Life's A Gas
"Well you dance when you walk
So let's dance take a chance understand me
You're dirty sweet and you're my girl"
So let's dance take a chance understand me
You're dirty sweet and you're my girl"
—"Get It On (Bang A Gong)"
Electric Warrior is T. Rex's 1971 album. It hit #1 on the British charts twice, in 1971 and 1972.
The cover art was designed by Hipgnosis.
Tracklist:
Side A- "Mambo Sun" (3:40)
- "Cosmic Dancer" (4:30)
- "Jeepster" (4:12)
- "Monolith" (3:49)
- "Lean Woman Blues" (3:02)
Side B
- "Get It On (Bang A Gong)" (4:27)
- "Planet Queen" (3:13)
- "Girl" (2:32)
- "The Motivator" (4:00)
- "Life's A Gas" (2:24)
- "Rip Off" (3:40)
Principal Members:
- Marc Bolan - vocals, guitar
- Steve Currie - bass guitar
- Mickey Finn - congas, bongos, vocals
- Bill Legend - drums, tambourine
"I'm just a Tropester for your love":
- Buffy Speak: The opening lines of "Monolith":"The throne of time
Is a kingly thing" - Flying Saucer: "Planet Queen":"Well it's all right
Love is what you want
Flying saucer take me away" - Intercourse with You: "Get It On," "Jeepster"
- Miniscule Rocking: "Cosmic Dancer" is the longest song at 4:30, and "Life's A Gas" is the shortest at 2:24.
- Mythology Gag: "Mambo Sun" includes the line, "I've got stars in my beard," referring back to the Tyrannosaurus Rex album A Beard Of Stars.
- Shout-Out:
- "Mambo Sun" includes the line "I'm Doctor Strange for you"
- The second line of "Planet Queen" is "Perchance to dream".
- Rearrange the Song: "Monolith" does this to Gene Chandler's "Duke Of Earl."
- Self-Plagiarism: "The Motivator" is practically a rewrite of "Get It On," and "banging gongs" is mentioned in "Rip Off."
- Something Blues: "Lean Woman Blues"
- Studio Chatter: "Lean Woman Blues" begins with Marc Bolan saying "Take ten", tuning his guitar, and then counting off the song with "One, two, buckle my shoe!".
- "Planet Queen" also includes a brief snippet of chatter before the song begins.
- Ur-Example: Considered the first Glam Rock album.
- Word Salad Lyrics: Consider this verse from "Planet Queen":"Dragon head
Machine of lead
Cadillac King
Dancer in the midnight
Dragon head"
