You should read Jerry Hopkins Biography 'Bowie'
The Aladdin Sane title was clearly tied together with his Brother's illness as it was in Hunky Dory. He confirmed that in interviews later. Bowie had read Evelyn Waugh's 1930 novel 'Vile bodies' about a future world where bright young things danced in the face of the holocaust. He wrote it sitting in an armchair on the QE2 and recorded it at the Trident Studios in Soho London on his return.
Agree totally about Mike Garson. Brilliant! By the way, if you love that piano, it's the same one heard on Hey Jude, Harry Nilsson's Without You, Elton John's Your Song and many other tracks. It was a handmade Beckstein that was over 100 years old.
I will certainly read that biography. Your comments are "spot on" and, combined with the comments on the pre war partying below, this helps to understand the song. This may be my favorite song - always loved it. Thanks for the information on the piano. I assume the piano is at Trident studios?
I will certainly read that biography. Your comments are "spot on" and, combined with the comments on the pre war partying below, this helps to understand the song. This may be my favorite song - always loved it. Thanks for the information on the piano. I assume the piano is at Trident studios?
You should read Jerry Hopkins Biography 'Bowie' The Aladdin Sane title was clearly tied together with his Brother's illness as it was in Hunky Dory. He confirmed that in interviews later. Bowie had read Evelyn Waugh's 1930 novel 'Vile bodies' about a future world where bright young things danced in the face of the holocaust. He wrote it sitting in an armchair on the QE2 and recorded it at the Trident Studios in Soho London on his return. Agree totally about Mike Garson. Brilliant! By the way, if you love that piano, it's the same one heard on Hey Jude, Harry Nilsson's Without You, Elton John's Your Song and many other tracks. It was a handmade Beckstein that was over 100 years old.
I will certainly read that biography. Your comments are "spot on" and, combined with the comments on the pre war partying below, this helps to understand the song. This may be my favorite song - always loved it. Thanks for the information on the piano. I assume the piano is at Trident studios?
I will certainly read that biography. Your comments are "spot on" and, combined with the comments on the pre war partying below, this helps to understand the song. This may be my favorite song - always loved it. Thanks for the information on the piano. I assume the piano is at Trident studios?