T-Rex – Hot Love

***I feel like this is an every other week announcement but lately, it has been crazy at work. I’m traveling on Sunday and won’t be back until Friday so I won’t be posting until I return. I’ll be too busy to comment back so I’ll hold off.***

Since I took a week and dedicated it to the UK a few months ago I’ve been listening to T-Rex quite a bit. The songs were commercial but very good commercial.

America missed the boat on T-Rex. The only substantial hit they had here was Bang a Gong. This song was their second release as T. Rex…it peaked at #1 in the UK, #7 in New Zealand, #47 in Canada, and #72 on the Billboard 100 in 1071. The song was a non-album single. It was written by Marc Bolan and produced by Tony Visconti who would go on to produce Bowie, Badfinger, Gentle Giant, The Moody Blues, and The Boomtown Rats among others. He also scored the orchestral arrangements for  Band on the Run by McCartney.

This was the band’s second big hit single and it gave Marc Bolan what he had always dreamed of… his first No.1 hit. Bolan was influenced by Elvis Presley’s Heartbreak Hotel and the coda repeating structure from The Beatles Hey Jude. Bolan was smart with this song, he kept the rhythm simple and didn’t deviate from that.

T. Rex was huge in the UK starting around 1970 but then declining in 1974. They did have a documentary made about them produced and directed by Ringo Starr called Born to Boogie. Bolan has been credited with starting Glam Rock.

Bolan went on to host a musical TV show called Marc in which he hosted a mix of new and established bands and performed his own songs. Marc’s final show was recorded on September 7, 1977, with special guest David Bowie…who was a friend of Bolan. I have a video of this appearance at the bottom of the post.

Bolan would die in a car wreck 9 days later on September 16, 1977.

Marc Bolan: “I know it’s like a million other songs, but I hope it’s got a little touch of me in it too.”

Hot Love

Well, she’s my woman of goldAnd she’s not very old, a-ha-haWell, she’s my woman of goldAnd she’s not very old, a-ha-haI don’t mean to be bold, a-but a-may I hold your hand?

Well, she ain’t no witchAnd I love the way she twitch, a-ha-haWell, she ain’t no witchAnd I love the way she twitch, a-ha-haI’m a laborer of love in my Persian gloves, a-ha-ha

Well, she’s faster than mostAnd she lives on the coast, a-ha-haWell, she’s faster than mostAnd she lives on the coast, a-ha-haI’m her two penny prince and I give her hot love, a-ha-haTake it out on me, mama

Aw!Aw!Oh!

Well, she ain’t no witchAnd I love the way she twitch, a-ha-haWell, she ain’t no witchAnd I love the way she twitch, a-ha-haI’m her two penny prince and I give her hot love, a-ha-ha

La la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laOoh, oh, do what you do

La la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laOoh, lay it all down

La la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laOoh

La la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laOoh, lay it all down

La la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laOoh, jetzt kommt sie doch

La la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laOoh, ba-ba-ba

La la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la laLa la la, la-la-la la (yeah)La la la, la-la-la laOoh, yeah

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Author: Badfinger (Max)

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30 thoughts on “T-Rex – Hot Love”

    1. It’s cool this was his first number 1… the more I listen to him the more I’m liking his songs…we should have had these songs here.

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  6. I don’t see the Bowie video on Marc’s show at the bottom of the post? I think I’ve seen it before. T-Rex had something special and it’s a real shame he was another casualty of the 2 ton metal death machine. The music maven guy I babysat for way back when had the T.Rex album with Bang a Gong on it, and I listened to it and many other first class albums through headphones on his exquisite sound system.

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      2. I think he was inspired by him somewhat…a lot of respect there. Bowie always looked over Bolan’s child and either girlfriend or wife after he died.

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    1. I like that one! I’ll get it next. I have his entire catalog to go through….I’ve only done around 3 of his songs. I really like that one as well.

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  9. It’s so simple (no disrespect here, thats its charm) the whole song becomes the hook. Chorus, verse, it doesn’t matter one just rolls into the other. Love the lyrics too; ‘nah nah nah na na na na, etc.’ Another brit band that was bloody big over here.

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  11. You know how much I love T Rex. This isn’t my favourite, but the lalalas are iconic, and lyrics like She ain’t no witch, But I love the way she twitch… are pure Bolan: brilliant nonsense. One thing you touched on in your post – the fact that he always wanted a #1, and to be huge. I love how shamelessly fame-hungry he was, when many artists would pretend otherwise.

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  15. Love Hot Love. Got back from 2 years living in singapore and my Aunty Ann aged 15 had bought this single which I hadnt heard before, so I played it a lot while we stayed with my grandparents. The long sing-out is very Hey Jude..

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