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MAIN MAN
"Are you my main man
Are you now are you now
Are you my Main Man
Are you now are you now
Are you now
Are you a God man
Are you now are you now
Are you a frog man
Are you now are you now are you now
Heaven is hot babe
Everso everso
Heaven is hot babe
Watch it glow watch it glow
Watch it glow
Bolan likes to rock now
Yes he does yes he does
Bolan likes to rock now
Yes he does yes he does
Is there a sane man
Anywhere anywhere
Got giraffes in my hair
And I don't hair
No I don't care no I don't care
As a child I laughed a lot
O yes I did O yes I did
Now it seems I cry a lot
O tell me true don't you"
Marc Bolan - The Slider
In simple songs such as this one, Marc Bolan always manages to include few sentences with very deep meaning; few words powerful enough to allow one to meditate on the beginning of an idea, a question for the seer, a riddle for the thinker. In Main Man, Marc introduces the topic with a direct question to "someone" and the identity of this person is also a riddle in itself. "Are you my Main Man, are you now?" to immediately imply the extreme: "Are you a God man, are you now" and then again to conclude with a pun: "Are you a frog man?"
Marc Bolan is torn between two opposite beings: the philosopher who wants to look into the mysteries of this universe, life and death, God and man, and the rockstar who wants to entertain the kids. A devilish angel, Marc, as did Mephistopheles before him - cannot refrain from giving clues such as "Heaven is hot, babe, everso... watch it glow!" From the beginning, Marc believes in a higher dimension, in spiritual realization; but material life finally gave him what he wanted: fame and fortune, the illusion of an easy life to enjoy making music... and the perfect trap to fall into. A very high price to pay, so Marc asks: "Is there a sane man anywhere?": the same kind of questions Diogenes used to ask his peers when walking through the city, in the middle of the day, holding a burning lamp in his hand. Then Marc immediately covers the topic with another pun: "Got giraffes in my hair... I don't care" as if to excuse himself for bringing up such a philosophical question.
Still, no matter the success and the fame, the money and the adulation, Marc Bolan remains the little child he was, a humble boy victim of his own dreams and the closing lines are amongst the most touching he has written, with a naive simplicity he sings: "As a child I laughed a lot, Now it seems I cry a lot, O tell me true don't you".
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