Marc was amazing, I wish he got more credit than what people give him. I think he would've fit right in with the 80s had he lived. To me, Bolan is just as much as an icon as Bowie is
This is glorious; two of the most iconic performers in rock history chatting away like a couple of teens in their first band together. Who cares how it sounds - love it!
My bucket list has very few things left on this side, but my bucket list is bigger on the other side and DEFINATELY includes Marc Bolan. It's just thee other side of the bucket.
2 rock titans at work.One at the end of his peak,while the other went on to another level of fame and glory.One could only imagine if that Tag team album would´ve came together.RIP Marc Bolan.T-REX forever.
Fantastic to see Marc Bolan and David Bowie, in rehearsal together, brilliant footage on Marc show, looked like they were having a great time together. Shame that Marc Bolan, fell off stage, when they were playing live.
I remember Marc's show; I was 12. I was just reading about him falling down and David cracking up laughing so I thought I would check to see if it was on UA-cam. So it was actually broadcast?! Bless both of them :)
wow this is brilliant ,allthough it sounds like david bowie's guitar is out of tune , marc is fabulous of course as allways, love this i could watch it over and over again love it ,love bobby xx
Great clip. It's rare to hear Marc's natural voice. He was always affecting some kind of accent...always aware of a microphone or camera (there are so many clips where you can see him watching himself on the studio's TV monitors!). This must be one of the few times I can say he acts sounds pretty natural. Thanks for the clip.
GREAT AND SUPER RARE!..GREAT SEEING AND HEARING TWO OF MUSIC'S BEST ICONS JUST JAMMING LIKE THAT!!!.....BOY THATS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD,SHAME 'BOUT QUALITY,I THINK THATS THE FIRST TIME I'VE REALLY HEARD DAVID SWEAR!LOL!!!
From this clip it looks like Marc would be fun and easy to work with in the studio, David on the other hand could be very difficult to work with at times. Both awesome talents !!
i do admire bowie 4 sure although i cant realy get into his music apart from a few but bolan for me has that special thing you feel it hear it see it in his lyrics of poetry in his eyes in that guitar he played so well its crazy how marc performed giving us energy poetry and rock he falls down once and this is what we focus on we have all fallen at sometime he was 4 me the groover he was love its sad 2 think this was his last time on stage 2 marc his time on stage had to be right 2 perfection x
So sad he died about a week later. I had just graduated from HS. The big thing here in the states was that Elvis had passed. I loved Marc Bolan but never knew the true depth of him and his music. He was such a beautiful spirit. They need to make a movie about his life. While my friends loved disco I loved glam rock.
the really great shame is that they never finished this song either in rehearsal or on the final take of the show.rumour has it they were both pissed (and no american folk...i dont mean angry)
God, they are both so amazing. And of course David Bowie went on to become the most amazing man (though he was still brilliant then) It's just such a shame (understatement of the century) Marc died, he could have been so brilliant. Fuck that pisses me off.
Although Bolan did play guitar on the original single version of 'Prettiest Star'. (Not to be confused with the version on Aladdin Sane which is Mick Ronson)
When will they ever do a proper bolan biopic movie? They've done Mercury, Eliton John, and Bowie (future) I suppose it's a case of finding the right actor? I would of said Johnny depp twenty years ago? But now?
@@andrewdavy9921 I agree. Plus Marc Bolan was a national treasure (to the people at least), so an english actor, even one in their 20s would still recall his influence in their youth, or from their parents.
i think it would have to be an actor with jewish roots because Marc's face has these kind of features and I can't unsee it so I don't know. Probably currently no actor would really be fitting to play Marc, maybe Timothee Chalamet (also half-jewish, just as Marc)? So, i'd say, just use modern technology, something like deep-fake and make the biopic of Marc be the first and best example of this technology. I think Marc would be thrilled that yet again he would be involved in innovation. :)
Marc took me with him to meet David in a park in Parsons Green i think it was...David was 19 years...we sat on the grass & they played guutars & sang 😍😍
Truth is Marc had lost the plot for about 3 years (maybe more) but with Dandy in the Underworld he was getting it together again. I knew he was in trouble when I heard Groover. It sounded tired. But when I heard New York City I knew it still there. He took something simple and turned it into magic!
May be true, but Bolan helped Bowie get his start. Please don't disrespect our White Swan, his untimely and horrible death. Thank him for giving "us" a David Bowie.
No he couldn't. This is just one song, nowhere near as complex as the majority of Bowie's work. There's no way Bolan could have hung with Ronson, Fripp or Belew.
Bolan was an exceptionally good guitarist, and anyone who disagree's needs to to check out some live T Rex footage, especially the early 70s stuff: ua-cam.com/video/LAVkRlX96Os/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/_vUVwy20rk4/v-deo.html
All this discussion over who's greater. The truth is Bolan was a tremendous influence on Bowie by his own admission, but Bowie was better know in the States, where Bolan held the title for leading British Glam rocker according to, in part, a poll conducted in the UK in 1971. That's before Bowie's "Ziggy' or "Aladdin Sane". But both started with folk-style music and evolved into "spacier" forms. I had to scour New York City for T-Rex albums in 1968-1971, but I found Bowie albums relatively easy.
Also remember that Bolan dipped into 'black' music earlier than Bowie with his "left hand luke" track from TANX in 1973 and then the whole ZINC ALLOY album in 74. The Brits and indeed the U.S were not ready for glam/soul. Delf n Kaz x
First time I have ever heard this right through other than what they played on the Marc show. Thanx !! By this time Bowie had achieved everything no disrespect to Marc !!
Image wise the line from Hendrix - Bolan - Prince is obvious. It is not so obvious musically but it is there, if you listen. Prince is huge in America, don't underestimate this fact. I grew up listening to Parliment Funkadelic along side Bolan; Bowie as well as Bob Marley....
I think that some of it is mirrored. Bowie also looks like he's playing left handed at 5:12, but the same right handed guitar has also suddenly become left handed.
This looks like the time when Marc Bolan fell off the stage before the singing began and Bowie quipped something like "Can someone get a pine box for Marc". This mishap was aired across Britain. In a short time Bolan would be killed in a car crash. Awhile later Bowie sang his famous duet with Bing Crosby, and shortly thereafter Bing died. For about a year no one wanted to work with David because they thought he was a harbinger of death LOL. Poor David losing his best friend. Bolan, not Bing!!
That sounds ridiculous and unbelievable! So because Bing Crosby was getting up there in age and Gloria Jones was a shitty driver, people chalked it up to David being bad luck? Funny how he worked with Iggy around that time, and he's still chugging along, surviving past them all.
You can thank Ms. Jones for that. Marc moved to California with her and dropped out for about three years, then wanted to go home to England. I don't even want to start about her.
Bolan was able to reinvent himself, although as you allude to, he wasn't as successful as Bowie. Bolan embraced soul long before Bowie, but Bowie did it more successfully. I.E. getting top Philly session artists on Young Americans whereas Bolan just had his girlfriend and her friends (not exactly worthless musos, but not the top notch artists that Bowie was working with). This clip is great though. Amazing hearing these two in private.
anyone else notice when bolan is on the left hand of the screen he is playing the guitar with his left hand aka hendrix but when he is on the right hand of the screen he is playing it normally because the film footage is back to front as the writing at the bottom of the screen is back to front!
i noticed that as well it makes marc bolan look as if he is left handed and also the honetech writing is back to front and bottom left of the picture not bottom right
Careful saying that! Don't say god damn because what if it came true! And I didn't say they were literally rock gods. They are OBVIOUSLY not made of rock! They are FLESH AND BLOOD! Can't you see?
just remember who started glam rock...........yeah bolan...........but if it hadnt been for mungo jerry singing in the summertime in a similar bolan style......maybe glam wouldnt have happened and remember bowie had 14 singles out before he had a hit.......
![T. Rex • “Jeepster”/ Interview / “Telegram Sam” • 1972 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VfvuYsSc_sA/mqdefault.jpg)
Marc was amazing, I wish he got more credit than what people give him. I think he would've fit right in with the 80s had he lived. To me, Bolan is just as much as an icon as Bowie is
New wave bolan is the what if I dream about
Marc definitely encouraged David 😊
& vice versa 😍
Marc Bolan together with David Bowie live. This is mindblowing.
This was about seven days before Marc died in the auto crash. I'm glad he and Bowie had fun that day. RIP beautiful man.
This is glorious; two of the most iconic performers in rock history chatting away like a couple of teens in their first band together. Who cares how it sounds - love it!
Martin G Absolutely.....just great 😁
Y es que en donde estaba Marc BOLAN 🎶🌹 siempre había magia, también me encanta The Prettiest Star, son insuperables y maravillosos. ❤
Marc died a week after this was recorded. It had not been broadcast yet. Was only broadcast after his death.
So sad.
And now they're together again....RIP Prettiest stars
+MamaBoots1111 Yeah they're up there jamming' in heaven with the other rock legends that have passed. Now that's one kick ass concert. :)
My bucket list has very few things left on this side, but my bucket list is bigger on the other side and DEFINATELY includes Marc Bolan. It's just thee other side of the bucket.
2 rock titans at work.One at the end of his peak,while the other went on to another level of fame and glory.One could only imagine if that Tag team album would´ve came together.RIP Marc Bolan.T-REX forever.
Fantastic to see Marc Bolan and David Bowie, in rehearsal together, brilliant footage on Marc show, looked like they were having a great time together. Shame that Marc Bolan, fell off stage, when they were playing live.
Two of the biggest, most original, artists of rocks golden age, the 70's
I remember Marc's show; I was 12. I was just reading about him falling down and David cracking up laughing so I thought I would check to see if it was on UA-cam. So it was actually broadcast?! Bless both of them :)
ua-cam.com/video/kDxUAWIkiOg/v-deo.html
Keep a little Marc in your heart
So much talent and beauty in one room.
wow this is brilliant ,allthough it sounds like david bowie's guitar is out of tune ,
marc is fabulous of course as allways,
love this i could watch it over and over again love it ,love bobby xx
Very interesting audio - bit of a clash berween Bolan's off-the cuff way of working and Bowie's more methodical approach...
David Bowie and Marc Bolan are geniuses !!!
Mark there was never anyone as amazing as you, gorgeous, beautiful baby. Love you.
At least learn to spell his name before you claim to love him so much!
I know he went by Marc but technically they're not wrong. His birth name is Mark.
May they both be dancing amongst the angels
Great clip. It's rare to hear Marc's natural voice. He was always affecting some kind of accent...always aware of a microphone or camera (there are so many clips where you can see him watching himself on the studio's TV monitors!). This must be one of the few times I can say he acts sounds pretty natural. Thanks for the clip.
GREAT AND SUPER RARE!..GREAT SEEING AND HEARING TWO OF MUSIC'S BEST ICONS JUST JAMMING LIKE THAT!!!.....BOY THATS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD,SHAME 'BOUT QUALITY,I THINK THATS THE FIRST TIME I'VE REALLY HEARD DAVID SWEAR!LOL!!!
Also, Marc died three days after he and Bowie did this show. Give him some respect and be happy that part of him lives in Bowie.
So good to see two great friends having fun together, thanks for posting this clip.
I've never seen it before.
From this clip it looks like Marc would be fun and easy to work with in the studio, David on the other hand could be very difficult to work with at times. Both awesome talents !!
Two of my all time faves on one stage, I can hardly contain myself!!! Owoo!
i do admire bowie 4 sure although i cant realy get into his music apart from a few but bolan for me has that special thing you feel it hear it see it in his lyrics of poetry in his eyes in that guitar he played so well its crazy how marc performed giving us energy poetry and rock he falls down once and this is what we focus on we have all fallen at sometime he was 4 me the groover he was love its sad 2 think this was his last time on stage 2 marc his time on stage had to be right 2 perfection x
So sad he died about a week later. I had just graduated from HS. The big thing here in the states was that Elvis had passed. I loved Marc Bolan but never knew the true depth of him and his music. He was such a beautiful spirit. They need to make a movie about his life. While my friends loved disco I loved glam rock.
Great clip of Marc and David. Rock history 101. Thank you for posting.
the really great shame is that they never finished this song either in rehearsal or on the final take of the show.rumour has it they were both pissed (and no american folk...i dont mean angry)
this would've been such a good song if they had ever recorded it!
What a groove to see these cats rehearsing together.
2 of the coolest dudes, all time. Lv them both. X
Love this! Thanks for posting.
Wish there were more of those two together!
Que regalo de despedida de Marc ❤🎵, que tenía tanta magia en su guitarra, recordar también ' Prettiest Star', de ambos.
God, they are both so amazing. And of course David Bowie went on to become the most amazing man (though he was still brilliant then) It's just such a shame (understatement of the century) Marc died, he could have been so brilliant. Fuck that pisses me off.
Although Bolan did play guitar on the original single version of 'Prettiest Star'. (Not to be confused with the version on Aladdin Sane which is Mick Ronson)
interesting to see them together
Oh, i love them both..
Thanks for this. Been ages since I listened to this audio.
Pretty cool. Thanks for posting.
Whoa! The perfect Rockin' PAIR!
hehe funny stuff..."stop talking Marc. "..lol..hehe a joy. .!
Louise ed what can I do ooooh hoooo hooo. sitting next to you?!!!
he said START talking
When will they ever do a proper bolan biopic movie? They've done Mercury, Eliton John, and Bowie (future) I suppose it's a case of finding the right actor? I would of said Johnny depp twenty years ago? But now?
Yes, its uncanny, but even with the age difference Johnny Depp would play him too weird nowadays.
@@thomastaylor8910 an English actor would do a better job
@@andrewdavy9921 I agree. Plus Marc Bolan was a national treasure (to the people at least), so an english actor, even one in their 20s would still recall his influence in their youth, or from their parents.
@@thomastaylor8910 spot on
i think it would have to be an actor with jewish roots because Marc's face has these kind of features and I can't unsee it so I don't know. Probably currently no actor would really be fitting to play Marc, maybe Timothee Chalamet (also half-jewish, just as Marc)? So, i'd say, just use modern technology, something like deep-fake and make the biopic of Marc be the first and best example of this technology. I think Marc would be thrilled that yet again he would be involved in innovation. :)
I love this, thanks
All the Young Dudes.
Marc took me with him to meet David in a park in Parsons Green i think it was...David was 19 years...we sat on the grass & they played guutars & sang 😍😍
these guys were like paper & glue..best mates forever!
what a blast!!
I'm so glad Bowie lives in Riverwest Now
It's so much fan playing in that way....... here in my room in Fargo N.D. and my Takamine EF 508
Truth is Marc had lost the plot for about 3 years (maybe more) but with Dandy in the Underworld he was getting it together again. I knew he was in trouble when I heard Groover. It sounded tired. But when I heard New York City I knew it still there. He took something simple and turned it into magic!
Los amo a los dos ♥
May be true, but Bolan helped Bowie get his start. Please don't disrespect our White Swan, his untimely and horrible death. Thank him for giving "us" a David Bowie.
This proves Bolan could have been the lead guitarist in Bowies band .
No he couldn't. This is just one song, nowhere near as complex as the majority of Bowie's work. There's no way Bolan could have hung with Ronson, Fripp or Belew.
@@annwhite2346 except Marc did hang out with Ronson and the guitar solo Marc did for Bowie on prettiest star was great. Give Bolan abit more credit.
@@chantelleadlington I see you're a "little bit" of a fan of Tim Curry 😉
@@andrewdavy9921 yep! He's great!
Bolan was an exceptionally good guitarist, and anyone who disagree's needs to to check out some live T Rex footage, especially the early 70s stuff:
ua-cam.com/video/LAVkRlX96Os/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/_vUVwy20rk4/v-deo.html
Great Find!!! luv it both r respected by me
Two of the greatest Muldimestrox to ever grace the planet!
All this discussion over who's greater. The truth is Bolan was a tremendous influence on Bowie by his own admission, but Bowie was better know in the States, where Bolan held the title for leading British Glam rocker according to, in part, a poll conducted in the UK in 1971. That's before Bowie's "Ziggy' or "Aladdin Sane". But both started with folk-style music and evolved into "spacier" forms. I had to scour New York City for T-Rex albums in 1968-1971, but I found Bowie albums relatively easy.
aww bowie ..." fuck it !... arr i'm trying too hard now"
Also remember that Bolan dipped into 'black' music earlier than Bowie with his "left hand luke" track from TANX in 1973 and then the whole ZINC ALLOY album in 74. The Brits and indeed the U.S were not ready for glam/soul.
Delf n Kaz x
First time I have ever heard this right through other than what they played on the Marc show. Thanx !! By this time Bowie had achieved everything no disrespect to Marc !!
If it wasn't for Marc being the Pioneer of glam rock, Bowie wouldn't have achieved 'everything'. Marc did it all first.
really lovely.....tanx !! x x deborah x
@bolanledgend It is a Studio Session with Marc and David!I have a Lp from this Session
It would of been something if Marc Bolan and Lou Reed would of got to work with each other
Jan Green Oh gosh yes. I can just picture Bolan and Reed together!
+Jan Green Yes, it would have.
We'll, Marc was a published poet. I think the combination would of worked. Marc was actually scheduled to work with Robert Calvert before he died.
@@aidenajarvis6808 Haha. My cat writes better poetry with her paws after coming in from the rain :)
@@blackmore4 Marc wrote beautiful poetry.
That's just Great!Anyone got a clip of a little Rolan on his dad's show?I've seen pics of them from the show,would be great to see the clip.
Image wise the line from Hendrix - Bolan - Prince is obvious. It is not so obvious musically but it is there, if you listen.
Prince is huge in America, don't underestimate this fact. I grew up listening to Parliment Funkadelic along side Bolan; Bowie as well as Bob Marley....
Prince was a massive Bowie and Todd Rundgren fan. Not sure of his thoughts on bolan
I think that some of it is mirrored. Bowie also looks like he's playing left handed at 5:12, but the same right handed guitar has also suddenly become left handed.
it is actually a flipped footage, and it is from rehearsals but not from this very moment ;)
Thanks for the great uploads Honey! :O)
This looks like the time when Marc Bolan fell off the stage before the singing began and Bowie quipped something like "Can someone get a pine box for Marc". This mishap was aired across Britain. In a short time Bolan would be killed in a car crash. Awhile later Bowie sang his famous duet with Bing Crosby, and shortly thereafter Bing died. For about a year no one wanted to work with David because they thought he was a harbinger of death LOL. Poor David losing his best friend. Bolan, not Bing!!
That sounds ridiculous and unbelievable! So because Bing Crosby was getting up there in age and Gloria Jones was a shitty driver, people chalked it up to David being bad luck? Funny how he worked with Iggy around that time, and he's still chugging along, surviving past them all.
@@NSHM122 if iggy survives the amount of drug he used he survives a little jinx
EXCELLENT......
わたくしは、独特の優しさがあると思うから、アングラグループだったときのティラノサウルス・レックス時代の歌が好き。独特の世界、独特の歌声、そして「笑顔が実に美しい」と言われたルックスが好き。ミーハーなんです（笑）ボウイさんはボランちゃんの遺児を援助してくれたと知って、亡くなってからファンになりました。姿だけでなく、心も美しい。観られて幸せですが、画面が鮮明ならもっと幸せ。
bet they had great fun doing this!
Delf and Kaz x
is there any finished versions of this song?
yes, parts of this are mirrored. look at the writing in the lower left corner at 0:22.
@nicbournat And i think "London Boys" by T.Rex is about Bowie and Bolan
You can thank Ms. Jones for that. Marc moved to California with her and dropped out for about three years, then wanted to go home to England. I don't even want to start about her.
Legends RIP Kings!
Bolan was able to reinvent himself, although as you allude to, he wasn't as successful as Bowie. Bolan embraced soul long before Bowie, but Bowie did it more successfully. I.E. getting top Philly session artists on Young Americans whereas Bolan just had his girlfriend and her friends (not exactly worthless musos, but not the top notch artists that Bowie was working with).
This clip is great though. Amazing hearing these two in private.
anyone else notice when bolan is on the left hand of the screen he is playing the guitar with his left hand aka hendrix but when he is on the right hand of the screen he is playing it normally because the film footage is back to front as the writing at the bottom of the screen is back to front!
Thanks Captain Obvious!
SarahNgakaariHammond .WoodRatGirl lmao at Captain Obvious nice one,I will use this one day with quiet aplomb lol
Well, I do, apparently.
Marc was a better guitar player than David was.
The days before guitar tuners!🎸🎸🤣
Proof that style and fame >>>> musicianship 🤦🏻♂️
i noticed that as well it makes marc bolan look as if he is left handed and also the honetech writing is back to front and bottom left of the picture not bottom right
Is this the tape of Marc falling of the stage at the start of the real take for the show then Granada cut it?
damm i need this song in 320 kb/sec
Bowie has a left hand guitar one minute the next a right handed .wtf
thanx honey!
My boy Marc was big time fried....
you no i think those two are having a pose off
whose song is this and why is it not on spotify :(
I know this comment is 2 years old, but im also extremely confused on what this song is
hey marcs playing left handed look at 2.03
Granada must have the masters stored away. Every video on UA-cam of this show is out of synch. And it's so watchable as well.
the film is flippped wrong way round
+TheThroney no Marc Bolan died before
but still youre here watching ..what does that say about you? and the jealousy that doesnt sit well..
OMG two aliens in the same room!
Careful saying that! Don't say god damn because what if it came true!
And I didn't say they were literally rock gods. They are OBVIOUSLY not made of rock! They are FLESH AND BLOOD! Can't you see?
Was it Bowie who said F it 🤣
yeah, can we get a copy of this on here the right way round..these 2 arent lefty
Bowie was left- handed but there were some things he did the right-handed way, apparently.
Are you sure Marc had lost his recording contract?? Never been a fan of Bowie, just think he got lucky.
just remember who started glam rock...........yeah bolan...........but if it hadnt been for mungo jerry singing in the summertime in a similar bolan style......maybe glam wouldnt have happened and remember bowie had 14 singles out before he had a hit.......
...old Mick's survived though...
Mick Ronson has passed away.
@@FigmentSALabel oh no, today?! Corona?!?! hahaha THX 4 the newsflash ace!
jepp