The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s | Pitchfork
“Metal Guru” 154 Glam-rock wasn’t just about dudes putting on women’s clothing, it was about giving rock ‘n’ roll itself a makeover by filtering ’50s hot-rod rave-ups through ’60s psychedelia and turning pop music into science fiction. At T. Rex’s early ’70s commercial peak, Marc Bolandidn’t so much write tunes as devise characters begging for…