| 词条 | Telegram Sam | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Telegram Sam | cover = Trextelegramsam.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = T. Rex | album = The Slider | B-side = "Cadilac" / "Baby Strange" | released = 21 January 1972 | format = 7" single | recorded = 1971 | studio = | venue = | genre = Glam rock, protopunk | length = 3:45 | label = T.Rex Wax Co. (UK); Reprise (US) | writer = Marc Bolan | producer = Tony Visconti | prev_title = Jeepster | prev_year = 1971 | next_title = Metal Guru | next_year = 1972 }} "Telegram Sam" is a song written by Marc Bolan for the British rock group T. Rex, appearing on their 1972 album The Slider. The song was their third UK number one single, remaining at the top of the charts for two weeks[1] before being knocked off the top by "Son of My Father" by Chicory Tip. The lyrics feature numerous figures such as Bobby (who is a natural born poet who is just outta sight), Golden Nose Slim (who knows where you been), Jungle Faced Jake (make no mistake) and Purple Pie Pete (whose lips are like lightning and girls melt in the heat). It also contains these lines Marc Bolan wrote to refer to himself: Me I funk/but I don't care/I ain't no square/with my corkscrew hair, a line which industrial rock band KMFDM would borrow for their song "Me I Funk". The riff is similar in character to their massive hit from the previous year, "Get It On" but in the key of A rather than E. "Telegram Sam" was not as successful as "Get It On" worldwide, and it only peaked at number 67 in the Billboard Hot 100. Eventually, this was the band's last single charted in the US. [2] "Telegram Sam" was the first single to be issued by Marc Bolan's own T.Rex Wax Co. label, and was released on 21 January 1972. The b-side featured two songs in the UK, "Cadilac" (as printed on the EMI label of the original single) and "Baby Strange", the latter also included in the album The Slider. "Telegram Sam" was written by Bolan about his manager Tony Secunda (Telegram Sam = Tony Secunda) who was his 'main man' in respect of him being Bolan's manager and narcotics supplier.[1] In 1980, it was covered by the gothic rock band Bauhaus as a single, which peaked at number 12 in New Zealand.[2] It was also covered by the Croatian punk-rock band Psihomodo Pop. Personnel
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Bauhaus version{{Infobox song| name = Telegram Sam | cover = bauhaus_telegram_sam.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Bauhaus | album = | released = December 1, 1980 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Post-punk | length = | label = 4AD | writer = Marc Bolan | producer = | prev_title = Terror Couple Kill Colonel | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Kick in the Eye | next_year = 1981 }} "Telegram Sam" is the fourth single released by British gothic rock band Bauhaus. It was released in 7" and 12" format, the latter featuring a cover of John Cale's "Rosegarden Funeral of Sores" as an extra track. Track listings
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Notes1. ^Bolan - The Rise and Fall of a 20th Century Superstar - Mark Paytress {{T. Rex}}{{Bauhaus}}{{1970s-single-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|url= http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Bauhaus&titel=Telegram+Sam&cat=s |title= Telegram Sam in New Zealand Chart |author= Hung Medien |accessdate= 18 July 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1972/19720506.html |title= Telegram Sam in Australian Chart |publisher= Poparchives.com.au |accessdate= 18 July 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.7705&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3 |title= Telegram Sam in Canadian Top Singles Chart |publisher= Library and Archives Canada |accessdate= 18 July 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_T.php |title= Telegram Sam in French Chart |publisher= Dominic DURAND / InfoDisc |date= 18 July 2013 |language= French |accessdate= 18 July 2013 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050319102749/http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_T.php |archivedate= 19 March 2005 |df= dmy-all }} You have to use the index at the top of the page and search "T. Rex" 6. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title= Telegram Sam in Irish Chart |publisher= IRMA |accessdate= 18 July 2013}} Only one result when searching "Telegram Sam" 7. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1972.htm |title= The best-selling singles of 1972 in Italy |publisher= HitParadeItalia (it) |accessdate= 18 July 2013}} 81. Telegram Sam – T.Rex [#17] 8. ^1 2 {{cite web|url= http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/t%20rex/ |title= T. Rex |publisher= Official Charts Company |accessdate= 18 July 2013}} 9. ^1 {{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-slider-mw0000189278/awards |title= The Slider awards on Allmusic |work= Allmusic |publisher= Rovi Corporation |accessdate= 18 July 2013}} 12 : Bauhaus (band) songs|1980 singles|4AD singles|1972 singles|UK Singles Chart number-one singles|Irish Singles Chart number-one singles|T. Rex (band) songs|Songs written by Marc Bolan|Song recordings produced by Tony Visconti|Fly Records singles|Reprise Records singles|1972 songs |
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