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* HarsherInHindsight: A man who constantly referenced cars in his lyrics ultimately died in a car crash.

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* HarsherInHindsight: A man who constantly referenced cars in his lyrics lyrics, and who never learned to drive out of fear that he might die in a car crash, ultimately died in a car crash.

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** Interestingly, he gained his fear of cars when his idol, Eddie Cochran (whose guitar he used to carry to Cochran's car), died in a crash.
** 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.
* HoYay: By the truckload
** ''20th Century Boy'' closes with the line: "20th century boy, I wanna be your toy".
** ''Left Handed Luke'' contains the line: "If you had some silver, mister, how much would you pay for me?"
** Bolan's pre-T-Rex single ''Hippy Gumbo'' was about a man who had broken Bolan's heart. Judging from the lyrics, he didn't take it particularly well.

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** Interestingly, he gained his fear of cars when his idol, Eddie Cochran Music/EddieCochran (whose guitar he used to carry to Cochran's car), died in a crash.
** The last single released before his death, "Celebrate Summer" had the line "Summer is heaven in 77", he 77". He died 2 weeks after that summer ended.
* HoYay: By the truckload
truckload.
** ''20th "20th Century Boy'' Boy" closes with the line: "20th century boy, I wanna be your toy".
** ''Left "Left Handed Luke'' Luke" contains the line: "If you had some silver, mister, how much would you pay for me?"
** Bolan's pre-T-Rex single ''Hippy Gumbo'' "Hippy Gumbo" was about a man who had broken Bolan's heart. Judging from the lyrics, he didn't take it particularly well.



* SignatureSong: "Get It On (Bang a Gong)"

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* SignatureSong: "Get It On (Bang a Gong)"Gong)".
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A man who constantly referenced cars in his lyrics ultimately died in a car crash.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: A man who constantly referenced cars in his lyrics ultimately died in a car crash.



* 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.

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* 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.

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* HoYay: ''20th Century Boy'' closes with the line: "20th century boy, I wanna be your toy".

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* HoYay: ''20th By the truckload
**''20th
Century Boy'' closes with the line: "20th century boy, I wanna be your toy".toy".
** ''Left Handed Luke'' contains the line: "If you had some silver, mister, how much would you pay for me?"
** Bolan's pre-T-Rex single ''Hippy Gumbo'' was about a man who had broken Bolan's heart. Judging from the lyrics, he didn't take it particularly well.
** "Beltane Walk" opens with rather suggestive lyrics: "Trucking down by the roadside, met a man with a starhide. He said boy, wouldn't you like to look?".
** "Main Man" and "Telegram Sam" from ''The Slider'' also qualify
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* AmericansHateTingle: In his native U.K., Bolan is a rock icon, on the level of Music/TheBeatles or Music/DavidBowie. In the U.S., T. Rex is best remembered as [[OneHitWonder "the band that did that 'Bang A Gong' song."]]

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* AmericansHateTingle: In his native U.K., Bolan is a rock icon, on the level of Music/TheBeatles Music/TheBeatles, Music/DavidBowie or Music/DavidBowie.Music/FreddieMercury. In the U.S., T. Rex is best remembered as [[OneHitWonder "the band that did that 'Bang A Gong' song."]]
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* AmericansHateTingle: In his native U.K., Bolan is a rock icon, on the level of Music/TheBeatles or Music/DavidBowie. In the U.S., T. Rex is best remembered as [[OneHitWonder "the band that did that 'Bang A Gong' song."]]
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* HoYay: ''20th Century Boy'' closes with the line: "20th century boy, I wanna be your toy".
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* EpicRiff: "Jeepster"

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* EpicRiff: "Jeepster""Jeepster"; "Get It On (Bang A Gong)"; "20th Century Boy"
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* MagnumOpus: ''Electric Warrior'' or ''The Slider'', by consensus.
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** Interestingly, he gained his fear of cars when his idol, Eddie Cochran (whose guitar he used to carry to Cochran's car) died in a crash.

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** Interestingly, he gained his fear of cars when his idol, Eddie Cochran (whose guitar he used to carry to Cochran's car) car), died in a crash.
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* 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.
* MagnumOpus: ''Electric Warrior'' or ''The Slider'', by consensus.
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** Interestingly, he gained his fear of cars when his idol, Eddie Cochran (whose guitar he used to carry to Cochran's car) died in a crash.
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* EpicRiff: "Jeepster"
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A man who constantly referenced cars in his lyrics ultimately died in a car crash.
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