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T. Rex — Mambo Sun
Album: Electric Warrior
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Released: 1971
Length: 3:35
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Beneath the bebop moon
I want to croon with you
Beneath the mambo sun
I got to be the one with you

My life's a shadowless horse
If I can't get across to you
In the alligator rain
My heart's all pain for you

Girl you're good
And I've got wild knees for you
On a mountain range
I'm Dr. Strange for you

Upon a savage lake
Make no mistake I love you
I got a powder-keg leg
And my wig's all pooped for you

With my hat in my hand
I'm a hungry man for you
I got stars in my beard
And I feel real weird for you

Beneath the bebop moon
I'm howling like a loon for you
Beneath the mambo sun
I've got to be the one for you
Comments (107)add comment
Is it just me or does a lot of T.Rex music sound similar.
Posted 3 weeks ago by unklefurry    [ Reply ]
 Easyrider wrote:

Please can we hear more TRex



Yes, you can!
Posted 1 year ago by Johnny_Alpha    [ Reply ]
Please can we hear more TRex
Posted 1 year ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
more t rex. more electric warrior.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
The more I hear this tune, the more I like it!! Thanx RP!  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 folkes.tom wrote:

I dig it. The first time hearing it. 




I agree! Same here!  Thanx RP!     
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Most excellent
Posted 3 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
I dig it. The first time hearing it. 
Posted 4 years ago by folkes.tom    [ Reply ]
Really got a kick out of T-Rex - and only recently found out how long his career was... Marc Bolan kept plugging and simply fell out of favor. I thought he OD'd after a few albums, but sadly he seemed to be coming back, had a contract for a decent BBC show and was in death seat in a car crash. [At least he didn't OD after a few albums...]
Posted 4 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 Panchoalico wrote:
this sounds like....tomorrow
 
you nailed it.
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
T Rex always fills my room like I'm listening thru headphones.
And I like that.
Posted 5 years ago by indatube1    [ Reply ]
 daveandconfused wrote:

Marc of genius as far as i am concerned . ranked along side the Osmonds,
David cassidy and alike. Such a shame. He was unique in many ways.
 

Posted 5 years ago by daveandconfused    [ Reply ]
 danw64 wrote:
I discovered the T. Rex 8 track The Slider in Woolworths dollar bin. I got most of his back catalog  albums after that. He was a superstar when I  was younger listening to AM bubblegum.
 

Posted 5 years ago by daveandconfused    [ Reply ]
I discovered the T. Rex 8 track The Slider in Woolworths dollar bin. I got most of his back catalog  albums after that. He was a superstar when I  was younger listening to AM bubblegum.
Posted 5 years ago by danw64    [ Reply ]
 daveandconfused wrote:

Two years since last post.  Marc  Bolan got lost in fame for a moment after this album. Never heard any band better this. check out early work.wild melodies. the most underated  star ever.
 
 

Posted 5 years ago by daveandconfused    [ Reply ]
 Panchoalico wrote:
this sounds like....tomorrow
 

Posted 5 years ago by daveandconfused    [ Reply ]
this is of timeless quality, does not sound like 47y old
Posted 5 years ago by Henkjan    [ Reply ]
Check out the new tune from White Denim "Magazin"
Posted 6 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp}zesty ! digging the fluorescent leach and eddie oh yeah
Posted 6 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
This song is a total jam. Anyone that argues this needs to be castrated. 
Posted 6 years ago by MSKDCT    [ Reply ]
Feeelin da grrooove, Late Friday afternoon.
Posted 7 years ago by jaffacake    [ Reply ]
Man, I need a TV when I've got T. Rex
Hey brother, you guessed, I'm a dude
Posted 7 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 7 years ago by Garyohh    [ Reply ]
 Spiderwoman wrote:
Bumpin'

 
Me too!  From a (where'd it come from) 7 all the way to a 9.  RIP Marc Bolan!
Posted 7 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 Try the Slider..it's tasty nomnol wrote:
I thought the only song they had was Bang a Gong- overplayed ad nauseam. Thanks Bill. (Still don't like them)

 


Posted 7 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Album went to #1 on the UK charts in 1971.
Posted 7 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Supergrass to T. Rex

Bill gets it 
Posted 7 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
I thought the only song they had was Bang a Gong- overplayed ad nauseam. Thanks Bill. (Still don't like them)
Posted 7 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
striking subtlety
Posted 7 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
LOVE this album.  Haven't heard it a while; thanks once again, Bill!
Posted 8 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
this sounds like....tomorrow
Posted 8 years ago by Panchoalico    [ Reply ]
 Boy_Wonder wrote:
I got stars in my beard 
And I feel real weird 

Yeah, whatever.....   

  
amoreena wrote:

Have you never altered your state of consciousness?

 
Altered states.jpg
Paddy Chayefsky and Ken Russel! Cool!!!  : )

Bolan + Bowie = Rock Gods  
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Thank you very much for showing that up. Love Love Love

Steely_D wrote:

They were painting the wall together.
Watch Storytellers; it's brilliant.

 


Posted 8 years ago by yeshetarchin    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes} ROLLING STONE ONCE SD THIS WAS ONE OF THE TOP 20 ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL TIME / STILL STANDS UP
Posted 8 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:
Bowie and Bolan had a competitive thing going on with each other
they met in 1967 or '66 in the office of a talent agency
Bolan said he wanted to be the next Beatles 

 
They were painting the wall together.
Watch Storytellers; it's brilliant.
Posted 8 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
Bumpin'
Posted 8 years ago by Spiderwoman    [ Reply ]
 heeps wrote:
one of his best albums  electric warrior {#Bananajam}

 
Nice!
Posted 8 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Bowie and Bolan had a competitive thing going on with each other
they met in 1967 or '66 in the office of a talent agency
Bolan said he wanted to be the next Beatles 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Trippy Glam-Rocker from an era when T. Rex and The Sweet (this one & Little Willy/ Man from Mecca were two of my 1st 45s!) ruled!
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
one of his best albums  electric warrior {#Bananajam}
Posted 9 years ago by heeps    [ Reply ]
I'm in my trailer and dancin like hog skinner on meths
Posted 9 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:
I lived through the T Rex hysteria as school boy and he had a sting of UK number one hits, this tack wasn't one of them. Typical Radio Paradise to pick an obscure album track. Guess that's why I love this station.
 
Surely not "obscure" around the BearCave. We be dancin' around the fire here!
Posted 9 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 amoreena wrote:

Have you never altered your state of consciousness? Or lusted like this?  Ok then, let's begin by simply tapping your feet to the music......let your hips follow......

 
Right-o! Then your mind follows too. YES! Your mind follows your hips, and they all follow your tapping foot! 1-2-3-4.-2-3-4... It's all quite easy if you just let go.
Posted 9 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
The coolest band that probably had the least musical ability in history.
Posted 9 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
 Boy_Wonder wrote:
I got stars in my beard
And I feel real weird

Yeah, whatever.....   

 
Have you never altered your state of consciousness? Or lusted like this?  Ok then, let's begin by simply tapping your feet to the music......let your hips follow......
Posted 9 years ago by amoreena    [ Reply ]
Digging this tune....very "cool" - envisioning a guy strutting around the room :)
Posted 9 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
 Boy_Wonder wrote:
I got stars in my beard
And I feel real weird

Yeah, whatever.....   

 
Have you never altered your state of consciousness?
Posted 9 years ago by amoreena    [ Reply ]
I lived through the T Rex hysteria as school boy and he had a sting of UK number one hits, this tack wasn't one of them. Typical Radio Paradise to pick an obscure album track. Guess that's why I love this station.
Posted 10 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
I got stars in my beard
And I feel real weird

Yeah, whatever.....   
Posted 10 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
At the time when T Rex were dominant, a cooking fat called Trex was also being heavily promoted on TV:



Not that you could confuse Marc Bolan with cooking fat, but I vaguely remember that occasional punning ribaldry ensued.

That was a trip down memory lane. We now return you to your usual wibbling...

 
Marc should have sued the shortening out of those clowns.

There must be some marketing genius who can talk knowledgeably about the difference in American and British brand name "strategies." I can't imagine Trex the vegetable fat would fly in the US any more than would Daz or Persil, the laundry detergents. 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Nice .... :)
Posted 10 years ago by Amyjacksoncc    [ Reply ]
 Algis wrote:
Is this where Joan Jett got her growl?

 
It's safe to say that Marc Bolan influenced a many subsequent performers and still does (i.e.,The Black Keys).
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
You get time to watch TV and work on RP Bill?  Impressed!{#Smile}
Posted 10 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
very nice!
Posted 10 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Is this where Joan Jett got her growl?
Posted 11 years ago by Algis    [ Reply ]
 amoreena wrote:

One of my favorite top down summer driving songs.  Never fails to prompt someone to ask "Who is that band?  I love them!"  Thanks RP.



 
Agreed!
Posted 11 years ago by Algis    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:
oh thank you so much for playing t-rex. one of my very favorites!

 
Agreed, wore out my Slider album years ago - love this stuff!
and where else am I going to find it being played...

Thank you RP! 
Posted 11 years ago by Johnny-smooth    [ Reply ]
Funktacular groove. The one and only Marc Bolan{#Bananajam}
Posted 11 years ago by Zonkers    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 11 years ago by whomhow    [ Reply ]
Groovalicious!
Posted 11 years ago by gvan    [ Reply ]

One of my favorite top down summer driving songs.  Never fails to prompt someone to ask "Who is that band?  I love them!"  Thanks RP.


Posted 11 years ago by amoreena    [ Reply ]
 ThirdRail_33 wrote:
In 1974 or thereabouts, and being completely ignorant of T. Rex, I bought "The Slider" as a cut-out; it was cheap and I thought the album jacket photography was really cool.  It quickly became one of my favorite albums, and put T. Rex and Marc Bolan in my personal pantheon of rock artists.  Just brilliant sh*t.  Still love the hook of "Buick Mackane." 
 
SAME!!
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
adore.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
In 1974 or thereabouts, and being completely ignorant of T. Rex, I bought "The Slider" as a cut-out; it was cheap and I thought the album jacket photography was really cool.  It quickly became one of my favorite albums, and put T. Rex and Marc Bolan in my personal pantheon of rock artists.  Just brilliant sh*t.  Still love the hook of "Buick Mackane." 
Posted 12 years ago by ThirdRail_33    [ Reply ]
Love Marc Bolan!  Surely a man who was taken before his time!  How about a bit of "Children of the Revolution?"


Posted 12 years ago by stevenw888    [ Reply ]
Back I go again! RP has a mechanism for taking me back to my younger times, and T. Rex is right there.

We played this over and over in my high school dorm - we all contributed to buying albums and then some guys went into town to select a number of albums. High school was overrated; the music was great.
Posted 12 years ago by Jive    [ Reply ]
Marc Bolan you were taken before your time.  Nothing wrong here, groovin in the kitchen right now.
Posted 12 years ago by bhallmark    [ Reply ]

Obviously a major inspiration for the Black Keys!


Posted 12 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
oh thank you so much for playing t-rex. one of my very favorites!
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
At the time when T Rex were dominant, a cooking fat called Trex was also being heavily promoted on TV:



Not that you could confuse Marc Bolan with cooking fat, but I vaguely remember that occasional punning ribaldry ensued.

That was a trip down memory lane. We now return you to your usual wibbling...
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Marc Bolan = genius.

Jeepster is in the world history's top ten ever pieces of music - I humbly suggest.
Posted 12 years ago by Thin_Air    [ Reply ]
A true classic. Especialy with the string section.
Posted 12 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
Everybody in my bike shop loves the "Play Something Different" button...LOVE T-REX
Posted 12 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
 jools wrote:
Hot Love please?? 
 
Jeepster.

Posted 13 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Long time since I've heard T Rex, too long
Thx Bill
Posted 13 years ago by Johnny-smooth    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:


Marc Bolan scetch by ~JSaurer
Johannes  ©2009-2010 ~JSaurer

the teen idol from the early 70s
pencil scetch, 1999

 
Blimey - that's pretty good considering he's been dead for so long....
Posted 13 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
Not my fave T Rex track - but good to hear anyway!

Hot Love please?? 
Posted 13 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
Yes!

I've always thought it was T-Rex that Supergrass emulated more than the Beatles.

Great job Bill! 
Posted 13 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
Marc Bolan
Posted 13 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
great album, start to finish.
Posted 14 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
 ianmoff wrote:
Hang on!

I'm just getting me flares out of the cupboard 

{#Bananasplit} 
 
Me too. 

Oh wait. . . they must have shrunk.  
Posted 14 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Absolute perfection!
Posted 14 years ago by oenyaw    [ Reply ]
Heavy and Good...That's really good!
Posted 14 years ago by Bazooka    [ Reply ]


Marc Bolan scetch by ~JSaurer
Johannes  ©2009-2010 ~JSaurer

the teen idol from the early 70s
pencil scetch, 1999


Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Been too long. . . . .   Thank you
Posted 14 years ago by beezoo    [ Reply ]
wow. kinda perfect.
Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Hang on!

I'm just getting me flares out of the cupboard 

{#Bananasplit} 
Posted 14 years ago by ianmoff    [ Reply ]
The long lost classic rock station in Larose La. would play "jeepster" one other T-Rex tune regularly, and lots of the less well known tunes by the greats in classic rock, almost like Bill likes to do.
Sadly (for classic rock fans near there) the station was competing with the N.O. market, but was a small local station.
Ads for it were local to the bayou and they went Cajun music after several good years (I lived in Kenner and could get them in my car, but in much of N.O. could not) of great rock. More power to them though. Cajuns galore in their listening area, and no real good cajun music station...till they changed.
Posted 14 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:
Glam=proto-Post-punk?

 
I'm not sure, but this may be a fine example of an internal oxymoron... {#Lol}
Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Glam=proto-Post-punk?

Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
more T-Rex- I see Jeepster hasn't been played since 2006...
Posted 15 years ago by walkerpub    [ Reply ]
Bolan gave the worst concert I have ever seen, around 1972, I think.  Too drunk to play (by his own admission), but he tried to anyway.
Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Marc loved to boogie; such a shame...
Posted 15 years ago by Paul_in_Australia    [ Reply ]
This entire album is fantastic. It is hard to believe I never heard them before Billy Elliot pushed me int their direction.
Posted 15 years ago by darrenwwwa    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote:
Blast. From. The. Past.



 
I'm somewhat embarrassed to state that I first heard this song on The Bongos first album (hey, I was a bit too young for the "Glam Heyday"), but I still gotta go with R. Barone's version over Marc's.  But this one is still good.


Posted 15 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
If you like this, check out Marc Bolans greatest hits by various artists... such an awesome TRex tribute!!!
Posted 15 years ago by songbirdfemme    [ Reply ]
Gone how many years and still ripe with sexiness??  Great to hear this today.{#Sunny}
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Blast. From. The. Past.



Posted 15 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Is great! Thanks Bill...

Posted 15 years ago by belalugosi    [ Reply ]
T Rex on RP. Now the Universe is complete!!!!!
Posted 15 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
T.Rex = T.Riffic {#Bounce}

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
nice{#Motor}
Posted 15 years ago by arsenault    [ Reply ]
5 seconds in never heard this and am pretty sure i'm going to love it
Posted 15 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
brought some sunshine to this grey windy wet day in the NW..........
Posted 16 years ago by minispamm    [ Reply ]
Maybe nostalgia...but I think it's still so fun and I loves me some Mr. Bolin!
Posted 16 years ago by dc_zee    [ Reply ]
Daaayum. Nice. More!!!

Sadly, the other two from this album that are on the playlist have languished since 2004 and 2006 unplayed. {#Grumpy}
Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
T. Rex! I haven't heard Marc Bolan since the mid-70s, when the album T. Rex went into long-term storage in a closet in my parents' attic. Great stuff.
Posted 16 years ago by Otomi    [ Reply ]