Yeah felt it. Through to the end of punk & the days of new wave always felt MB would've come up with something interesting. His TV show was the only one that showed the exciting new bands, he'd have been right amongst it. Much missed.
@@steffanhoffmann8937 Actually, 1971-73 were just Marc's peak years with T. Rex. He had a 10 year career starting with Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1967 releasing about a dozen albums until his sudden passing in 1977. T. Rex, along with Bowie, Alice, Elton helped define the sound of the 1970's.
@@steffanhoffmann8937 Oh my friend, you have no idea of the legacy and fan base he left. Bolan was - and is massive. One of the giants of Britsh Rock and Roll history. A unique man, they'll never be anyone like him.
@@ATMFC I repeat. He had a short shelf life. A lot of the original Tyrannosaurus Rex fans, deserted his pop style. It was largely girl based. He didn't make any mark in USA; which at the time he craved, as that was the benchmark then.
His voice was incredible. His guitar playing was ‘Bolanesque’ shall we say. I saw T.Rex 1972 and was so disappointed that they sounded nothing like the records. I was 11. Now I understand I was privileged to see them. I was there. Amazing.
T Rex was my first concert when I was about 12. I learned about him because I would get Melody Maker newspaper at a newsstand in NYC that carried international magazines.
Ich bin immer wieder davon beeindruckt daß er so ein Musikexperte war...er war ein außergewöhnlicher und sehr interessanter Mensch...und so ein Denker ....und er hat in seiner kurzen Lebenszeit so viel erlebt und erreicht...ich mag ihn sehr...mit all seinen Unvollkommenheiten, gerade die machen ihn so menschlich...❤🌹
What a talent Bolan was and what a tragedy he was lost at such a young age and what could’ve been had he still been around in the 80s and 90s like Bowie was. He made such great takes in this and had such clear good taste. I also couldn’t help but chuckle how he’d not heard of Paul Brett, when Bolan was in the circles of the big acts, and Paul Brett often brags about who he knew and worked with at that time (the tosser). Bolan couldn’t have been more right about the name “Paul Brett Sage”…
I love when they say “take it off!” in this series. You usually get at least one. I didn’t think we would get one, then finally the last track, I wasn’t disappointed! Keep them coming!
I love it, too. The "take it off" comment became a classic of the Blind Date section. Melody Maker readers loved that and the artists reviewing the records were more than happy to say it whenever they hated a record.
That was a good one!! Glad Marc championed the early Cliff records. Also dig his thumbs up on John Lee Hooker and the Olympics! Another great episode! Marc was on the ball!! Cheers, Jon
Thanks, Jon! I think Marc actually worked at the 2I's Coffee Bar when he was a teenager. That's where all the British rockers hung out in the late 50s/early 60s so I'm sure he met Cliff, Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, etc.. in those days.
I actually like 'Silvery Rain' better than Richards' rock 'n' roll stuff. British artists in the 50s doing rock just sound fake to me. I think it took until The Beatles and Stones before Britain knew how to make rock/pop records. 'Silvery Rain' is big fuck off orchestral pop and while it's definitely a little vulgar ;) at least it knows what it's doing.
Marc really knew his stuff. Even the oldie curve balls they threw at him. The album chart. LZ III at number 40 right above....Frank Sinatra at 41. Bet that pissed old Frankie off!
@@original.dwornboy Quoting some blurb here, but I think it's true: "MAN’s importance in the history of Welsh rock music cannot be understated. Fusing the worlds of psychedelia, blues, rock and roll and West Coast inspired rock, they were simply one of Britain’s most original groups of the 1970’s. Along with labelmates HAWKWIND, MAN were true champions of the ‘underground’ spirit." Your prerogative not to like 'em but they were more than pub rock.
@@RayZappa "MAN’s importance in the history of Welsh rock music cannot be understated". Ha Ha, about the equivalent of being the best band in Cornwall. Man are gone and largely forgotten.
Most knowledgeable showing of anyone to date. Hearing "Western Movies" as Coasters-esque is fantastically insightful. His take on the Louis Jordan side was dead-on the money. Rather enjoyed him crapping on the Elvin Bishop record - it was kinda fakey and badly mixed.
I did not understand that comment about people losing faith or interest in them, at all. I mean this was coming after Benefit, for God's sake, and Stand Up before it! Two great albums. Maybe tastes were different in England.
Lovely to "hear" Marc's voice; his obvious musical knowledge and intelligence, and his objective views. As some other people have said here, I could easily see him having become a producer.
I don't always comment but I always watch every video. Refreshing to see the pixie prince of glam rock with a review of the week's singles. Big respect for his insightful music knowledge. Interesting to see The Sweet in the charts with their bubblegum pop song Funny Funny, having charted at No. 4. Though I was still very young at the time, I can remember the dreadful Grandad by Clive Dunn clogging up the airwaves. How invigorating it was to have Marc Bolan in the UK charts ready to sweep the old dross aside.
Oh no - Grandad. Barf central! 🤢🤮 Not just the song, all credit to the Dunn family - good job - Clive, but the Brit BBC Too of the Pops and and who so ever pulls the string that used to allow that crap to happen far too often, it had to have been some sort of corruption at play if it wasn't grandad it was Mr. bleeping Bobby! - 'The pink prophylactic' and other egregious incarnations of inexplicable poor taste yet success! I recall saying along with others; “How on Earth can this reach the top 30 let alone higher?! Eventually it was in the papers about how wrong all that was, nepatiam, etc.
No loss at all. His fame span was 71-73. He got fat girls diverted attention elsewhere. He was in the doldrums from 74-77 when he died. The rest is hype.
@@steffanhoffmann8937 every artist we lose prematurely whether we like them or not is a loss because you never know what they might have created in their future that may have benefited themselves or influenced other artists.
@@SBAYLISS He was in decline by 74. He'd not have done much more. The music world and his fan base mostly female; had moved on. If you have a mostly female fan base, there's always the next thing. Pete Townshend said s'thing similar to that I think.
These 70s ones are kind of a breath of fresh air, for a bit there in the late 60s it seemed like everyone was just saying they hated everything to sound cool, now it seems rock band members are allowed to like pop music again, lol.
Thanks for another great video, great outro music 👍with a nod to Bolan's Cosmic Dancer💃 and Sound of Music soundtrack still in the LP charts after 299 weeks in the UK charts 😊 in the USA Billboard named it in 2015 the 2nd best charting album of all time after 238 weeks in their charts 😮
If any one feels down or tired then play some of T Rex and Marc Bolan songs of the early 1970s like Hot Love Bang a Gong and Telegram Sam and quickly you will perk up. Bolan knows music and his knowledge of all types of music is impressive and that is the reason why his records were so good. Great enjoyable video by you Yesterday's Papers.
Heck, bolan had musical gems through his whole career that could make you happy and energetic even beyond those early years: solid baby, think zinc, chrome sitar, calling all destroyers, jupiter liar, celebrate summer, visions of domino...etc
Actually an ignorant put down down by Marc, but in his defence I think he was getting more and more brassed off as the session went on. Paul Brett Sage were actually a good band (even playing on Old Grey Whistle Test). But then again Marc should have known better as he was in "John's Children" which was a "loser name" if ever there was one.
6:11 The song that debuted at No.49 is a "sleeper". *"Rosetta(Are You Better)"* by Georgie Fame and Alan Price as Fame & Price, Price & Fame Together was first issued in 1969.
I had tickets for Lynyrd Skynyrd in 77 at Madison Square Garden the opening act was supposed to be T Rex the show was obviously cancelled due to the tragic event. Marc. Had also passed away before the scheduled concert. I still have the tickets
I love that people spoke their mind back then. Today most would say they like everything. Of course just about everything today is awful. Never thought rock music would die, but it actually did.
So he was a musicologist and a guitar freak! Marc Bolan was an enigma. Thanks to this video, I've identified a song I heard around that time. Susan's Tuba I misheard as "Scooby-Doo-bedoobah, Susan's on the doober..." Freddie and the Dreamers. At last. Thank you. 🙂
He pins The Olympics' 45 right away which shows he absorbed the foundations of rock. They do sound a lot like the Coasters on this song. And of course, what can you say about John Lee Hooker? No one sounded like him when he released his first 78, Boogie Chillen, in 1948. And I don't think there was a country blues singer that could match the overwhelming eerie power of his records from 1948 to 1955. Just him, his guitar and his signature foot stomping sound curtesy of Coca Cola bottle caps attached to the sole of his shoe. Thanks YP.
I'm intrigued about what Bolan said about Freddie & The Dreamers' Susan's Tuba as it was done to get Kevin Godley, Lol Creme and Graham Gouldman out of their contract with Super K Productions - it's clearly Graham Gouldman singing lead.
Thank you! I wondered why it doesn't sound like Freddie Garrity at all. Now that you've mentioned it I had another listen and you're right, that has to be Graham Gouldman.
al kooper ended up being one of the best producers in the biz everyone needs to see the movie "the landlord" hearing marc say what he wanted to do when he turned 40 depresses the hell out of me got deep into tull when i turned 14
There's not much memorable music this time for Bolan to review. Aqualung would be my favorite. I'll always remember Louis Jordan for There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens. I first heard it on an old 78 when I was a kid, and I still love it.
On a Saturday night in March, 1971 I saw Elvin Bishop at the Fillmore East, followed by Johnny Winter, and then the Allman Brothers. Same groups had played the night before. Winter was top billed but declined to follow the Allman Bros on Friday. Seemed like the show went all night, with a jam session of Bishop, Betts, and Derringer somewhere in there. The Live double album was recorded that weekend, and at least one track (Mountain Jam) of Eat A Peach.
Some very obscure releases this time around, love how the last song(garbage by the way) has no good version online. He also exactly guessed the year School Days was released, so props to Marc Bolan for that; very impresive musician. A tragedy he died so soon.
Wow, look at that list of albums. Bridge Over Troubled Water at #3 after having been on the charts for a year. I saw several other S&G albums below that. That's crazy. Zeppelin II still at #20. Wonder why Let It Be creeped back into the charts.
@@stevecharman8420 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' didn't drop out of the British charts until 1975! And yes, 'The Sound of Music' -- what a phenomenal album that was sales-wise. 70 of those 299 weeks were spent at #1.
I would guess “Let it Be” probably came back because folks were missing The Beatles. There were also a slew of Beatles solo albums released during 1970-71.
@@barbarakirk3064 The film didn't make it onto UK TV until 1978, and yes, it was then shown around Christmas time. But before that, cinemas continued to constantly screen it because it always got bums on seats. There's an amazing stat (courtesy of Wikipedia) where in some US cities the number of cinema tickets sold exceeded the cities' entire population, meaning that it was doing serious repeat business. Huge movie!
I really enjoy the music in your videos. Not quite Ride a White Swan and Cosmic Dancer but close enough to recognize it. Plus, you avoid copyright infringement. That's brilliant! I would like to know who produces the music for the channel. Sorry if it's been asked before.
'Brand New Day' got plenty of airplay on CHUM-FM in Toronto in its day Really good exit music, sounds like 'Whiter Shade of Pale' sideways, I'll definitely get it on CD when it comes out
Marc really knew his stuff, including being clued in to Arthur Lee and Love - and when all was said and done, he danced his way out of UA-cam like a Cosmic Dancer...
Barbra Streisand's cover of Laura Nyro's Stoney End went to No. 6 on Billboard and sent Streisand's flagging career into orbit. A very dark song to be a hit. Streisand covered 3 Nyro songs for the album. Nyro was the top solo songwriter of the late 60's period in terms of hits.
I loved the Fifth Dimensions version of Sweet Blindness. There's a fantastic video of them in France, I believe, riding in a car singing that song on YT.
Yeah; during Bolan’s U.S. tours people wouldn’t even request that he play an encore. That’s how good of a musician that clown really was. Bolan was nothing more than teeny-bopper, bubble-gum hype, and that’s a very kind statement.
Bolan and Jimmy Page were two of the most knowledgeable artists to do these . They both made great music and they both have an interesting point of view about the music coming out at the time
That was entertaining. I remember when magazine would invite musicians to review records. I still have a Creem (or maybe it's Hit Parader) where Lemmy reviewed a bunch of stuff.
5:37 The song at No.16 is an Australian recording, licenced to Polydor from the Australian *Fable* label. I happen to have the Australian and British copies. The Australian issue is mono only while the British issue is in full stereo. Pushbike Song was backed with an instrumental, the title inspired by the Lollipop Cop, Kojak, *"Who Loves Ya"!* Begs the question, what was Ron Tudor(Fable's owner) thinking? Giving Britain a full stereo mix but lumbering us Aussies with just mono. What gives, Ron?
He made his name in the late 60s, sort of Dylan crossed with Tolkien. His transition to more electric sound birthed the glam movement. Glam was the biggest rock genre of the 70s. With out him, no Bowie (as we know it), no Queen and even AC/DC started out as a glam band.
It was a transitional album and initial commercial failure. As was "The Man Who Sold the World", commercially. Bowie was still finding himself. "Ride a White Swan"/"Hot Love" was what created the movement.
@0:55 yes one of the great obtuse descriptive lyrics of all time in modern popular music 'O the snot has caked upon my pants..and turned into crys-tal'
Great installment, but he couldn't identify Louis Jordan? Snot ran down Aqualung's nose, while it caked against Arthur Lee's pants. True about studio guitar tones on blues records.
Now, this was different. Of all the songs he reviewed the only one I recognize is Aqualung. Music from before the 1960s made this interesting. When he mentioned good guitarists in bad groups I thought of professional football players (American football obviously) that were outstanding athletes that spent their careers with bad or mediocre teams. Think of Barry Sanders or the late Gale Sayers. I think he was harsh towards the American blues musicians.
Good stuff. I like honest opinions from real musicians. I like Ringo Star's drumming too. I think he stole the show on some pretty good Beatles songs without trying too hard.
@@YesterdaysPapers Yes....I believe it was pretty good. Marc Bolan doing a duet with Cilla Black is rather akin to Black Sabbath doing a song with Dame Vera Lynne though. 🤣
What a wonderfully eclectic mix of singles and genres. I'm impressed how Bolan knew the majority of them and had so much to say about most. I completely agree with him about the early Cliff singles, Move It is a fantastic track which Norrie Paramor quickly took him away from. Right on the money about the Elvin Bishop song, who seemed to flounder for a long time with mediocre releases. And that final record? Hokey smokes, what a draggy mess!
"This is what I'll play when I am 40." Oof. That physically hurt.
Yeah felt it. Through to the end of punk & the days of new wave always felt MB would've come up with something interesting. His TV show was the only one that showed the exciting new bands, he'd have been right amongst it. Much missed.
Ditto💔
You are so right. That auto accident robbed us all of great music.
@@c.d.macaulay66 have a feeling that he wouldve turned to doing more producing than performing
Yep, brought a lump to my throat :(
Marc was quite a musicologist. He really knew his stuff. What a huge loss to the music world when we lost him in ‘77.
Absolutely not.
His span was over quite quickly.
71-73.
That's not success.
That's fifteen minutes of fame.
@@steffanhoffmann8937 Actually, 1971-73 were just Marc's peak years with T. Rex. He had a 10 year career starting with Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1967 releasing about a dozen albums until his sudden passing in 1977. T. Rex, along with Bowie, Alice, Elton helped define the sound of the 1970's.
@@caryheuchert Disagree but you wouldn't want to read it, there's no point. 👍
@@steffanhoffmann8937 Oh my friend, you have no idea of the legacy and fan base he left. Bolan was - and is massive. One of the giants of Britsh Rock and Roll history. A unique man, they'll never be anyone like him.
@@ATMFC I repeat. He had a short shelf life. A lot of the original Tyrannosaurus Rex fans, deserted his pop style. It was largely girl based. He didn't make any mark in USA; which at the time he craved, as that was the benchmark then.
His voice was incredible. His guitar playing was ‘Bolanesque’ shall we say. I saw T.Rex 1972 and was so disappointed that they sounded nothing like the records. I was 11. Now I understand I was privileged to see them. I was there. Amazing.
T Rex was my first concert when I was about 12. I learned about him because I would get Melody Maker newspaper at a newsstand in NYC that carried international magazines.
Marc was an excellent musician
And it unfortunate that he passed away so early. 💜💜💜💜💜❤️❤️❤️❤️🎼🎵
Ich bin immer wieder davon beeindruckt daß er so ein Musikexperte war...er war ein außergewöhnlicher und sehr interessanter Mensch...und so ein Denker ....und er hat in seiner kurzen Lebenszeit so viel erlebt und erreicht...ich mag ihn sehr...mit all seinen Unvollkommenheiten, gerade die machen ihn so menschlich...❤🌹
Stimmt!! 😀
Marc pretty much nailed it I think..he was very knowledgeable. More than I thought honestly.
Glad I subscribed. You are my favorite.
Thanks!
Amazing how he played guitar with those little arms 😊
What a talent Bolan was and what a tragedy he was lost at such a young age and what could’ve been had he still been around in the 80s and 90s like Bowie was.
He made such great takes in this and had such clear good taste. I also couldn’t help but chuckle how he’d not heard of Paul Brett, when Bolan was in the circles of the big acts, and Paul Brett often brags about who he knew and worked with at that time (the tosser). Bolan couldn’t have been more right about the name “Paul Brett Sage”…
He would've been HUGE during the early-mid 80s MTV era!
I love when they say “take it off!” in this series. You usually get at least one. I didn’t think we would get one, then finally the last track, I wasn’t disappointed! Keep them coming!
I love it, too. The "take it off" comment became a classic of the Blind Date section. Melody Maker readers loved that and the artists reviewing the records were more than happy to say it whenever they hated a record.
If you dig "take it off!" then be sure to check out Dave Gilmour's Date.
@@Krzyszczynski i was going to suggest that one too - or Dave Davies taking it to the extreme!
That was a good one!! Glad Marc championed the early Cliff records. Also dig his thumbs up on John Lee Hooker and the Olympics! Another great episode! Marc was on the ball!! Cheers, Jon
Thanks, Jon! I think Marc actually worked at the 2I's Coffee Bar when he was a teenager. That's where all the British rockers hung out in the late 50s/early 60s so I'm sure he met Cliff, Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, etc.. in those days.
Yep bang on my friend he did.
I actually like 'Silvery Rain' better than Richards' rock 'n' roll stuff. British artists in the 50s doing rock just sound fake to me. I think it took until The Beatles and Stones before Britain knew how to make rock/pop records. 'Silvery Rain' is big fuck off orchestral pop and while it's definitely a little vulgar ;) at least it knows what it's doing.
''This is something I will do at 40'' Damn that hurt.
Marc really knew his stuff. Even the oldie curve balls they threw at him.
The album chart.
LZ III at number 40 right above....Frank Sinatra at 41.
Bet that pissed old Frankie off!
No he didn't ....he missed the band Man.
@@steffanhoffmann8937 No one liked MAN. Pub Rock dross.
@@original.dwornboy They were from Swansea Wales UK mostly.
They were regarded as very good musicians; who were heavily influenced by American bands.
@@original.dwornboy Quoting some blurb here, but I think it's true: "MAN’s importance in the history of Welsh rock music cannot be understated. Fusing the worlds of psychedelia, blues, rock and roll and West Coast inspired rock, they were simply one of Britain’s most original groups of the 1970’s. Along with labelmates HAWKWIND, MAN were true champions of the ‘underground’ spirit." Your prerogative not to like 'em but they were more than pub rock.
@@RayZappa "MAN’s importance in the history of Welsh rock music cannot be understated". Ha Ha, about the equivalent of being the best band in Cornwall. Man are gone and largely forgotten.
Most knowledgeable showing of anyone to date. Hearing "Western Movies" as Coasters-esque is fantastically insightful. His take on the Louis Jordan side was dead-on the money. Rather enjoyed him crapping on the Elvin Bishop record - it was kinda fakey and badly mixed.
As usual, a fountain of musical knowledge with this site. Never disappoints!
Marc was certainly on point 👉 with Jethro Tull & how about The Yes Album zooming up the charts from # 28 to # 8 ! Arthur Lee was beloved in the 🇬🇧.
I did not understand that comment about people losing faith or interest in them, at all. I mean this was coming after Benefit, for God's sake, and Stand Up before it! Two great albums. Maybe tastes were different in England.
Marc really knew his stuff! And just a footnote - the diversity and awesomeness of the US charts, wow!
Lovely to "hear" Marc's voice; his obvious musical knowledge and intelligence, and his objective views. As some other people have said here, I could easily see him having become a producer.
I don't always comment but I always watch every video. Refreshing to see the pixie prince of glam rock with a review of the week's singles. Big respect for his insightful music knowledge. Interesting to see The Sweet in the charts with their bubblegum pop song Funny Funny, having charted at No. 4. Though I was still very young at the time, I can remember the dreadful Grandad by Clive Dunn clogging up the airwaves. How invigorating it was to have Marc Bolan in the UK charts ready to sweep the old dross aside.
Oh no - Grandad. Barf central! 🤢🤮 Not just the song, all credit to the Dunn family - good job - Clive, but the Brit BBC Too of the Pops and and who so ever pulls the string that used to allow that crap to happen far too often, it had to have been some sort of corruption at play if it wasn't grandad it was Mr. bleeping Bobby! - 'The pink prophylactic' and other egregious incarnations of inexplicable poor taste yet success! I recall saying along with others; “How on Earth can this reach the top 30 let alone higher?! Eventually it was in the papers about how wrong all that was, nepatiam, etc.
There were some truly great albums charting that week. Some of these were amongst my all-time favorites.
Thanks for putting this up bolan had a fantastic knowledge of music history a massive loss to the music world.
No loss at all.
His fame span was 71-73.
He got fat girls diverted attention elsewhere.
He was in the doldrums from 74-77 when he died.
The rest is hype.
@@steffanhoffmann8937 every artist we lose prematurely whether we like them or not is a loss because you never know what they might have created in their future that may have benefited themselves or influenced other artists.
@@SBAYLISS He was in decline by 74. He'd not have done much more. The music world and his fan base mostly female; had moved on. If you have a mostly female fan base, there's always the next thing.
Pete Townshend said s'thing similar to that I think.
OMG. I always love your videos, but Bolan is my #1. Thanks
These 70s ones are kind of a breath of fresh air, for a bit there in the late 60s it seemed like everyone was just saying they hated everything to sound cool, now it seems rock band members are allowed to like pop music again, lol.
Marc is quite well versed in music knowledge.
"Was" 😢
Thanks for another great video, great outro music 👍with a nod to Bolan's Cosmic Dancer💃 and
Sound of Music soundtrack still in the LP charts after 299 weeks in the UK charts 😊 in the USA Billboard named it in 2015 the 2nd best charting album of all time after 238 weeks in their charts 😮
If any one feels down or tired then play some of T Rex and Marc Bolan songs of the early 1970s like Hot Love Bang a Gong and Telegram Sam and quickly you will perk up. Bolan knows music and his knowledge of all types of music is impressive and that is the reason why his records were so good. Great enjoyable video by you Yesterday's Papers.
Heck, bolan had musical gems through his whole career that could make you happy and energetic even beyond those early years: solid baby, think zinc, chrome sitar, calling all destroyers, jupiter liar, celebrate summer, visions of domino...etc
@@beltanetrex Good tracks but... for me, crap lyrics.
Absolutely, thank you for posting them. Fabulous performance music. Masters.
Wow. Very savvy guy. A rock-n-roll musicologist. I'm impressed 😻 P.S. I had no idea that Freddie and the Dreamers lasted till 1971! 🙄😝
They went on a lot longer than that, although Freddie himself was the only ever-present. He was forced to retire through ill-health in 2001.
But now you know, do you actually care? ;)
Best channel on UA-cam!
Just came from the other video posted about Marc , 10 months ago.
Now this.
Yesterday's Papers , now you're spoiling me.
What a strange bunch of records to put in front of Mr Bolan, but i must say is knowledge of the business is top notch.
At first disgruntled with the voice I am now compelled to subscribe. This is solid gold unmissable.
Marc Bolan, My First Guitar Hero.😁😎👏
Nice to hear him reference Arthur Lee on Love's album 'Forever Changes':
"the snot has dried upon my pants
It has turned into crystal..."
I also like his take on Cliff Richards: he was too clean.
I still listen to Forever Changes every month or so , and turn on today's youth to it if they're into that end of the music spectrum.
@@smkh2890 Wats the name of the song
@@hiighghbgk932 you can search it as fast as I can
@@smkh2890 Oh pulleeeze dont kid a kidder, Now tell me what is the real song called
The best review so far, promoting good music and giving the rot short shrift.
I had no idea Freddie was still doing his schtick in '71.
"Loser name". Lol! Brilliant.
Actually an ignorant put down down by Marc, but in his defence I think he was getting more and more brassed off as the session went on. Paul Brett Sage were actually a good band (even playing on Old Grey Whistle Test). But then again Marc should have known better as he was in "John's Children" which was a "loser name" if ever there was one.
Thank you Marc, we are all around 65 now.
bolan and the band rode a tidal wave in '71 and didn't get off for a few years. ride a white swan makes anyone feel like they can float on air.
Well said, Marc.
6:11 The song that debuted at No.49 is a "sleeper". *"Rosetta(Are You Better)"* by Georgie Fame and Alan Price as Fame & Price, Price & Fame Together was first issued in 1969.
HA! The Sound of Music OST still made it into the top 30 albums chart even in April 1971. Amazing...
I had tickets for Lynyrd Skynyrd in 77 at Madison Square Garden the opening act was supposed to be T Rex the show was obviously cancelled due to the tragic event. Marc. Had also passed away before the scheduled concert. I still have the tickets
He knew his music and the history of modern popular music.
I love that people spoke their mind back then. Today most would say they like everything. Of course just about everything today is awful. Never thought rock music would die, but it actually did.
It's always that way. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and all the old crooners kept waiting for rock to die and their kind of music to come back.
So he was a musicologist and a guitar freak! Marc Bolan was an enigma. Thanks to this video, I've identified a song I heard around that time. Susan's Tuba I misheard as "Scooby-Doo-bedoobah, Susan's on the doober..." Freddie and the Dreamers. At last. Thank you. 🙂
Happy birthday marc
Love you miss u xx
Saw T Rex in LA right when Hot Love was a hit. Great and yet to break out big in the UK..
Me too......played a club in Anaheim .....saw you a few times too if you're the drummer for the 3 O'Clock!
@@JustineLaLoba I saw them at the Whisky in LA and yes I was in the Three O'Clock
@@dannybenair loved your band...
@@JustineLaLoba Looks like you may like The Quick?
@@dannybenair Loved the Quick....thanks for the live tape (I know you don't remember) one of these days I'll put some more up
He pins The Olympics' 45 right away which shows he absorbed the foundations of rock. They do sound a lot like the Coasters on this song. And of course, what can you say about John Lee Hooker? No one sounded like him when he released his first 78, Boogie Chillen, in 1948. And I don't think there was a country blues singer that could match the overwhelming eerie power of his records from 1948 to 1955. Just him, his guitar and his signature foot stomping sound curtesy of Coca Cola bottle caps attached to the sole of his shoe. Thanks YP.
I'm intrigued about what Bolan said about Freddie & The Dreamers' Susan's Tuba as it was done to get Kevin Godley, Lol Creme and Graham Gouldman out of their contract with Super K Productions - it's clearly Graham Gouldman singing lead.
Really? I didn't know that.
Thank you! I wondered why it doesn't sound like Freddie Garrity at all. Now that you've mentioned it I had another listen and you're right, that has to be Graham Gouldman.
I absolutely hate that song.
? So Freddy and the Dreamers became 10 CC , minus Freddy ?!
@@terryenglish7132 Not exactly - Freddie did sign to UK Records later on.
Marc nailed it with "Aqualung" although I'm most fond of "Stand Up".
Anything up to, but not including Minstrel, minus the first. Then the 3 folky ones. Ian is still amazing live.
Yeah, it's a good album.
Where can I find a copy of this fabulous instrumental version of “Cosmic Dancer” at the end?!? 😱
al kooper ended up being one of the best producers in the biz
everyone needs to see the movie "the landlord"
hearing marc say what he wanted to do when he turned 40 depresses the hell out of me
got deep into tull when i turned 14
Thanks, again. ❤️
Another great video!!
There's not much memorable music this time for Bolan to review. Aqualung would be my favorite. I'll always remember Louis Jordan for There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens. I first heard it on an old 78 when I was a kid, and I still love it.
That was Marvellous!!! I liked them all - even the ones that Marc didnt like...:)
I like the T.Rex/Cosmic Dancer done in cheesy Muzak style at the end.
On a Saturday night in March, 1971 I saw Elvin Bishop at the Fillmore East, followed by Johnny Winter, and then the Allman Brothers. Same groups had played the night before. Winter was top billed but declined to follow the Allman Bros on Friday. Seemed like the show went all night, with a jam session of Bishop, Betts, and Derringer somewhere in there. The Live double album was recorded that weekend, and at least one track (Mountain Jam) of Eat A Peach.
Some very obscure releases this time around, love how the last song(garbage by the way) has no good version online. He also exactly guessed the year School Days was released, so props to Marc Bolan for that; very impresive musician. A tragedy he died so soon.
Wow, look at that list of albums. Bridge Over Troubled Water at #3 after having been on the charts for a year. I saw several other S&G albums below that. That's crazy. Zeppelin II still at #20. Wonder why Let It Be creeped back into the charts.
And what about The Sound of Music Soundtrack? Still on the charts after 299 weeks!
@@stevecharman8420 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' didn't drop out of the British charts until 1975! And yes, 'The Sound of Music' -- what a phenomenal album that was sales-wise. 70 of those 299 weeks were spent at #1.
I would guess “Let it Be” probably came back because folks were missing The Beatles. There were also a slew of Beatles solo albums released during 1970-71.
Would it be because the film was shown around Christmas of that year?
@@barbarakirk3064 The film didn't make it onto UK TV until 1978, and yes, it was then shown around Christmas time. But before that, cinemas continued to constantly screen it because it always got bums on seats. There's an amazing stat (courtesy of Wikipedia) where in some US cities the number of cinema tickets sold exceeded the cities' entire population, meaning that it was doing serious repeat business. Huge movie!
I really enjoy the music in your videos. Not quite Ride a White Swan and Cosmic Dancer but close enough to recognize it. Plus, you avoid copyright infringement. That's brilliant! I would like to know who produces the music for the channel. Sorry if it's been asked before.
Thanks, glad you enjoy the music. I record all these instrumentals myself.
@@YesterdaysPapers Thank you! I didn't want to assume. You are a very talented musician.
@@rockconnoisseur76 Thank you very much. Cheers!
“….The drumming is tremendous, almost like Ringo” 👍
What a heise thing for The Bole to be saying.
Wild horses couldn’t drag me away from yesterday’s papers
@Cronobacter Sakazakii
Let's do some living before we die.
Bolan: "this is the sort of things I will do when I'm forty" 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Watching Clive Dunn on TOTP singing Grandad has to be one of my worst musical memories.
Three Beatles in the top 15.
Seeing Ray Steven's Bridget The Midget being in 2nd place (for that week, and the week before) made me laugh.
Very insightful and about as even-handed as anyone to do reviews here.
'Brand New Day' got plenty of airplay on CHUM-FM in Toronto in its day
Really good exit music, sounds like 'Whiter Shade of Pale' sideways, I'll definitely get it on CD when it comes out
Marc really knew his stuff, including being clued in to Arthur Lee and Love - and when all was said and done, he danced his way out of UA-cam like a Cosmic Dancer...
Barbra Streisand's cover of Laura Nyro's Stoney End went to No. 6 on Billboard and sent Streisand's flagging career into orbit. A very dark song to be a hit. Streisand covered 3 Nyro songs for the album. Nyro was the top solo songwriter of the late 60's period in terms of hits.
I loved the Fifth Dimensions version of Sweet Blindness. There's a fantastic video of them in France, I believe, riding in a car singing that song on YT.
@@sukie584 And their version of Nyro's Wedding Bell Blues (US#1). Just watched a fantastic video of them performing it on a Woody Allen Special
Marc Bolan was one of the best musician in the world.
Really?
Most of his songs contain three chords.
Yeah; during Bolan’s U.S. tours people wouldn’t even request that he play an encore.
That’s how good of a musician that clown really was.
Bolan was nothing more than teeny-bopper, bubble-gum hype, and that’s a very kind statement.
Bolan and Jimmy Page were two of the most knowledgeable artists to do these . They both made great music and they both have an interesting point of view about the music coming out at the time
That was entertaining. I remember when magazine would invite musicians to review records. I still have a Creem (or maybe it's Hit Parader) where Lemmy reviewed a bunch of stuff.
5:37 The song at No.16 is an Australian recording, licenced to Polydor from the Australian *Fable* label. I happen to have the Australian and British copies. The Australian issue is mono only while the British issue is in full stereo. Pushbike Song was backed with an instrumental, the title inspired by the Lollipop Cop, Kojak, *"Who Loves Ya"!* Begs the question, what was Ron Tudor(Fable's owner) thinking? Giving Britain a full stereo mix but lumbering us Aussies with just mono. What gives, Ron?
Marc was very knowledgeable and was revolutionary musician. 70s are unthinkable without his contributions.
Really?
He was only successful in UK.
The rest is hype.
He made his name in the late 60s, sort of Dylan crossed with Tolkien. His transition to more electric sound birthed the glam movement. Glam was the biggest rock genre of the 70s. With out him, no Bowie (as we know it), no Queen and even AC/DC started out as a glam band.
@@CptMark Disagree. Bowie did Space Oddity in 1969.
It was a transitional album and initial commercial failure. As was "The Man Who Sold the World", commercially. Bowie was still finding himself. "Ride a White Swan"/"Hot Love" was what created the movement.
@@CptMark Space Oddity did. Before that Syd Barrett.....which ironically Bowie and Bolan were both big fans of.
🔥THNX!🔥
Man, they really pissed him off on those last few selections lol
@0:55 yes one of the great obtuse descriptive lyrics of all time in modern popular music 'O the snot has caked upon my pants..and turned into crys-tal'
Great installment, but he couldn't identify Louis Jordan? Snot ran down Aqualung's nose, while it caked against Arthur Lee's pants. True about studio guitar tones on blues records.
The seventies were my era but most most of these acts I'd never heard of such as the Olympics. I must have been asleep!
3:20 Right, get Freddie on - Limmy
Freddie with sideburns is so bizarre.
Kind of broke me when he said "when I'm forty"
Now, this was different. Of all the songs he reviewed the only one I recognize is Aqualung. Music from before the 1960s made this interesting. When he mentioned good guitarists in bad groups I thought of professional football players (American football obviously) that were outstanding athletes that spent their careers with bad or mediocre teams. Think of Barry Sanders or the late Gale Sayers. I think he was harsh towards the American blues musicians.
I thought the Elvin Bishop piece sounded a bit like T. Rex, so Marc saying he didn't like it was funny.
So interesting how different and yet the same the UK and US charts are. And yet “Knock Three Times” made both sides of the pond suffer.
Keep loading these 60s/70s
None of these songs were hits. Cliff's was maybe Top 30 but that was it. Bolan knew his stuff - fair play.
aqualung is a classic
@@thewkovacs316 Never made the UK singles chart though - whether it was great, good or mediocre.
Re Cliff Richard... "They cleaned him up. Preferred him when he was dirty". 😄
I love his comments, he's very knowledgeable on the history of music. Sounds like Oliver on acid 🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha! The comment about Freddie sounding like Oliver on acid is hilarious.
What happened to Paul Brett Sage anyway?
Good stuff. I like honest opinions from real musicians. I like Ringo Star's drumming too. I think he stole the show on some pretty good Beatles songs without trying too hard.
I remember him doing a TV show with Cilla Black sometime in the early 1970s. Quite bizarre.
I've seen that on youtube. They actually did a really wonderful duet version of Life's A Gas".
@@YesterdaysPapers Yes....I believe it was pretty good. Marc Bolan doing a duet with Cilla Black is rather akin to Black Sabbath doing a song with Dame Vera Lynne though. 🤣
@@stephendavis5530 True! hahaha
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It's sad that Marc had changed his life for the better and then he died. Like John Lennon as well.
What a wonderfully eclectic mix of singles and genres. I'm impressed how Bolan knew the majority of them and had so much to say about most. I completely agree with him about the early Cliff singles, Move It is a fantastic track which Norrie Paramor quickly took him away from. Right on the money about the Elvin Bishop song, who seemed to flounder for a long time with mediocre releases. And that final record? Hokey smokes, what a draggy mess!
Agreed, that final record was truly awful. Definitely a "take it off" song.
I disagree with him about Richard's 'Silvery Rain' single though. I'm no fan of the bloke but I think that song has a great tune and arrangement.
Salamander Palagander !
(apol if spelling wrong)
Oh and “ It’s Impossible” heard on AM radio throughout the states and UK. Perry Como ain’t singing my kind of stuff, sorry.
MAN were Welsh not American, in case anyone was confused.