tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post6236683395174483028..comments2024-03-29T08:15:11.523+00:00Comments on John Medd: On yer Marcs...John Meddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-83492160556268922062017-07-28T23:18:27.746+01:002017-07-28T23:18:27.746+01:00That quote of Bolan's following the death of E...That quote of Bolan's following the death of Elvis sends a chill. Never heard that before. Forty years, sheesh!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07231789809065859428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-31323798163815841612017-07-28T14:19:21.411+01:002017-07-28T14:19:21.411+01:00Coincidentally, Spotify has just suggested I might...Coincidentally, Spotify has just suggested I might like Bolan's Zip Gun & Futuristic Dragon (Outtakes).Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-3711288464379096192017-07-27T22:30:31.533+01:002017-07-27T22:30:31.533+01:00Yes John it was Hammersmith, his penultimate gig, ...Yes John it was Hammersmith, his penultimate gig, I was so excited but also apprehensive, after all I had been waiting for this moment ever since I heard the first chords of " Ride a White Swan" . I'm glad it was then because he had certainly got his mojo back. He was charming, impish, full of energy and seemed to know he was back on his game, there was of course the usual glitter that you expected of Bolan but there was an underlying steely edge. <br />I will never forget waking up to the radio news report of his death a short while afterwards, it was one of those , "if I go back to sleep and wake up again it will be a bad dream" moments.... But it's what he had always predicted.Circe's Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123904248094064043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-33024604108936314502017-07-27T19:38:59.019+01:002017-07-27T19:38:59.019+01:00I'm waiting for Suzie to swing by. She saw Bol...I'm waiting for Suzie to swing by. She saw Bolan in London (Hammersmith?) on the '77 tour. I'd love her to give us a few words about her recollections of the gig/night.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-48894390056549256862017-07-27T19:36:17.311+01:002017-07-27T19:36:17.311+01:00TS/R - Seems he'd predicted his own demise fiv...TS/R - Seems he'd predicted his own demise five years earlier (see the line about foxes in the <a href="http://johnmedd.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/easy-as-picking-foxes-from-tree.html" rel="nofollow"> Bolan Tree).</a><br /><br />John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-25987728538818867592017-07-27T13:54:53.772+01:002017-07-27T13:54:53.772+01:00In his weekly column for Record Mirror at the time...In his weekly column for Record Mirror at the time of Elvis' death, Bolan wrote something flippant, along the lines of; 'I hope I don't die this week because I won't get any headlines'. The grim reaper obligingly granted him an extra month. Maria Callas also died on September 16th, but Marc made the front pages.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-38289197900539552482017-07-27T13:29:09.268+01:002017-07-27T13:29:09.268+01:00Bolan died a month after Elvis? Was 1977 the 2016 ...Bolan died a month after Elvis? Was 1977 the 2016 of its day?Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-77836723421178635882017-07-27T09:02:12.349+01:002017-07-27T09:02:12.349+01:00When I went down to breakfast on the morning of 16...When I went down to breakfast on the morning of 16th September 1977, Dad told me to sit down as he had something to tell me. He'd never done that before, even went relatives had died. He was well aware of how profoundly Bolan had impacted on my young life.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.com