Great last single before they died

[I. Spaceman]

Sure was. Great choice.

[jdavolt]

Quote from: Shaft on February 15, 2006, 08:26:27 PM
In the spirit of Cab's Bolan thread...Whatever Mark Bolan's last TREX single was.

He was on top in 77.


Soul Of My Suit.

I thought it was 'Celebrate Summer'...
"Summer is heaven in '77!"

[I. Spaceman]

I purposely overlooked that one! 

[al]

re T Rex - I tend to purposely overlook everything after 20th Century Boy. First LP I ever bought was Electric Warrior, I loved them but he blew it very quickly, and didn't grow like Bowie. By 1977 I found him genuinely embarrassing, but it seemed he might be getting better.

The mini he crashed in used to belong to the sister of one of the guys I was in a band with (she had connections with Harvey Goldsmith and the Floyd, working for HG and marrying a lighting guy with the Floyd - dunno why that is relevant but just remembered it 20 years after the event so I thought I'd throw it in...)

[zelilgirlI1cenu]

That.s because I have no sense of humour. Oh boy, this took a long time to come out.....

[CosmicDancer]

"re T Rex - I tend to purposely overlook everything after 20th Century Boy. First LP I ever bought was Electric Warrior, I loved them but he blew it very quickly, and didn't grow like Bowie. By 1977 I found him genuinely embarrassing, but it seemed he might be getting better. "

I tend to agree with this statement but I must say that The Slider, the folow-up to "Electric Warrior" was also a great record!  But just as you said, after that he fizzled out quickly.  Anyone seen the recent double disc DVD set that was released?  Can't remember the name of it but there is some fantastic concert footage.  Painfully out of tune guitar work but Bolan had unbelievable presence.  Such the Mr. Sassy Pants!  Gotta love it!

By the way, I am new here!  my name is Josh.  I have lurked around for a few weeks now.  This seems to be the best IMO of the Beach Boys boards.  I hope to get involved in the great threads around here!

[jdavolt]

Good to have ya here, CosmicDancer Josh. I remember some discussion on here about the T.Rex DVD when it came out. I still haven't gotten 'round to it yet, tho, unfortunately. I really need to.

BTW, re: Ian...I think "Celebrate Summer"...makes an appropriate final bow for Bolan. One last happy jaunt to ride off into the sunset on. "Hey little girl, would you like to dance? / Hey little girl, want a quick romance?", kind've an overall summation of Bolan, y'know? He let us dance again, and of course our romance with him was quick. The lyrics kinda resonate a bit with his death, too..."Hey, don't be low, you got rock'n'roll", etc. Kinda of reassuring us "don't be sad", just "celebrate summer with me".