T.Rex- Jeepster REACTION & REVIEW
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I swear half of all Trex songs have car/driving references in them, which makes it terribly ironic that he died in a car accident 😢
I drive a Rolls Royce, coz it's good for my voice!
Mark Bolan was said to be terrified of cars, didn't have a driver's license and was a passenger in the fatal accident. I still listen to this album frequently. "The Motivator" is my favorite track. The movie Billy Elliot also has a lot of T Rex songs on the soundtrack.
Truth...yet he didn't know how to drive and never had a license...and sadly died in a car wreck.
Now we're talking. If you're going to enter the world of T.Rex, maybe you might like to go back a ways first to the duo that was, Tyrannosaurus Rex, before Marc Bolan decided to go full electric boogie!. This is a band that I go way back with so I can recommend a plethora of albums and singles for your reactions. Of course, that would be a mighty long list, so may I suggest that you check out the rest of this album, "Electric Warrior" first, since you're already there. Produced by Tony Visconti, who, of course also produced Bowie stuff and indeed, Bolan and Bowie had a friendly rivalry. They were great friends. Happy to see you react to this.
Though a Prog-Head, I've always had a soft spot for T Rex. It brings back fond memories of early Secondary School days. Hot Love is my favourite, but Jeepster's Ok too.
End of term disco
@@DawnSuttonfabfour God yeah! I danced (and still do) like a three legged Hippo.
Great song, JP. This takes me back to the early 70s and my older brother bringing Electric Warrior home on vinyl. So many great songs on that album. And Ernie, the Fastest Milkman in the West was a novelty song by actor/comedian Benny Hill. The UK charts was/is often a great and wonderous thing, but at times it just gets very, very silly... :)
My guess, it's the music that is played whenever Benny's in his hospital robe, chasing around his nurse?
@@debjorgo Not at all. It's a song about a Milkman having a love rival! ua-cam.com/video/8e1xvyTdBZI/v-deo.html&pp=ygUwYmVubnkgaGlsbCBlcm5pZSB0aGUgZmFzdGVzdCBtaWxrbWFuIGluIHRoZSB3ZXN0
@@lemming9984 Hmm. I didn't know Benny had any novelty songs.
'Ernie' kept Jeepster from the top spot in the UK charts.
The stamping that you hear is Marc Bolan doing, as he once described it, "A little bit of tap dancing on the floor". Bolan performed his songs in the studio like he did on stage, full-out rock star mode. Enthusiasm got the best of him on this track, ripping up the floor like Stompin' Tom Connors!
Nice. Now you are entering the 70’s British Glam Rock Era
Ziggy Stardust with the Lethal Combination of David Bowie & Mick Ronson. Mott the Hoople “All the Young Dudes” with Ian Hunter on Vocals & Mick Ralph’s on Guitar and the Great T-Rex
“Bang a Gong”
Wonderful Reaction as Usual
Not Mick Ralphs on “All the Young Dudes”. I believe he didn't care for the switch to Glam and went off to form Bad Company, to be replaced by Luther Grosvenor aka Ariel Bender.
@@lashers Ralph’s left Mott for Bad Company after the Mott Album which was the next Album after All the Young Dudes. Ralphs took 3 Songs he wrote while in Mott to Bad Company
Ready for Love
Can’t Get Enough
Movin’ On
Needless to Say they all turned into Hits for Bad Company and Lots of Money for Ralpher. Writing credits pays well on those Songs 👍🏻
@@jonfazzone5125 Thanks for the correction.
@@lashers No Worries. I know way too much about Mott The Hoople Ian Hunter Mick Ronson as my Wife can attest to. And not much else according to her 😂😂😂
I think there are more interesting choices for Mott. My personal choices would be Saturday Gigs and The Ballad of Mott.
Regarding the phrase ‘Jeepster’, the Urban Dictionary says this:
“Jeepster is a term utilized to refer an individual (primarily an adolescent or young adult male) of average or insignificant stature, who pursues the object of their affections with almost unwavering tenacity. Modern usage of the term can be delineated back to the 1970's, where the concept was explored and popularized by the T. Rex classic with the same title. Marc Bolan expresses the predicament of pursuing a person above one's social stature via the metaphor that is the dichotomy between automobiles, the Jeep (the average person) and the coveted Jaguar (the object of romantic affection).”
I bought Electric Warrior when it was released then saw them in the Marquee club in London along with Roxy Music who had just released Virginia Plain. Both band were ahead of the rest when it came to Glam Rock.
T.Rex were a pop band and specifically Marc Bolan was a wannabe and then bonafide pop star. I liked a few T.Rex songs at the time although as a teenager trying to get into serious music (prog) I didn't pursue it whereas if I had as all the other kids my age did I would have had a hell of a lot more fun but hey! But though this was pure pop the production (by Tony Visconti ???) created a deeper wider soundscape that interested me - in this song (and a few others) the chorus string backing grabbed me - it reminded me of the Led Zeppelin song "Friends" and tapped into Beatles songs like 'I am the walrus' which I adored and still do.
The stompin was Marc being enthusiastc mic picking it up when recording :)
Please do Benny Hill. The film that goes with it is hilarious.
So many great songs. Specially the singles. I had a bunch of singles. Children of the Universe, Solid gold easy action, Hot Love, Get it on....
Electric Warrior - first album I ever bought, and T Rex were the first band I ever saw live at the age of 13. I soon moved on to more sophisticated music (i.e. Bowie) but you never forget your first love. "Lean Woman Blues" is my favourite track from the album.
I can relate to all that.
At this point in his career, Bolan was using the formula of taking riffs inspired by early rock-'n'-roll (e.g. Chuck Berry) and writing short, catchy pop songs around them, very successfully (at least in the UK charts). Not as easy as it might seem: in this song there is enough variation and development to avoid it becoming too repetitive. Overall, though, the series of singles did become rather repetitive and his popularity waned before his untimely death.
Ernie was a novelty song by a popular TV comic. Such things were an all too common occurrence in the 1970s, I'm afraid. 😂
I absolutely DEMAND a reaction to Ernie! Good old Ernie. 😂
Marc.... a 100% Star. As a musician and singer, he's amazing. But he had real STAR quality. On the flipside... he was the WORST lyricist I think I've ever endured. Doggerel. Nonsense. I love his work. Was devastated when he died. Glad you're doing this one.
Ernie was a comedy track. Benny Hill was big on tv in the 70s both in the UK and the US. His humour was rather bawdy and would be considered totally un-PC now.
To think this was the teeny bopper band back then.....and they rocked.....what have the kids got today.....I feel blessed growing up listening to this stuff.
Yes, it is a good song. Nice reaction. If you like T. Rex, you'll love Big Star. Not sure if you have checked them out, but if not I urge you to put it on your priority list.
Do it -- Benny Hill please please please me
I remember, back in the day when this came out, we only had one pop music station here in the UK, BBC Radio 1. All the pirate stations had been vanquished (they used to operate on ships outside UK territorial waters) but there was one station that used to beam in from continental Europe, Radio Luxembourg. And they used to broadcast mostly at night on the medium wave, which was a very variable (to say the least) signal. Anyway, they used to designate one track per week as a "Power Play" which meant it got played every hour, on the hour. So there was me, dashing into the kitchen where our radio was, several times an evening, just to hear this track fading in and fading out on the terribly weak signal. Because I wouldn't hear it otherwise. And now, 50 or so years later I can listen to this or any track I feel like on UA-cam.
My neighbour is revving up his Range Rover. I remember being miffed that Ernie kept this song from the number one spot in the UK. T.Rex were on quite a roll up to that point. A pretty decent reaction. I saw T.Rex live at the Birmingham Odeon in 1971.
Oops I just repeated this Ernie reference. I don't always read all the comments. Anyway, we woz gutted at the time.
The song that was kept off its deserved Christmas number 1 slot in the UK charts that year by Benny Hill's 'Ernie'.... and he drove the fastest milk cart in the West' . An absolute travesty (funny though 'Ernie' may have been).
Honestly I can't say that I was ever particularly impressed or marked by T. Rex, except for a few songs on occasion. I always found that musically Marc Bolan repeated the same formula throughout the 70s. I mean, when it comes to inspiration and diversity, Bolan never came close to Bowie !!!
Simple is good for 'pop'. I liked T Rex but soon jumped on the seventies railroad of 'deeper' classics.
T.Rex was always fun but not a lot of depth there really. The vid on YT of him playing Children of the Revolution with Ringo and Elton John is definitely worth checking out.
Fun fact… Gloria Jones, mother of his son, and who was driving the car when Bolan died, was the original artist of Tainted Love.
Listen to the live version of Hang Ups by T.Rex been a fan for 55 years.
I am thinking a kind of Country Rock sound. Interested to know if they keep with this sound. Foot is tapping kind of sound.
I've never understood the appeal of Marc Bolan.
You just come to UA-cam and listen to his songs.
@@davidcopson5800 Sometimes nostalgia is about remembering the bad as well as the good.
I love these albums. Bolan worked for a while to become a big deal and when he did he hit it really big. This song album and the next few songs and albums were huge. Big concerts, screaming girls. The sad thing was he only had a few tricks. Some really great tricks and sounds but that’s all he had. And for a few albums that’s all people wanted. Then he started being criticized for coasting along, never taking chances, nothing new. And when he tried then people didn’t like it as much. He couldn’t sustain his fame.
When I was 8 years old I fell love with the music great music and live show
Jeepster in the song refers to an average guy and a Jaguar was a term for a particularly beautiful woman so the song is about an average Joe willing to go the extra mile to impress a beautiful woman so she might want to date him
Marc Bolan songs are always about the groove.
T Rex had some great songs his best album is his next "The Slider" a Classic
The T-Rex song you really want is Chariot Choogle
70s glam was very stompy, wasn't it?
This post for some reason smells like Pike Market.
I think it smells like teen spirit.
The 'Electric Warrior' album and the follow-up ('The Slider') to me are the quintessential glam albums, more so than Bowie.
Bowie was above and beyond Glam.
@@davidcopson5800 sure,but his "classic" Ziggy Stardust album clearly was glam.
A classic all time single banger.
Big T-Rex hit here love it love you
There is a honky tonk feel to this.
Such a great album.
Nice bubblegum pop.
Big hit on Top of the Pops
You managed to survive 'Blue Condition' by Cream,believe me,you'll have fun with 'Ernie' by Benny Hill 😁😉
God I haven't heard this in 50 years! Rock On!!
U ain't heard Sweet yet
Aaaahh - aaahhh!! U betta beware u betta take care mumble x6
Buster! Buster! Blockbuster! Don't bother wiv Ernie.
Worth checking out ERNIE THE FASTEST MILKMAN - very funny song performed by a well known British comedian .
Great reaction! Electric Warrior was released in 1971. What is amazing is that Marc Bolan went from being a folk acoustic guitar player to this, experimenting with so many rock and roll guitar riffs, in just a couple of years. Marc describes getting help learning the electric guitar from none other than Eric Clapton.
This was the first single (45) that I bought with my own money, aged 9 in 1971, saved up for weeks to buy it...still have it somewhere, 52 years later...
"That's a road trip song" - yup. Bolan's work was seldom serious/deep, but always fun. IIRC, a "jeepster" was slang back then for an average or sub-average guy (e.g., not a good-looker or popular guy who drove a flashy car).
Good song ...
Marc Bolan got me into music, and Electric Warrior is the first album I ever bought in my pre prog-rock days. I still love it.
well I see someone else has a different opinion of what the term Jeepster means but I thought it referred to a character in the old Popeye cartoons and when I heard this song I always thought of the character from Popeye, I think it works both ways, lol. I see you did Ball and Chain by XTC, now you should do Ball and Chain by Social Distortion.
This takes me back, Justin! The first album I ever bought, aged 15, back in 1971. There's a couple of interesting tracks on that album, if I recall. I might give it a spin and see if they still hold up.
Bolan wasn't really any kind of special talent as a songwriter, but he had a ton of charisma and his music had enough of a fun, frothy vibe and groove to get over even if there isn't a ton of depth to it.
I've loved this album since I was a kid. It used to be in every record store.
God you are good
You're too kind! Ty for watching Cali!
In memory of Marc Bolan, an extraordinary personality
MARC! Oh yes.
Produced by Bowie I believe
It was produced by Tony Visconti who also produced a lot of David Bowie’s stuff.
Hearing this now, eerrrrrr, maybe not the worst thing i've heard. But back then, different story. I'd been forged in Zep, Sabbath etc. So when this seemingly glittering, preening, fop appeard on our screens, my mind closed, and I dismissed him out of hand. And it didn't help that his tv show appeared aimed at preadolescent girls. How could I (i thought), a muso lovin', geet worshiping pretentious music snob take this guy seriously. Well, I couldn't. Nowadays, i like to think i've mellowed somewhat, haha. I did hear the full album, a mate had bought it, but I remember almost nothing about it. The power of the closed mind in action, haha. Well that, and the fact I was only about 12, going on 13 at the time 😄
And would I want to hear more of it now... not really, but only cos i think this stuff's long past it's sell by date.
@@braudabo You've lost me! As fascinating as your thesis on the beatles, ringo, and the white album may be to some... What's it got to do with anything i've commented on purely about bolan, and jeepster?
Re past it's sell by date, i consider that largely true re the whole glam debacle. And as for the tv show, it was called marc. Bolan had his own programme on British tv. Came on about 4.20pm, late afternoon, essentially a kids show, catching them when they'd not long come out of school. So hardly The Old Grey Whistle Test.
And as for the beatles, and Ozzy, well everyone has their influences. Where would the beatles be without Little Richard. Artists, influences, there's effectively an infinite regression, likely right back to the first caveman who started hitting a tree trunk with branches, knocking out a beat.
@@braudabo Maybe this'll make it through! Here goes. And maybe it's the vagaries of YT, but i've tried to send a proper (lengthy) response to this (3 times), and it just keeps disappearing... go figure. I tried to cover why i don't lilke certain bands we've mentioned. That 'irrational' re tastes in music I thought odd due it's subjectivity. Also it seeming odd referring to liking a band cos they're big... and that there'll aways be detractors of any band, no matter their size...
Oh, and finally, that Liverpoolers don't exist :) People from Liverpool are known as Liverpudlians, or more colloquially as Scousers. No idea what happened to the original post, but i certainly know it's annoying when this happens. Cheers
Yeah, do the fastest reaction in the west of Ernie!
Jeepster is a term that refers pretty much to an adolescent or young male individual of more or less average and/or insignificant stature, who goes after the object of his affections with almost unwavering tenacity. From Quorom.
Fantastic, glamtastic , t,rex .