T. Rex rip-offs, hommages & covers

was thinking about this after "black country rock" popped up on my ipod... there must be a million songs that ripped off or paid tribute to bolan.

Can we list them all?

pre-emptive cigarettes and alcohol mention

'Cigarettes & Alcohol', Oasis

fuck...

"Panic" by The Smiths is a faithful tribute to "Metal Guru"

Mott's All the Young Dudes and the Who's Squeezebox both reference T. Rex

faithful tribute

lol

Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime" was kinda seen as one at the time (at least in terms of Tyrannosaurus Rex).

David Garza's a pretty blunt/open fan as can be heard on a lot of his stuff but my secret favorite along those lines is "Slave":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZdt7QLjCVo

Meantime there's always Prince:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKhvFcB-dWU

Well, I didn't want to call it a rip-off because Moz is clearly a big fan. xp

was thinking about this after "black country rock" popped up on my ipod.

http://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/black-country-rock/

Actually, "You Better, You Bet" is the Who song: "I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T. Rex and Who's Next."

Green's "Technology" is a great "Jeepster" homage, right down to the Bolany screams -- only Jeff Lescher could pull those off. I mean, aside from Bolan.

Actually, "You Better, You Bet" is the Who song: "I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T. Rex and Who's Next."

ah right sorry. gettin my late period Townsend hits mixed up

Jedrzej Dmochowski, and his earlier power-pop band The VIPs. Serious SERIOUS T-Rex simulation. Seek his solo album "Stallions Of My Heart".

"Hot Girls in Good Moods" by Butch Walker and the Let's Go Out Tonites. The intro is almost exactly the same as "20th Century Boy", right down to that little yelp. Actually, the whole song kinda sounds like a great lost T.Rex track.

Vodka Collins - Automatic Pilot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJlI7V28Ycs

I've often wished someone would make a Vaughn Bode/Ralph Bakshi-style cartoon about/soundtracked by T. Rex. they're such perfect compliments/analogues of one another. I've considered doing it myself but I am lazy.

Maybe re-track Wizards with Bolan stuff? It's already Bakshi ripping Bode.

Bode's Bolan-ness was so intense that I admit I sometimes forget Bolan did NOT draw Cheech Wizard...

yeah Wizards is close, but the soundtrack sucks! it just seems like something that SHOULD exist but doesn't, y'know? Like make a 3 minute cartoon about dragons and cadillacs and a guy with a Les Paul, slap some Bolan stomp + warble on there... practically writes itself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds1bS_Wwphc&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZpUcp-wgKM&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVxiHC9AJQw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JUeAQ_urW4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkXPz9zoAS0

some of these are debatable maybe, "rocks" is more stones maybe

but I do like how Bolan means different things to different people. He's like the bible.

The best of the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sLWeAUDBvI

T. Rex ripoffs seem to be the standard 4th track on Indie Rock records of late.

This 'un is good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZHxd7RkRSs

woah - this is track 4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM2637_waoI

this one, more boilerplate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZHxd7RkRSs

track 5 is the "Be My Baby" beat

xpost Shakey-- yeah, I want to see animated evidence of what a "Pterodactyl Beak-Hat" really looks like!

this guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT9GWLypu38&feature=related

surely the most recognised tribute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkReR89J-gk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhW7FLo6peU&feature=related

Baby Ford - Children of the Revolution

from the first second, about a big a T-Rex rip as I can think of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7OE3W0VSZs

posted the Veils twice. I meant Smith-Westerns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1j4_N3tCBg

Devendra Banhart OTM.

Grant Lee Phillips - Johnny Guitar

The first time I heard it I thought it was a rare T. Rex song I'd never heard before.
Can't find any youtube for it but here's in hypem:

http://hypem.com/#!/item/q896/Grant+Lee+Phillips+-+Johnny+Guitar

I even dare all of you to find another song that rips off his music and voice as much as that one.

Actually there has been some great examples so far. I love this thread... I'm making myself a mix with all of these.

Anyone else hear a little bit of T. Rex in Destroyer every now and then?

Even moreso than 'i feel like a child' pretty muchall of Devendra Banhart's style was ripped off 'My People were fair and had sky in their hair'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaccPsMuBWU

Armaggedon It

Lots of def lep actually

Here's a spotify playlist of everything I could find available from the suggestions so far:

http://open.spotify.com/user/moteldemoka/playlist/4SjHJqsRFdosMLokbX8TvS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj5r8fB8W3M&feature=related

"So Alive," Love and Rockets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NA48UF7sFE&feature=fvst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkJnF8ygCq0

Altered Images cover of Jeepster, sadly not on youtube.

NoBunny, Breath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FudV7ixIPo

Well, I didn't want to call it a rip-off because Moz is clearly a big fan. xp

There's 'Certain People I Know' too of course.

Oh and 'Filmstar' by Suede.

billy idol's "rock the cradle of love" seems to be emulating his style at least, if not a particular track.

Small Wonder - Ride A Black Sheep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LawkneQQEKg

Violent Femmes-- Children of the Revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5BIsJWxpZo

sigue sigue sputnik : take yer pick.

I hate to see the Violent Femmes perverted by such an ignorant, illogical cause.

JAMC's "Blues from a Gun" is a pretty straight rip from C20th Boy
There's a Lloyd Cole song on his second album which quotes "Me I flunk, I don't care, I ain't no square with my corkscrew hair" (sorry for vagueness)
Cornershop's "Brimful of Asha" mentions Bolan Boogie

from the first second, about a big a T-Rex rip as I can think of

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--gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown)

Great thread.

wikipedia says bolan based "get it on" on "little queenie", and he does say "meanwhile I'm still thinkin..."

but I don't quite hear it. I mean of course you can hear a lot of chuck berry in t. rex in general, but not sure I can hear "little queenie" specifically. might just be me being tonedeaf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56HI0Luy_kQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZUsBbn8itE

for what's it worth, I can def hear "get it on" in this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaeLKhRnkhQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmOpnKJgmfc

Ray Davies sounding Bolan-esque in '69:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAKZBkEAA6c

Mick Taylor told one of the guys in Slade that they were the ones getting ripped off in this song, but it sounds like a fair amount of "Get It On" sneaked in too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl9lfnNS4zU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpGiiwRFgcI

one thing I have learned from this thread is that ripping off T. Rex is rarely a bad idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O_4fUgFPdM&feature=channel_video_title

Nick Gilder did this a lot in the late '70s; so did Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band, on their s/t album from 1978.

Also, if it hasn't been mentioned, Girlschool did a great cover of "20th Century Boy."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gT2kbGYgCc

How'd we get this far without The Cars blending Rex & Roxy into the same robot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWV0Nly9hQY

Opal's entire Happy Nightmare baby album wallows in electric T-Rex worship to great effect. Even Mazzy Star has a bit of that sound left in them.

These two songs appeared at the same time, and the authors accused each other of ripping off each other. But both were of course heavily influenced by their contemporary glam rival T.Rex:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQo6zpVzt8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXkYFTlKAtw

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NUTS0ggJ4o

With images off, I can't tell if any of the youtubes have referenced this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Jewish_Music:_Marc_Bolan