| David Bowie – Sound and Vision Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This song is about David Bowie realizing that he needs to stop his drugs. He said that he wished he could be put into a room with an annoyingly bright color and just get over it. The entire album though, is what he meant to be the soundtrack for "The Man Who Fell to Earth." But when he was asked to make the soundtrack, he was to drugged to write anything that sounded decent. So a little before the release of the movie after he had gotten clean, he sent the album to the director telling him this had been what he meant it to be. On the movie though, it was all Pink Floyd music.. | |
| David Bowie – The Bewlay Brothers Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song is about David Bowie's step brother who was committed when David was still very young. I think his name was Terry or something. Well, Terry bought him a saxophone and talked his mom into paying for the lessons. He was also the one who suggested that he change his name. Telling him that he would be confused and compared to the Monkeys drummer; David Jones. This song is about his mixed feelings about his brother, in the last couple lines of the song you can see that he's talking about Terry being schizophrenic. In 1986 (Some years after the release of this album . ) His brother killed himself. He did not attend the funeral afraid that he would bring the press with him.. David said in an interview shortly after marrying Emon: "...Theres still ways that I'm not sure how to approach them, and I'm still trying to address the situation, because for me it was quite traumatizing." Terry first appears in 'The Man Who Sold The World.' album in the song "All the madmen" Then on this song and then in a song on 'Black Tie White Noise' called "Jump they say." |
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