Talk:Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine

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I would be fine if the tree died. Should we make a shrine around the gun that shot John Lennon? -Brian

Pause and consider what your comment is worth Brian.

Brian for every person who thinks it would be 'fine' if the tree died there are ten who wouldn't think it 'fine', many of whom hope one day, to visit the site but live too far away to have done it before. For many a Bolan Fan, it is their mecca, just as John Lennon's mecca is the home he grew up in, in Liverpool, now preserved as it was when he was a child. Something Bolan fans don't have. In addition, the British have a long tradition of placing flowers and tributes at places where people have died. Maybe that isn't the case in America, otherwise there would be tributes on the pavement (sidewalk) where John died. And to liken the Tree to the Gun isn't the same. The Gun and the Mini maybe, but the Gun which was 'involved' and the Tree, quietly minding its own business and was not 'involved' in the same way - never. Your logic is flawed. Fee_mercury_moon

All of the information contained in this page is already on the Marc Bolan page. There is no reason for a separate page to exist. Ckessler 21:54, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The information contained in this page is largely not included in the main Marc Bolan page. Apart from the date of death and a very brief summary the only other reference to this page is as follows: "From the very day of the accident the site became a place of pilgrimage to Bolan fans and this was reported in newspapers from 1979 onwards. Since 1999 has been cared for on a charity basis by TAG (T-Rex Action Group). [1]. For more information see the Bolan's Rock Shrine entry."

To include all the information in this entry in the main entry would make it too long and therefore as with other entries this should be covered in its own entry Fee_mercury_moon

This entire article could be summed up in a short paragraph, which would fit nicely in the Marc Bolan article. Ckessler 02:19, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why should it? It is one of the very few sites to be Officially Recognised as a Site of Rock 'n Roll importance by the English Tourist Board. Please re-read the article. If everyone had an officially recognised Rock Shrine listed by the English Tourist Board, maybe Ckessler you'd have a point. But check it out. Does the lead singer of Glam Rock band Mud have a bronze Bust? Or a listing in the 'England Rocks' English Tourist Board guide? No! Does the lead singer of Glam Rock band Sweet have a bronze Bust? Or a listing in the 'England Rocks' English Tourist Board guide? No! Does Paul Kossoff of Free have a bronze Bust? Or a listing in the 'England Rocks' English Tourist Board guide? No! I could go on but it is tedious. The point is that like it or not Ckessler Marc Bolan getting his own Officially Recognised Rock Shrine maks it exceptional. I know you have grievances against TAG Ckessler - I have read (inaccurate and nasty) comments you have made about us elsewhere so you are not exactly unbiased. If 'other parties' had the lease on the site rather than TAG I know you would be in favour of Marc's Shrine having a listing. Please don't let your personal grudges get in the way of what is common sense.

As it is so exceptional for a pop or rock star to have his OWN Officially Recognised listing in the 'England Rocks' English Tourist Board guide that makes it worthy of its own listing. (talk

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