5 Feet of Fury

Watch Marc Bolan bitch about Billy Idol being ‘as pretty as him’ (video)

Via Flashbak:

Each show featured Marc dressed in spray-on trousers, languishing over a day-glo set of manmade fibres and shiny surfaces. Marc, the frequently ‘tired and emotional’ popstar, laced his introductions and performances with fayness, indolence, sardony and an otherworldliness bordering on the deeply spaced. Your host once tripped over a lead and fell off the stage, causing guest star David Bowie to ask, “Could we have a wooden box for Marc [to stand on]?”