20th Century Boy: The Ultimate Collection
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-08-20
Music Label: Hip-O Records
Soundtracks:
- Debora - Tyrannosaurus Rex
- One Inch Rock - Tyrannosaurus Rex
- King Of The Rumbling Spires - Tyrannosaurus Rex
- By The Light of A Magical Moon - Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Elemental Child - Tyrannosaurus Rex
- Ride A White Swan
- Summertime Blues
- Jewel
- Beltane Walk
- Hot Love
- Get It On (Bang A Gong)
- There Was A Time / Raw Ramp
- Cosmic Dancer
- Jeepster
- Telegram Sam
- Metal Guru
- Mystic Lady
- The Slider
- Children Of The Revolution
- Solid Gold Easy Action
- 20th Century Boy
- Born To Boogie
- I Love To Boogie
Free Music Notes for 20th Century Boy: The Ultimate Collection
Free Music Review: A LOT of fun
Hit: 4 Stars
The stuff that is great is REALLY great... and some of the songs sound nearly quaint. Bolan had a great idea, which is even mentioned in this disc's liners: He updated Chuck Berry riffs! In my words, he added some spacey, sometimes androgynous lyrics to Chuck's riffs, added some guttural, then-sexy utterances, terrific Flo & Eddie backing vocals, and helped create glam! Cool stuff that puts a smile on my face. Recently, I did read an old CREEM article, in which Bolan says that Bowie was just trying to be Bolan; I'm happy that he's not around to try and defend that statement now.
20th Century Boy: The Ultimate Collection Poster
Despite scoring only one sizable American hit ("Bang a Gong") during its lifespan, Marc Bolan's T. Rex was one of the most influential rock acts of the '70s. This 23-track, digitally remastered anthology moves from the band's original, late-'60s roots as Tyrannosaurus Rex to the acoustic neo-folk duo of Bolan and Steve Peregrin Took to its more familiar electrified early-'70s incarnation. While many of his U.K. peers were smitten with prog-rock excesses and album-length ruminations during that period, Bolan obsessed on the pop-single form, stripping his music down to the elemental rock hooks of "Ride a White Swan" and the minimalist cover of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues." Coupled with a glam-era sense of style, his was a pop sensibility that presaged much of the succeeding waves of punk and new wave, hard rock and glam metal. Indeed, "Metal Guru" and "Children of the Revolution" now sound like clarion calls. If, as singles like "Gong," "Telegram Sam," and "Jeepster" indicate, Bolan was working from formula, it was an undeniably infectious one. And what could be more of an ironic tribute that a quarter-century after Bolan's untimely death in a car accident, his ballsy "20th Century Boy" became the soundtrack to a car advertising campaign? --Jerry McCulleyAlternative Rock Music CDs
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