Marc Bolan

[237SJ]

Marc Bolan died 39 years ago today. Scary eh? I keep meaning to go and see where he died as it`s not far from here. His music was way ahead of it`s time and it hasn`t dated.

[Answerprancer]

...and the station is right next to the bridge his car came off.

[andy-hughes]

tonyav - // I must say that at the time that their relationship became public I couldn't get my head around it. I couldn't quite understand that the queen of northern soul
( at that time ) whose record 'Tainted Love' used to fill the Casino dance floor had taken up with a Glam rocker. //

That's because you assume that musicians are like their fans - a glam rock fan would be unlikely to form an association with a soul fan.

But musicians are fortunately more mature and rounded individuals than us fans! Their music and careers are merely a facet of their personalities, and do not define who they are as people - which is what we as teenagers did on a daily basis!

I remember meeting Burke Shelley from metal monsters Budgie when I was seventeen, and being astounded when he told me how much he loved The Doobie Brothers! I thought he must only enjoy the style of music he played - I now know far better.

[tonyav]

I know that now I'm ( much ) older, andy.
But when your 18 / 19 it just didn't seem right.

[andy-hughes]

tonyav - //I know that now I'm ( much ) older, andy.
But when your 18 / 19 it just didn't seem right. //

I entirely take your point - I couldn’t even look at people who didn’t worship Emerson Lake And Palmer as much as I did!

[Zacs-Master]

Andy, most musicians I've met were obsessed by their music and the persona it let team be. Seeing them backstage they were normal people then as they passed the backstage wings a lightbulb went off and they were someone else.

[Zacs-Master]

Them not 'team'.

[Answerprancer]

Yes indeed Andy, welcome back my friend to a show that never ends :-)

[jno]

I always feel uncomfortable driving that way, AP, but mostly because it's the route to my dentist. His death was a bit overshadowed by Elvis, though.

[Answerprancer]

Putney? ;-)

[mushroom25]

//I never knew that she wrote ‘I Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet’ which was a huge disco hit for Gary’s Gang, //

she did andy. but your knowledge of 1970s disco isn't up to the standard of that of your "prog" or northern soul - the gloria jones penned international hit was recorded by Gonzales. Gary's Gang had their hit, "Keep on Dancin'", in 1978.

[andy-hughes]

Mushroom - I stand corrected - thank you.

Age is a terrible thing - I was a nightclub dj in 1978, and played both records regularly, and now I am getting to the point where they all blur into one!!!

[mushroom25]

mmmmm. ELP. when Brain Salad Surgery was released, the NME gave away a flimsy 7" recording, which contained a taster from some of the tracks and the song "Brain Salad Surgery", which wasn't on the album and remained commercially unavailable until it was released as a single "B" side some years later. I've still got the flimsy at home somewhere.

[andy-hughes]

MUSHROOM - //mmmmm. ELP. when Brain Salad Surgery was released, the NME gave away a flimsy 7" recording, which contained a taster from some of the tracks and the song "Brain Salad Surgery", which wasn't on the album and remained commercially unavailable until it was released as a single "B" side some years later. I've still got the flimsy at home somewhere. //

You should try and find it - if it's in mint / excellent condition, a collector will buy it off you.

That just shows how different the NME was in those days - they'd boil themselves in oil these days before they'd admit that anything but indie rock actually exists!!

[piggynose]

shame about keith emmerson, topping himself. i think he blew his brains out due to a long term injury to one of his hands.