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* DefiniteArticleTitle: "The Motivator"

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# "Mambo Sun"
# "Cosmic Dancer"
# "Jeepster"
# "Monolith"
# "Lean Woman Blues"
# "Get It On (Bang A Gong)"
# "Planet Queen"
# "Girl"
# "The Motivator"
# "Life's A Gas"
# "Rip Off"


!! "I'm just a [=Tropester=] for your love":

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[[AC:Side A]]
# "Mambo Sun"
Sun" (3:40)
# "Cosmic Dancer"
Dancer" (4:30)
# "Jeepster"
"Jeepster" (4:12)
# "Monolith"
"Monolith" (3:49)
# "Lean Woman Blues"
Blues" (3:02)

[[AC:Side B]]
# "Get It On (Bang A Gong)"
Gong)" (4:27)
# "Planet Queen"
Queen" (3:13)
# "Girl"
"Girl" (2:32)
# "The Motivator"
Motivator" (4:00)
# "Life's A Gas"
Gas" (2:24)
# "Rip Off"


!! "I'm
Off" (3:40)

!!Principal Members:
* Music/MarcBolan - vocals, guitar
* Steve Currie - bass guitar
* Mickey Finn - congas, bongos, vocals
* Bill Legend - drums, tambourine

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!!"I'm
just a [=Tropester=] for your love":



Dragon head"

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Dragon head"head"

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** "Planet Queen" also includes a brief snippet of chatter before the song begins.
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* StudioChatter: "Lean Woman Blues" begins with Marc Bolan saying "Take ten", tuning his guitar, and then counting off the song with "One, two, buckle my shoe!".
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-->''"Well you dance when you walk\\

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-->''"Well ->''"Well you dance when you walk\\
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The cover art was designed by Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}.
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* SelfPlagiarism: "The Motivator" is practically a rewrite of "Get It On," and "banging gongs" is mentioned in "Rip Off."

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* BuffySpeak: The opening lines of "Monolith":
-->"The throne of time\\
Is a kingly thing"



* IntercourseWithYou: "Get It On," of course.

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* IntercourseWithYou: "Get It On," of course."Jeepster"
* MinisculeRocking: "Cosmic Dancer" is the longest song at 4:30, and "Life's A Gas" is the shortest at 2:24.
* MythologyGag: "Mambo Sun" includes the line, "I've got stars in my beard," referring back to the Tyrannosaurus Rex album ''A Beard Of Stars''.


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** "Mambo Sun" includes the line "I'm ComicBook/DoctorStrange for you"


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* RearrangeTheSong: "Monolith" does this to Gene Chandler's "Duke Of Earl."


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[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/electricwarrior.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:Life's A Gas]]


-->''"Well you dance when you walk\\
So let's dance take a chance understand me\\
You're dirty sweet and you're my girl"''
-->--"Get It On (Bang A Gong)"


''Electric Warrior'' is [[Music/MarcBolan T. Rex]]'s 1971 album. It hit #1 on the British charts twice, in 1971 and 1972.


!! Tracklist:
# "Mambo Sun"
# "Cosmic Dancer"
# "Jeepster"
# "Monolith"
# "Lean Woman Blues"
# "Get It On (Bang A Gong)"
# "Planet Queen"
# "Girl"
# "The Motivator"
# "Life's A Gas"
# "Rip Off"


!! "I'm just a [=Tropester=] for your love":
* FlyingSaucer: "Planet Queen":
-->"Well it's all right\\
Love is what you want\\
Flying saucer take me away"
* IntercourseWithYou: "Get It On," of course.
* ShoutOut:
** The second line of "Planet Queen" is [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} "Perchance to dream"]].
* SomethingBlues: "Lean Woman Blues"
* UrExample: Considered the first GlamRock album.
* WordSaladLyrics: Consider this verse from "Planet Queen":
-->"Dragon head\\
Machine of lead\\
Cadillac King\\
Dancer in the midnight\\
Dragon head"

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