Episode 18–Fame
from How Good It Is
Happy New Year, HGII fans! It was 1975 and David Bowie's professional life was in some turmoil. He was in the middle of breaking a contract with his manager, and he was still trying to deal with the way his life had changed since "Space Oddity" became a hit a few years earlier. With the help of his new friend John Lennon (who advised him to get rid of the manager), he took a riff that his guitarist was noodling around with for another song, and turned it into his first #1 hit in the US. Lennon and Bowie backstage at the Grammy Awards, 1975. In a BBC interview recorded only a couple of days before he died, Lennon said that David Bowie had a vast repertoire of talent, and it was interesting to see him do most of his song composition right there in the studio. "He goes in with, like four words and a few guys, and starts laying down this stuff, and he has virtually nothing, he's making it up in the studio." As usual, you have SO. MANY. OPTIONS. for listening. Your favorite podcatcher may already have it, or you can listen/download through the player right here: And also as usual, if you feel the urge to leave some positive feedback on iTunes or wherever you happen to get your stuff from, I won't stand in your way. Oh, and as promised, here's the clip of Bowie on Soul Train: https://youtu.be/Kcoju5QP5iM
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