Hey - are there any T.Rex fans out there? Just got the remastered 'Electric Warrior'album in a sale.It is great and shows just what a unique talent Marc Bolan was. Nobody around today makes music as sexy and brilliant as 'Get It On' or 'Jeespter'. The extra tracks are great too - showing songs in recording progress - amazing!
Posts: 6 | Location: south east uk | Registered: 03 March 2007
Yes, I am a big fan of that brief period when Bolan was running hot. Electric Warrior & The Slider are both excellent albums. There are also great singles after this period which are among the best 70's pop songs.
Oh, could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been, Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanished scene; As springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be, So, midst the withered waste of life, those tears would flow to me.
Posts: 2332 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007
Originally posted by benjiru: Just started getting into T. Rex, and I absolutely love it.
Anything out there by them worth getting other than Electric Warrior and Slider?
You've probably got the best of them there, although I reckon "Think Zinc" is close to his best song. Problem is, it's on Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow, which is not his best album.
Posts: 2075 | Location: Australia | Registered: 24 September 2006
Originally posted by benjiru: Just started getting into T. Rex, and I absolutely love it.
Anything out there by them worth getting other than Electric Warrior and Slider?
Tanx is respectable. Those three are the essentials from what I've heard. I also have the album called T. Rex, which still has some hippy dippy wizardish overtones, but its good if you have a taste for the ridiculous.
