Just a guess but I suspect Bowie is in imagined dialogue with his greatest idol and fellow glam rock auteur Lou Reed in this song. Mention of New York and bluebirds (see "Candy Says" by The Velvet Underground) seem more than coincidental to me.
@heppercatnonplus He is referencing Lou Reed but I think this may be about Marc Bolan. The hint is that the guitar Bolan gave to Bowie two weeks for his death was used on Lazarus. Bolan and Bowie also spend time together in New York.
@heppercatnonplus He is referencing Lou Reed but I think this may be about Marc Bolan. The hint is that the guitar Bolan gave to Bowie two weeks for his death was used on Lazarus. Bolan and Bowie also spend time together in New York.
Just a guess but I suspect Bowie is in imagined dialogue with his greatest idol and fellow glam rock auteur Lou Reed in this song. Mention of New York and bluebirds (see "Candy Says" by The Velvet Underground) seem more than coincidental to me.
@heppercatnonplus Agreed! I also thought of Lou Reed and "Candy Says" when he sings "just like that bluebird".
@heppercatnonplus Agreed! I also thought of Lou Reed and "Candy Says" when he sings "just like that bluebird".
@heppercatnonplus Course it makes sense, mostly considering he's looking back to his life / career at the threshold of his own death.
@heppercatnonplus Course it makes sense, mostly considering he's looking back to his life / career at the threshold of his own death.
@heppercatnonplus He is referencing Lou Reed but I think this may be about Marc Bolan. The hint is that the guitar Bolan gave to Bowie two weeks for his death was used on Lazarus. Bolan and Bowie also spend time together in New York.
@heppercatnonplus He is referencing Lou Reed but I think this may be about Marc Bolan. The hint is that the guitar Bolan gave to Bowie two weeks for his death was used on Lazarus. Bolan and Bowie also spend time together in New York.