make it that easy. i went to another plane of existance with him and never came back. i loved him then and i love him now more than 50 fucking years later.
Yeah, I guess it must have been difficult over there acquiring Marc's records, he never quite ascended the heights like he did here and in turn the U.S. record companies didn't see it worthwhile releasing his music. The very first record I bought was Hot Love and the 70's was all about Marc & T. Rex, being a teenager and all the youthful freedom of growing up remains in your heart and, yes, 50 odd years later, Marc is still very much a part of me, and a part of you, and for many always will be.
I was running through Jeepster on my guitar and my 20 year old son, who had no idea what I was playing, says "Dad, that's a great riff!" Marc Bolan is still gaining new fans !
Late Summer/Autumn of 1977 was a very sad time. We lost Elvis Presley, Marc Bolan and Bing Crosby, and i believe Maria Callas who was a very fine opera singer. Marc Bolan was superb. Very much missed.
Before I die I will come to London and I will nail my Electric Warrior album at that damned fateful tree. I think this a must do for me. Yes. Ok. Let’s rock on a few more years.
Marc Bolan is the man. Shame most Americans, apart from a few that are switched on, still have no idea how great he was. His music and style were too soon for them at the time. Anyway, who needs America to qualify anything? Bolan was a big star and still is for most of us in the civilised world.
He didn't translate well in America. The timing had a lot to do with it. We were too bogged down in Vietnam and Nixon to be interested in what he was selling. There are so many reasons why he didn't crack the US market, this being the backdrop against it all. But overall, it wasn't just him. Glam didn't really take hold here in any mainstream way. Americans are a bit slow to accept dudes wearing eyeliner and prancing about. I discovered Bolan's music quite by accident in 1972 and took to it immediately. There being no internet or media exposure at the time, I didn't know anything about him though. I just assumed he was this wonderful indie freak artist, and I was his only fan. It's not like I had any evidence to the contrary.
this is a totally unfair and inaccurate statement. i am an american and i loved him and his music madly. you can't speak for a whole nation of people. you don't know what the fuck you are talking about. i loved him 50 years ago probibly before you were even born. stop talking shit about americans. we loved him too.
@@annwhite2346, and that is important exactly why? America's seal of approval isn't everything, you know. Many great British and European artists never made the leap across the pond. It says nothing about their talent and appeal. But it might say something about their marketing and cultural fit for the US at that time. We were so deep in Vietnam, Nixon, and so much political turmoil during the early 70s. What Bolan was selling was beyond America's comprehension. Much of that would turn around in the late 90s as a whole new generation of Americans discovered Bolan's music thanks to the internet and several blockbuster films.
Very sad year for music ELVIS PRESLEY FAN HERE THEN MARC BOLAN, BING CROSBY, MARIA CALLAS HAS WELL WHAT A LOST TO MUSIC WORLD ALL THESE WAS LEGENDS FOREVER RIP ALL
THREE IN THE ROW DEATHS 1977 BAD YEAR THE KING ELVIS PRESLEY , MARC BOLAN , BING CROSBY ALL PASSING IN THAT YEAR THE MUSIC HASN,T BEEN THE SAME SINCE THESE MUSIC LEGENDS DIED I LOVE ALL THREE OF THEM THEY ARE THE BEST
i am an american and i can tell you i loved marc bolan and trex as much as any other person on this planet. many american kids did. i fought like hell to get all of his albums and it was hard to do because america didn't make it that easy. i went to another plane of existance with him and never came back. i loved him then and i love him now more than 50 fucking years later.
Yeah, I guess it must have been difficult over there acquiring Marc's records, he never quite ascended the heights like he did here and in turn the U.S. record companies didn't see it worthwhile releasing his music.
The very first record I bought was Hot Love and the 70's was all about Marc & T. Rex, being a teenager and all the youthful freedom of growing up remains in your heart and, yes, 50 odd years later, Marc is still very much a part of me, and a part of you, and for many always will be.
I'll never forget seeing him on Midnight Special. Loved him so much.
I was running through Jeepster on my guitar and my 20 year old son, who had no idea what I was playing, says "Dad, that's a great riff!" Marc Bolan is still gaining new fans !
40 years can not believe it miss mark so sad
Late Summer/Autumn of 1977 was a very sad time. We lost Elvis Presley, Marc Bolan and Bing Crosby, and i believe Maria Callas who was a very fine opera singer.
Marc Bolan was superb.
Very much missed.
we also lost jim croce.
@@catherinebronte3645 Sadly Jim Croce died in 1973
We also lost Victor the giraffe on the same day as Marc and Maria.
Not to mention Groucho Marx
Lynyrd skynyrd also
Yes 77 was a very sad year long live Marc bolan
We lose so many more every day right now, the 70s were a good time
17 yrs on...:)
36 yrs on...:)
We're still doing the Electric Boogie.
In my heart Marc......
41 years on
@@ashleyhall8320 42 still got Marc in my heart.
My dreamplace to go. I still love him
A legend never dies r i p marc ur music will never die timeless
We love you Marc..forever!!🎸🎸💖🌹
20th Century Boy RIP you are missed !
Before I die I will come to London and I will nail my Electric Warrior album at that damned fateful tree. I think this a must do for me. Yes. Ok. Let’s rock on a few more years.
Tree has been chopped down,it's a very eerie feeling standing where Marc died..
Tanx for this!
OH mein Gott! Bete für mich mit!
love you marc and miss u x
Marc Bolan is the man. Shame most Americans, apart from a few that are switched on, still have no idea how great he was. His music and style were too soon for them at the time. Anyway, who needs America to qualify anything? Bolan was a big star and still is for most of us in the civilised world.
He didn't translate well in America. The timing had a lot to do with it. We were too bogged down in Vietnam and Nixon to be interested in what he was selling. There are so many reasons why he didn't crack the US market, this being the backdrop against it all. But overall, it wasn't just him. Glam didn't really take hold here in any mainstream way. Americans are a bit slow to accept dudes wearing eyeliner and prancing about. I discovered Bolan's music quite by accident in 1972 and took to it immediately. There being no internet or media exposure at the time, I didn't know anything about him though. I just assumed he was this wonderful indie freak artist, and I was his only fan. It's not like I had any evidence to the contrary.
this is a totally unfair and inaccurate statement. i am an american and i loved him and his music madly. you can't speak for a whole nation of people. you don't know what the fuck you are talking about. i loved him 50 years ago probibly before you were even born. stop talking shit about americans. we loved him too.
You might have loved Marc, but he never broke big in America apart from his one hit. That 's a fact.
@@annwhite2346, and that is important exactly why? America's seal of approval isn't everything, you know. Many great British and European artists never made the leap across the pond. It says nothing about their talent and appeal. But it might say something about their marketing and cultural fit for the US at that time. We were so deep in Vietnam, Nixon, and so much political turmoil during the early 70s. What Bolan was selling was beyond America's comprehension. Much of that would turn around in the late 90s as a whole new generation of Americans discovered Bolan's music thanks to the internet and several blockbuster films.
@@annwhite2346 His abums did chart on USA Billboard though: Electric Warrior no. 10 and Slider at no. 17.
Nice high-quality clip!
Rolan Bolan is a spitting image of Marc Bolan and so is Danielz
Very sad year for music ELVIS PRESLEY FAN HERE THEN MARC BOLAN, BING CROSBY, MARIA CALLAS HAS WELL WHAT A LOST TO MUSIC WORLD ALL THESE WAS LEGENDS FOREVER RIP ALL
THREE IN THE ROW DEATHS 1977 BAD YEAR THE KING ELVIS PRESLEY , MARC BOLAN , BING CROSBY ALL PASSING IN THAT YEAR THE MUSIC HASN,T BEEN THE SAME SINCE THESE MUSIC LEGENDS DIED I LOVE ALL THREE OF THEM THEY ARE THE BEST
Maria Calais
BOLAN was a magic poet BOWIE only a theatrical salesman
God to see fans !
Love Glam ROCK
GrewUp in the 1970’s
♥️🌟🎸🥁🎹🌟💙🇬🇧🇺🇸
A true star
marc was ace Gone To Soon
Car NEVER hit a Tree it hit a concrete Bollard,
THE 20th Century Boy
0:39 how on earth did she stuff it that completely?
Oooooh....>>1:22....now *that's* a "Marc" even I wouldn't mind to.................
Is that beautiful person a boy or girl? Looks like a girl,,either way beautiful, and love the hat,hair and coat
@@annieh2900 Girl it is. DanielZ is also in video near the end though.
No marc was killed when his car hit a tree in 1977
stewart Fox Ummm. Yes. That's what they said..
Charles wagner.i know it makes you wonder ,what with some of these deaths being put down to the illuminati
+stewart Fox You think it a coincidence that a ton of rock legends died at 27 years old? NO
Marc died juss before his 30th birthday the car crashed in to a concrete bollard then went in to the tree bollard would have killed him
Girl at 1:22 marc is almost as pretty as Bolan.
It is staggering to see how homogenized television news/entertainment has become. Which is why I don't watch much of it.
thats interesting i thought he died of drugs but this is a nice video
How old are you if you don't mind me asking?
Poor lookalike
Sorry but Other then the haircut The lookalike looks nothing like mark Id just say he’s more of a representation of mark !!
love you Marc miss you x