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"Nature Boy" was initially arranged as a techno song with singer David Bowie's vocals, before being sent to the group Massive Attack, whose remix was used in the film's closing credits. Bowie described the rendition as "slinky and mysterious", adding that Robert "3D" Del Naja from the group had "put together a riveting piece of work", and that Bowie was "totally pleased with the end result ...
Young Americans Lyrics & Meanings: They pulled in just behind the bridge / He lays her down, he frowns / Gee my life's a funny thing, am I still too young? / He kissed her then and there / She took his ring, took his babies / It took him minutes, took her nowhere / Heaven knows, she'd have taken anything, but / / All night / She wants the young American / Young American, young American, she ...
- By 1970, Bowie Had Already Written 137 Songs.
- Bowie Loved A Good Public Library.
- Bowie Considered Himself A "Prop" For His Songs.
- Bowie's "Number One Idol" Was Little Richard.
- He Never Whistled in Theatre Dressing rooms.
- He Wrote His 1987 Song, "Never Let Me Down", About Schwab.
- In 1995, though, Bowie Had A Different Recollection About His "Let's Dance" Era.
- Bowie Was Not Bffs with Andy Warhol.
- Bowie Was A Boxing Fan.
- He Helped Christen A New Stadium in Vancouver, B.C.
"I've always written all my own songs. I've had 137 published so far and my latest L.P. is all my own. I also did another one years ago when I was the first singer to record an L.P. before doing a single. My stage act consists entirely of my own material, apart from one or two songs that I like very much — 'Port of Amsterdam' by Jacques Brel and 'B...
In a 2004 interview with Sean Moeller(future founder of the Daytrotter sessions), Bowie recalled flying to New York City to see Presley at Madison Square Garden — a fact Bowie had confirmed for himself by reading the New York Public Library desk reference fourth edition. Here's part of their conversation: Q: What kinds of things are you getting fro...
"I want to make myself a vehicle, a prop for my songs. I've always been aware of how the actor must clothe himself for the role he is portraying."
"He was pretty much the main man for me. I think it was his sax lineup. I just loved the saxophones in that band. I just felt that that was the group I was going to join when I grew up because I was like nine when he happened in Britain. I just wanted to be a part of that sax lineup." [Bowie began playing the saxophone at the age of nine.]
"That's something you're told not to do as soon as you start in the theatre — but that's more of a habit. I'm not superstitious about it or anything else."
"'Never Let Me Down' is a pivotal track for me. It's probably the most personal thing I've written for ... albums. I don't know if I've written anything quite that emotive of how I feel about somebody. Other tracks I think are too schematic to ... a lot of them are allegorical and I just wanted to sort of right on the nose."
"I went mainstream in a major way with the song 'Let's Dance'. I pandered to that in my next few albums, and what I found I had done was put a box around myself. It was very hard for people to see me as anything other than the person in the suit who did 'Let's Dance', and it was driving me mad — because it took all my passion for experimenting away...
Though Bowie had played Andy Warhol himself in Julian Schnabel's 1996 film, Basquiat, Bowie didn't mince words about the famed artist's legacy in a 2002 interview: "I'm not sure that there's such a thing as a fond memory of Andy Warhol. He was a strange fish. Even people who say they knew him well, I don't think they did. I certainly didn't know hi...
"I quite like boxing — but that's only because I use it as a training method. Just recently I've started again. You look at yourself and think [pats stomach] that could go. And boxing's not as boring as pumping bleedin' metal all day, which bores the shit out of me."
Bowie performed the first rock concert at Vancouver's BC Place in 1983, a few weeks following its grand opening, for a crowd of more than 50,000 fans.
Jan 12, 2016 · 9 times David Bowie songs transformed movies and television. by Emily St. James, Dylan Matthews, and Caroline Framke. Jan 12, 2016, 5:20 AM PST. Seu Jorge, who covered Bowie songs so beautifully ...
Feb 18, 2024 · The 35 Best Anime of All Time. 29. “Seven Years In Tibet” (Earthling, 1997) So much of Bowie’s ’90s experimentation period is overlooked due to people’s constant need to compare it to ...
Jan 16, 2024 · David Bowie's 'Young Americans', a staple of the 1970s rock cannon, continues to resonate as a powerful commentary on the American zeitgeist. With its fusion of funk and soul, Bowie crafted not just a song, but an intricate narrative rich with social critique and reflections on identity.
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Aug 18, 2012 · Feb 1st 2012 !⃝. At first this song seems to be about the breakdown of a marriage. First they are "too young", then he "gives her babies," then she cheats ("spies the slinky vagabond"), then they no longer have an intimate relationship ("the breadwinner begs off the bathroom floor').
