China Girl

I love how it starts as just another bowie imitation track and at about 2:00 he just starts screaming his head off like he's in the stooges again

i just love iggy's voice so much, i can't explain it. it's really fucking amazing. so cool, so beautiful, and yet at times so wild and primal. he's a musical god. i love both his and bowie's version, as i'm a huge bowie fan. they wrote the song together though and i think its fitting that they both had a shot at it.

Iggy Pop & David Bowie wrote this while they were recording with in France. They were recording in the same place as the French artist Jacques Higelin, and Iggy became smitten with his wife, who is Vietnamese. He confessed his love for her and she rebuked him. The song is a pretty good summary of falling for someone and not having them reciprocate; the feelings go from tender and loving to angry and frustrated. He sounds so hurt and dejected by the last line of the song... awesome recording.

must be my favourite song ever. can't believe no one commented on it. so superior to bowie's version, the vocals are unbelievable

this is one of my favorite songs.

I think this version is really beautiful and sounds very rich. I like it a lot better than Bowie's version, although I think Bowie's version is easier to understand. This is so glam, I love it.

read the book. Open up and Bleed: Iggy Pop. i just finished it. they talk about the inspiration behind it.

the first portion of the lyrics has minor inaccuracies..

here's the correct lyrics:

"I couldn't escape this feeling With my China Girl I'm just a wreck without My little China Girl I'd hear her heart beating Loud as thunder Saw the stars crashing"

Better than the bowie version IMHO. Iggy's voice feels more vulnerable and desperate, which Bowie is trying to be sensual in a kind of gross over the top kind of way.

Swastika? What is it with Bowie and Iggy when it comes to Nazis?