Lang ist es her. Dieses Lied war der Übergang von Akustikgitaŕre auf Elekrogitarre . Es waren der richtige Schritt! !! Das Lied zeigte den Weg wo T. Rex in den nächsten Jahren hin ging.
I'm 60 years old and still a massive fan of the unique and beautiful marc bolan.he was my hero in the 70's he got me through secondsry school and evenings doing my homework.it was always his LP's I took to parties and I dressed as much like him as I could- sparkly eye shadow, satin, platform shoes, silver stars glued to my face, glitter in my hair.even now his glam influence is evident in my every day life - in my home and the way I dress.i never let a few days go by without having a sing and dance to his music. The only person that came near him was another hero of mine- the one and only Prince.I think both of these beautiful men led the way for others. I'm always sad when I remember that Marc left us way too early, likewise with Prince.I just hope they are mates somewhere , jamming and having a blast.
You're spot on Inger...watch Prince footage and you see how Bolan influenced him. Bolan loved playing his music for others...RIP Marc,Micky,and Prince.
As a little girl, I was raised listening to the likes of T.Rex and bands such as Simon & Garfunkel, Queen, The Beatles and The Beach Boys. This song has stuck with me through the years and I'm glad to say its a song close to my heart. Definitely one of my favourite T-Rex song out of them all.
As a child I could wander around the house listening my sister's T.Rex and David Bowie, older brother's Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, oldest Brother's Jethro Tull and Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac, Mother's Johnny Cash or Dad's Pavarotti! Ha. Happy days!
I used to drive from Richmond to Putney for years in the early 80's to late 80's and drove over the bridge where he died..... there were always flowers there.... until this day I believe, not been there in about 30 years! Great musician he influenced Bowie, Elton John and others.... he passed so young.... however, his music will last longer than most of us?!?
@@radvibes he had a fascination with the faerie world, the realm of imagination and magic. I wouldn’t call it witchcraft. He had started a couple of fantasy novels before he passed, but didn’t get to finish them.
@@whitebirchtarot I do like him as an artist but the Beltane is Wiccan which is pagan. He also made mention of black cats, druids and casting spells. Druids are pagan. Spells are witchcraft and black cats represent bad luck. All of these are dark.
@@debradonato7363 yes, I’ll never forget that day as long as I live. I felt like I had lost a family member. It was one of the worst days of my life. I don’t think I ever really trusted life completely again after that. I was just destroyed. Seems as if he knew it was coming though. He accomplished more in his short life than most of us do ever. But so sad. 💕😪
Thank you, You Tube. This man WAS so inspirational to me & my generation, hearing this again; just WAOW, Thanks again, really great teenage memories of a great guitarist & ‘70’s frontman Jao
Call me delusional but Mr. Marc Bolan was one incredibly handsome and talented man! Even though his music alongside his band, T.Rex was around I was born, I am really loving their entire catalog of awesome music. To be taken away too soon at age 29, Marc's legacy is still thriving so beautifully. May he continue to rest in peace,🎸🌈👑💎❤.
Great comment. Marc and David Bowie were friends as young up-coming singer/songwriters in London. The song Lady Stardust from Bowie's iconic Ziggy Stardust album (1972) is about Marc Bolan. You're not delusional by the way.
You’re not delusional! You’re absolutely right. I think Marc Bolan is seriously underrated and I can’t understand why he didn’t catch on here in the States. Luckily, I discovered his Unicorn album while I was flipping through albums in a department store when I was 14. It’s the only time in my life I ever bought an album without hearing any of the music first, but I was just transfixed by his face. Within a minute of listening to it, I knew I had found my favorite singer, and he quickly became my favorite guitar player, songwriter, and poet. And he always will be. My friends all loved him when I introduced his music to them, too. I’m so glad I was born when I was because I got to meet him once in person, very briefly. He was so polite, and he had the most gorgeous eyes that seemed like light was coming out of them. I couldn’t look away. KALMIYH 💕💕
Marc Bolan was the perfect example of a shooting star. he came along and made a hell of a sensation and then was gone suddenly. but while he was here he pushed the limits of the boundaries of Rock and Roll music. he knew he was going to be famous and he knew he was going to die.
He didn't have to die so young tho'...it almost becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when these rock stars kill themselves early with drugs, alcohol, or reckless living. In Marc's case, dying in a car accident when his band partner and girlfriend/partner got into a car accident where she was drunk presumably and I gather neither was wearing seat belts and they smashes onto a pole and fence. I am not throwing stones but it is such a waste of talent at such a young age. And preventable...
This song helped save my life. When I was in hospital with Covid at my worst moments the tune to this song would play in my head. It made no sense to me know or then but it gave me something to focus on to help get me through. I'm going to a gig tomorrow involving T.Rextasy and others playing the music of TRex. I go to lots of gigs but this is a little more than just a gig for me tomorrow.
So photogenic: a really good guitarist to boot, as this track demonstrates, with rich melodic tones. Marc was ahead & on top of his game, setting the trend without being ‘too pop driven’ in his earlier works. He associated a visual connection with Mickey Finn WELL BEFORE David Bowie did with Ronson. (whom I have also great respect for). However, Marc gently led where others followed. I was 14 yrs old & adored him. Looking & listening now (aged 69) I’m still convinced I’d backed a winner. RIP, trailblazer, xx JaneR
"Ride a White Swan" is where the hit-bound Marc Bolan story starts. Whimsical, all dolled up with poetry and attitude - the bridge between their acoustic and electric styles, catching T.Rex on the cusp of caterpillar and butterfly.
Marc … was my pin up during my teens .It went onto much more …I absolutely loved his music and his freedom of what he was ( and always be ) Marc holds a massive canvas in my bedroom ( I’m proud and honoured) You will always be my white Swan xx
I'm lucky to be 63 now, still here and he is still a legend, and Im still here, his legacy of truth in songs lives on. So happy that `I can say that authentic songs will live forever
@@barrywilliams5219 I was very much a child of the glam era from Britain . And in the eighties all the LA bands just stole from them for a new audience . T Rex was the template for Glam and how to write a song that was catchy and be a hit and last forever .
At least he died leaving people wanting more of his fabulous singing and song-writing. Some artists just go on and on and you wonder why they bother. Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John come to mind.
Correct. The rhythm section is an actual sample taking from the banging of the toilet doors in the recording studio! Source: taken from an interview with Tony Visconti.
So fing alles an. Wundervoll. Tolle Bilder von Marc und Micky. Bin über 60 und weiss noch genau, wie ich den Song zum ersten mal gehört habe. Es macht mich glücklich diesen Song und die Bilder dazu zu sehen. Schön, das die Gruppe T.Rex nicht vergessen ist. Habe damals immer mein Taschengeld für die neuen Scheiben ausgegeben und hüte sie wie einen Schatz. T.Rex für immer.
You have to be able to understand "camp". It's not about being gay, either. Things like: The Rocky Horror Picture Show or Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes go great with T.Rex. It's rock and roll, infused with bounce and whimsy. It is very hard to explain but you are 100% on the money. You either get it or you don't.
@@That_AMC_Guy I love your commentary...Hmm, "rock & roll, infused with bounce & whimsy", very nice description! This song will always be pure joy to me. Seeing your comments & listening to the song once again brought smiles to my face. Thank you.
I've lived in the exact same area to Marc Bolan from the age of 3, I live 5 mins from his parents house and about 10 mins from his house in sheen... and been in love with his music from as young as I can remember
This very handsome guy was a pure genius , his classics are a work of art , i adored him always ,, this song gives me goose lumps the size of apples lol Jane x
I saw Tyranasaurus Rex at Sheffield City Halll back in 1968/9 (?). We were all very stoned at that concert. This was when they were an acoustic duo, with Marc Bolan on guitar and Steve Took on bongos. They sat crossed legs on the stage and blew us all away. They were brilliant.
Playing now as i heard literally groing up back then myself born 1971 in the charts yes influenced me tremendousllyand here i am 52 this year and had to see your post and it so fine to share our taste in music may god bless you they were the moments choosing without a thought of anything over fear we had it good and now we know this was amazing back then for all who knew best of times forever thought of memories never fade at all............
What a band! Thought that my teenage memories exaggerated their talent - but, no..... I loved t-rex then and I love them now. Gone too soon. RIP and thank you xxx
ive listened to lots of brilliant bands and music over 50 years or more.I always keep coming back to Marc Bolan .He created magic that will live with me forever
Somehow I didn't hear this song - or anything else T Rex recorded - until the film "Billy Elliot" was released in 2000. Its soundtrack was packed with T Rex's biggest hits. I'm so grateful to the people who made that movie for featuring this music, & grateful to T Rex's copyright holders for allowing their music to be used.
Marc's music and lyrics, especially Ride A White Swan, is the muse for my poetry now all these many years later. He and Bowie were a great part of the eclectic music my circle of friends deeply connected with in the 70's. Marc Bolan's spirit and brilliance lives on! Love him.
Count Blue Same, I found the album Trex Tank in my step dads record collection aged 10. The inside album sleeve was covered in outline drawings of tanks. The album played for week and weeks loved it.
Takes me back to my 4th form schooldays, when someone revealed they knew Marc Bolan...So upbeat & fresh, very pleased his music experienced a renaissance through Billy Elliot....
Never the best guitarist but his music and lyrics were fantastic, I'm 67 and I still get a massive kick out of his music.Such a tragic end to a Warm,Kind,lovely guy, If you get the chance go to his shrine were the accident happened
1970. My last year enjoying the freedom of youth, before responsibilities came along in the form of work, marriage, mortgages and children. I've been on life's journey (nearly 64 now), but music takes us back to points in our lives and trigger memories perhaps long forgotten. Happy days indeed
oh I boogied to this at 15 in a disco in Maidstone! Still love it and grateful I grew up with an abundance of fantastic music to boogie to!! thank you!
It was a shame to have died so early. Great voice. It is a fantastic feeling to remember times when we were young and listened to this music in the nightclubs in Portugal. The friends, the environment, the girlfriends and good times spent. If I had a time machine to be able to go back and know what I know today, it would be fantastic.
Love T Rex!!! I met the band in Kansas City Missouri USA. I was wearing a yellow and blue satin jacket, purchased on Kings Road. Lining of jacket with printed faces of Mark. One of the band members had it off of me and requested to take it back to England where he said the company manufacturing the jackets hadn’t paid them. I foolishly gave away my beautiful jacket, to what I hope was a good cause!!!😂😂😂😂😂
I was born in December 1957 so was a teenaer when T-Rex, David Bowie, Sweet, Glitter Band, etc, became big and Glam Rock took off. Leading up to those times I clearly recall pop music of say 1970 to 1973 I thought was dull dull dull!!!! All that Led Zeppelin and progressive rock, never captured my imagination at all. When Glam Rock came on the scene at last we had music that was catchy lyrically. I remember the first time (dear I say) when at about 14 years of age we were in the school hall because of the bad weather outside at lunchtime and I heard Rock 'n' Roll part 2 by the Glitter Band. My ears pricked up and I thought the new pop music was fantastic, at last 'pop' music. My preference in the early to mid 1970's was Showaddywaddy and I had a big crush on Suzie Quattro. I never took lot of notice of Bolan until many years later and could appreciate the genius of his poetic lyrics (he was one for the girls to prefer back in the day, lol)! My utmost musical preference has always been 1950s rock n roll and rockabilly, plus I declared myself a Mod at the tender age of about 6 or 7 (with my plastic cream coloured Beatles guitar). Then Punk came along and today I would claim the Sex Pistols as 'the' punk group but back in the day my preference was The Boomtown Rats. Folks, enjoy Mark Bolan's songs, todays music dont compare (or maybe one day I will come to appreciate Lady Gaga, LOL)!!!!
I wasn't born in the 60's nor the 70's, but can you say Pink Floyd is not interesting lyrically? maybe the Syd Barret times were too surreal, but Gilmour is one of the best lyricist ever to me, of course... but yeah Glam has more theatrical features, and I love it, but so Prog Rock, actually they mixed a lot, like Bowie mixed Progressive with Glam, Roxy Music too, the definition of Progressive Lyrically is to tell a story therefore progressive (plus the progressive melodies of course), Pink Floyd are the ones who were called the exception, at least that's what I studied when I was finding music in my teens... Yardbirds, Modern Lovers, etc... great too, but yeah great comment from a person who's actually been there! Peace!
This song is 50 YEARS OLD! it has stood the test of time. RIP Marc
Part of the "Billy Elliot" soundtrack, still gives me chills.
My idol from the age of 14! The genius that is Marc Bolan! His music will never die! One of the greats!
Telegram Sam
so did we.
Mish L I can remember buying this record like it was yesterday.
Beautiful Marc 🥰
Ride a white Swan. Why not. He rode everything else😂😂
I'm building a Time Machine and going to stay in the 70s...who's coming?
If only wishes came true 👍
👍👏
👌
Me take please
meeeee !
Me definitely, we had the best time 😊
2 minutes
20 seconds of perfection . Still perfect in 2024 ❤
Agreed; 2024 and beyond.
Marc Bolan was here for just a fleeting moment, but left us with some fab songs
I agreee with you
Be grateful that you were here at the same time that Bolan was.
@@davebenjafield7037 i’m eternally grateful that I was here at the same time as Marc.
All the best one's there flame 🔥 burns bright
Be grateful….haha come on laa pull your self together
54 years old., still sounding brilliant.
i’m 71yrs old still dancing around to this fantastic song .. and their other songs ..
This was my grandma's fave song and we played it non stop when she passed in February and used it for her funeral too this song is legendary
Your grandma had impeccable taste.
She really did
Badass GrandMa.... Much Love 😍
At the risk of sounding insensitive, I can't imagine a cooler tune to play at a funeral than Ride a White Swan.
@@adrianjenkins5877 I agree there. What a tune to play
Im binging on old T.REX on 16/2/2024 i do ❤❤❤😂 RIP MARC sydney Australia 🦘🦘🦘
Released in 1970 - Who like it in 2024 ?
moi
Lang ist es her.
Dieses Lied war der Übergang von Akustikgitaŕre auf Elekrogitarre .
Es waren der richtige Schritt! !!
Das Lied zeigte den Weg wo T. Rex in den nächsten Jahren hin ging.
In the UK Top 20 the day I was born, early 1971.
Michael Platter Grow up!
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I really love T Rex sound and Marc Bolans voice. I am 72 years old and listen to them now and then. 🐈🐕🥰
I'm 60 years old and still a massive fan of the unique and beautiful marc bolan.he was my hero in the 70's he got me through secondsry school and evenings doing my homework.it was always his LP's I took to parties and I dressed as much like him as I could- sparkly eye shadow, satin, platform shoes, silver stars glued to my face, glitter in my hair.even now his glam influence is evident in my every day life - in my home and the way I dress.i never let a few days go by without having a sing and dance to his music. The only person that came near him was another hero of mine- the one and only Prince.I think both of these beautiful men led the way for others. I'm always sad when I remember that Marc left us way too early, likewise with Prince.I just hope they are mates somewhere , jamming and having a blast.
You're spot on Inger...watch Prince footage and you see how Bolan influenced him. Bolan loved playing his music for others...RIP Marc,Micky,and Prince.
I am 63 I can't believe you are on here and yes yeah!
As a little girl, I was raised listening to the likes of T.Rex and bands such as Simon & Garfunkel, Queen, The Beatles and The Beach Boys. This song has stuck with me through the years and I'm glad to say its a song close to my heart. Definitely one of my favourite T-Rex song out of them all.
Wow, did you live in my house? we could have been twins.I love that my father and brothers, much older than I had such wonderful taste.
As a child I could wander around the house listening my sister's T.Rex and David Bowie, older brother's Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, oldest Brother's Jethro Tull and Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac, Mother's Johnny Cash or Dad's Pavarotti! Ha. Happy days!
A big fan of those bands myself :) You had a great musical education, just like me.
same and kenny Rogers, john Denver
My favourite t rex song. x x x
One of THE BEST bands of the 70s. I remember them well. RIP Marc.
I used to drive from Richmond to Putney for years in the early 80's to late 80's and drove over the bridge where he died..... there were always flowers there.... until this day I believe, not been there in about 30 years! Great musician he influenced Bowie, Elton John and others.... he passed so young.... however, his music will last longer than most of us?!?
Agreed.
Also RIP Mickey Finn whom I just read passed away from liver and kidney failure. What a beautiful man. Great band T.Tex.❤
Marc Bolan was a beautiful angel, he seems otherworldly. Too good for this world. He seems to come from another realm, his spirit and his beauty.
I’ve always felt the exact same way about Marc. You put it beautifully.
Listen to these lyrics though....Sounds like he had a fascination with witchcraft and the occult.
@@radvibes he had a fascination with the faerie world, the realm of imagination and magic. I wouldn’t call it witchcraft. He had started a couple of fantasy novels before he passed, but didn’t get to finish them.
@@whitebirchtarot I do like him as an artist but the Beltane is Wiccan which is pagan. He also made mention of black cats, druids and casting spells. Druids are pagan. Spells are witchcraft and black cats represent bad luck. All of these are dark.
I find him very much like Donovan ❤❤❤
1970 I was a 5 yr old little girl, thanks to my Dad 💕 RIP I had exposure to alot of these great music's
And not the least for being born lol
@freespirit21newyork Your Dad should have been up for abuse. Marc Bolan was no angel and when he crashed , his evil soul went straight to hell
Very cool Mark thankyou.
Oh my days, this has one of the BEST guitar riffs I have ever, ever heard!
Listen to Bob Dylan's version of Johnny Todd...
What about sultans of swing by dire straights? Also a great gift!
I was 15 in 1970
Still Listening to this♥️🌟🎸🎩
woah and i am 15 now
Did you understand the drug references in 1970 ?
I was 15 in 1970 also! Awesome time to be a teenager and the best music ever, right?
@@whitebirchtarot ‼️
Yes Laurie too bad he was killed at such a young age
@@debradonato7363 yes, I’ll never forget that day as long as I live. I felt like I had lost a family member. It was one of the worst days of my life. I don’t think I ever really trusted life completely again after that. I was just destroyed. Seems as if he knew it was coming though. He accomplished more in his short life than most of us do ever. But so sad. 💕😪
Thank you, You Tube. This man WAS so inspirational to me & my generation, hearing this again; just WAOW,
Thanks again, really great teenage memories of a great guitarist & ‘70’s frontman
Jao
This is going to be playing at my mums funeral in 6 days time. She loves T Rex. Only 69 and gone way too soon. Miss you mum ❤❤❤
I shall play it too, in 3 days time ❤
Bless her ❤
Call me delusional but Mr. Marc Bolan was one incredibly handsome and talented man! Even though his music alongside his band, T.Rex was around I was born, I am really loving their entire catalog of awesome music. To be taken away too soon at age 29, Marc's legacy is still thriving so beautifully. May he continue to rest in peace,🎸🌈👑💎❤.
Great comment. Marc and David Bowie were friends as young up-coming singer/songwriters in London. The song Lady Stardust from Bowie's iconic Ziggy Stardust album (1972) is about Marc Bolan. You're not delusional by the way.
Ha! Gayeee!
You’re not delusional! You’re absolutely right. I think Marc Bolan is seriously underrated and I can’t understand why he didn’t catch on here in the States. Luckily, I discovered his Unicorn album while I was flipping through albums in a department store when I was 14. It’s the only time in my life I ever bought an album without hearing any of the music first, but I was just transfixed by his face. Within a minute of listening to it, I knew I had found my favorite singer, and he quickly became my favorite guitar player, songwriter, and poet. And he always will be. My friends all loved him when I introduced his music to them, too. I’m so glad I was born when I was because I got to meet him once in person, very briefly. He was so polite, and he had the most gorgeous eyes that seemed like light was coming out of them. I couldn’t look away. KALMIYH 💕💕
Dancing to this in the living room on Top of The Pops, Friday night around 10 yrs old.... 😅
To leave such a mark in this world in so little time is a huge feat. Blessed be his soul, his legacy lives on
Marc Bolan was the perfect example of a shooting star. he came along and made a hell of a sensation and then was gone suddenly. but while he was here he pushed the limits of the boundaries of Rock and Roll music.
he knew he was going to be famous and he knew he was going to die.
He didn't have to die so young tho'...it almost becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when these rock stars kill themselves early with drugs, alcohol, or reckless living. In Marc's case, dying in a car accident when his band partner and girlfriend/partner got into a car accident where she was drunk presumably and I gather neither was wearing seat belts and they smashes onto a pole and fence. I am not throwing stones but it is such a waste of talent at such a young age. And preventable...
@@scott.moresh7, Don't know about the drunk part but the wheel of The Mini which they were in wasn't fitted right.
Pure beautiful track man , dya dig it 😆😆😉✌️👍
Such a lovely man... used to drink in my Mother's pub.... RIP, Marc xxx
Sylvie UK were you around then? What was he like?
RIP mate just name dropping
Marc Bolan never went to pubs!!, you crazy child..
hearditman he did so, after concert with Mickey now and then lol. Twat
Nonsense, he didn't drink
What a band and a BRILLIANT song. The first single I bought when I was 14 years old 😅
came for wolfstar and stayed for this absolute banger x rip marc bolan
Same 😭❤
The guitar riffs on this and get it on are timeless
A very underrated band, just a superb sound, such talent.
It is NOT underrated by people with taste in music.
They were never under-rated,they were HUGE!!
Underrated never.
I don't know what you mean, at least in the UK they were very successful.
This song helped save my life. When I was in hospital with Covid at my worst moments the tune to this song would play in my head. It made no sense to me know or then but it gave me something to focus on to help get me through. I'm going to a gig tomorrow involving T.Rextasy and others playing the music of TRex. I go to lots of gigs but this is a little more than just a gig for me tomorrow.
I was born in 1970 and was raised on T Rex.
Timeless music as relevant today as in 1970❤
Ich liebe seine Stimme und seine unvergleichlichen Lieder. Das waren noch Zeiten.
There I was, 12 years old again..... listening to this song, full of wonder and awe! Beautiful stuff.
Me too.....😊
The poetry is perfect. Ride a White swan such a great song
So photogenic: a really good guitarist to boot, as this track demonstrates, with rich melodic tones. Marc was ahead & on top of his game, setting the trend without being ‘too pop driven’ in his earlier works. He associated a visual connection with Mickey Finn WELL BEFORE David Bowie did with Ronson. (whom I have also great respect for). However, Marc gently led where others followed.
I was 14 yrs old & adored him. Looking & listening now (aged 69) I’m still convinced I’d backed a winner.
RIP, trailblazer,
xx JaneR
"Ride a White Swan" is where the hit-bound Marc Bolan story starts.
Whimsical, all dolled up with poetry and attitude - the bridge between their acoustic and electric styles, catching T.Rex on the cusp of caterpillar and butterfly.
when the music is good it doesn't matter when it was released because it will always be good
LUKE
He was so good looking
Most beautiful man I ever saw.
@@a-b-cweaponsnightmare6544 true
Still great music even today.
You will never be forgotten,, Marc. - you live in so many hearts.
Marc … was my pin up during my teens .It went onto much more …I absolutely loved his music and his freedom of what he was ( and always be ) Marc holds a massive canvas in my bedroom ( I’m proud and honoured) You will always be my white Swan xx
a real star, so sadly missed,died so young!
100 times definitely
Sir well said and more power to your arm
Should have worn a seat belt
@@evansmatthew1981 I don't know if they even had them back l then
@@detroitlady9282 in the front seats
This was one of my favorite bands. Marc Bolan's lyrics were so freakin awesome.
Never left Marc’s side and I’m 70, still rocking it up 🎸🎸🎸
Ditto for me, brother
Love that guitar riff.
Marc was a really underrated guitar player.
I'm lucky to be 63 now, still here and he is still a legend, and Im still here, his legacy of truth in songs lives on. So happy that `I can say that authentic songs will live forever
I'm a 60's model and remember it like yesterday 😊
The Godfather of Glam . The current day bands take a look this how to be a STAR !
@David Cooley How could I ever forget any of them ? I grew up on them and always liked the fact that they could go from street to stage persona .
Well, Marc Bolan had used to live in Putney, South West London.
@@annabellelynch9984 He was a genius that many copied but few bettered .
Im a 80s lad but my dad showed me him as he lived him and your comment is the nail on the head
@@barrywilliams5219 I was very much a child of the glam era from Britain . And in the eighties all the LA bands just stole from them for a new audience . T Rex was the template for Glam and how to write a song that was catchy and be a hit and last forever .
Esta música é como um entardecer numa praia do Nordeste do meu amado 🇧🇷❤!
I'm looking for a guy who loves Marc Bolan as much as me message me the music makes me so happy
I was 17 in 1970 and thought Marc Bolan was the coolest most creative musician ever, and gorgeous! So sad he died. I still love T. Rex
At least he died leaving people wanting more of his fabulous singing and song-writing. Some artists just go on and on and you wonder why they bother. Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John come to mind.
THE OLD DAYS .. ARE IRREPLACEABLE .. ALWAYS EPIC MEMORIES .. B .. X ..❤
I've been listening to this song for almost 50 years and i have only just realised it has no drums on it!
and yet it has such good rhythm!
Me too now you mention it.
If you had not written that I’d never have known seriously
That's the difference between T. Rex and modern mall-suitable music. It never gets old.
Correct. The rhythm section is an actual sample taking from the banging of the toilet doors in the recording studio!
Source: taken from an interview with Tony Visconti.
So fing alles an. Wundervoll. Tolle Bilder von Marc und Micky. Bin über 60 und weiss noch genau, wie ich den Song zum ersten mal gehört habe. Es macht mich glücklich diesen Song und die Bilder dazu zu sehen.
Schön, das die Gruppe T.Rex nicht vergessen ist. Habe damals immer mein Taschengeld für die neuen Scheiben ausgegeben und hüte sie wie einen Schatz. T.Rex für immer.
Remembering my beautiful husband Al, who passed away suddenly this year.... 'Where your hair long, babe, you can't go wrong. ❤
I was 20 years old then I still love it.
Caddying Eighteen holes for 50p back in the day I went straight to the local record shop and this was my first single record. Still love it today
T.Rex were the soundtrack to my youth songs have stood the test of time taken far to early there will never be another Marc Bolan 🙏 RIP
This song, is one of the best songs ever written. 50 YEARS! RIP Marc. I'm named after you! Thank you x
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!...I have noticed that people seemed to either "get" T. Rex, or they just really didn't...too bad for them really!
missmyvinny Exactly!
You have to be able to understand "camp". It's not about being gay, either. Things like: The Rocky Horror Picture Show or Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes go great with T.Rex. It's rock and roll, infused with bounce and whimsy. It is very hard to explain but you are 100% on the money. You either get it or you don't.
@@That_AMC_Guy I love your commentary...Hmm, "rock & roll, infused with bounce & whimsy", very nice description! This song will always be pure joy to me. Seeing your comments & listening to the song once again brought smiles to my face. Thank you.
I agree ✌️. Love Marc from 1974 🤗
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Hey Marc, awesome to hear from you. Bet you are making some amazing music up there. Still digging your tunes down here!
I've lived in the exact same area to Marc Bolan from the age of 3, I live 5 mins from his parents house and about 10 mins from his house in sheen... and been in love with his music from as young as I can remember
He was great at coming up with songs from his own every day life experiences. I was 13 when he passed. It seems like just yesterday..💔😭.
This very handsome guy was a pure genius , his classics are a work of art , i adored him always ,, this song gives me goose lumps the size of apples lol Jane x
Still love it 2024
Superb, RIP my brother David.
He died on the 15 August 2003.
Without him I'd would never heard of t rex
❤
Thank you
Oh my days, this song has the GREATEST guitar riff ever!!! Come back Marc. The sorry-stated music industry of today DEFINITELY needs your presence!
if only we could bring people back from the dead
Best T-Rex song ever. Soundtrack to my preschool years
Such a great tune, amazing lyrics, timeless class , thankyou T Rex .. helping me through these hard times.. xx
I saw Tyranasaurus Rex at Sheffield City Halll back in 1968/9 (?). We were all very stoned at that concert. This was when they were an acoustic duo, with Marc Bolan on guitar and Steve Took on bongos. They sat crossed legs on the stage and blew us all away. They were brilliant.
2 minutes of PURE ROCK N ROLL JOY!!!
Playing now as i heard literally groing up back then myself born 1971 in the charts yes influenced me tremendousllyand here i am 52 this year and had to see your post and it so fine to share our taste in music may god bless you they were the moments choosing without a thought of anything over fear we had it good and now we know this was amazing back then for all who knew best of times forever thought of memories never fade at all............
I was only 8 yrs old but remember it so well as a kid growing up such great times rip Marc bolan gone way to early but your music and soul lives on
LOVE LUKE
What a band!
Thought that my teenage memories exaggerated their talent - but, no.....
I loved t-rex then and I love them now.
Gone too soon.
RIP and thank you xxx
One of his best songs.
RIP Marc.
Love this record. Had marc bolan posters on my bedroom wall. Fab memories. Taken too soon.❤❤
43 yrs this R&R glam GOD has been gone,yet still loved SOO Very much. RIP, beautiful man... you made my childhood bearable. Thank You.💕🤗✌️
I remember dancing to this in the Cavern Club in Liverpool aged around 16. The good old days 👍
ive listened to lots of brilliant bands and music over 50 years or more.I always keep coming back to Marc Bolan .He created magic that will live with me forever
You and me both.
A young man with an ancient
soul
troubles just melt away when this one's on, thanks mr bolan
This is the song that made me fall in love with music as a small child I played it over and over still in love with it today...pure legend x
Somehow I didn't hear this song - or anything else T Rex recorded - until the film "Billy Elliot" was released in 2000. Its soundtrack was packed with T Rex's biggest hits. I'm so grateful to the people who made that movie for featuring this music, & grateful to T Rex's copyright holders for allowing their music to be used.
First heard this song as a 13 year old teenager loved this song and still do at 65 Marc's will never get old
Marc's music and lyrics, especially Ride A White Swan, is the muse for my poetry now all these many years later. He and Bowie were a great part of the eclectic music my circle of friends deeply connected with in the 70's. Marc Bolan's spirit and brilliance lives on! Love him.
We were the same - such a magical time and always felt lucky to have felt it.
This is part of my musical DNA. I was 13 when this came out. Its engraved into me.
Count Blue Me, too - I was 15. 💕
Count Blue me too I wasn’t even born 😂🙄
Count Blue Same, I found the album Trex Tank in my step dads record collection aged 10. The inside album sleeve was covered in outline drawings of tanks. The album played for week and weeks loved it.
Yep, 13 years old.
Me too: 13 - opened my eyes
Takes me back to my 4th form schooldays, when someone revealed they knew Marc Bolan...So upbeat & fresh, very pleased his music experienced a renaissance through Billy Elliot....
First record I ever bought! I feel blessed.
Love this song, saw T Rex in 1972 at Newcastle City Hall
Never the best guitarist but his music and lyrics were fantastic, I'm 67 and I still get a massive kick out of his music.Such a tragic end to a Warm,Kind,lovely guy, If you get the chance go to his shrine were the accident happened
The 70s was the greatest time ever. I thank God for it that I was there in time.
Totally agree.
1970. My last year enjoying the freedom of youth, before responsibilities came along in the form of work, marriage, mortgages and children. I've been on life's journey (nearly 64 now), but music takes us back to points in our lives and trigger memories perhaps long forgotten. Happy days indeed
This is my go-to feel good song. Love Marc & T-REX .💕🤗✌️
I love Marc Bolan, Mickey Finn and the rest of the band! This song never left on our class room partys at school!
oh I boogied to this at 15 in a disco in Maidstone! Still love it and grateful I grew up with an abundance of fantastic music to boogie to!! thank you!
This song is pure joy.
Miss you so much Vinny...I remember sitting on your bedroom floor & you first playing this song for me years ago
It was a shame to have died so early. Great voice. It is a fantastic feeling to remember times when we were young and listened to this music in the nightclubs in Portugal. The friends, the environment, the girlfriends and good times spent. If I had a time machine to be able to go back and know what I know today, it would be fantastic.
Fantastic song writer, musician and showman
Love this song thanks Marc RIP 🙏 ❤
Remember this song so well growing up in Dublin the local youth club dance great days ! We all loved Marc Bolan.☘️☘️
Too right, Brenda.
This was my dads funeral song at the end...muss you everyday dad never forgotten...keep riding that Swan xxx
I love this record. The lyrics are fantastic and the playing/production are something else. Deep and complex yet joyful. T Rex were/are so underrated.
Not sure T. Rex are 'underrated'. They were probably the biggest group in Europe in 1971.
@@davidcopson5800 Righto.
Es una mierda
Definitely underated.
Marc died so young in 1977, only 7 years after this song he was massive in the UK. He was only 29 years old!
Love T Rex!!! I met the band in Kansas City Missouri USA. I was wearing a yellow and blue satin jacket, purchased on Kings Road. Lining of jacket with printed faces of Mark. One of the band members had it off of me and requested to take it back to England where he said the company manufacturing the jackets hadn’t paid them. I foolishly gave away my beautiful jacket, to what I hope was a good cause!!!😂😂😂😂😂
I was born in December 1957 so was a teenaer when T-Rex, David Bowie, Sweet, Glitter Band, etc, became big and Glam Rock took off. Leading up to those times I clearly recall pop music of say 1970 to 1973 I thought was dull dull dull!!!! All that Led Zeppelin and progressive rock, never captured my imagination at all. When Glam Rock came on the scene at last we had music that was catchy lyrically. I remember the first time (dear I say) when at about 14 years of age we were in the school hall because of the bad weather outside at lunchtime and I heard Rock 'n' Roll part 2 by the Glitter Band. My ears pricked up and I thought the new pop music was fantastic, at last 'pop' music. My preference in the early to mid 1970's was Showaddywaddy and I had a big crush on Suzie Quattro. I never took lot of notice of Bolan until many years later and could appreciate the genius of his poetic lyrics (he was one for the girls to prefer back in the day, lol)! My utmost musical preference has always been 1950s rock n roll and rockabilly, plus I declared myself a Mod at the tender age of about 6 or 7 (with my plastic cream coloured Beatles guitar). Then Punk came along and today I would claim the Sex Pistols as 'the' punk group but back in the day my preference was The Boomtown Rats. Folks, enjoy Mark Bolan's songs, todays music dont compare (or maybe one day I will come to appreciate Lady Gaga, LOL)!!!!
David Bowie still rules!
I still don't get why people say zepplin was heavy. They weren't even close.
At that time it was for a band that was played on AM radio
I wasn't born in the 60's nor the 70's, but can you say Pink Floyd is not interesting lyrically? maybe the Syd Barret times were too surreal, but Gilmour is one of the best lyricist ever to me, of course... but yeah Glam has more theatrical features, and I love it, but so Prog Rock, actually they mixed a lot, like Bowie mixed Progressive with Glam, Roxy Music too, the definition of Progressive Lyrically is to tell a story therefore progressive (plus the progressive melodies of course), Pink Floyd are the ones who were called the exception, at least that's what I studied when I was finding music in my teens... Yardbirds, Modern Lovers, etc... great too, but yeah great comment from a person who's actually been there! Peace!
Much like myself, born in aug 57, and the 70's was just so full of quality music,at leasy the early period.