In 1973 (when I was 13), a friend gave me a copy of David Bowie's Space Oddity, he like the title track, but could not stand the rest of the LP. I, on the other hand became a lifelong Bowie fan.
At about the same time Bowie released this, his 5th major label release, PinUps (the album with the strange cover, that's `60's model extrordinaire Twiggy - the one on the left). I grabbed a copy, and immediately loved it (I've burnt through several LP, cassette, and CD copies over the years). Took me a long time before I realized the impact these songs had on Bowie when he was younger, and the impact his versions and the originals had on my lifelong musical tastes.
The album was the finale for the famed Bowie backup band THE SPIDERS FROM MARS: Mick Ronson – guitar, piano, vocals, Trevor Bolder – bass, Aynsley Dunbar – drums (replacing Mick Woodmansey). Bowie recorded "White Light/White Heat" during the sessions, but did not use it, insted donating the backing track to Mick Ronson (one of the great underrated guitarists) for use on his first solo LP Play Don't Worry.
Several years back I had heard that David was recording tracks for a PIN UPS II....but maybe that was just a rumor.
Though I've enjoyed the original versions of these songs for many years, a while back I decided to collect them all together and play them back in the LP's order
Tracks in the order they appear on the 1973 LP
"Rosalyn" – The Pretty Things (1965)
"Here Comes the Night" – Them (1965)
"I Wish You Would" – Billy Boy Arnold (1955)
"See Emily Play" – Pink Floyd (1967)
"Everything's Alright" –The Mojos (1964)
"I Can't Explain" – The Who (1965)
"Friday on My Mind" – The Easybeats (1967)
"Sorrow" – The Merseys (1966)
"Don't Bring Me Down" – The Pretty Things (1965)
"Shapes of Things" – The Yardbirds (1965)
"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" – The Who (1965)
"Where Have All The Good Times Gone" – The Kinks (1965)
The later CD bonus tracks:
"Growin' Up" – Bruce Springsteen (1973)
"Amsterdam" – Jacques Brel (1959)
my blacklight bowie portrait, 1993
(focus on the dot on his head for 20 seconds,
and tell me if the picture does not go 3D!)
The original tunes that were on this classic album...remember, if you like what you hear, go out and by more material by all these artiast!
ROSAYLN by THE PRETTY THINGS
HERE COMES THE NIGHT by THEM
I WISH YOU WOULD by THE YARDBIRDS
SEE EMILY PLAY by PINK FLOYD
EVERYTHINGS ALRIGHT - THE MOJOS
I CAN'T EXPLAIN by THE WHO
FRIDAY ON MY MIND by THE EASYBEATS
SORROW by THE MERSEYS
DON'T BRING ME DOWN - PRETTY THINGS
SHAPES OF THINGS by THE YARDBIRDS
ANYWAY ANYWHERE ANYHOW by THE WHO
DAVID BOWIE
BOWIE PINUPS
THE WHO
THE KINKS
PINK FLOYD
YARDBIRDS
THEM/VAN MORRISON
THE PRETTY THINGS
1 comment:
Found your blog via IckMusic. Huge Bowie fan here, so I had to check it out. Good stuff!
There was a rumored Pin Ups 2. I read an interview a few years ago where Bowie mentioned it, saying that it was an ongoing plan that gave him a backlog of covers, but he instead pulled a few out for his last few albums (Pixies, Jonathan Richmond, Neil Young, George Harrison).
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