 Genius Meanings
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David Bowie – Andy Warhol
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According to actor Tony Zanetta, when David Bowie first went to New York and got to meet his idol Andy Warhol in The Factory, he played him this tribute song. Warhol, however, “
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David Bowie – Changes
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Despite its poor chart performance, the song frequently appears on “Best of” compilations including Changesonebowie, which takes its title from the track.
“Changes” originally
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Stone Temple Pilots – Andy Warhol (Unplugged)
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[Verse 1] / Like to take a cement fix / Be a standing cinema / Dress my friends up just for show / See them as they really are / Put a peephole in my brain / Two new pence to have
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David Bowie – Lady Stardust (ChangesNowBowie Version)
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[Intro] / Dah-dah-dah-dah da da da / Dah-dah-dah-dah, dah-dah-dah-dah / Dah-dah-dah-dah da da da / Dah-dah-dah-dah, dah-dah-dah-dah / [Verse 1] / People stared at the makeup on his
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Lou Reed – Andy's Chest
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Lou Reed wrote this song for Andy Warhol to cheer him up after he was shot by Valerie Solanis. It’s many just a silly song to make him laugh but also tell Andy that he still cared
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Metallica – Master of Puppets
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The title track off Master of Puppets is mainly about the effects drugs can have on a person’s life. It is the single most performed song in Metallica’s career, and always provides
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David Bowie – Changes (2021 Alternative Mix)
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[Intro] / (One, two, three, four) / Oh yeah / Mmm / [Verse 1] / Still don't know what I was waiting for / And my time was running wild, a million dead-end streets and / Every time
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David Bowie – Song for Bob Dylan
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One of the semi-sketches on Hunky Dory, “Song For Bob Dylan” offers David Bowie the opportunity to engage with a towering music icon (and partial inspiration): Bob Dylan.
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David Bowie – Life on Mars?
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“Life on Mars?” is often considered one of the true masterpieces of the Bowie Canon. Originally released on the Hunky Dory album in 1971, it was made a single in 1973 during the
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Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side
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Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” is a tribute to Andy Warhol’s “factory” of friends and superstars from the New York underground. Here’s Holly, Jackie and Joe in 1971:
The
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Treepeople – Andy Warhol
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Like to take a cement fix / Be a standing cinema / Dress my friends up just for show / I'll see them as they really are / Put a peephole in my brain / Two pence to have a go / I'd
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David Bowie – Tired of My Life
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I don't know why but I'm tired of my mind / Pain is over me, overloading / I don't know why but you're trying to be kind / Take off your silver smile, throw your head back / And
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David Bowie – King Of The City (Demo)
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Come back to the city / They tell me you're sad / Come back if you can, just take a train / I'm sorry you left me / It's hard to be real when / Everyone is so hot to be king of the
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David Bowie – Quicksand (BOWPROMO Mix) [2022 Remaster]
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[Verse 1] / I'm closer to the Golden Dawn / Immersed in Crowley's uniform / Of imagery / I'm living in a silent film / Portraying Himmler's sacred realm / Of dream reality / I'm
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David Bowie – I'm Waiting for the Man [Bowie at the Beeb]
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I'm waiting for the man / Twenty-six dollars in my hand / Up to Lexington 1-2-5 / So sick and dirty, more dead than alive / I'm waiting for the man / Hey white boy, what you doin
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David Bowie – Oh! You Pretty Things
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Written and recorded by Bowie as a demo, the song was first released by Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits fame. As a solo artist, it was Noone’s first album and first single
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David Bowie – Right On Mother
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(Verse 1) / Right on, Mother / You've really blown my mind / I never thought we'd hit it off until today / Right on, Mother / You know the way I feel / Now you know I'm living with
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David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World (ChangesNowBowie Version)
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“The Man Who Sold the World (ChangesNowBowie Version)” is a live re-recording of David Bowie’s immortal song of the same name. The track was released on January 8, 2020 on what
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David Bowie – Almost Grown
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Yeah 'n' I'm doin' all right in school / They ain't said I broke no rule / I ain't never been in Dutch / I don't browse around too much / Don't bother me, leave me alone / Anyway I
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David Bowie – Queen Bitch
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“Queen Bitch” was written as an homage to Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, two massive sources of influence for David Bowie.
Bowie first discovered the Velvet Underground when
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David Bowie – Quicksand
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“Quicksand” is about David Bowie’s philosophical struggle with the unknown. He is stuck in deep thought about unanswerable questions. What does it mean to exist? What is after
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David Bowie – My Death [Live Santa Monica '72]
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[Verse 1] / My death waits like an old roué / So confident I'll go his way / Whistle to him and the passing time / My death waits like a bible truth / At the funeral of my youth
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David Bowie – Let Me Sleep Beside You [Bowie at the Beeb]
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Baby, baby, brush the dust of youth from off your shoulder / Now the years of threading daisies lie behind you / Don't return to fields of green where rainbow secrets were told
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David Bowie – Space Oddity [Live Santa Monica '72]
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[Instrumental intro] / [Verse 1] / Ground Control to Major Tom / Ground Control to Major Tom / Take your protein pills / And put your helmet on / (10) Ground Control (9) to Major
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David Bowie – Amsterdam [Bowie at the Beeb]
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In the port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who sings / Of the dreams that he brings from the wide open sea / In the port of Amsterdam, there's a sailor who sleeps / While the river
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David Bowie – How Lucky You Are (aka Miss Perculiar)
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[Chorus] / When you speak, you speak to me / When you sleep, you sleep by me / When you wake, you wake with me / When you walk, you follow two steps behind in life / [Verse 1
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David Bowie – Aladdin Sane (ChangesNowBowie Version)
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[Verse 1: David Bowie, Gail Ann Dorsey, Both] / Watching him dash away / Swinging an old bouquet / Dead roses / Sake and strange divine / Uh-huh-huh-uh, huh-uh / You'll make it
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David Bowie – Queen Bitch (In Concert: John Peel) [Stereo]
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[Intro: John Peel] / Well, unless I'm very much mistaken this is another program, not a concert from the BBC, in London. My name's John Peel, and you're going to hear the music of
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