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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Apart from some well overdue recognition from the British Music Industry for his valuable contribution to popular music, I can't believe how long Marc Bolan fans have had to wait for some sort of worthwhile DVD release. Other than the occasional 'dodgy' fan club releases, official releases such as Born to Boogie and the MARC shows here, have only started to appear recently. However, it has been worth the wait. The beautifully restored 'Born to Boogie' was a real treat and hopefully should be enough to prove to the majority of 'musically intelligent' people how ahead of the game he was compared with the other 'cash-in' artists of the time. The MARC shows will not disappoint either. I am puzzled because Marc's career was far from decline as has been suggested. In fact it was well on the rise again after the fantastic 'Dandy in the Underworld' album, which was when this series first appeared on our screens. With a successful career under his belt Marc was, in fact, a highly respected artist by then and could have picked just about anyone to appear on this show with him. Instead he wisely decided to give some ‘then’ unknown bands a chance, such as Generation X and Boomtown Rats.
Fate, on the other hand, was not so kind and Marc died shortly before the final program was broadcast. The production is typical of pop shows of the time, but if you can see through that you will be witnessing some of the last great performances of this musical legend. For me it brings back some sad memories as well. I have seen some pretty good bands since the seventies but nothing comes near to stirring the musical senses like Marc Bolan and T.Rex did!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
I'd seen bits of this DVD over the years but it's nice to have them all in one place. The disc as whole is a bit uneven, there are some good tracks like Jeepster, Hot Love and I love to boogie but also tracks that are less good like Celebrate summer, Groove a little and London boys.
The picture quality is excellent on most tracks considering they're taken from 30-year old tapes while the sound quality is mostly acceptable.
Some of these clips were filmed literally days before Marc's death in September 1977 and so it's quite sad watching them, even more so given that he looked so well and everybody seemed to be enjoying the whole thing, him especially.
The picture quality is excellent on most tracks considering they're taken from 30-year old tapes while the sound quality is mostly acceptable.
Some of these clips were filmed literally days before Marc's death in September 1977 and so it's quite sad watching them, even more so given that he looked so well and everybody seemed to be enjoying the whole thing, him especially.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Well well, the MARC shows finally gets it's first official release on DVD. Not quite, as previously mentioned only Marc's performances survive this particular release. You might think that most Bolan fans would be delighted that it IS just Marc we have here?....WRONG. The show should have been made available in it's entirety as the line ups (if you don't count the dodgy guests like, stephenie de sykes and jamie wild..who? exactly!)
were quite impressive for a time when alot of punk or new wave bands couldn't get air time on national T.V. The Boomtown Rats, Hawkwind, Generation X, Bowie, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Roger Taylor from Queen, Radiostars, Thin Lizzy and more....this release could have been so much better than what we have. Being a Huge Bolan fan myself i applaud that this has finally become available even without the guests but it would have been so much better had they been included.
Marc's performances reflect his joy at being back on track and being slim again and full of energy (even if he did over camp it) but you can't deny he was having fun! just look at that cheeky grin that keeps punctuating his performances. Marc was on his way back and a second series was planned for 78 cut short by Marc's tragic death in sept 77, in fact the last two shows aired after Marc's death. One gem remains at the end of this DVD and thats Marc and Bowie performing together for a live jam with Marc falling off the stage at the end much to Davids delight!....great fun....still get it...Marc still boogies!
were quite impressive for a time when alot of punk or new wave bands couldn't get air time on national T.V. The Boomtown Rats, Hawkwind, Generation X, Bowie, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Roger Taylor from Queen, Radiostars, Thin Lizzy and more....this release could have been so much better than what we have. Being a Huge Bolan fan myself i applaud that this has finally become available even without the guests but it would have been so much better had they been included.
Marc's performances reflect his joy at being back on track and being slim again and full of energy (even if he did over camp it) but you can't deny he was having fun! just look at that cheeky grin that keeps punctuating his performances. Marc was on his way back and a second series was planned for 78 cut short by Marc's tragic death in sept 77, in fact the last two shows aired after Marc's death. One gem remains at the end of this DVD and thats Marc and Bowie performing together for a live jam with Marc falling off the stage at the end much to Davids delight!....great fun....still get it...Marc still boogies!
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