drivingmradam:

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person… Give him a mask and he’ll tell you the truth. 

Velvet Goldmine (1998) dir. Todd Haynes

deadinneverland:

It doesn’t really matter much what a man does with his life. What matters is the legend that grows up around him.

monstersandheartache:

There, in the center of it, was Brian’s American wife Mandy.

picturacinematographica:

Velvet Goldmine, 1998

Drama

Directed by Todd Haynes

Director of Cinematography: Maryse Alberti

bowietrackbytrack:

Track 96: Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy out-take [single B-side ‘75])

‘You got crazy legs, you got amazing head / You got rings on your fingers and your hair’s hot red’ – sings Bowie breakneck-style. This is Velvet Goldmine, another out-take from the Ziggy album. The first proper sessions began in November ’71 (so, before Hunky Dory was even released in December; and the Changes single following in January ’72) – and the song exhibits the mark of this transitory period. The verses are taut electric Ziggy-style rock; while the chorus is a chic piano based jaunt in the mold of Hunky Dory: ‘Velvet Goldmine, naked on your chain / I’ll be your king volcano right for you again and again’. And – yeah – the lyrics are hot. As Bowie commented at the time of it being junked from the Ziggy album: it’s ‘a lovely tune, but probably a little provocative’. Here we go: ‘I had to ravish your capsule, suck you dry / Feel the teeth in your bone, heal ya head with my own’. Wow. Wonderful!!! And the song keeps giving. Ronson’s guitar solo is a little moment of sparkling glory, and the track ends with the chorus transforming – via a hum-along – into a Russian-style polka. Bowie at his devil-may-care best! The song would eventually see the light of day as a B side to one of the many re-releases of the Space Oddity single, in 1975.

‘Velvet Goldmine’: Out-take from the The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album. Released 26 Septmeber 1975 as B Side of the Space Oddity single re-release. Written by David Bowie. Available on Ziggy Stardust – 30th Anniversary Reissue (2002).

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More stuff:

Velvet Goldmine on Pushing Ahead of the Dame

Velvet Goldmine (1998), dir. Todd Haynes

slaughteringbunnies:

Velvet Goldmine (1998) dir. Todd Haynes

thedarksideoftheslash:

I wanted to make some Curt Wild gifs, but I realized I’d make gifs of the whole movie. So let’s stick to these three.