tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post8755991865557893075..comments2023-09-06T02:38:57.320-07:00Comments on Music Sounds Better With Two: Thoughts Of A King: T. Rex: "Solid Gold Easy Action"Lenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04912525192415808946noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post-72709342676240125892015-09-06T21:41:01.411-07:002015-09-06T21:41:01.411-07:00Seemed odd to me when I first found out that there...Seemed odd to me when I first found out that there had been a new-chart show using 'Solid Gold' in its title, but then it was the 1990s by then, and by then 'Gold' meant old songs, never new ones.<br /><br />Never occurred to me before that the ever-growing strength of the working class in the run-up to Heath's dying fall might have been a factor in T. Rex's slide from favour, but put like that, it makes sense!Robin Carmodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post-12863202976820590392013-01-29T12:51:02.078-08:002013-01-29T12:51:02.078-08:00Thanks for that Mark though I don't think...Thanks for that Mark though I don't think he always did squeeze 40 tracks in those two hours as this zealous 8-year old listmaker could testify !MikeMCSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04225624258826057505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post-13247445925222578842013-01-28T08:24:35.461-08:002013-01-28T08:24:35.461-08:00Can help you with the 'reason'..
Tom Brow...Can help you with the 'reason'..<br /><br />Tom Browne would play 40 tracks that would feature that week, basically the 'playlist' in all but name, and then do the top twenty in descending order.Mark Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979090908216804429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post-72556450992143835312013-01-26T00:40:00.299-08:002013-01-26T00:40:00.299-08:00This confused me at the time because Radio ...This confused me at the time because Radio One were always running a jingle declaiming "Solid Gold !" and the Top 20 chart rundown came at the end of a programme called "Solid Gold Sixty" (for no discernible reason) and I thought it must tie in with that.<br />Otherwise you're right this definitely marked the end of Bolan's imperial phase.MikeMCSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04225624258826057505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post-43597549673687249422013-01-25T09:01:19.175-08:002013-01-25T09:01:19.175-08:00Hi,
It's another run-together sentence split ...Hi,<br /><br />It's another run-together sentence split over two lines: "Life is the same and it always will be as easy as picking foxes from a tree" i.e. a bit difficult. <br /><br />The other one is "Well you can terraplane In the fallin' rain, I drive a Rolls Royce Cause it's good for my voice but you won't fool the children of the revolution", i.e. they won't be convinced of your need for a RR...<br /><br />"Terraplane for you, Rolls Royce for me" ? Was it a Robert Johnson reference? Mark Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979090908216804429noreply@blogger.com