Has anyone noticed the similarity between the "Space Oddity" riff (heard at 4:07) and the riff at the end of "Buddha of Suburbia" (at 3:23) ?

One is C-F-G-A, the other E-G-A-B (same chords a tone higher, except for the first chord) and the rhythm is the same.

Just after this riff, db starts singing "Ouvre le chien" (open the dog), as in "All the madmen". That's two early songs quoted in just a few seconds.

Has anyone else noticed that ? Would you agree with my interpretation ?

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Yep, there's the Space Oddity riff, "zane, zane, zane, ouvre le chein" from All The Madmen, and possibly something else I can't remember. Another song in that album, Strangers When We Meet, begins with the bassline from Join The Gang from 1967. Not for nothing they call Bowie the big recycler! (well, he does)

By the way, does anyone know what Earthling song uses the Jimmy Page riff from The Supermen? I thought it was Seven Years In Tibet, but I'm have troubles seeing that.

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Dead Man Walking uses the riff from The Supermen. It's much more obvious in the live acoustic recordings available, if you can snag one.

The main riff from Move On is the riff from All the Young Dudes, played backwards.

Can you feel it? Can you feel it?

You're right, I can see the Dead Man Walking/The Supermen resemblance now.

Another recycle (one I don't think I've seen pointed out anywhere) is the "Just a little bit louder now..." section from Louie, Louie Go Home (Early On) used in She'll Drive The Big Car (Reality).

Bring back Bowie's moustache!

I can't hear that, even with the 30th anniversary edition of "Ziggy". Do you mean there's an acoustic version of "Dead man walking" ?

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Another recycle (one I don't think I've seen pointed out anywhere) is the "Just a little bit louder now..." section from Louie, Louie Go Home (Early On) used in She'll Drive The Big Car (Reality).

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I always wondered where I had heard it before, thanks for clearing that up.
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I can't hear that, even with the 30th anniversary edition of "Ziggy". Do you mean there's an acoustic version of "Dead man walking" ?

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In 1997 Bowie was doing a big publicity tour for the Earthling album and on a number of occasions played DMW acoustically with Reeves, it is available on quite a few bootlegs from this period. If you compare it to the version on Ziggy30 or on the Bowie at the beeb cd, you can see the similarity.
On a couple of occasions Bowie and Reeves actually played them both on the same radio show.



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Thanks, I didn't know about these acoustic gigs.

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It was radio and tv appearances. I'll upload a copy tomorrow.

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