Tag: Micky Finn

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

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

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

Aw!
Aw!
Oh!

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

La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
Ooh, oh, do what you do

La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
Ooh, lay it all down

La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
Ooh

La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
Ooh, lay it all down

La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
Ooh, jetzt kommt sie doch

La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
Ooh, ba-ba-ba

La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la
La la la, la-la-la la (yeah)
La la la, la-la-la la
Ooh, yeah

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