This song is my favorite rock number among T.Rex's later works. Wouldn't this song have been even better if it had been produced by Tony Visconti and had Bill Legend as the drummer? This is me daydreaming. Rock On! 👍
What a great song. It's one of those left in the vault. I was brought up in Nottingham UK. I started buying Marc Bolan/T,Rex records when I heard Hot Love. I was still 11. I love Cosmic Dancer and think it's the best album T,Rex made. We lived next door to a young woman called Pat. Probably 18-22 years old. She babysat Marc's son Rolan. 5 or 6 years ago I was cleaning buses at the city terminus, I saw a woman sitting in a bus shelter. I was 100% certain it was Marc's ex baby sitter. I recognised her chipped tooth. I couldn't find the courage to ask her if she Marc's baby sitter. Nobody tributing Marc has got no where near sounding like him. His voice is hard to copy, that's how good he was. Marc would be 76 in September if he was still with us.
One of rocks most original and underated performers and one who's flame now burns brighter than ever as another generation rediscover this new old hero and fall under the spell of that great unexplainable something that made and makes Bolan such a presence and continuing influence in rock and pops star studded but often tragedy filled history
Like everything else Marc Bolan released I bought Futuristic Dragon on the day it was released and saw the band on the Dragon tour a few weeks later. Jupiter Liar is one of the best slices of pure Bolan Boogie yet it’s always overlooked by compilers of best of albums. Strangely it seems to be the one song that there are no demos or work in progress versions. Your video is perfect.
I always put this on t.rex cd compilations for friends, but always pair it with the 'futuristic dragon" intro electric poem since they segue into one another. Love them and especially Chrome Sitar next as one of my top favorite T.Rex songs. 👍👍🎸
Yeah, I saw them on the Futuristic Dragon tour too. First time I ever saw T.Rextasy (the tribute band), at Archway Tavern, they opened with 'Jupiter Liar'.
Great video. This should have been the first single from the album followed by Sensation Boulevard. Both would have been Top Ten hits and played regularly on the radio today unlike New York City and Dreamy Lady which I don't hear played at all on retro stations.
The ballads of the mighty I AM Lxxxx.! Who gonna live And be as big as Marc Bolan. Who Gonna give Me love. Who gonna sing to be as cool as Marc Bolan. Who gonna dance with me, Love. Who gonna rock n roll and do a Marc Bolan. Who gonna love A me love. Who gonna Hip Hop Honey Marc Bolan. Who gonna Get it on Love. Who keeping up with jones Oh so glorious Who Gonna savour Me love. Who sleeping rest the best God bless all of us. Who gonna boogie On love.
Google Translate: "I'm sorry, the best leave very early in this life." Yes, a lot of the later tracks were quite patchy, in quality - But there were still flashes of outstanding brilliance to be found, imo.
