tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post8404312149039451237..comments2024-02-01T08:17:44.994+00:00Comments on planet mondo: It Was 30 Years Ago Today Pt. 2 - The Rex FactorMondohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-13861437285196643082007-09-15T21:04:00.000+01:002007-09-15T21:04:00.000+01:00You'll have to show me how to upload the old vid c...You'll have to show me how to upload the old vid clips when you visit chez Marmite Mr Hopper.marmiteboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727386811098683743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-45030915377629460352007-09-15T08:09:00.000+01:002007-09-15T08:09:00.000+01:00top clip my man ... 20th century boy .. from the b...top clip my man ... 20th century boy .. from the bratwurst chomping music club archives... im guessing he double tracked some vocals there tho, maybe to concentrate on the plank riffery ... notice the long ,boooooooy' phrases end of chorus are finished a few feet from the mic at times... still spine tingling stuff none-the-less. top work mr mondobleecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908659108324588110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-6587077244977362352007-09-15T00:44:00.000+01:002007-09-15T00:44:00.000+01:00I think he did Baby Get It On, Ike and Tina Turner...I think he did Baby Get It On, Ike and Tina Turner too - there's one for Funky Friday's. Love the idea of Bowie proposing over the phone. by song probably<BR/><BR/>"Hello Angie B, I'm down on one knee, will you marry me"<BR/><BR/>Click.......<BR/><BR/>"Hello operator!," tap , tap , tap. looks at phone for explanationMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-66816185246182690432007-09-15T00:35:00.000+01:002007-09-15T00:35:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-80052760349117425792007-09-14T23:38:00.000+01:002007-09-14T23:38:00.000+01:00Nice clips. Bowie and Bolan also colaborated a few...Nice clips. <BR/><BR/>Bowie and Bolan also colaborated a few years earlier too. The story goes that following the success of Bowie's Space Oddity single in 1969, Bowie and producer Tony Visconti went back to the studio to crank out another single. Visconti was insistent on using 'London Bye Ta Ta' (an old Deram track which Bowie had recently re-recorded), but Bowie had written another song that he had used to propose to (future wife) Angie Barnett over the phone - 'The Prettiest Star'. Bowie had become pretty good friends with Marc Bolan and therefore got Bolan to do the original guitar solos. Bowie got his way and released The Prettiest Star instead of London Bye Ta Ta in 1970... It sold about 800 copies and was forgotten. <BR/><BR/>Tony Visconti later recalled that the session went well until the end when Bolan's wife June remarked to Bowie, "Marc is too good for you, to be playing on this record" Clever Girl eh?<BR/><BR/>I picked up the Bolan version of The Prettiest Star some years ago on Rykodisc's excellent 'Sound & Vision' Bowie box set. I have never seen it turn up on anything else.<BR/><BR/>Bowie later re-recorded The Prettiest Star for Aladdin Sane and Mick Ronson repeated the guitar work note for note. <BR/><BR/>Although a fantastic artist in his own right, I was shocked just how much Bolan did as a session musician on other peoples work. This excellent site give a pretty comprehensive review, and there are a few suprises (inc Ringo Starr, ELO and the biggest shock for me, Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies album):-<BR/><BR/>http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~rthomas/rexdal/sessions.htmlPileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540380685492699957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-18744471576010833832007-09-14T17:00:00.000+01:002007-09-14T17:00:00.000+01:00Yeah he has a scream up. In a good way. When are ...Yeah he has a scream up. In a good way. <BR/><BR/>When are we gonna some fave vid clips on Planet MarmiteMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831669069193091334.post-19718577289060497102007-09-14T16:03:00.000+01:002007-09-14T16:03:00.000+01:00Marvellous bit of geetar from Mr Bolan on 20th Cen...Marvellous bit of geetar from Mr Bolan on 20th Century Boy there. I'm not a massive fan but that rocked.marmiteboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727386811098683743noreply@blogger.com