- The slider. 1972
Dandy in the underworld. 1977
Produced by MARC BOLAN
Dedicated to ROLAN, FELIX, PARKER & BEAU - children of the
future.
MUSICIANS:
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MARC BOLAN: guitar & vocals + maracas & tambourine (10), bass & percussion (11)
HERBIE FLOWERS: bass(1, 2, 7-10, 12)
TONY NEWMAN: drums (1, 2, 7-12)
DINO DINES: keyboards (1-3, 5, 7-12), synthesiser (1, 6-8)
STEVE HARLEY: vocals (1)
ALFALPHA: additional vocals (2, 9)
STEVE CURRIE: bass(3, 5, 6)
DAVEY LUTTON: drums(3, 5, 6)
CHRIS MERCER: tenor sax (3, 7, 12)
GLORIA JONES: additional vocals (3, 4)
COLIN JACAS: additional vocals (3)
SCOTT EDWARDS: bass (4)
PAUL HUMPHREY: drums(4)
J. LONG: violin(4)
STEVE GREGORY: flute(4)
PAUL FENTON: drums(6)
MILLER ANDERSON: guitars(7)
BUD BEADLE: baritone sax (7, 12), flute(12)
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(A Bolonic revision of Orpheus Descending)
Prince of Players, Pawn of none,
Born with steel reins in the heart of the Sun
Gipsy explorer of the New Jersey Heights,
Exalted companion of cocaine nights
Cos he's a Dandy in the Underworld, Dandy in the Underworld,
When he will come up for air, will anybody care
At an old eighteen exiled he was
To the deserted kingdoms of a mythical Oz
Distraction he wanted, to destruction he fell,
Now he forever stalks the ancient mansions of Hell
Now his lovers have left him and his youth's ill spent,
He cries in the dungeons and tries to repent
But change is a monster and changing is hard
So he'll freeze away his summers in his Underground yard
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(The beat of bondage stalks on)
Hey little girl you move so fine,
All I want to do is melt your mind
Under the crimson moon,
Under the crimson moon
I wanna feel your heat under the crimson moon
I wanna feel your heat under the crimson moon
You can shake your torpedos, you can shoot your gun,
you can mix your martinis from the blood of the sun
I'm a charteuse lover, I'm an indigo man,
In the black of the night I'll hold your lily white hand
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(Interplanetary Waltz)
Hey there sister, let's face the Universe and dance
Hey there sister, let's face the Universe and dance
We'll bop over the galaxies, we'll stroll over to Mars
We'll romance on Jupiter, make love among the stars
If you really love me sister let's face the Universe and dance
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(A fool's lament is the wise man's milkshake)
I'm standing winding staircase, seven eagles long
Misty planet creature, how could I kiss you wrong?
The poet wished upon a star and dazzling bright is what you
are,
I'm a fool for you, girl
Dipping dancing diving, lipstick of the brave
Sullen Garbo sire, your body's all I crave
Hot baby I'm a fool for you
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(A cross between Ramon Navarro and Marlene Dietrich)
Belinda Mae Fenders got a Cadillac bone,
Jenny lost her cherry walking all the way home,
The passions of the Earth blasted her mind,
Now she's neat sweet ready for the moon base grind
You rattlesnake out with your tailfeathers high,
Jitterbug left and smile to the sky,
With your black velvet cape and your stovepipe hat,
Be-bop baby the dance is where it's at
I love to boogie on a Saturday night
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(Her love is hot, but mine is not)
This woman is a perfumed breeze,
Greek Gods recline upon her knees
I'd freeze the sun to kiss her ear,
It all makes up the vision I call Domino,
It all makes up the vision I call Domino,
Right now
A suit of doubt she gave to me,
In return I cried a sea
Of poet's tears and something more,
I camped outside her velvet door
Love's a freak and it moves fast,
My marble dreams it could not last
Now every time this girl I see
She tries to chain me to her tree
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(A distant boyfriend of Johnny B. Good)
Jason B. Sad was a lonely lad,
His head was a bed for everyone
His clothes was his life but his heart was knife
Inscribed on it was "rock'n'roll is cruel"
Take me to school, boy, leave me alone, boy,
Slice me a bone of the Universe
Jason got weird and he pierced his ears,
A gypsy alone in his gallantry
He met Shakey Sue, who wore only blue
And they shared in their teen-age misery
Then Jason read books and wore hard looks,
He swapped Blue Sue for an artisan,
His winters were long and a fantastic song,
Grew from his head like a marigold
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(To groove is to lubricate your imagination)
You can call somebody captain,
Under pressure you can flip
You can be a rock commando
But you can't pilot the ship
Groove a little baby, groove a little now
Groove a little baby, you might know what you want
But I'll show you how
You can trip the light fantastic
Become a space grotesque
You can fossilise your thought dreams
Behind a rusty desk
You can read the works of Shakespeare
In the Academy of Life
You can punk the skunks of freedom
With your jewelled Etruskian knife
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Well you damaged the soul of my suit,
You pulled my love out by the roots,
But I'm not such a bad boy - Oh No
You ravished the runes of my tunes,
You put on the gloves of my loves,
But you're not a bad girl - Oh No
Rock and rolled it
Even strolled it, baby
Rock and rolled it, yeah
I love you, yeah
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(Play in a loud cloud)
When I'm down you bring me up, babe
When I'm up you bring me down
I'm such a contradiction - I'm just hung-up
Get off my back and leave me
Oh shit, let's get it on
I'm such a contradiction - I'm just hung-up
Everything is sweet babe,
Then everything is the pits
You love me then you leave me,
How come you always pick the hits?
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(A punkoid opera in C flat and razor sharp)
We have travelled pain and love
To call ourselves high born
Living in a maze so crazed, lunacy is legend
Lunacy is legend
Words I fear that clutch my crutch
And drive your sences crazy
Men or women too get blue, so don't make living hazy
No don't make living hazy
Once in youth the wisdom crouched
Deep inside my bedroom
Visitations now are scarce, winter life is lonely
Now winter life is lonely
Temples that are bleak and bleached
Are beached up on the highway
God of truth returned just once and made my prison homely,
Don't make my life so lonely
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Teen-riot structure, ankle deep in fear,
Babies lost in bellies and the oracle can't hear
A demon angel demi-god blasted through the night
Me and Lucy Lightning holding on real tight
An ancient Lord in wonder rung upon my bell,
I fed him with my nightmares and he ate my dreams as well
All London was in blazes burning to the sound
Of deep galactic tragedies, in stereophonic sound
A tempest teen of stature in Gatsby hat and cloak,
Licked upon my lollipop, but I didn't get the joke,
As devastation mounted my wardrobe almost burned
The teens held hands on shifting sands and wonder what they learnt