History Music / MarcBolan

'''Marc Bolan''', born Mark Feld (1947-1977) was a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet. and one of the leading pioneers of GlamRock. Bolan was mostly known for his band T.Rex.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: His band is named after the most iconic dinosaur, TyrannosaurusRex.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs

* GlamRock

* HarsherInHindsight: The last single released before his death, "Celebrate Summer" had the line "Summer is heaven in 77", he died 2 weeks after that summer ended.
* IntercourseWithYou: "Get It On (Bang A Gong)", of course.

* {{Misblamed}}: Many think "Get It On" was retitled "Bang A Gong" for the US single release as the original title was considered too overtly sexual. In actually, it was retitled to avoid being confused with the Chase song "Get It On".

** Music/BobDylan, Music/JohnLennon and DJ Alan Freed are all mentioned in "Ballrooms Of Mars."

*** Music/MottTheHoople's "All The Young Dudes" includes the line "Why do I need TV when I've got T. Rex"

*** His friend EltonJohn paid tribute to him in his song, "I'm Going To Be A Teenage Idol".

* SwanBoats: Having critical success as Tyrannosaurus Rex, but little in the way of record sales, Bolan relaunched the band as T.Rex and went electric. The "bridging number" between the two incarnations of the band, and the one that made their name as a glam-rock group, was called Ride A White Swan and evoked this trope. Indeed, given a TV pop music programme of his very own to host, Bolan shamelessly relaunched this song by appearing on stage and singing it from... a white boat shaped like a swan.

Your 20th Century boy"''\\

-->''"Well it's plain to see\\

--'''T. Rex''', ''"20th Century Boy"''

Marc Bolan, born Mark Feld (1947-1977) was a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet. and one of the leading pioneers of GlamRock. Bolan was mostly known for his band T.Rex.

*** In the Music/{{Ramones}}' "Do You Remember Rock'n Roll Radio?", there's these lines: "Do you remember Music/{{Jerry Lee|Lewis}} / JohnLennon, T. Rex and Ol' Moulty[[note]]a.k.a. Victor Moulton from 60's rock band The Barbarians[[/note]]?"

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!!! "Well you're slim and you're weak you've got the tropes of a Hydra upon you...":

*** Also received a few:
**** Music/MottTheHoople's "All The Young Dudes" includes the line "Why do I need TV when I've got T. Rex"
**** Music/TheWho's "You Better You Bet" includes the line, "I've got your body on my mind but I've drunk myself blind to the sound of old T. Rex"
**** His friend EltonJohn paid tribute to him in his song, "I'm Going To Be A Teenage Idol".
**** Although he's not named, it's fairly clear that he's the subject of Music/DavidBowie's "Lady Stardust," working title "Song for Marc."
**** In the Music/{{Ramones}}' "Do You Remember Rock'n Roll Radio?", there's these lines: "Do you remember Music/{{Jerry Lee|Lewis}} / JohnLennon, T. Rex and Ol' Moulty[[note]]a.k.a. Victor Moulton from 60's rock band The Barbarians[[/note]]?"

* FrogsAndToads: From "New York City":
-->"Did you ever see a woman coming out of New York City with a frog in her hand?"
** Crossed with a ShoutOut, from "Chariot Choogle":
--> "Hiding in the road\\
Like a [=Pasolini=] toad"

* [[UsefulNotes/{{Pre-ColumbianCivilizations}} Pre-Columbian Civilizations]]: Crossed with DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "My lovely Inca love" is mentioned in "Frowning Atahualpa."

** Moved from glam to [[DeaderThanDisco an almost disco style]] for ''Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow'', then reverted back for his last album, ''Dandy In The Underworld''.

* [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bowdlerisation]]: "Get It On" was retitled "Bang A Gong" for the US single release as the original title was considered too overtly sexual.

* TyrannosaurusRex: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh]].

* [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bowdlerisation]]: "Get It On" was retitled "Bang A Gong" for the US single release as the original title was considered to overtly sexual.

** Moved from glam to [[DeaderThanDisco an almost disco style]] for ''Zinc Alloy And The Riders Of Tomorrow'', then reverted back for his last album, ''Dandy In The Underworld''.