David Bowie: The Man Who Sold The World | Song-Factsheet

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Song «The Man Who Sold The World» von David Bowie.

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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1970 11 04 (Album US), 1971 04 (Album UK), 1973 06 22 (Single UK B)
Label: Mercury SR 61325, Mercury 6338 041, RCA Victor RCA 2316
Songwriter David Bowie
Produktion: Tony Visconti
Genre: Rock - Artrock - Glamrock

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Einer der bekanntesten Songs von David Bowie, die nicht als A-Seite einer Single erschienen ist. Der Track war lediglich die Flipside von Life on Mars? im UK und der 1972er-Wiederauflage von Space Oddity in den USA.
Ein Einfluss waren die Zeilen des amerikanischen Poeten William Hughes Mearns aus seinem Gedicht «Antigonish»: 

as I was going up the stair, 
I met a man who was not there, 
he wasn't there again today, 
I wish that man would go away
Der Songtitel wiederum ist eine Abwandlung des Titels eines Science-Fiction Romans von Robert Heinlein (1949), der «The Man Who Sold the Moon» hiess.
David Bowie schrieb den Song bereits 1966, vier Jahre bevor er ihn aufnahm.

Personen und Querverweise


David Bowie
David Bowie
Tony Visconti

Lyrics

[Verse 1] We passed upon the stair We spoke of was and when Although I wasn't there He said I was his friend Which came as some surprise I spoke into his eyes, "I thought you died alone A long long time ago" [Chorus] Oh no, not me I never lost control You're face to face With the man who sold the world [Verse 2] I laughed and shook his hand And made my way back home I searched for form and land For years and years I roamed I gazed a gazeless stare At all the millions here We must have died alone A long long time ago [Chorus] Who knows? not me We never lost control You're face to face With the man who sold the world