Bewley Brothers- What is this song about????

Douglas Rener

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Aug 16, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/16/96

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Who are the Bewley Brothers?- are they completely fictional? Reason I
ask is because I got turned onto the song and started playing it on my
guitar. I can't figure out the meaning of the lyrics though....

Any incite is appreciated...
Thanks!

DickMac

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Aug 16, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/16/96

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In article <3214a43a...@news.erols.com>, dre...@erols.com says...

"My brother lays upon the rocks, he could be dead, he could be not, he could
be you. [Chameleon], comedian Corinthian, and caricature. Shooting-up
pie-in-the-sky . . ."

Excuse my editorializing, above. I think that line says it all. We are all
the Bewlay Brothers, and sometimes our dreams of the world get smashed, and
though we feel despaired, there is always hope. Nothing is as simple as it
seems, and nothing is more complicated than it really is.

Also, when db started working with Iggy Pop, he started using Bewlay Bros.
Music as the name of his music publishing company. Don't know if that has
anything to do with his relationship to Pop (whatever that may be).

Peace, DickMac

(PS: is it Lenin or Lennon? just kidding)
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Ice Fiend

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Aug 16, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/16/96

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>Who are the Bewley Brothers?

I read somewhere that this song is about David and his brother, but after
reading this, and then listening to the lyrics again, it still doesn't
make too much sense to me. I think this is one of those songs that doesn't
have the same meaning to any two people (remember the discussion of "Panic
in Detroit"?)

Kiran Arora

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Aug 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/21/96

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In article <4v280p$7...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, Ice Fiend
<icef...@aol.com> writes

Quite clearly ;) the song is about drugs and homosexuality.
Read through the lyrics again with this mind and you'll notice all the
references.
>

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Simon Nugent

W. S c o t t R o b e r t s

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Aug 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/21/96

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According to the A-Z encyc. at the Ziggy Stardust Companion
(http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mbh):

"Bewley Brothers, The" (Bowie): Song on HUNKY DORY (1971) and also used
by Bowie as the name for his publishing company. The
song is believed to be about the relationship between Bowie and his
nine-year older manic-depressive/schizophrenic step-brother Terry Burns. An
alternate mix version of this song is included on the Rykodisc HUNKY DORY
(1971) CD as a bonus track.

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PObbard

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Aug 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/22/96

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<< An
alternate mix version of this song is included on the Rykodisc HUNKY DORY
(1971) CD as a bonus track.>>

Speaking of which: does anyone know what makes this 'alternative mix' of
"Bewlay Brothers" different, anyhow?
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Ice Fiend

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Aug 23, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/23/96

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>>Speaking of which: does anyone know what makes this 'alternative mix' of
"Bewlay Brothers" different, anyhow?<<

Aside from those dixie-cup noises in the beginning (I don't know what they
are) having a slight difference in volume, the two sound extremely alike.

Martyn King

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Aug 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/24/96

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Hello PObbard,

P> alternate mix version of this song is included on the Rykodisc HUNKY DORY
P> (1971) CD as a bonus track.>>

P> Speaking of which: does anyone know what makes this 'alternative mix' of
P> "Bewlay Brothers" different, anyhow?

On the original "Hunky Dory", the one released before "Ziggy", the opening
contained the sound of a rocking chair being rocked. On later copies, after
"Ziggy", this was ommitted from the track.

The orinagal RCA CD contained this version. When Ryko re-mastered the album
they included the original version as an alternate version where as it was,
in fact, the proper version. IYKWIM.

Yours in trainspotting ;-)

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Fyrie

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Aug 26, 1996, 3:00:00 AM8/26/96

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If you listen really closely, both versions have the rocking chair. I
pretty much only notice slight volume differences and different amounts of
reverb on the different versions

-Fyrie
Forever is our today.