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Marc Bolan and The Occult
Early in October 2002, I received this e-mail from Andrew, who lives in Australia:
'..As an amateur musician, and experimenter in sound, I would keenly like to state my enthusiasm for your amazing website! I would also like to state that I am firmly convinced that the early (pre "Metal Guru") Marc Bolan (and T-Rex) music strikes me as being knowledgeable of various aspects of occultism, the "western tradition" and Crowleyism. For instance, in the song "By the light of a magical moon", rather inexplicably, the words "When I slay the darkest eye, then we can fly!" appears, after a verse talking about dancing by the magical light of (a full?) moon. This line convinced me that Marc Bolan was possibly initiated into a "left hand path" occult coven.
There is also the rumour that Marc had "sold his soul" to the devil, in order to receive material benefits and fame, but that he would die before (or when) he was 30! This I believe originated with the Australian pop "Guru" Ian "Molly" Meldrum, a gay music fan, and Australia's "oldest teenager", who had befriended Marc on his first Australasian tour in early 76?, Marc had apparently in a drunken state broken down and revealed to Meldrum the truth about his meteoric rise to the pinnacle of pop, at that time.
Is any of this true?, we can only speculate now. the line mentioned above from "Magical Moon" is only one example, there are more, I believe it is genuine occultism that influenced Bolan, because of the Biblical line of Jesus (?) "If thy eye be full of light, how great is that light, if thy eye be full of darkness, how great is that darkness!", this refers to the awakening of the third eye through Kundalini or occult practices...'
Reg Presley Promotes His New Book in Daily Mail
The November 7th issue of Daily Mail included a full-page article/interview with Reg Presley under the headline and subtitle 'WILD THINGS! Once a 60s heart-throb, Reg of the Troggs is now obsessed with UFOs and aliens.' Here is an excerpt:
'Self-styled 'rock star and visonary,' Reg claims to have seen 11 UFOs and
two 'elliptical craft' (flying saucers to you and me), and has spent £12,000
investigating odd phenomena.
His explorations have attracted widespread interest from other pop stars,
many of whom have long been in a kind of twilight zone themselves.
He reveals that Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry once saw 'ten small figures, about
4ft in height' which ran across the road in front of his car.
Noddy Holder of Slade saw a huge UFO outside his hotel window in Bournemouth,
and Sting saw 'the top of a mountain lit up like a Christmas tree.'
Robbie Williams has also phoned him in the past asking to visit corn circles...'
Robert Palmer: Channeler of Songs
Record Collector magazine, November 2002, has a 3-page interview with singer/songwriter Robert Palmer, in which he talks about the songs on a new CD collection 'At His Very Best.' Here are excerpts from his comments on two of his songs:
Sweet Lies
"A lovely record. It came out of the blue. I was merely channelling it.
These chord changes - I have no idea where that came from."
She Makes My Day
"I didn't give much thought to it at all. It was like automatic writing.
It's nice to be in the right place and the right time, catch it unawares,
and then, people go, 'what's that?' And I go, 'I dunno, it's good isn't it'?..."
Madonna UFO Promo For Sale
An extremely limited edition UFO promotional model for Madonna's 'Ray Of Light' LP is available for sale. Here is the commentary on this item from the sale list page on the Madonna Store site:
RAY OF LIGHT - UK PROMO MATHMOS 'UFO' LAMP - £950.00
This item was manufactured to promote the album in the UK and is limited to 10 making it one of the rarest Madonna items ever.
The fibre optic lamp base is made of brushed aluminium with the 'Ray Of Light Logo' etched into the side. The top of the lamp has a bundle of fibre optics which change colour when the lamp is switched on. Fab item - use it if you dare!
The lamp is still perfect and unused in its original box. Mint.
