Celtic Bones - 20th Century Boy (T. Rex Cover)

From '' Who Dares Gin ''
Label: Not On Label (Celtic Bones Self-released) - none
Format: CD
Country: UK
Released: 2008
Tracklist
01. Meanstreak
02. Supercharged
03. Ready To Riot
04. I'm On The Edge
05. Slippin' Away
06. Shake The Roost
07. Rot 'N' Burn
08. Straight To The Bone
09. The Buzz
10. Time's Up
11. 20th Century Boy
All songs composed by Doyley / Gilmore except 11.
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"20th Century Boy" is a song by T. Rex, written by Marc Bolan.
It was released as a single in 1973 and reached no.3 in the UK Singles Chart.
The song did not feature on an original studio album but was included as a bonus track on a reissue of 1973 album Tanx.
It later returned to the UK Top 20 in 1991, fourteen years after Bolan's death, when it was used in a Chris Hartwill-directed commercial for Levi's starring Brad Pitt.
A slightly different segment of the song, with the addition of a harp, was used in a Jameson Irish Whiskey television advertisement.
It plays a key role on the science fiction-mystery manga 20th Century Boys.
This song appears in the video games Guitar Hero 5 & Rock Band 3.
Other versions
Since its release it has been covered by artists such as, Adam Lambert, Naked Raygun, The King, Kiyoharu Mori, Adam Ant, Drain STH, Chalk Circle, The Replacements, Girlschool, Pink Cream 69, The Three Johns, Placebo and Siouxsie and the Banshees. It has also been covered live by X Japan, playing the song in some of their earlier performances. Count Zero, a Boston-based experimental rock band, has released a live performance of the song for download on their website The song has been covered by Bang Tango for their Ain't No Jive... Live EP.
Avant-garde metal guitarist Buckethead also covered it on a 1998 tribute, Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan.
The English hard-rock band Def Leppard covered the song on their 2006 album, Yeah!, which features cover versions of 1970s rock hits. On 29 September 2007, Moby joined Richard Barone onstage for "20th Century Boy" at the T.Rex tribute in Central Park, NYC, with Tony Visconti on bass.
British Rockabilly band The Big Six recorded a version for the 1998 movie The Truman Show.
During their cameo in 1998 film Velvet Goldmine, Placebo performed this song as fictitious band The Flaming Creatures.
It also appeared as a Double A-Side on their single "You Don't Care About Us". The band also performed it live at the 1999 BRIT Awards with David Bowie.
This song appears on the official soundtrack for the biographical movie Lords of Dogtown.
On August 10, 2010, American Idol Season 8 runner-up, Adam Lambert performed the song live for the first time at the Warner Theatre in Erie, PA, making headlines with the popular Canadian music website Rockstar Weekly, which posted a video link to the performance.
The song is played on Guitar Hero in a scene in the movie Somewhere.
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