T. Rex :: Monolith
Some songs exist outside time. They float in the mesosphere, far above the machinations of man. The mesosphere is a good place for these songs. It is a region too high for aircraft and too low for spacecraft, so there’s plenty of room for these songs; if they are needed, they could float down to earth on a gravity wave—the only relevant habitant of the mesosphere.
Who can say when this song was written? Twenty or perhaps sixty years ago? Or eighty years from now? It’s like that part at the end of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure when they see holographic portraits of themselves playing their songs in the future.
Monolith spans time, or perhaps connects it, like a wormhole. Actually, a wormhole would allow it to pop into different times and be present in multiple eras.
Yeah. That’s probably what it did.
Monolith (4.4MB MP3)
T. Rex (wikipedia)
hiram said on wednesday, september 17th, 2008
joshua said on thursday, september 18th, 2008
Worshiped here too!
johnny said on friday, september 19th, 2008
def worshiped. check out the sound opinions episode with tony visconti. he produced mr. bolan, mr. bowie and gentle giant as well.
joshua said on friday, september 19th, 2008
hiram said on friday, september 19th, 2008
oh, hell yeah. thanks, joshua. i’ve read a few visconti interviews (and almost bought his book the other day at powell’s—has anyone read it? is it worth it?), but having them here actually helps me since i’m lazy.
Around our house, Mr. Bolan is a god. I don’t know how other households feel, but they should really worship Marc Bolan (that’s at least our opinion).