The first time I heard Marc Bolan’s hypnotic anthem ‘Cosmic Dancer,’ its mystical lyrics stirred a sense of connection to something enigmatic beyond intellectual grasp. The more I immersed myself in the haunting melody, the more its meaning eluded me.
Marc Bolan’s melancholic, floating vocals, and bluesy guitar riffs cast a hypnotic spell. Like a Japanese koan, his poetic play of words transported me into a mystical world beyond conceptual understanding. I just listened and enjoyed it. As philosopher Alan Watts said, the playing of the music is itself the point.