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AngelHeaded Hipster Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: The complex and revolutionary music and lyrics of Marc Bolan and T. Rex, the glam rock powerhouse behind “Bang a Gong (Get it On)” and other iconic songs. Featuring archival performances and interviews with Elton John, Ringo Starr, and David Bowie, plus filmed musical interpretations by artists such as Nick Cave, John Cameron Mitchell, Joan Jett, Macy Gray, U2, and Father John Misty.
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00:01It's like a worship for me to write.
00:03It's like I'm being used by melody.
00:06There's no strain, it just gushes out.
00:13He was the pioneer of the glam rock movement.
00:16He deserved universal atonement.
00:18He was the biggest selling poet in Britain, and he loved that.
00:23There's been a change in England, and we are part of the change.
00:27He comes out wearing this glitter of his jacket and glitter on his cheeks,
00:30and we just got caught on TV.
00:34Eyeliner, I think, is still a political act.
00:36It was playing with gender, it was playing with power.
00:39They're not really bisexual, I've ever.
00:41David Byrna would get married at one time.
00:45What do you think?
00:46Oh, I don't know what that is.
00:48175,000 people got up and boom.
00:52I mean, this is incredible.
00:54I think his records were too out there for American audiences at that time.
00:58Of course, Gettin' On, Bang & Gone was a huge hit over there.
01:08We were going to explore Mark Boland as a composer,
01:11where he's never gotten his due.
01:13All right!
01:14I just had to work out words.
01:16Mark Boland seemed to invent a kind of language.
01:20You hear those sounds, and they're coming out on the records today.
01:23He said, all the people that imitated me have taken over.
01:26He said, I have to change for myself.
01:30All of a sudden, you hear,
01:31Wham!
01:32Yeah!!!
01:33Yeah!!!
01:38We're gonna land to return.
01:45We're gonna land to return.
01:51From home.
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