David Bowie was an English singer-songwriter & actor. He constantly reinvented himself to stay current over nearly 5 decades. His first big hit was "Space Oddity" in 1969. He has had a lot of great songs including "Starman", "Ziggy Stardust", "Rebel Rebel", "Changes", "Young Americans", "Hero", "Fame", "Golden Years", "Ashes To Ashes", "Under Pressure", Let's Dance", "Modern Love" etc.
Sweet! "China Girl" was the second single from Bowie's 1983 album Let's Dance. It was a hit across Europe and North America, as well as Australia, New Zealand, and even South Africa. Stevie Ray Vaughan plays the guitar solos on the studio version. It was my favorite track from that album. Bowie changed up the arrangement of the song for his late nineties/early aughts tours so that it sounds closer to the Iggy Pop version from 1977. The "China Girl" of the song was actually Vietnamese woman named Kuelan Nguyen whom Iggy was crushing on. Back in the eighties, when Bowie's version ruled the radio, I took the song as something of a prescient warning to China about the risk of corruption posed by the process of globalization that was just getting started.
What a great no... a very great musician one of the best of his time. I heard him when I was a green little boy with the song "The Jean Genie" and I've loved his music ever since. His music will keep him alive forever. Greets @all from hamburg (germany)
One simply cannot mistake Bowie for anyone else. Meshell Ndegeocello was definitely rocking the bass. Check out some of her solo work. Great upload and reaction, AR. Thanks!
The song could be interpreted in 3 different ways IMO: about a relationship with a "china girl", about drugs ("china white" is a name for heroin) or as a warning about the ill effects of western culture on the developing world.
David Bowie was an English singer-songwriter & actor. He constantly reinvented himself to stay current over nearly 5 decades. His first big hit was "Space Oddity" in 1969. He has had a lot of great songs including "Starman", "Ziggy Stardust", "Rebel Rebel", "Changes", "Young Americans", "Hero", "Fame", "Golden Years", "Ashes To Ashes", "Under Pressure", Let's Dance", "Modern Love" etc.
Sweet! "China Girl" was the second single from Bowie's 1983 album Let's Dance. It was a hit across Europe and North America, as well as Australia, New Zealand, and even South Africa. Stevie Ray Vaughan plays the guitar solos on the studio version. It was my favorite track from that album. Bowie changed up the arrangement of the song for his late nineties/early aughts tours so that it sounds closer to the Iggy Pop version from 1977. The "China Girl" of the song was actually Vietnamese woman named Kuelan Nguyen whom Iggy was crushing on. Back in the eighties, when Bowie's version ruled the radio, I took the song as something of a prescient warning to China about the risk of corruption posed by the process of globalization that was just getting started.
What a great no... a very great musician one of the best of his time. I heard him when I was a green little boy with the song "The Jean Genie" and I've loved his music ever since. His music will keep him alive forever. Greets @all from hamburg (germany)
Your reactions are so special, as you get it all!
Yes Bowie, and band...amazing and missed.
His last album, Black Star, won awards. He knew he was dying and the songs reflect that.
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One simply cannot mistake Bowie for anyone else. Meshell Ndegeocello was definitely rocking the bass. Check out some of her solo work. Great upload and reaction, AR. Thanks!
It's Gail Ann Dorsey on bass.
@@chrissimpson6017 I stand corrected. She's fabulous.
David Bowie, RIP, spent the last twenty years or so of his life married to top supermodel Iman, who I believe is originally from Somalia.
The song could be interpreted in 3 different ways IMO: about a relationship with a "china girl", about drugs ("china white" is a name for heroin) or as a warning about the ill effects of western culture on the developing world.
Great reaction could you react to billy idol cage 😀
Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar here.
Um..on the original studio recording...not this live one