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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