tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post2911201852748454339..comments2024-03-22T14:01:26.256-07:00Comments on Just Backdated: MARC BOLANChris Charlesworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05459094285776329847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-70691501231380468362019-08-12T03:44:06.013-07:002019-08-12T03:44:06.013-07:00Thanks for that. Always nice to get a dissenting v...Thanks for that. Always nice to get a dissenting view. Chris Charlesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459094285776329847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960772098173697898.post-44776447823487993502019-08-12T02:03:47.484-07:002019-08-12T02:03:47.484-07:00Well, he wasnt killed when his car hit the tree, f...Well, he wasnt killed when his car hit the tree, for starters. His car came to rest against the tree and that stopped it going down the embankment, which would surely have killed Gloria Jones. He was killed when his car hit a pylon on a steel guard fence, which was fairly immediately removed. That basic ignorance should have warned me to proceed with caution but like a fool, proceed I did.<br /><br />Suffice to say, I found the article not merely uncharitable, but niggardly and out of step with history than and now. Bolan is one of the great, glowing rock gods with a barely diluted excellence of legacy - one that generation after generation rediscovers and re-reveres. Of his contemporary, only Bowie does not pale and Bolan never out out anything as awful as Bowie's mid-late 80's offerings.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05062818592075961023noreply@blogger.com