john lennon helped on "Fame"??
Rob O'Brien
Jonathan wrote:
>
> ... just looking through the song credits on my ChangesBowie CD, and for
> the first time i notice that John Lennon gets writing and SINGING credits
> on "Fame"... anyone know of any details on the sessions, etc??
>
> *jon*
On Bowie's Young Americans John performed on 2 songs. Fame, which he
co-wrote, as you said, and Across the Universe. This version of AtU
is very good; More electric and sans the "Jai Guru Deva" bits. John
played guitar, but didn't sing on AtU.
I believe Fame was written and recorded in one brief session.
Rob
--
It's Alright, Ma. I'm only signing.
Jonathan
Raven
nak...@unixg.ubc.ca (Jonathan) wrote:
According to Coleman's "Lennon,":
Starting in Mid-January, 1975, David Bowie asked John to help out on
the "Young Americans" album, I'm guessing at Record Plant, N.Y.C.. In
the studio John backed vocals on what he said was always one of his
favorite songs, "Across the Universe"; John also co-wrote, and played
on "Fame" with Bowie and guitarist Carlos Alomar. The song gave Bowie
his first number one U.S. hit. I think they were friends for a long
time, as well. Bowie's "Across the Universe" _is_ one of the better
cover versions, i.m.o. Other than what I've presented here, that's all
the facts I could dig up.
Raven
ra...@hgo.net|Guitar
"...standin' about, eh, some people have it dead easy..."
Theresa Marie Knoche
On 16 Apr 1997, Jonathan wrote:
> ... just looking through the song credits on my ChangesBowie CD, and for
> the first time i notice that John Lennon gets writing and SINGING credits
> on "Fame"... anyone know of any details on the sessions, etc??
>
> *jon*
>
>
Um Jon? May I inquire as to which rock you have just crawled out from
under? EVERYBODY knows John Lennon co-wrote Fame and sang on the Young
Americans album. You must be a youngster yourself.
Adam Cook
Hey Theresa,
Don't be so hard on the guy. He could be a new Bowie fan. I'm one
myslef. I'm 23, and the first I heard of Lennon having anything to do
with the YOUNG AMERICANS album was on here. You gotta learn somewhere
and sometime. Your crawling "out from under a rock" comment is a bit
rude, for him asking a simple question.
So, have you gotten over the fact that the GLASS SPIDER tour was TEN
years ago, yet?
Adam
Rob O'Brien
Theresa Marie Knoche wrote:
>
> On 16 Apr 1997, Jonathan wrote:
>
> > ... just looking through the song credits on my ChangesBowie CD, and for
> > the first time i notice that John Lennon gets writing and SINGING credits
> > on "Fame"... anyone know of any details on the sessions, etc??
> >
> > *jon*
> >
> >
> Um Jon? May I inquire as to which rock you have just crawled out from
> under? EVERYBODY knows John Lennon co-wrote Fame and sang on the Young
> Americans album. You must be a youngster yourself.
Didn't you co-write *Flame*?
Rob
Michelle . Pate
On 16 Apr 1997, Jonathan wrote:
> ... just looking through the song credits on my ChangesBowie CD, and for
> the first time i notice that John Lennon gets writing and SINGING credits
> on "Fame"... anyone know of any details on the sessions, etc??
It was for the "Young Americans" album by Bowie, where he also did a cover
version of "Across the Universe" that John liked. I seem to recall (but
might be wrong) that John played guitar on that track. I know he played
guitar on "Fame". I've often tried to figure out if that's him doing the
high, quiet, little "fame" echo, but I can't quite tell.
Michelle
robert young
> nak...@unixg.ubc.ca (Jonathan) wrote:
>
> >... just looking through the song credits on my ChangesBowie CD, and for
> >the first time i notice that John Lennon gets writing and SINGING credits
> >on "Fame"... anyone know of any details on the sessions, etc??
Towards the end of the song, when all of the "fame fame fame"'s are
sung, John sings the middle "fames."
--Robert
SB
> Don't be so hard on the guy. He could be a new Bowie fan. I'm one
> myslef. I'm 23, and the first I heard of Lennon having anything to do
> with the YOUNG AMERICANS album was on here. You gotta learn somewhere
> and sometime. Your crawling "out from under a rock" comment is a bit
> rude, for him asking a simple question.
Well, the story is something like Lennon came in to one of the rehearsals
and they jammed and Alomar had this riff, and Lennon put in an "aim, aim,
aim" thing, and that's what gave Bowie the idea and the rest is
history...or something like that.
Dan Miller
Yes... You can actually hear John singing a drawn-out "Fame" in the
background of the chorus. He sings at a lower pitch than you'd normally
expect to hear from him.
Dan
Jonathan <nak...@unixg.ubc.ca> wrote in article
<5j17mu$1th$1...@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>...
> ... just looking through the song credits on my ChangesBowie CD, and for
> the first time i notice that John Lennon gets writing and SINGING credits
> on "Fame"... anyone know of any details on the sessions, etc??
>
> *jon*
>
Danny Caccavo
In article <Pine.SOL.3.95.970416113208.2440D-100000@otto>, "Michelle .
Pate" <pat...@cmr.fsu.edu> wrote:
> On 16 Apr 1997, Jonathan wrote:
>
> > ... just looking through the song credits on my ChangesBowie CD, and for
> > the first time i notice that John Lennon gets writing and SINGING credits
> > on "Fame"... anyone know of any details on the sessions, etc??
>
> It was for the "Young Americans" album by Bowie, where he also did a cover
> version of "Across the Universe" that John liked. I seem to recall (but
> might be wrong) that John played guitar on that track. I know he played
> guitar on "Fame". I've often tried to figure out if that's him doing the
> high, quiet, little "fame" echo, but I can't quite tell.
>
> Michelle
I always assumed that the little "funk chord" part was John's (the "Get
Back" chord, also used in the solo of "You Can't Do that", and "Long Tall
Sally"). The only spot where I really can tell it's John singing is the
first "Is it any wondaaaaaaahh......"
--
Danny Caccavo (dan...@interport.net)
This Way Studios
http://www.users.interport.net/~danielj/
"And for Paul, I'll use the eyes of a poodle!!"
Bruce Mcintyre
Yes, he sings on it and plays guitar. He sings the high "Fame" parts
throughout and the "Is it any wonder" parts, as well as co-writing....
bruce
MrZebra
John Lennon helped write and sang backup vocals on "Fame"... You can pick
him out if you listen carefully. But that's all I know :)
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Jonathan <nak...@unixg.ubc.ca> wrote in article
<5j17mu$1th$1...@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>...
> ... just looking through the song credits on my ChangesBowie CD, and for
> the first time i notice that John Lennon gets writing and SINGING credits
> on "Fame"... anyone know of any details on the sessions, etc??
>
> *jon*
>
.
Lennon sings the parts in parenthesis (...)
Fame (fame), makes a man take things over
Fame (fame), lets him loose, hard to swallow
Fame (fame), puts you there where things are hollow
Fame (fame)
Fame, it's not your brain, it's just the flame
That burns your change to keep you insane (sane)
Fame (fame)
Fame-f-fame (fame)
Fame (fame), what you like is in the limo
Fame (fame), what you get is no tomorrow
Fame (fame), what you need you have to borrow
Fame (fame)
Fame-f-fame
Fame, "Nien! It's mine!" is just his line
To bind your time, it drives you to crime (crime)
Fame (fame)
(What's your name?)
Fame
(Could it be the best, could it be?)
(Really be, really, babe?)
(Could it be, my babe, could it babe?)
(Really, really?)
(Is it any wonder) I reject you first?
Fame, fame, fame, fame (fame)
(Is it any wonder) you are too cool to fool
Fame (fame)
Fame-f-fame
Fame, bully for you, chilly for me
Got to get a rain check on pain (pain)
(pain)
Fame x 24.....(fame)
(What's your name?)
Sheldon Robertson
In <Pine.SOL.3.95.970416113208.2440D-100000@otto>, "Michelle . Pate" <pat...@cmr.fsu.edu> writes:
>
>
>On 16 Apr 1997, Jonathan wrote:
>
>> the first time i notice that John Lennon gets writing and SINGING credits
>> on "Fame"... anyone know of any details on the sessions, etc??
>
>version of "Across the Universe" that John liked. I seem to recall (but
>might be wrong) that John played guitar on that track. I know he played
>guitar on "Fame". I've often tried to figure out if that's him doing the
>high, quiet, little "fame" echo, but I can't quite tell.
>
>Michelle
>
Don't forget the "I read the news today oh boy" background vocal near the end of
"Young Americans"...
Sheldon
T Abrahamsen
Bruce Mcintyre wrote:
>
> Yes, he sings on it and plays guitar. He sings the high "Fame" parts
> throughout and the "Is it any wonder" parts, as well as co-writing....
>
> bruce
>
> dan...@interport.net (Danny Caccavo) wrote:
> >Pate" <pat...@cmr.fsu.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> On 16 Apr 1997, Jonathan wrote:
> >>
> >> > ... just looking through the song credits on my ChangesBowie CD, and for
> >> > the first time i notice that John Lennon gets writing and SINGING credits
> >> > on "Fame"... anyone know of any details on the sessions, etc??
> >>
> >> It was for the "Young Americans" album by Bowie, where he also did a cover
> >> version of "Across the Universe" that John liked. I seem to recall (but
> >> might be wrong) that John played guitar on that track. I know he played
> >> guitar on "Fame". I've often tried to figure out if that's him doing the
> >> high, quiet, little "fame" echo, but I can't quite tell.
> >>
> >> Michelle
John Lennon said in a later interview that he couldn't remember that he
had anything to do with "Young Americans" (I think maybe they both were
under influence by some mysterious dru...)
Please feel free to use the "under construction" Bowie-link-page at:
http://www.hig.no/~tho_abra/bowie.html
Thomas
JazzTour
He sang the falsetto response vocal "fame" and played guitar. H elater
said he was so loaded in this period that he didn't remember the session.
John
biff mackinaw
don't forget, he took a writers' credit on this too-
BOWIE-ALOMAR-LENNON
cheers,
biff