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David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World

submitted by Zifnab

1 decade 5 years 10 months 1 week ago

From his Reality Tour.

"The Man Who Sold the World" is a song by David Bowie. It is the title track of his third album, released in the U.S. in November 1970 and in the UK in April 1971. The song has been covered by a number of other artists, notably by Lulu in 1974, and Nirvana in 1993.

In common with a number of tracks on the album, the song's themes have been compared to the horror/fantasy works of H. P. Lovecraft. The lyrics are also cited as reflecting Bowie's concerns with splintered or multiple personalities, and are believed to have been partially inspired by the poem "Antigonish" by William Hughes Mearns:

Last night I saw upon the stair
A little man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away
(From Wikipedia

6 Comments

justathinker says...

I can't resist sounding cliche but this is better than Kobain's version. Long time Nirvana fan.

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Though there are certainly many novel interpretations out there, I find covers are rarely better then the original.

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Bowie hotness...denied.

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