Maybe I am a bit naiive expecting pop stars to be nice people - it's a bit unlikely when you think about it, as what makes them succeed is ambition and ambition can be ruthless and somewhat blind. So to make amends let me say this must have been one of the great moments in British pop tv history - who could fail to be impressed? Bolan is a kind of weird mid point between rockabilly as performed by people like his idol Eddie Cochran and the punk music of the late 70s - and I think on his worst day Bolan was more of an artist than Bowie ever was or could be. In some ways he personifies the 70s as he progressed from bopping hippy elf to a gothic self obsessed midpoint in the low years before being reborn in the punk era as a happy fulfilled entertainer. If only he'd worn a seat belt he could be headlining Glastonbury or even be a knight of the realm. What a waste. Drive safely kids.
Marc Bolan
Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
