It's interesting how it came together. Belew has said Bowie was trying to get him in as musical director for a tour, but the dates clashed with, iirc, contractually required studio time for his next solo record. So Bowie offered up material as an incentive to Belew (and I suspect more importantly Belew's label) to come on board. Bowie sent a tape of unused material, I think mostly from Tin Machine sessions, which also included some stuff he had recorded with Bryan Adams' backing band (PPR being one), which was (as Belew recalls) mostly awful, very raw and 'in progress'. So Belew added lots to it, new bass/guitar/drums, changed the structure, speed, instrumentation etc. I suspect if he had received more 'formed' demos his reverence of Bowie would have stopped him from making such drastic alterations. As a result, it has this great sound that is a real meshing of their talents, and can maybe be seen as a real collaborative composition between them both. Hopefully we'll get to hear the original demo one day to see how it all came together.
Look how Bowie is a fantastic alien out of this world.
Two Pals Havin Fun...Godspeed, David...
The lord of rock...grande Bowie
Love, love, LOVE this song!!!
No one hears this song ever without Bowie.
This tour was amazing.
Che dire, amo Bowie, e Adrian, bellissima versione,
Крутая композиция! Спасибо.
Adrian Belew KNOWS it's where the guitar is pointed that counts.
❤❤❤❤❤❤ 4:30
♥
This is more of an Adrian Belew song than a Bowie song.........
Bowie wrote it.
It's interesting how it came together. Belew has said Bowie was trying to get him in as musical director for a tour, but the dates clashed with, iirc, contractually required studio time for his next solo record. So Bowie offered up material as an incentive to Belew (and I suspect more importantly Belew's label) to come on board. Bowie sent a tape of unused material, I think mostly from Tin Machine sessions, which also included some stuff he had recorded with Bryan Adams' backing band (PPR being one), which was (as Belew recalls) mostly awful, very raw and 'in progress'. So Belew added lots to it, new bass/guitar/drums, changed the structure, speed, instrumentation etc. I suspect if he had received more 'formed' demos his reverence of Bowie would have stopped him from making such drastic alterations. As a result, it has this great sound that is a real meshing of their talents, and can maybe be seen as a real collaborative composition between them both. Hopefully we'll get to hear the original demo one day to see how it all came together.