Metal Guru...

This week we take on T.Rex and the mighty Marc Bolan, proper national treasure that he is. 'Metal Guru' went to number 1 on 20th May 1972 and remained there for 4 weeks, it was the bands 4th, and sadly final, number 1 in the UK.

There are a few clips of the track floating about but this live performance on Top of The Pops Christmas special 1972 is certainly our fave, not especially for the performance but more so due to the introduction from a boyish Noel Edmonds in what could certainly be mistaken for a green velvet Elf costume, brilliant!

T.Rex - Metal Guru - Christmas TOTP '72|

Whilst looking up a bit of info on the song we came across a rather excellent quote from Marc Bolan himself, this is how he describes the song:

I relate 'Metal Guru' to all Gods around. I believe in a God, but I have no religion. With 'Metal Guru', it's like someone special, it must be a Godhead. I thought how God would be, he'd be all alone without a telephone. I don't answer the phone any more. I have codes where people ring me at certain times.

An insight into the mind of a genius!

And so what with it being the TOTP Christmas special, and the Glam Rockers penchant for all things sparkly, we thought a shimmering glitzy fitted top would work nicely for this number:

Then given Noels velvet wonder outfit we thought it would be rude not to throw in a bit of velvet too! First up this black velvet bolero that we LOVE:

Rock Candy Black Velvet Bolero, UK 16

Or for a move away from black, we have a fab blue/grey velvet blazer that would look perfectly Glam Rock thrown on over some sparkles:

Rock Candy Blue Velvet Blazer, UK 12

And so back to Marc Bolan, we shall leave you with a couple of our favourite style images, what a snappy dresser he was...