rogers-fringe:

David Bowie explaining his characters, Cracked Actor (x)

bewlays:

David Bowie’s things backstage, 1973.

bowietrackbytrack:

Track 93: Queen Bitch (album version)

Queen Bitch is the brassy rocker of Hunky Dory – overflowing with glamour and seediness, guts and camp. The track kicks off with an acoustic guitar riff for four bars; and is then mirrored with Ronson’s electric fuzz chords; before drums and bass tumble into the fray along with a second electric guitar double-tracking the first. It’s rough-hewn and utterly glorious. A foot-stomping Lou Reed / Velvet Unground inspired mise-en-scene of cheap hotels, prostitution, gay love and righteous jealousy. The penultimate track of the album, it’s the hurricane before the eye of the storm (Hunky Dory’s incredible final cut); and a sign towards of the musical direction of the Ziggy period coming hot on its heels. Queen Bitch was first previewed at the BBC live session in June ’71 (trackbytrack 80); included on the Bowpromo disk (trackbytrack 83) and played at Aylesbury Friars Club live (trackbytrack 90). And it’s gonna be – as mentioned, and as we’ll see – a mainstay in the early Ziggy era: performed on both radio and TV. And one day, in the far future, Reed will join Bowie on stage for a version…

‘Queen Bitch’: Track 10 of the Hunky Dory album. Released 17 December 1971. Written by David Bowie. Available on Hunky Dory (1971).

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More stuff:

Queen Bitch on Pushing Ahead of the Dame

bowie-etc:

★ keep your ‘lectric eye on me babe
                 put your ray gun to my head
press your space face close to mine, love
                freak out in a moonage daydream, oh yeah★

controlyourface:

I couldn’t help but soak it up, you know (x)

bewlays:

David Bowie’s various costume changes on The 1980 Floor Show, broadcast on NBC November 16th 1973.

reckless-tunes:

“There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’s told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile”

whiiteduke:

David Bowie & Fans (1974).