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T. Rex — Bang A Gong (Get It On)
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whomhow
(changeable)
Posted: Apr 27, 2013 - 06:59
 
it's really great to hear T.Rex here. Both Electric Warrior and Slider albums are totally great!

BigIslandBlues
Posted: Oct 20, 2012 - 23:12
 
 Gregorama wrote:
I uploaded 20th Century Boy and the Slider and they got the thumbs down from BIll. Maybe he'd reconsider if more folks asked him nicely. More T-Rex!
 
C'mon Bill. Lay a little "Lean Woman Blues" on the listeners. Thanks for including this album on the playlist but there are many more RP worthy tracks...keep mining the vinyl. 

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Deep in the heart of South California)
Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 10:40
 
In November of 1971, I was driving up the 15 towards Las Vegas with my girlfriend, and a couple of other friends following her older sister and husband.
We were headed to Brian Head, Utah for a long weekend of skiing.
My first time skiing.

It was getting late and we were listening to glorious AM radio from Las Vegas and this song came on.

I ended up spraining my ankle so bad they thought I broke it.
It still was a fun trip overall.

So every time I hear this song it reminds me of that trip.

I saw my old girlfriends sister a few years back, and she brought up that ski trip and thought I hated it because I also got a speeding ticket along with that nasty ankle injury.
I told her I remembered the good stuff and forgot about the not so good stuff.

Especially the music..

funkyalfonso
(Vancouver Island)
Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 10:18
 
 rabbi_phil wrote:
" hey honey...i dont want to drive....you drive.....ok?
 

Not funny. I happened to be passing Golders Green crematorium in London and saw a funeral procession go by. There was a floral tribute in the shape of a guitar and I realized it was Marc Bolan. Particular significance for me as a kid I used to see him play acoustic guitar at the London Roundhouse circa '68/'69 as Tyrannosaurus Rex. RIP Marc.

max_p
Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 10:14
 
I like The Turtles guys on backing vocals of many T.Rex

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 10:12
 
 rabbi_phil wrote:
" hey honey...i dont want to drive....you drive.....ok?
 
Ouch.

DD rabbi_phil
(beach)
Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 12:04
 
" hey honey...i dont want to drive....you drive.....ok?

dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)
Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 12:03
 
Love the cover. The album cover. The cover of the album.

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 12:02
 
Glam, Bam, thank you man!

JokesandJokesandJokes
Posted: Aug 19, 2004 - 17:08
 
Gregorama wrote:
I uploaded 20th Century Boy and the Slider and they got the thumbs down from BIll. Maybe he'd reconsider if more folks asked him nicely.

More T-Rex!


Only 3 songs that rock per day!!!!!
Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Aug 05, 2004 - 05:37
 
T-Rex has the distinction of having put on the absolutely worst concert I saw back in my misspent youth. Arlington, TX in 1972, I think.
Gregorama
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jul 08, 2004 - 13:27
 
I uploaded 20th Century Boy and the Slider and they got the thumbs down from BIll. Maybe he'd reconsider if more folks asked him nicely.

More T-Rex!
GregX59
(Omaha, NE)
Posted: Jul 08, 2004 - 13:26
 
I understand this choice entirely. Coming on the heels of Morphine's Buena, it hits you upside the head. I actually laughed out loud when this started. It sounds great, but the transition was a thing of beauty.
wxman
(Bethesda, Maryland)
Posted: Jul 08, 2004 - 13:24
 
mr.selfdestruct wrote:
This song reminds me of beer, so in a way the advertisers have won. However, I don't think of a specific type of beer, so I win. I think.


I know what you mean. Then again, i'm thinking about beer a lot of the time anyway. Its so delicious its hard not to.
black321
(Centerport, NY)
Posted: Jun 15, 2003 - 18:47
 
Sorry, feel I must whine a bit here...great to hear TRex, but with all the great stuff to chose from (anything off of slider for instance), why this tune? If there was other Rex being played,then by all means. But...
mr.selfdestruct
(Edmonton, AB)
Posted: Jun 05, 2003 - 15:01
 
This song reminds me of beer, so in a way the advertisers have won. However, I don't think of a specific type of beer, so I win. I think.
newwavegurly
(Thesis Hell, GA)
Posted: Jun 05, 2003 - 15:00
 
Originally Posted by andrewpickford81:
despite however overexposed this song might be - who could ever give it less than 8 and be sane? sheesh


I don't even think it's this version that got overexposure as much as The Powerstation's version of it in the 80s. That one's popularity brought this original version back into regular radio rotation, IMHO.
andrewpickford81
(UK)
Posted: Apr 05, 2003 - 17:02
 
despite however overexposed this song might be - who could ever give it less than 8 and be sane? sheesh
Johray63
(Meppel)
Posted: Aug 01, 2002 - 12:22
 
Aaah, Marc Bolan's T-Rex. Just like the dino this band was named after; GREAT! (among other things).
Played this song with one of my first bands ever; Narrow Escape. Some fun memories come to mind, though that band maybe wasn't that great, looking back on it. But I wasn't too aware then and that's the biggest part of having a good time in some cases ;-)
When you take a close listen at the end you can hear him sing a line from Chuck Berry's Little Queenie. Nice.
plthayer
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Aug 01, 2002 - 12:12
 
Sorry, but I can hear this song 5 times a day on any CC "Classic Rock" station. T-Rex is cool but this song is just way overdone.
JrzyTmata
((uploads in bio), NJ)
Posted: Aug 01, 2002 - 12:09
 
Its about time we got some T-Rex on the playlist!!!
You're built like a car, Oh Yeah!!!