Of the sessions, Bowie told BBC in 1976, “It was a nightmare, that album. Visconti’s frustration wasn’t creative as much as practical, worrying about budget and schedule. When it was finished, on the last day of the last mix, I remember telling David, ‘I’ve had it, I can’t work like this anymore-I’m through…David was very disappointed.” Of the last-minute writing, a frustrated Visconti said in 1977, “This was the beginning of new style of writing-’I can’t be bothered until I have to’. Once finished, Bowie quickly recorded his verses with Visconti adding a “flange” effect and then mixing the song right then. The song’s original recording, however, featured Bowie on acoustic, Ronson on electric guitar, Tony Visconti on bass, Woody Woodmansey on drums, and Ralph Mace on Moog synth.Īnd according to Chris O’Leary, Bowie wrote the lyrics for the song in the reception area of the recording studio while Visconti waited in the mixing booth. More recently, in 1993, Cobain covered the song in the band’s now-famous MTV Unplugged release, featuring acoustic instruments. In 1973, the song was covered by the Scottish artist Lulu and that 1974 version, which was produced by Bowie and Ronson and had a more vaudevillian feel, hit No. It was never shared as a single by Bowie. Despite its popularity now, the song was largely forgotten after its release in the early ’70s.
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