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Jeepster" was a 1971 single by the
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
glam rockGlam rock is a style that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s that was "performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots." The flamboyant costumes, and visual styles of glam performers were a campy, theatrical blend of...
band
T. RexT. Rex were an English rock band fronted by guitarist, singer and songwriter Marc Bolan. Formed as Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1960s London, the folk rock group's debut album My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows reached number 15 in the UK...
, (B-side "Life's a Gas") both taken from the group's second album,
Electric WarriorElectric Warrior is the sixth album by British rock group T. Rex, and is widely considered to be one of the quintessential glam rock releases. Electric Warrior reached number thirty-two in the US; while it went to number one for several weeks in the UK, becoming the biggest album of 1971...
.
The song peaked at #2 in the UK charts, and was controversial in that
Fly RecordsFly Records was a record label established in 1970 by independent music publisher David Platz, and initially managed by Malcolm Jones from the offices of Essex Music in London.-History:...
released the song without singer
Marc BolanMarc Bolan , was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist whose hit singles, fashion sensibilities and stage presence with T...
's prior permission, Bolan having just left Fly for
EMIThe EMI Group is a British music company. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major publishing arm- EMI Music Publishing- based in New York City...
, which had given him control of his own label, T. Rex Wax Co. Records.
The music and rhythm are similar to that of the
Howlin' WolfChester Arthur Burnett , better known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player....
song "You'll Be Mine", written by
Willie DixonWilliam James "Willie" Dixon was a well-known American blues bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer...
.
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Jeepster" was a 1971 single by the
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
glam rockGlam rock is a style that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s that was "performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots." The flamboyant costumes, and visual styles of glam performers were a campy, theatrical blend of...
band
T. RexT. Rex were an English rock band fronted by guitarist, singer and songwriter Marc Bolan. Formed as Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1960s London, the folk rock group's debut album My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows reached number 15 in the UK...
, (B-side "Life's a Gas") both taken from the group's second album,
Electric WarriorElectric Warrior is the sixth album by British rock group T. Rex, and is widely considered to be one of the quintessential glam rock releases. Electric Warrior reached number thirty-two in the US; while it went to number one for several weeks in the UK, becoming the biggest album of 1971...
.
The song peaked at #2 in the UK charts, and was controversial in that
Fly RecordsFly Records was a record label established in 1970 by independent music publisher David Platz, and initially managed by Malcolm Jones from the offices of Essex Music in London.-History:...
released the song without singer
Marc BolanMarc Bolan , was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist whose hit singles, fashion sensibilities and stage presence with T...
's prior permission, Bolan having just left Fly for
EMIThe EMI Group is a British music company. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major publishing arm- EMI Music Publishing- based in New York City...
, which had given him control of his own label, T. Rex Wax Co. Records.
The music and rhythm are similar to that of the
Howlin' WolfChester Arthur Burnett , better known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player....
song "You'll Be Mine", written by
Willie DixonWilliam James "Willie" Dixon was a well-known American blues bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer...
. In interviews,
Marc BolanMarc Bolan , was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist whose hit singles, fashion sensibilities and stage presence with T...
has acknowledged that he "lifted it from a Howlin' Wolf song".
The song is featured in
Martin ScorseseMartin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation, a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Oscars, Golden Globe,...
's 1974 film
Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay by Robert Getchell focuses on the adventures of a thirtysomething widow and her pre-teen son as they journey across the American Southwest to her hometown of Monterey, California, where they...
and
Quentin TarantinoQuentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s he was an independent filmmaker whose films used nonlinear storylines and aestheticization of violence...
's 2007 film
Death ProofDeath Proof is a 2007 film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film centers on a psychopathic stunt man who stalks young women before murdering them in staged car accidents using his “death-proof” stunt car. The film is a tribute to muscle cars, exploitation, and slasher film genres of...
.
Notable covers
- By Eater
Eater were an early British punk band from London who took their name from a Marc Bolan lyric. In 2001, the band’s second single, "Thinking of the USA" , was included in a leading British music magazine’s list of the best punk-rock singles of all-time...
, as a B-side to their 1977 single "Lock It Up" (and anthologized on the 2003 CD The Eater Chronicles: 1976-2003)
- By The Polecats
The Polecats are a new wave and rockabilly band formed at the end of the 1970s.-Career:The Polecats are a rockabilly band formed in 1977 in North London...
, on their 1981 album The Polecats Are Go! (and as a UK-charting single)
- By Altered Images
Altered Images were a 1980s Scottish New Wave / post-punk band.- Formation :Ex-school friends with an equal interest in the UK post punk scene, Clare Grogan , Caesar , Michael 'Tich' Anderson , Tony McDaid and Johnny McElhone , sent a demo tape to Siouxsie and the Banshees, who soon gave the band...
, as a B-side to their 1981 single "Happy Birthday" (and as a bonus trackIn terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. This is most often done as a promotional device, either as an incentive to customers to purchase albums they might otherwise not, or to repurchase albums they already...
on the 2004 CD reissue of their 1981 debut album, Happy Birthday)
- By Fish
Derek William Dick, better known as Fish , is a Scottish progressive rock singer, lyricist and occasional actor.-Biography:...
, on his 1993 album Songs from the MirrorSongs from the Mirror is the third solo album by singer Fish. It does not contain any original Fish material; instead it is a cover album featuring Fish's versions of songs by artists who inspired him before his career started...
(as well as the 1994 live album Sushi: Live in Utrecht)
- By Vernon Reid
Vernon Reid is a British-born American guitarist, songwriter, composer and bandleader. Best known as the founder and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Living Colour, Reid was named #66 on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.Critic Steve Huey writes, "[Reid's]...
, for the 1998 tribute album Great Jewish Music: Marc BolanGreat Jewish Music: Marc Bolan is a tribute album featuring the music of English singer/songwriter Marc Bolan of the band T.Rex. Produced by Danny Cohen, it was released on John Zorn's label Tzadik Records in 1998 as part of their series on "Radical Jewish Culture", following similar prior tributes...
- By Doogie White
Doogie White , is a Scottish rock vocalist, who has sung for Sack Trick, Midnight Blue, Praying Mantis, Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen and Cornerstone.-Early life and career:...
, for the 2001 tribute album Legacy: The Music of Marc Bolan and T. Rex
- By Mickey Finn's T. Rex (a T. Rex tribute band
A tribute act is a music group, singer, or musician who specifically plays the music of a well-known music act - often one which has disbanded, ceased touring or is deceased...
), on their 2002 live album Renaissance
- By Love Bites
Love Bites is a UK girl band that formed in 2004 and disbanded in 2006.The girls all got together through their school and internet contacts. They started out as a three piece group consisting of Danielle Graham, Aimee Haddon and Hannah Haddon. Nicki Wood was so impressed with a song they had...
, as a B-side to their 2005 single "You Broke My Heart"
- By Showaddywaddy
Showaddywaddy are a 1970s pop group from Leicester, England. They specialised in revivals of hit songs from the 1950s, and dressed as Teddy Boys.-History:...
, on their 2006 album I Love Rock 'n' Roll
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