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"20th Century Boy" was released on 2 March 1973. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 3 on 10 March 1973 and peaked three weeks in a row at that position. [11] It stayed a total of nine weeks in the UK Chart while topping the charts in Ireland, although like most T. Rex singles it failed to chart in the US.
R.E.M. covered live "20th Century Boy" early in their career in 1984: [49] singer Michael Stipe said that T. Rex and other groups of the 1970s "were huge influences on all of us", [50] "[they] really impacted me". [51] The Pixies's lead guitarist Joey Santiago cited Electric Warrior in his 13 defining records, [52] as did the Jam's Paul Weller ...
A reissue of the album included a cover of T-Rex's "20th Century Boy", which was released as a single. ... 1987 reissue adds "20th Century Boy" Singles. This Mourning ...
The sent-down, rusticated, or "educated" youth (Chinese: 下乡青年), also known as the zhiqing, were the young people who—beginning in the 1950s until the end of the Cultural Revolution, willingly or under coercion—left the urban districts of the People's Republic of China to live and work in rural areas as part of the "Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside Movement".
A musical, 20th Century Boy, based on Bolan's life, and featuring his music, premiered at the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich in 2011. [ 81 ] In September 2020, a tribute album produced by Hal Willner , Angelheaded Hipster , was released featuring covers of Bolan songs by a variety of artists including Nick Cave , U2 , Elton John , Joan Jett ...
T. Rex is a 1970 album by Marc Bolan's band T. Rex, the first under that name and the fifth since their debut as Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1968. It was released on 18 December by record labels Fly and Reprise .
Rural society in the People's Republic of China encompasses less than half of China's population (roughly 45%) and has a varied range of standard of living and means of living. Life in rural China differs from that of urban China. In southern and coastal China, rural areas are developing and, in some cases, statistically approaching urban ...
The following is a list of songs about cities.It is not exhaustive. Cities are a major topic for popular songs. [1] [2] Music journalist Nick Coleman said that apart from love, "pop is better on cities than anything else."