Rob Sheffield on the timeless glam perfection of new RockHall inductees T. Rex
. “I mean, I am my own fantasy. I am the ‘Cosmic Dancer’ who dances his way out of the womb and into the tomb on. I’m not frightened to get up there and groove in front of six million people on TV because it doesn’t look cool. That’s the way I would do it at home. It’s not serious. I’m serious about the music but I’m not serious about the fantasy.”
Bolan released his debut single “The Wizard” in 1965, a tribute to his magic powers that impressed nobody. But this kid sure could talk the talk. He was happy to tell the London papers what a burden it was being a god. “Personally, the prospect of being immortal doesn’t excite me, but the prospect of being a materialistic idol for four years does appeal,” he told the’s Maureen Cleave. “I want to savor life. I want to have grey hair like Cary Grant.” He’d just turned 18.
Visconti and Bolan made an unbeatable artist/producer combo, especially since Visconti was also producing classics for Bowie — it fired up Bolan’s competitive edge. He never missed a chance to bitch out his glam nemesis. “I don’t consider David to be even remotely near big enough to give me any competition,” Bolan told Cameron Crowe forin 1973. “He just doesn’t have that sort of quality. I do. I always have. Rod Stewart has it in his own mad way. Elton John has it. Mick Jagger has it.
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