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Your support makes all the difference.Next Tuesday is the twentieth anniversary of Marc Bolan's death. A plaque will be placed near the spot on Barnes Common where the pop idol died in 1977.
BOLAN
You heard he purchased shoes,
From Anello and Davide
And went to Eric Clapton
To learn electric lead
And it wasn't Metal Guru Everybody knew
It was Medal G'roo
His satin strides and fun-furs
The Maida Vale pad
The feather boa and make-up
Which drove the teenies mad
But it wasn't Metal Guru
That just wasn't true
It was Medal G'roo
And when it came to singles
He popped them out like peas
Then toured around the country
Posing on his knees
And it wasn't Metal Guru
Nothing else would do
But Medal G'roo
And twenty odd years later
With retrospective sets
There's pop stars and there's Pop Stars
Lest anyone forgets
But it wasn't Metal Guru
Anyone schoolgirl knew
It was Medal G'roo
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