Is it Strange to Dance So Soon?: T.Rex - Electric Warrior Poll

What an album, going to think about this one.

SPectacular record!! This just emphasizes that, at one time, singles were as good as the LP tracks rather than slicked-up, lowest common denominator pandering. I voted "Mambo Sun" but every cut is wonderful.

I always say Planet Queen is my favorite T. Rex song but I should rly think about this...

I am going w/"The Motivator" just bcz it is a sentimental favorite & I would be sad if it had a zero next to it come June 22.

"Jeepster" got me laid in high school, so that.

yeah theyre all good -- voted "monolith," but "mambo sun," "cosmic dancer," "jeepster," and "bang a gong" were all close behind...

life's a gas.

so so great. also, that cover.

lol, what a song to get laid to!

It was memorable, to be sure.

Yikes, this is tough, one of my favourite albums which I still play on a regular basis. Today, I'll vote 'Life's a Gas', though could be any number of the others

She used my head like a revolver!

I said it on an earlier thread on T-Rex, but the Monolith is a killer tune and that loping beat and the general sound of the track kind of reminds me of trip hop.

I liken it to a balloon.

Somehow I've always thought 'Raw Ramp' was part of this album :P

j e e p s t e r

uh, this was the first record i ever bought. sometime '75-'76ish. haven't listened to all of it for a while now, just a few songs from it on different t.rex comps ...mmm-my vote still goes to "bang a gong".

Cosmic Dancer, just find it weirdly moving, all songs v. good though.

finally had a chance to re-listen, album reminds me of Vegas. love Tony Visconti production on this album, it breaths. ended up voting for "Mambo Sun."

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Jeepster is being underrated here.

Weird results. Just finally got around to listening to this again, and had forotten how much I like "Rip Off." But I don't see how anything else here even comes anywhere near "Bang A Gong" or "Jeepster"; the idea just seems ridiculous to me. Would've voted "Bang A Gong"; would probably rank "Mambo Sun" fourth. "Cosmic Dancer" is okay, I guess.

i named this thread from the main line from "Cosmic Dancer," never thought it would win. i thought "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" would win in a landslide, that is why i overlooked it.

i guess this is kinda unwittingly challops but bang a gong was always my least fav on this record, wonder if anyone else is w/me (guessing not)

the right song won. i don't think it's such a surprise.

"life's a gas" whewwwwww what a great fuckin tune

The whole album is fuckin' great ... and The Slider is even better!

I think my favorite songs on this album are Cosmic Dancer, Monolith, and Planet Queen. Maybe the more it sounds like The Slider, the better.

But really the whole album is excellent.

You know when you've been familiar with an album for like 30 years and then you hear it one day after not hearing it in a while and suddenly begin to appreciate the second-tier songs (Monolith, Lean Woman Blues, The Motivator in this case) in a way you hadn't previously? I love how "Monolith" sounds like it could have been on the Rocky Horror soundtrack

I've been revisiting T-Rex recently and although I like the Slider, Tanx and Dandy a lot (I'm less familiar with those in-between), this one is really the perfect T-Rex album for me : the songs, the arrangements, the production/sound... There are some great songs after but as an album it's the apex !
By the way, I have just discovered the demos for the album that was supposed to follow Dandy and there are pretty cool songs ("Shy Boy", "Foxy Boy"...).

So OTM about the 2nd-tier songs. Every time I revisit this record I get knocked on my ass by a track I hadnt previously rated.

Fifty years old today. What an album. Never, ever feels musty or overplayed, it just is.

I think my favorite songs on this album are Cosmic Dancer, Monolith, and Planet Queen. Maybe the more it sounds like The Slider, the better.

But really the whole album is excellent.

― We're jumping on the road with @Nickelback this summer! (PBKR), Saturday, February 1, 2020 6:23 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Still think these are my favorites - the laidback, vibey songs.

Monolith is the best song ever

Monolith is probably my favorite on this album!

Oh wait - I take that back. Was thinking “Planet Queen”. Sorry!