Heartland

I find it interesting that Bowie wrote/recorded Hang On to Yourself in 71, including the line:

"Well the bitter comes out better on a stolen guitar"

And then a few of years later Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols (claims he) stole one of Mick Ronson's guitars and used that during most of the Pistols stuff, which was indeed very, very bitter!

Wikipedia wrote: His usual guitar was a cream coloured Gibson Les Paul Custom which, according to Filth and the Fury, he had stolen from Mick Ronson at a David Bowie concert, when he and his fellow Sex Pistols members posed as road crew members, stealing amplifers and other equipment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jones_(musician)

Quiff Boy wrote:
"Well the bitter comes out better on a stolen guitar"

You'd think I'd know the lyrics by now or even glance at the lyric sheet occasionally... Cheers Quiffboy!

My wife finds it hilarious when I'm listening to music on headphones and singing along "that's not even english - never mind the words to the song!"

Ironically enough, the correct reading of the lyrics makes it more lightly to me that was borrowing from Bowie for the additional subtext (I appreciate this might have been discussed to death elsewhere...)

I don't know why this album got so good reviews. It's very ordinary. Not bad, but nothing special either.

Aazhyd wrote:I don't know why this album got so good reviews. It's very ordinary. Not bad, but nothing special either.

Even an ordinary Bowie album is better than many top-albums from mediocre artists.

On a slightly related note, the new Violets album is eerily Bowie-like in places