Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

A musical documentary celebrating the life and work of glam rock pioneer Marc Bolan, combined with a behind-the-scenes l | dG1fYTlMNkJ3WVFnS0E

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00:00 It's like a worship for me to write.

00:03 It's like I'm being used by melody.

00:06 There's no strain, it just gushes out.

00:09 He was the pioneer of the glam rock movement.

00:16 He deserved universal acclaim.

00:18 He was the biggest selling poet in Britain, and he loved that.

00:22 There's been a change in England, and we are part of the change.

00:27 He comes out wearing his glittery jacket, with glitter on his cheeks,

00:30 and we just got colour TV.

00:32 Eyeliner, I think, is still a political act.

00:36 It was playing with gender, it was playing with power.

00:39 I'm not really bisexual, I gather.

00:41 David Bowie and I were going to get married at one time.

00:43 I always think, "Oh, I wouldn't know what that is."

00:48 175,000 people got up and booed.

00:51 I mean, this is incredible.

00:53 I think his records were too out there for American audiences at that time.

00:57 Of course, "Get It On" by Egon was a huge hit over there.

01:00 We were going to explore Mark Bowman as a composer,

01:11 where he's never gotten his due.

01:13 All right!

01:14 I just had to work out words.

01:16 Mark Bowman seemed to invent a kind of language.

01:20 You hear those sounds, and they're coming out in the records today.

01:23 He said, "All the people that imitated me have taken over."

01:26 He said, "I have to change for myself."

01:29 All of a sudden, you hear, "Wah!"

01:32 Yeah!

01:36 ♪ ♪

01:50 Drum come on.

01:52 ♪ ♪

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