Rick, as a songwriter and producer for nearly 40 years, my study of Bowie is well over 50 years now. I garuntee you that the more you look, the more fascinating layers of musicality will appear. It never ends. Both musically and lyrically it is nearly unmatched in the 20th century. I recall in 1973 being dog eared hearing the strange chord changes that at first 50 listens baffled me. And still I’m finding more and more. The jumps of styles from album to album are mind blowing. He stayed flawlessly true to his gut. The record label and fans be damned. If you followed, you learned lesson after lessen. His long time pianist Mike Garson is a dear friend so I’ve had the privilege of learning the influences and mechanics of his work and it runs as deep as any philosophical master of our times. Having Mike as a guest on your show would be fantastic as his genius would be a fascinating treasure for you to search through. “All the Young Dudes” still brings tears to my eyes with it’s profound beauty. Thank you
As a mega Bowie fan I advise you to check out King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Talk about musical depth… and more so style changes from album to album tops even Bowie. Plus they are more prolific and productive.
@@TheJML1975 maybe not in the Villa of Orman, with a solidarity candle… however have you really explored KGLW discography? It doesn’t sound like you’ve given them much of a chance.
One of the best songs ever written, For me it’s Totally London 70s era, Sadly never to be repeated, there was so much great music and musicians and songwriters coming out of London back then, It pains to be nostalgic I know, but it was the real thing, As was the late Great David Bowie 💔, and Mott the Hoople for that matter 🎸⭐️🌞❤️..Thank you Rick, it’s a real shame you never got to do a musical interview with David Bowie that would really have been something special ❤️❤️❤️
Bowie - a reputation that keeps growing. When I was 10, Starman was released, and I was an instant fan. 51yrs later, I'm so glad I chose the right artist. He opened a window to the big world outside. He enriched my life and still does.
right, me too "starman" at about the same time, what a great song and it works to this very day, cause it's timeless, like all of Bowies work. There's a really cute version of Bowies daughter Lexi singing "starman" on youtube btw.
Bowie is the most harmonically complex popular musician of all-time. He flirts with everything from time signatures, to modes, to modulation, to modal interchanges and all of it interacts with the melody flawlessly. He essentially progressed from The Beatles while paying respect to them and never looked back. Cohesively, the Beatles are the greatest of all time ... singularly Bowie is the best for me.
The members of Mott the Hoople apparently couldn''t believe it when Bowie offered them this song. They couldn't believe he didn't want to keep it for himself. It is such a great song, but they did such a great job with it also. The dead guitar lead and Ian Hunter's vocals are stellar. Plus the claptrap is almost like a funeral march. I thought from the second I heard it it was a Bowie song, even though I didn't know much about music at the time. Bowie also sings backing in the chorus I believe.
Decades later, this song still gives me the butterflies. Between the chord changes, the verse, the vocals, I knew that great, dark truths were being communicated.
One of my favorite bridges is David Bowie's song "Changes" How it slides into that bridge, in a melodic sense is sublime...I don't know whether it is odd or conventional but it just sounds so perfect to me. "Strange fascinations fascinate me Ah, changes are taking The pace I'm goin' through"
I've been seeing that video on "I Want My '80s" on MTV Classic and I can only imagine that LSD was involved at least once in the production. "Rubber spacesuit? Padded cell? Bulldozer? Yes, we can do that! This makes sense!"
I still have the half packet of confetti that was dumped on the audience when Mott the Hoople played "All the Young Dudes" as their encore at the Agora Ballroom in Chicago July 27th, 1973. It was Epic.
If David Bowie was just some unknown songwriter who came up with this song for Mott, it would still be his statement of immortality. Except he was so much more…
@@jonolacy2644 They came into our studio to do some remixes on glass spider and we also reconstructed the "Fame x24...." part that was used for their tour at the time.
1972 i was 15 just left school this was the back drop to my youth at this time ! you have no idea the memory's this song brings back to me this one and john im only dancing living in a new town in england you lot will never get it .
As soon as Rick started talking about a Bowie song with a strange chorus, I hoped he was talking about All The Young Dudes, because it's very dear to me, and has been since I was 17, 53 years ago. One of the most perfectly conceived and executed pop records of all time, I'd argue. Hugely inspiring.
Interestingly Bowie did this at times in his songs throughout career - another famous example is Golden years which has a 2/4 that ends the chorus creating a truncation of the phrase rhythm that helps propulse the disco track.
Hey Rick, for another quintessentially British, and uniquely Bowie song, maybe you should check out the chorus on 'Oh You Pretty Things'. A hit in the UK for Peter Noone.
I loved the way Bowie's loss was so impactful to Rick, when talking about the internet, it really hit home what a remarkable artist he was. He's really never truly gone.
The best thing about All The Young Dudes chorus is that it is reversible. Bowie did it and this is how you have Move On’s chorus on Lodger record (1979). And it is oddly beautiful.
bowie's got the talent to make keychanges without the listener noticing it i always liked quicksand and couple of years ago i wanted to learn the chord progression and was surprised that the whole first verse was in a different key (and with weird chords i couldn't play then) than the rest of the song such a great composer
There’s very little new music that grabs my attention, nothing inspiring but today I watched Rick Beato’s breakdown of “All The Young Dudes” a song that was released in 1972. Rick dissected this song in such a way that it’s very nearly a brand new song for me. AND the story of how this song came into existence thru David Bowie! Rick’s breaking down of this chord progression has really excited me in a very tough time in my life. I’m going to learn these chords and play along with the record as a therapy, a sanctuary until these dark clouds pass. Thank you Rick, Your videos bring inspiration and good distraction for people in ways you’ll never know. Keep On Truckin’ jack james ~
@Rick Beato - Excellent analysis, Rick! Also interesting that apart from the last "Carry the Dudes" over the C chord at the end of each chorus, Ian is basically singing all the time in D major, despite the chords modulating underneath him rather like a wobbly canoe! PS: I joined Mott on keyboards less than a year after Dudes was released. I have never not enjoyed playing Dudes live ever since - it still raises the hairs on the back of me neck (and invariably raises most of the audiences arms)! And yes - you should interview Ian - at age 83 he just released an astonishingly good new album!
So cool to come across this video and your comment. Curious (as a keyboard player / singer that happens to have a Bowie tribute band) … when you play Dudes live, do you play organ, piano or both?
@@zeekmitchellz When I played it with Mott (in 1973, 1974, 2018 and 2019) I played piano and another gent played organ. When I play it alone or with a friend or two, I usually have my digital piano MIDI'd to an organ which I can fade in and out with a volume pedal.
Two of my favourite Bowie albums are Low and Heroes. And there are so many Tiny little two to three minute songs on them that feel like a symphony. So much things are going on in such a short span of time and each of those songs contain more musical brilliance than most other songs at the time, music to come and music that has been.
One of the stories I heard about this track is that the guys in Mott The Hoople were thinking of breaking up, and Bowie didn’t want them to, so he gave them this song. Which turned out to be their biggest hit. If it’s true, I think that awesome…
@@richmacer2108 actually, it was Mick Ralphs who came up with that riff. It’s a beautiful riff. The one thing I will say about Mark, before Mick Ronson Ralph’s just noodled and rocked out play lotta notes. After Mick came in and worked on that record, every record after that Mick Ralphs playing is. very tidy, didn’t play a lot of notes, just played a little melodies much like Mick Ronson did. that’s the influence of Mick Ronson on Mick Ralphs.
@@richardfairlamb9728 ……I think so. Mick’s contributions to popular music are many and varied but when it comes to Bowie, what I find most telling is the vast difference between the “Folky” acoustic music Bowie was playing when Mick arrived on the scene, and the release of the heavier, darker and I think, utterly brilliant “The Man Who Sold The World”, imo an absolutely superb album. I preferred Bowie’s earlier (Spiders) material and while TMWSTW might not be to everyone’s taste, I always thought the songs were exceptional and with Mick’s expert arrangement and production, it became that rarity, a “perfect” album. It’s certainly my favourite from Bowie. Once Mick was on board, David’s music became more experimental and infinitely more interesting musically. Ultimately though, while Mick was held in the highest esteem by his musical peers, he never enjoyed the acknowledgment he so richly deserved (for all of his musical contributions!) and he certainly never reaped the financial rewards. A fabulous example of Ronno’s prowess is his solo/outro on “Moonage Daydream” and that’s but one song, Mick Ronson was magnificent!
When I hear the G-C-D-A turnaround at the end of the chorus, I think of several Queen songs ("The Game" and "Flash" among them) that use that same motif. Not surprising that in their hey day, Queen, Mott the Hoople, and Bowie were musical and personal contemporaries that influenced one another. All were masters of majestic, dramatic, and still quite hooky composition.
Mick Ronson was a huge part of what informed and inspired David Bowie. Also Peter Gabriel was a definite influence on him, both musically and with campo theater being used for stage presence... to some degree certainly that stage approach helped shape the music.
Many ppl have mentioned Ashes to Ashes but the whole Scary Monsters album is idiosyncratically marvellous, not least the title track but also Because You’re Young & of course Fashion
There's a wonderful live version of this song performed at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. With Bowie on sax, Mick Ronson on guitar and Ian Hunter vocals, backed by the boys from Queen.
Cool! My all-time favorite Bowie song is Ashes To Ashes. I don’t know exactly what it is about it, but it absolutely captures me. For me, it’s best ever, no contest, but everyone has their favorites, right?
It’s the sequel to ‘Space Oddity’, so it’s about about a character who’s on drugs (the ‘space cadet’ in British slang called ‘Major Tom’ in both songs) except this time it’s a lament because he’s died of drug abuse. Bowie had just stopped taking drugs at that point. When he sings in the opening lines ‘do you remember a guy that’s been / in such an early song’, he’s referring to ‘Space Oddity’, his first hit.
Rick, you must do Moonage DayDream or Life on Mars. The melodies in those songs are unbelievable! Btw, his closing record had some phenomenal songs on it.
I can’t give it all away had me bursting into tears the first time I heard it, and I fell asleep to it on repeat, the night he died. I was woken to numerous texts from my wife, sister and friends, and my day went dark, numb and awful. I remember stumbling through the streets of San Francisco, feeling very lost and so far from home.
Agreed. Blackstar gets a lot of praise, but I feel like it is underappreciated from a musical standpoint. For me, how “I can’t give everything away” pays homage to “A new career in town” is just mind blowing.
When I read your title I immediately thought of 'All The Young Dudes', no kidding. I love this video. Analyzing the relationships between a songs harmony and melody get us closer to understanding creative songwriting I think. On the A min you'll notice the vocal harmonies sing notes D and G I believe, which are notes at least an octave above the same played notes in that A min, which utilizes two songwriting tricks...(1) jumping up an octave and (2) giving the impression that the song is going upwards when it actually starts downward. (later the vocal harmonies also sing a third note(A). Bowie is a genius who also knew how to borrow from other musicians like Marc Bolan of T-Rex and Lou Reed. IMO Bowie discovered 'the essence' of Bolan's glam songwriting genius and invented Ziggy Stardust. Bowie idolized Bolan who was famous for doing his thing, before Bowie caught on to it. After he was through with the Bolan essence and Ziggy, he kept a band member rotation going of highly creative players whom he borrowed from. Zappa was well known to do that. A creative ear can take from others and extrapolate from it to create something that becomes their own. I believe bowie was a master at doing that. So,I have to also give Marc Bolan credit for ATYD as well.
Rick It was Mick Ronsons classical training and should of had co writers credit on a lot of Bowies tracks. His guitar work production n composing skills with Bowie. Check out Mick Ronsons film documentaries. Bowie and Ronson did the same thing on Lou Reeds Transformer album Best Wishes Kimball
One of his greatest songs was "Is There Life On Mars". Very intricate chord changes. Rick Wakeman played piano on that track and told his friend that evening after his session that he had played on the most incredible song he'd ever worked on.
When it came out, my older sister had just got pregnant, had an enforced abortion and after all that got kicked out of the family home, aged 16, wrecking her education. The lyrics to Life on Mars, as you might imagine, pull me apart. Three years later, at 16, I followed her out the door, and we’re still close, 46 years later.
That interview you mentioned with David Bowie talking about the Internet is well worth checking out, it was with British journalist / TV presenter Jeremy Paxman. Bowie brilliantly counters Paxman's scepticism about what the Internet will mean - and gets it so right!
From the description, I thought that you would be doing "Ashes to Ashes". But speaking of "All the Young Dudes", if often struck me as if Bowie was possibly inspired by Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale"
*Nobody* assembled groups of musicians and bands like Bowie. He brought people in to do what they do best and seemed to orchestrate some incredible music and band chemistry.
but he screwed The spiders from Mars. After his last Ziggy appearance he fired them with no warning. Those musicians were an integral part of every song. I guess that's what The Bizz Is. I hope everyone has seen "Hired Gun", "The Wrecking Crew" and "Muscle Shoals".
I always wondered whether this could be a nice topic: the 20 best songs with additional or dropped bars, like in songs by the Beatles, Burt Bacharach, Radiohead, Tom Waits, Bowie etc. etc. - because the impact of, for example, an extra 2/4 bar or, let's say, a circle of 6 bars instead of always 4 is astounding, and it's kind of a revelation to understand what is going on there. Btw, thank you for the good work.
Saw David live many times in the 70's and 80''.s Will never forget the curtains coming up on the Diamonds Dog tour with David dressed as half man/half dog just like the album cover. Ziggy Stardust was also a wonderful tour. He was a consummate performer.
This was a hit when I was working nights at an ice cream factory in the summer of 1972, just before I went to college. It often played on the factory PA just as the sun was coming up. One of my favourite Bowie songs.
I was just talking to my brother yesterday about how we never got to really explore Bowie's musical, song writing, and technical abilities through Bowie. He didn't discuss it enough. When people interviewed him, they focused on the personality. Not that, that is a bad thing. But, the depth of Bowie is almost endless. He was fascinating and super human.
The Bowie tune that always breaks my brain is Up the Hill Backwards off of Scary Monsters. The chord changes, the tempo changes... first I think WTF? Then how TF? But it's still a BANGER!
I must agree...this chorus has always felt to me, like it was the last chorus I ever wanted to hear, and it could literally play for eternity and not get boring! 'Hey Judes' outro chorus is a close 2nd!
An outstanding song. I would dearly like to know if Bowie did all this by intuition or whether he had studied any amount of harmony. It just beggars belief how cool it is.
Great video as usual Rick, you can also interview Reeves Gabrels who was Bowie co-author for almost 50 songs, or long time collaborator Carlos Alomar, who arranged guitars in many Bowie albums too. Then Earl Slick the rock guy. Or as already someone suggested you Mike Garson from the keyboard side. Or Tony Visconti as producer, after Lanois now you’re able to reach outsiders like Brian Eno… and so on. There are still so many people out there to talk with about the Bowie world ;-)
Rick you really need to interview Tony Visconti if you haven't already. Tony was such a huge part of Bowie's genius and has lived such an interesting life himself.
Rick I sure wish you would do “Moon age daydream“ then you could feature the genius of Mick Ronson! You being a guitar player producer it’s amazing to me that you’ve never mentioned Mick Ronson in any of your Bowie videos. I highly recommend watching the movie Beside Bowie you might even discover a new music/guitar hero.
Yes, the great David Bowie wrote it, but MTH OWNS it. Mick Ralphs wrote the intro, Ian Hunter wrote the outro. I have a CD with over twenty versions, some of them very good, but nothing will ever match the original. I revere Bowie for his brilliant art, but I love him for resurrecting my all time favorite band.
As the Beatles broke up, I was 12 years old. I was very sad about that and when I heard "all the young dudes" in the radio (in a really bad quality, the receiving was sometimes very bad theese days) I felt that the Beatles are back somehow. And when I find out that this was written by David Bowie I became a Bowie fan, up to this day.
You truly are amazing Rick. Your dedication to and love of music and artists who create it and your continual gift to all of us, breaking it all down, giving context for appreciation, it's truly unparalleled. Please don't ever stop. Can I just say an eternal and undying thank you?
Way back in the day, an English kid I'd met, in trying to give me context for Bowie, described him simply as "a God-genius". ...and that is exactly how I eventually came to regard him, and have continued to think of him, ever since.
Love Bowie. I agree it’s quintessentially British. I think the progression has an Oasis quality- Noel Gallagher had a knack for the “unexpected chord” movement as well. Again, very British. Even in Bowie’s less celebrated moments he was a genius. “As the world falls down” from the Labyrinth soundtrack has such compelling vocal melody.
Noel uses a similar chord progression on "Whatever" and "Dont look back in anger". If you watch "Whatever" live, Noel and Liam sing "All the young dudes" chorus at the end and also during the final chorus of DLBIA Noel plays the All the young dudes melody on the lead guitar in the left speaker presumably as some sort of homeage.
@@wartimemodels haha that’s awesome. If you look up “Whatever + all the young dudes” on RUclips you can find this awesome version where Liam sings the whatever outro, then octopuses garden, then all the young dudes in the same song. It’s so cool
I thought for sure the tune would be “Ashes to Ashes”! It’s so incredibly strange and quirky, and I love it. David’s music from his Let’s Dance era in the early-mid 1980’s is my favorite. “China Girl” is just a masterpiece of creativity and sophistication,. “Blue Jean” is in a completely different vein of Bowie style strangeness than anything else from that time. Obviously, “Let’s Dance” is timeless and awesome, and introduced the whole world to Stevie Ray Vaughan. David Bowie was uniquely innovative force of nature throughout his career. 👍
I think his incredibly expressive and adaptive voice is his genius and what makes him unique. His song writing reflects this adaptability and ability to change on a dime
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about his vocal layering on records. It’s not just the harmonies; the different overlapping tracks have different moods. Isolating one or the other would completely change the mood of the song on a lot of tracks.
Most people put Bowie on a pedestal. But the musical genius was Mick Ronson, he worked out all the guitar parts and the orchestration on all of Bowies early work. Bowie would arrive with words and basic chords, and Ronno would work out the rest. Mick also work on production with Bowie. When he arrived with something he had written on the saxaphone (which he really couldn't play) Mick would be pulling his hair out, but he always managed to make something out of it. I saw this first hand. So for all Bowies genius, a lot of it was the people he never credited the band and back room boys.
Drawing a longer bow, there's something about Bowie's key changing (shape changing?) which evokes Jerome Kern's phenomenal turnarounds, eg in "All the Things You Are" where, to turnaround from the B section to the final A section of the chorus, he somehow manages to hold the same melody note through three somewhat paradoxical chords. The melody note starts as a G# (over E7 for one whole measure, then C+7 for another) and then carries into a third measure unchanged but differently spelled, as an Ab (over Fmin7). This is not just showing off, he needs to pull a rabbit out of a hat, because he's pulled off a blinder in the second A section by transposing both the chords and the melody of the first section down by a perfect fourth (to marvellous effect), and he needs to find his way back to the original key.
For another sublime Bowie chorus look no further than Oh! You Pretty Things. Such an amazing song and one of the first ones that he wrote at the piano.
My junior year hs Mott's All the Young Dudes & Deep Purple Machinehead. Mott seemed the definition of a pro working band, not superstars but excellent shows. Heard Starman that summer & saw Bowie at the Tower that Fall. Good days !
Love this song. First time I heard it back in the day I wasn't aware of the Bowie original or the fact he wrote it, but I distinctly remember thinking it it reminded me of Life on Mars, of all things. There was something about how musically it took you on a little unexpected trip with the progressions. Unexpected, that was Bowie.
This song always puts a smile on my face ever since I first heard it as a kid, when it first came out. Such class, and that chorus is to die for. Catchy, emotive and as you said, majestic. Great video Rick.
I really wish you could make a video about Wayne Shorter’s music Rick! He was one of the all time greats, and I couldn’t think of anyone better than you to honor his legacy
Been watching all these interviews with people who knew Syd Barrett, but none of them get deep into his weirdness on the musicology or production sides. Would love to hear a breakdown on a Syd tune.
I knew which song it was just from reading the title of this episode. I absolutely love this song/chorus. The video of him performing this song at Isle of Wight in 2004 is a masterpiece. I still watch it all the time.
All the young dudes isn't just a great song, but a great rock anthem. Something I deeply miss these days. Sometimes, i get the impression that all those amazing Bowie's songs are amazing because - in a way - there are songs within songs, and that's what makes them stand out, and makes us love them so much.
Rick, as a songwriter and producer for nearly 40 years, my study of Bowie is well over 50 years now.
I garuntee you that the more you look, the more fascinating layers of musicality will appear. It never ends. Both musically and lyrically it is nearly unmatched in the 20th century.
I recall in 1973 being dog eared hearing the strange chord changes that at first 50 listens baffled me.
And still I’m finding more and more.
The jumps of styles from album to album are mind blowing.
He stayed flawlessly true to his gut. The record label and fans be damned. If you followed, you learned lesson after lessen.
His long time pianist Mike Garson is a dear friend so I’ve had the privilege of learning the influences and mechanics of his work and it runs as deep as any philosophical master of our times.
Having Mike as a guest on your show would be fantastic as his genius would be a fascinating treasure for you to search through.
“All the Young Dudes” still brings tears to my eyes with it’s profound beauty. Thank you
I’ve seen recordings of David and Mike Garson and their affection and respect is overt.
As a mega Bowie fan I advise you to check out King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Talk about musical depth… and more so style changes from album to album tops even Bowie. Plus they are more prolific and productive.
@@MyRUclipsNameisTaken but sound awful and can’t hold a candle, to Bowie’s music… imho!
Now THAT'S Epic! Bowie wasn't human, he really was a Starman.
@@TheJML1975 maybe not in the Villa of Orman, with a solidarity candle… however have you really explored KGLW discography? It doesn’t sound like you’ve given them much of a chance.
One of the best songs ever written, For me it’s Totally London 70s era, Sadly never to be repeated, there was so much great music and musicians and songwriters coming out of London back then, It pains to be nostalgic I know, but it was the real thing, As was the late Great David Bowie 💔, and Mott the Hoople for that matter 🎸⭐️🌞❤️..Thank you Rick, it’s a real shame you never got to do a musical interview with David Bowie that would really have been something special ❤️❤️❤️
Bowie - a reputation that keeps growing.
When I was 10, Starman was released, and I was an instant fan. 51yrs later, I'm so glad I chose the right artist. He opened a window to the big world outside. He enriched my life and still does.
😁👍🏼
I thought Starman was gonna be the pick for 'perfect chorus'.
right, me too "starman" at about the same time, what a great song and it works to this very day, cause it's timeless, like all of Bowies work. There's a really cute version of Bowies daughter Lexi singing "starman" on youtube btw.
The first concert I went too in 1973, was Mott The Hoople.
Supported by Queen..................
Bowie is the most harmonically complex popular musician of all-time. He flirts with everything from time signatures, to modes, to modulation, to modal interchanges and all of it interacts with the melody flawlessly. He essentially progressed from The Beatles while paying respect to them and never looked back. Cohesively, the Beatles are the greatest of all time ... singularly Bowie is the best for me.
And then there is this "Dancing in the Street // Silent Music Video"
The members of Mott the Hoople apparently couldn''t believe it when Bowie offered them this song. They couldn't believe he didn't want to keep it for himself. It is such a great song, but they did such a great job with it also. The dead guitar lead and Ian Hunter's vocals are stellar. Plus the claptrap is almost like a funeral march. I thought from the second I heard it it was a Bowie song, even though I didn't know much about music at the time. Bowie also sings backing in the chorus I believe.
Mott had earlier turned down Suffragette City.
@@marlonelliot8943 OUCH! XD wow.
I had always thought it was Bowie then learned it was Mott the Hoople but not that Bowie wrote it. When I learned he wrote it I felt vindicated lol.
Decades later, this song still gives me the butterflies. Between the chord changes, the verse, the vocals, I knew that great, dark truths were being communicated.
One of my favorite bridges is David Bowie's song "Changes" How it slides into that bridge, in a melodic sense is sublime...I don't know whether it is odd or conventional but it just sounds so perfect to me.
"Strange fascinations fascinate me
Ah, changes are taking
The pace I'm goin' through"
Bowie has so many unique songs. Ashes To Ashes is up there for one of my favorites.
Where we learn Major Tom was a junkie.
@@LeggoMyLamb ashes to ashes, fun to funky
Such a great song. Love the chorus.
I didn’t like that phase. Just out of the Berlin trilogy. I felt it a trivial song, though it’s not.
I've been seeing that video on "I Want My '80s" on MTV Classic and I can only imagine that LSD was involved at least once in the production. "Rubber spacesuit? Padded cell? Bulldozer? Yes, we can do that! This makes sense!"
Saw Mott perform this back when it came out. Perfect song for the perfect band.
I still have the half packet of confetti that was dumped on the audience when Mott the Hoople played "All the Young Dudes" as their encore at the Agora Ballroom in Chicago July 27th, 1973. It was Epic.
Wasn´t it called Aragon Ballroom?
Awesome just awesome
Aragon Ballroom
If David Bowie was just some unknown songwriter who came up with this song for Mott, it would still be his statement of immortality.
Except he was so much more…
I work with Bowie in the studio once. I'll never forget the experience. He was truly amazing.
What did you work on?
@@jonolacy2644 They came into our studio to do some remixes on glass spider and we also reconstructed the "Fame x24...." part that was used for their tour at the time.
Some good story?
@@F.O.H. I own NLMD CDs. I like it in strange way haha. (Zeroes, bang Bang...)
Bro u dont realise how damn lucky you are
1972 i was 15 just left school this was the back drop to my youth at this time ! you have no idea the memory's this song brings back to me this one and john im only dancing living in a new town in england you lot will never get it .
As soon as Rick started talking about a Bowie song with a strange chorus, I hoped he was talking about All The Young Dudes, because it's very dear to me, and has been since I was 17, 53 years ago.
One of the most perfectly conceived and executed pop records of all time, I'd argue. Hugely inspiring.
I've always loved that song.
My first thought was All The Young Dudes too
Given to Mott the Hoople, my favourite group, who did the brilliant version before Bowie recorded it
I also hoped it’d be ATYD. It’s a terrific song. And touching that he wrote if for struggling friends. 😊
Definitelo a great Song! But I wish it was Cygnet Committee or Quicksand.... there are so many Interesting Strange Bowie songs
Interestingly Bowie did this at times in his songs throughout career - another famous example is Golden years which has a 2/4 that ends the chorus creating a truncation of the phrase rhythm that helps propulse the disco track.
Another masterpiece written by DB and Mick Ronson.His unmistakable voice in the chorus as well
Written by David Bowie. Mick Ralphs (Mott The Hoople) actually wrote the guitar intro and Bowie & Ronson recorded their version later.
Love Bowie, particularly the Heathen album. Sunday is a fantastic song. Really enjoying your videos, lots to learn 👍
The chorus is so Beatles inspired it almost feels deliberate from the harmonies up to the lyrics, love it!
I totally agree!
That’s what I thought too!
Yes..I thought of the Beatles too..
Hey Rick, for another quintessentially British, and uniquely Bowie song, maybe you should check out the chorus on 'Oh You Pretty Things'. A hit in the UK for Peter Noone.
I loved the way Bowie's loss was so impactful to Rick, when talking about the internet, it really hit home what a remarkable artist he was. He's really never truly gone.
Also Ronson's fingers are all over this song, from start to finish
The best thing about All The Young Dudes chorus is that it is reversible.
Bowie did it and this is how you have Move On’s chorus on Lodger record (1979). And it is oddly beautiful.
It's a perfect sentimental rock single, so evergreen. David was the best.
As a 14 year old in the 70s the David Live arrangement really got me. So beautiful!
bowie's got the talent to make keychanges without the listener noticing it
i always liked quicksand and couple of years ago i wanted to learn the chord progression and was surprised that the whole first verse was in a different key (and with weird chords i couldn't play then) than the rest of the song
such a great composer
There’s very little new music that grabs my attention, nothing inspiring but today I watched Rick Beato’s breakdown of “All The Young Dudes” a song that was released in 1972. Rick dissected this song in such a way that it’s very nearly a brand new song for me. AND the story of how this song came into existence thru David Bowie! Rick’s breaking down of this chord progression has really excited me in a very tough time in my life. I’m going to learn these chords and play along with the record as a therapy, a sanctuary until these dark clouds pass.
Thank you Rick,
Your videos bring inspiration and good distraction for people in ways you’ll never know.
Keep On Truckin’
jack james ~
Let music be your guide.
@Rick Beato - Excellent analysis, Rick! Also interesting that apart from the last "Carry the Dudes" over the C chord at the end of each chorus, Ian is basically singing all the time in D major, despite the chords modulating underneath him rather like a wobbly canoe!
PS: I joined Mott on keyboards less than a year after Dudes was released. I have never not enjoyed playing Dudes live ever since - it still raises the hairs on the back of me neck (and invariably raises most of the audiences arms)! And yes - you should interview Ian - at age 83 he just released an astonishingly good new album!
Saw your reunion show in Philly a few years back. Goddamned glorious!
You are Legend!
Ian Hunters Last Album is The Absolute Dogs Bollox I LOVE IT , the track Angel is a Masterpiece ❤️❤️❤️🎸🌞⭐️
So cool to come across this video and your comment. Curious (as a keyboard player / singer that happens to have a Bowie tribute band) … when you play Dudes live, do you play organ, piano or both?
@@zeekmitchellz When I played it with Mott (in 1973, 1974, 2018 and 2019) I played piano and another gent played organ. When I play it alone or with a friend or two, I usually have my digital piano MIDI'd to an organ which I can fade in and out with a volume pedal.
Getting back to the chorus is also CHROMATIC (1st position gtr) G (B), C, A (C#) D
Bowie could make a 3 minute song epic. Just a wave of emotions and tempos in a short span of time.
Two of my favourite Bowie albums are Low and Heroes. And there are so many Tiny little two to three minute songs on them that feel like a symphony. So much things are going on in such a short span of time and each of those songs contain more musical brilliance than most other songs at the time, music to come and music that has been.
Bowie was so full of surprises. I remember when I first heard The Politics Of Dancing (Re-flex) I thought for moment it was him singing.
Bowie's background vocals are always brilliant. There's an entire episode in there.
Space Oddity always gets me. Would be just as mind blowing if it came out now. Really unique.
I remember hearing it for the first time while I was vacationing at my aunt and uncle's house. I was totally enthralled and still am.
Crowd control to Mao Tse Tung...
One of the stories I heard about this track is that the guys in Mott The Hoople were thinking of breaking up, and Bowie didn’t want them to, so he gave them this song. Which turned out to be their biggest hit. If it’s true, I think that awesome…
Totally true. He saved the band by doing that.
Yep. They also turned down Suffragette City.
"I wanted to do this for years" the outro is like a sigh of relief from Ian :>)
Very true. People forget how generous and giving Bowie was to other artists.
You can't talk about Bowie in the early 70's without talking about Mick Ronson.
Bowie wouldn't have ever made it without Mick. He surely played the riff on this song?
Ronson is the most underrated and under appreciated guitarist and composer.
@@richmacer2108 actually, it was Mick Ralphs who came up with that riff. It’s a beautiful riff. The one thing I will say about Mark, before Mick Ronson Ralph’s just noodled and rocked out play lotta notes. After Mick came in and worked on that record, every record after that Mick Ralphs playing is.
very tidy, didn’t play a lot of notes, just played a little melodies much like Mick Ronson did. that’s the influence of Mick Ronson on Mick Ralphs.
@@richardfairlamb9728 absolutely true!
@@richardfairlamb9728 ……I think so. Mick’s contributions to popular music are many and varied but when it comes to Bowie, what I find most telling is the vast difference between the “Folky” acoustic music Bowie was playing when Mick arrived on the scene, and the release of the heavier, darker and I think, utterly brilliant “The Man Who Sold The World”, imo an absolutely superb album. I preferred Bowie’s earlier (Spiders) material and while TMWSTW might not be to everyone’s taste, I always thought the songs were exceptional and with Mick’s expert arrangement and production, it became that rarity, a “perfect” album. It’s certainly my favourite from Bowie. Once Mick was on board, David’s music became more experimental and infinitely more interesting musically. Ultimately though, while Mick was held in the highest esteem by his musical peers, he never enjoyed the acknowledgment he so richly deserved (for all of his musical contributions!) and he certainly never reaped the financial rewards. A fabulous example of Ronno’s prowess is his solo/outro on “Moonage Daydream” and that’s but one song, Mick Ronson was magnificent!
Ian Hunter is severely underapreciated - his songwriting as a solo artisit is stellar - and he's still going strong.
You are right about that! I was surprised at how excellent some of his later day albums were/are.
"I'm just one of the boys
One of the boys
I don't say much but I make a big noise..."
Bowies good friend.
When I hear the G-C-D-A turnaround at the end of the chorus, I think of several Queen songs ("The Game" and "Flash" among them) that use that same motif. Not surprising that in their hey day, Queen, Mott the Hoople, and Bowie were musical and personal contemporaries that influenced one another. All were masters of majestic, dramatic, and still quite hooky composition.
Mick Ronson was a huge part of what informed and inspired David Bowie. Also Peter Gabriel was a definite influence on him, both musically and with campo theater being used for stage presence... to some degree certainly that stage approach helped shape the music.
Many ppl have mentioned Ashes to Ashes but the whole Scary Monsters album is idiosyncratically marvellous, not least the title track but also Because You’re Young & of course Fashion
Teenage Wildlife is still one of most amazing pieces of work I've ever heard in popular music.
'Starman' is my all time favorite Bowie song. Gives me goosebumps and tearing eyes every time I listened to it.
There's a wonderful live version of this song performed at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.
With Bowie on sax, Mick Ronson on guitar and Ian Hunter vocals, backed by the boys from Queen.
Best version ever in my view. The arrangement is exceptional, drumming takes it to another level, and the backing vocals are perfection.
Cool! My all-time favorite Bowie song is Ashes To Ashes. I don’t know exactly what it is about it, but it absolutely captures me. For me, it’s best ever, no contest, but everyone has their favorites, right?
I change from time to time, but Station to Station, Golden Years & 5.15 Angels have gone must be up there (today).
It's hard to pick one song among his many great ones, but i think if I had to pick one, I agree it would be Ashes to Ashes.
It’s the sequel to ‘Space Oddity’, so it’s about about a character who’s on drugs (the ‘space cadet’ in British slang called ‘Major Tom’ in both songs) except this time it’s a lament because he’s died of drug abuse. Bowie had just stopped taking drugs at that point. When he sings in the opening lines ‘do you remember a guy that’s been / in such an early song’, he’s referring to ‘Space Oddity’, his first hit.
Rick, you must do Moonage DayDream or Life on Mars. The melodies in those songs are unbelievable! Btw, his closing record had some phenomenal songs on it.
I can’t give it all away had me bursting into tears the first time I heard it, and I fell asleep to it on repeat, the night he died.
I was woken to numerous texts from my wife, sister and friends, and my day went dark, numb and awful. I remember stumbling through the streets of San Francisco, feeling very lost and so far from home.
Agreed. Blackstar gets a lot of praise, but I feel like it is underappreciated from a musical standpoint. For me, how “I can’t give everything away” pays homage to “A new career in town” is just mind blowing.
Moonage Daydream. Is beyond comprehension
When I read your title I immediately thought of 'All The Young Dudes', no kidding.
I love this video. Analyzing the relationships between a songs harmony and melody get us closer to understanding creative songwriting I think. On the A min you'll notice the vocal harmonies sing notes D and G I believe, which are notes at least an octave above the same played notes in that A min, which utilizes two songwriting tricks...(1) jumping up an octave and (2) giving the impression that the song is going upwards when it actually starts downward.
(later the vocal harmonies also sing a third note(A).
Bowie is a genius who also knew how to borrow from other musicians like Marc Bolan of T-Rex and Lou Reed. IMO Bowie discovered 'the essence' of Bolan's glam songwriting genius and invented Ziggy Stardust. Bowie idolized Bolan who was famous for doing his thing, before Bowie caught on to it. After he was through with the Bolan essence and Ziggy, he kept a band member rotation going of highly creative players whom he borrowed from. Zappa was well known to do that. A creative ear can take from others and extrapolate from it to create something that becomes their own. I believe bowie was a master at doing that. So,I have to also give Marc Bolan credit for ATYD as well.
Rick It was Mick Ronsons classical training and should of had co writers credit on a lot of Bowies tracks. His guitar work production n composing skills with Bowie. Check out Mick Ronsons film documentaries. Bowie and Ronson did the same thing on Lou Reeds Transformer album
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"Golden Years" - Unexpected changes as the chorus progresses, yet it makes sense, and then the bar of 2 at the end. He really was a great composer.
Bowie songs pop into my head frequently. For that I am thankful. ✌
Likewise. Today, I felt compelled to listen to “Survive” several times. What a song!
@@GT380man amazing song. Was lucky enough to see him perform it live in London, just as Hours was released. Such a cherished concert
I’m sure Bowie said the same when they popped into his head!
What an incredible and greatly missed artist.
One of his greatest songs was "Is There Life On Mars". Very intricate chord changes. Rick Wakeman played piano on that track and told his friend that evening after his session that he had played on the most incredible song he'd ever worked on.
When it came out, my older sister had just got pregnant, had an enforced abortion and after all that got kicked out of the family home, aged 16, wrecking her education.
The lyrics to Life on Mars, as you might imagine, pull me apart.
Three years later, at 16, I followed her out the door, and we’re still close, 46 years later.
Yes, "Life On Mars?" is wonderful and so intricate. One of my all time Bowie favourites.
Agreed. Life on Mars is one of the greatest songs of all time.
@@GT380man Actually Life on Mars was influenced by the preAnkafied My Way FRENCH SONG progression so Bowie has claimed!!!
Actually Life on Mars was influenced by the preAnkafied My Way FRENCH SONG progression so Bowie has claimed!!!
And to think he gifted this masterpiece to help a struggling band! Pure class. ✌
That interview you mentioned with David Bowie talking about the Internet is well worth checking out, it was with British journalist / TV presenter Jeremy Paxman. Bowie brilliantly counters Paxman's scepticism about what the Internet will mean - and gets it so right!
From the description, I thought that you would be doing "Ashes to Ashes". But speaking of "All the Young Dudes", if often struck me as if Bowie was possibly inspired by Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale"
The separation in that recording ! Vocal, guitar, Hammond, is epic
I saw Bowie on his last ever tour - and he played this song! A truly original artist - sorely missed!
The descending progression, particularly when the organ comes in, is very reminiscent of Procul Harum's Whiter Shade of Pale and, of course, Bach.
Great band. Give them a listen - Homburg, Salty Dog, Pilgrim's Progress etc
@@chrisbentley1150 They certainly were. I'd also add Quite rightly so, Strong as Sampson and Whaling Stories to that list 👍
*Nobody* assembled groups of musicians and bands like Bowie. He brought people in to do what they do best and seemed to orchestrate some incredible music and band chemistry.
but he screwed The spiders from Mars. After his last Ziggy appearance he fired them with no warning. Those musicians were an integral part of every song. I guess that's what The Bizz Is. I hope everyone has seen "Hired Gun", "The Wrecking Crew" and "Muscle Shoals".
@@stevecuzz8820 I never said anything about after he assembled them🤣
I always wondered whether this could be a nice topic: the 20 best songs with additional or dropped bars, like in songs by the Beatles, Burt Bacharach, Radiohead, Tom Waits, Bowie etc. etc. - because the impact of, for example, an extra 2/4 bar or, let's say, a circle of 6 bars instead of always 4 is astounding, and it's kind of a revelation to understand what is going on there. Btw, thank you for the good work.
Saw David live many times in the 70's and 80''.s Will never forget the curtains coming up on the Diamonds Dog tour with David dressed as half man/half dog just like the album cover. Ziggy Stardust was also a wonderful tour. He was a consummate performer.
This was a hit when I was working nights at an ice cream factory in the summer of 1972, just before I went to college. It often played on the factory PA just as the sun was coming up. One of my favourite Bowie songs.
I was just talking to my brother yesterday about how we never got to really explore Bowie's musical, song writing, and technical abilities through Bowie. He didn't discuss it enough. When people interviewed him, they focused on the personality. Not that, that is a bad thing. But, the depth of Bowie is almost endless. He was fascinating and super human.
The Bowie tune that always breaks my brain is Up the Hill Backwards off of Scary Monsters. The chord changes, the tempo changes... first I think WTF? Then how TF? But it's still a BANGER!
I must agree...this chorus has always felt to me, like it was the last chorus I ever wanted to hear, and it could literally play for eternity and not get boring!
'Hey Judes' outro chorus is a close 2nd!
Lady Stardust is another song with beautiful and unexpected chord progressions, one of my favorites.
An outstanding song. I would dearly like to know if Bowie did all this by intuition or whether he had studied any amount of harmony. It just beggars belief how cool it is.
I think the Bowie songs always have that happy sing along factor with the perfect melancholic touch
of course in all the young dudes, but also in starman, life on mars, heroes, changes, ... the list goes on and on
Basically the whole Ziggy Stardust album.
Men Without Hats recently released a covers album with a good version of all the young dudes.
I love Mott the Hoople that performed this song.❤
Great video as usual Rick, you can also interview Reeves Gabrels who was Bowie co-author for almost 50 songs, or long time collaborator Carlos Alomar, who arranged guitars in many Bowie albums too. Then Earl Slick the rock guy. Or as already someone suggested you Mike Garson from the keyboard side. Or Tony Visconti as producer, after Lanois now you’re able to reach outsiders like Brian Eno… and so on. There are still so many people out there to talk with about the Bowie world ;-)
I would say in my humble opinion that D.B. was the greatest entertainer of all time..this royalty blessed us all in our collective Era
Rick you really need to interview Tony Visconti if you haven't already. Tony was such a huge part of Bowie's genius and has lived such an interesting life himself.
Rick I sure wish you would do “Moon age daydream“ then you could feature the genius of Mick Ronson! You being a guitar player producer it’s amazing to me that you’ve never mentioned Mick Ronson in any of your Bowie videos. I highly recommend watching the movie Beside Bowie you might even discover a new music/guitar hero.
I agree completely
A great song. It literally defines and represents an incredible era of music.
The first time I remember hearing this song it reminded me of the Beatles and Procol Harum...
Yes, the great David Bowie wrote it, but MTH OWNS it. Mick Ralphs wrote the intro, Ian Hunter wrote the outro. I have a CD with over twenty versions, some of them very good, but nothing will ever match the original. I revere Bowie for his brilliant art, but I love him for resurrecting my all time favorite band.
What if Bowie was the only normal person and we were all weird
I didn’t truly get into Bowie until I was 30. And that’s when I realized that it’s a Bowie world and we’re just
living in it.
well that would need us all to completely disregard the meaning of the word “normal.”
His music gets better the more I age.
Yes I think you got it!
Our brains are fat and water with electricity running through it. Expecting anything near normal is weird.
As the Beatles broke up, I was 12 years old. I was very sad about that and when I heard "all the young dudes" in the radio (in a really bad quality, the receiving was sometimes very bad theese days) I felt that the Beatles are back somehow. And when I find out that this was written by David Bowie I became a Bowie fan, up to this day.
You truly are amazing Rick. Your dedication to and love of music and artists who create it and your continual gift to all of us, breaking it all down, giving context for appreciation, it's truly unparalleled. Please don't ever stop. Can I just say an eternal and undying thank you?
Way back in the day, an English kid I'd met, in trying to give me context for Bowie, described him simply as "a God-genius".
...and that is exactly how I eventually came to regard him, and have continued to think of him, ever since.
I was introduced to him by a young school friend / classmate, who regarded DB exactly that way. Your contact & my friend were spot on.
Thank you for giving this much credit for one of the greatest songwriters of our era. He truly was one of a kind and unique beyond measure.
Written as a gift to save Mott the Hoople……amazing tune, but in the 70’s we were awash in amazing artists….another great video Rick 👏👏👏👏👍🥂
Love Bowie. I agree it’s quintessentially British. I think the progression has an Oasis quality- Noel Gallagher had a knack for the “unexpected chord” movement as well. Again, very British. Even in Bowie’s less celebrated moments he was a genius. “As the world falls down” from the Labyrinth soundtrack has such compelling vocal melody.
Love 'As the World Falls Down'. Can't believe you mentioned Oasis in the same paragraph as Bowie! Not in the same class.
Noel uses a similar chord progression on "Whatever" and "Dont look back in anger". If you watch "Whatever" live, Noel and Liam sing "All the young dudes" chorus at the end and also during the final chorus of DLBIA Noel plays the All the young dudes melody on the lead guitar in the left speaker presumably as some sort of homeage.
@@jackcole1331 “whatever” is exactly what I was thinking about!
@@wartimemodels haha that’s awesome. If you look up “Whatever + all the young dudes” on RUclips you can find this awesome version where Liam sings the whatever outro, then octopuses garden, then all the young dudes in the same song. It’s so cool
Rick you should do Sweet Thing --> Candidate --> Sweet Thing --> noise --> Rebel Rebel
Heck, “Diamond Dogs” too!
I thought for sure the tune would be “Ashes to Ashes”! It’s so incredibly strange and quirky, and I love it. David’s music from his Let’s Dance era in the early-mid 1980’s is my favorite. “China Girl” is just a masterpiece of creativity and sophistication,. “Blue Jean” is in a completely different vein of Bowie style strangeness than anything else from that time. Obviously, “Let’s Dance” is timeless and awesome, and introduced the whole world to Stevie Ray Vaughan. David Bowie was uniquely innovative force of nature throughout his career. 👍
One of my favorite songs of all time. Another band with unusual chords and counterpoints is David Sylvian and the band Japan.
The first measure of the chorus is the same as the first measure of Bach’s Air on the G String. Seems like an inspiration.
Bowie's harmonies were peculiar to him. Nobody sounded like him. And it gives you chills over and over.
I think his incredibly expressive and adaptive voice is his genius and what makes him unique. His song writing reflects this adaptability and ability to change on a dime
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about his vocal layering on records. It’s not just the harmonies; the different overlapping tracks have different moods. Isolating one or the other would completely change the mood of the song on a lot of tracks.
Not forgetting Mick Ronson who was responsible for much of David's (spiders) sound.
Moonage daydream guitar solo was epic 70’s
Up there with the best of the best
@@jimmorrison7417 totally agree about mick ronson & moonage daydream, stunning.
Most people put Bowie on a pedestal. But the musical genius was Mick Ronson, he worked out all the guitar parts and the orchestration on all of Bowies early work. Bowie would arrive with words and basic chords, and Ronno would work out the rest. Mick also work on production with Bowie. When he arrived with something he had written on the saxaphone (which he really couldn't play) Mick would be pulling his hair out, but he always managed to make something out of it. I saw this first hand. So for all Bowies genius, a lot of it was the people he never credited the band and back room boys.
Oasis- Stand By Me's chorus turnaround is very similar. Don't look back in anger has this song in the background too!
My wife & I were listening recently to Stand By Me and both of us spontaneously offered that the three chord riff was from ATYD!
@@GT380man check some live versions of Whatever as well, they actually sing all the young dudes too😁
Drawing a longer bow, there's something about Bowie's key changing (shape changing?) which evokes Jerome Kern's phenomenal turnarounds, eg in "All the Things You Are" where, to turnaround from the B section to the final A section of the chorus, he somehow manages to hold the same melody note through three somewhat paradoxical chords. The melody note starts as a G# (over E7 for one whole measure, then C+7 for another) and then carries into a third measure unchanged but differently spelled, as an Ab (over Fmin7).
This is not just showing off, he needs to pull a rabbit out of a hat, because he's pulled off a blinder in the second A section by transposing both the chords and the melody of the first section down by a perfect fourth (to marvellous effect), and he needs to find his way back to the original key.
For another sublime Bowie chorus look no further than Oh! You Pretty Things. Such an amazing song and one of the first ones that he wrote at the piano.
Absolutely. With the brilliant Rick wake man on the keyboards - then still known as Richard!
My junior year hs Mott's All the Young Dudes & Deep Purple Machinehead. Mott seemed the definition of a pro working band, not superstars but excellent shows. Heard Starman that summer & saw Bowie at the Tower that Fall. Good days !
Still have Mott LPs and Hunter's definitive book, 'Diary of a Rock 'n Roll Star'
Love this song. First time I heard it back in the day I wasn't aware of the Bowie original or the fact he wrote it, but I distinctly remember thinking it it reminded me of Life on Mars, of all things. There was something about how musically it took you on a little unexpected trip with the progressions. Unexpected, that was Bowie.
David Bowie didn't die, he just returned home ✌️
True. Saw him when I was cycling down to Bromley from home on Shooters Hill the other day... I wish
@What Guitars looking as cool as on the cover of Young Americans, I so dream!
He fell to Earth and then went back to space😀
👍👍👍👍🤭🤭🤭 he never turn back to the Earth after waht he lived here...
You could say that this song was one of the great British rock anthems.
This song always puts a smile on my face ever since I first heard it as a kid, when it first came out. Such class, and that chorus is to die for. Catchy, emotive and as you said, majestic. Great video Rick.
David Bowie. The gift that keeps on giving.
I really wish you could make a video about Wayne Shorter’s music Rick! He was one of the all time greats, and I couldn’t think of anyone better than you to honor his legacy
Hard to believe that this song was released more than 50 years ago. Still sounds timeless!!
Bodies version is AWESOME!
Escaped from NY....glad you made it out alive
I still get choked up when I remember reading Bowie died. He gave us soooo much.
Have you listened to Music is Lethal by Mick Ronson?
Or Rose by Mott the Hoople?
Been watching all these interviews with people who knew Syd Barrett, but none of them get deep into his weirdness on the musicology or production sides. Would love to hear a breakdown on a Syd tune.
I knew which song it was just from reading the title of this episode. I absolutely love this song/chorus. The video of him performing this song at Isle of Wight in 2004 is a masterpiece. I still watch it all the time.
All the young dudes isn't just a great song, but a great rock anthem. Something I deeply miss these days. Sometimes, i get the impression that all those amazing Bowie's songs are amazing because - in a way - there are songs within songs, and that's what makes them stand out, and makes us love them so much.