T. Rex - The Slider poll

For Ross:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRG3ugqY4Ks

Man bee Ok is my main man for sure

Rabbit fighter is my 2nd pick

One of the true all-time rock records. Every song deserves a vote. Flo & Eddie help knock this album into the stratosphere.

Whoa man is that flo and Eddie ??

Spectrist otm. Flo and Eddie were also instrumental to breaking "Bang a Gong".

thinking back on this i might have to vote "Main Man". the repetition of the words, the absolute perfect tempo of the track, it is super hypnotizing. it really is the ultimate minimalist rock revival song.

i think of Tyrannosaurus Rex as more melodically/lyrically baroque whereas T. Rex is conceptually more stripped down ("Slider"/"Tanx"-era production excess aside). "Main Man" might be the platonic ideal of that newer aesthetic.

i might have to vote "Main Man". the repetition of the words, the absolute perfect tempo of the track, it is super hypnotizing

otm

i also love ballrooms of mars "you talk about day / i'm talkin bout night time" <3 <3 <3

thanx to you all i listened to this whole album this morning and i feel amazing

Me too. It finished and I am playing it again, something I never do.

Gotta ask yourself - are you my main man? Gender neutral

god he is so dreamy

http://michaelputland.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Bolan-Marc.jpg.-977x1000.jpg

Too young to die

spaceball ricochet is also so good "deep in my heart there's a house that can hold just about all yous"

<3 ross

Marcos yer my main man

Rabbit fighter is an anthem

Can someone sympathize and vote main man for me

Bolan likes to rock now
Yes he does yes he does
Bolan likes to rock now
Yes he does, yes he does
Is there a sane man
Anywhere anywhere
Got giraffes in my hair
And I don't care

i think i need to watch this tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-520Wo64Pq8

Cadillac
Jeepster 9:34
Baby Strange 14:40
Spaceball Ricochet 19:56
Girl 25:46
Cosmic Dancer 28:34
Telegram Sam 35:05
Hot Love 39:46
Get It On 44:38
Just One More 56:00
Summertime Blues 57:10

I've always had a soft spot for 'Main Man.' You're not alone, Ross.

So happy to see all the love for "Main Man", which is one of those songs where I have a super vivid memory of the first time I heard it, where it just froze time and presented itself as the greatest fucking thing in the world.

But there are like 3 songs max on this record that I don't think are among the best rock and roll songs ever written, and as great as "Main Man" is, I'm voting for "Chariot Choogle". That fucking chorus! One of my favorite moments in all of recorded music. Flo and Eddie are god damn angels.

i think i need to watch this tonight

the full "Born to Boogie" movie is super worth a watch as well! that show is from the DVD re-release which includes two full concerts as bonus material. the movie itself is silly and fun: you get lots of live stuff plus silly skits with Ringo, an acoustic-with-string-quartet medley performance (below), and Elton John & Ringo on an early take of "Children of the Revolution".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZksyZyYoIk

Metal Guru is the best song in the history of popular music

thanks for the video

Ballrooms of Mars

I have to admit I prefer Electric Warrior over The Slider, not by a mile but by more than a nose

Ooooooooh you’re strange

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I voted

baby boomerang

i mean i love all of them & would vote 17 times over for p much everything

but baby boomerang gets my toes a tappin

he sings "Thank you ma'am!" in that one, which i always took as a nod to "Suffragette City". but both albums were released like a month apart - more proof that he and Bowie were telepathically synced up at this point in time

You dance
With your lizard leather boots on
And pull the strings
That change the faces of men
You diamond browed hag
You're a glitter-gaunt gangster
John Lennon knows your name
And I've seen his
RAH!

I never heard the "ck," just the "Rah" ha ha

both bowie and t rex are pure little richard and i love it

had to be 'Ballrooms' for me, it kills me everytime.

This was hard but so much fun. Before having buyers remorse, "Ballrooms Of Mars
"

"Metal Guru" collapses the distinction between verse and chorus. It's either all verse or all chorus. (I think a little of both, personally.)

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May I ask what is on his head in the cover photo? I had it mentally noted as a top hat, but of course it's not, now I'm leaning lampshade.

Nope, top hat it is, photo taken by Ringo Starr at John Lennon's place Tittenhurst, no less.
https://i.imgur.com/HYPpktK.png
Now for pub trivia night you can ask "Name four album covers shot at Tittenhurst."

I always assumed it was a top hat but you did have me question it for a minute

Oh man, Mystic Lady got robbed

Or I just think every song should have received a vote.

I hope to hell i remembered to vote (the slider), but that’s still a nice spread of votes.

Now for pub trivia night you can ask "Name four album covers shot at Tittenhurst"

this, the two plastic ono albums and Hey Jude?

bizarre that rabbit fighter only got 2, it almost got my vote

aw I would’ve voted for mystic lady

meat tray and fifty bucks for nate

Lol

Feeling troubled today, so when I got home I put this on. I got a smile on my face now.

I didn't vote in this, but it is such a hard poll. Probably between Metal Guru, The Slider, Spaceball Ricochet, or Main Man.

I thought this was the ILM thread where everyone was gushing about Main Man, but no. Anyone know which one it was?