“I found the secrets, I found the gold“
In celebration of Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best of David Bowie, the January/February 2015 edition of Rolling Stone France has an interesting Bowie cover feature by Denis Roulleau titled: Expérimentale & secrete – La face cachée de David Bowie.
Elsewhere there’s also a full-page appreciation by Philippe Barbot of the classic 1977 Bowie track “Heroes”.
The main article concerns itself with 25 of the more obscure Bowie tunes along with a few better known recordings that the magazine considers ’Expérimentale’.
These are the tracks that really made the grade as far as RS France is concerned. We’ve kept their dates and titles.
01 – Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (2014)
02 – ’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore (2014)
03 – All Saints (1976)
04 – The Prettiest Star (1970)
05 – Crystal Japan (1980)
06 – Subterraneans (1976)
07 – Alabama Song (1980)
08 – V-2 Schneider (1977)
09 – A Foggy Day (In London Town) (1998) *
10 – Velvet Goldmine (1971)
11 – Planet Of Dreams (1997) *
12 – I’m Afraid Of The Animals (sic) (1995) *
13 – Real Cool World (1992)
14 – It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City (1974)
15 – Shadow Man (2001)
16 – Baby Universal (1991) *
17 – The Drowned Girl (1982)
18 – Nature Boy (2001)
19 – Get Real (1995)
20 – Station To Station (1976)
21 – We All Go Through (1999)
22 – 1917 (1999)
23 – Truth (1998)
24 – Volare (1986)
25 – Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy (1977) *
Along with a couple of date inconsistencies, we did notice the title of track #12 is incorrect. However, this is simply RS referencing the lyric variation of this early version of I’m Afraid Of Americans from the Show Girls OST.
We’ve created a Spotify playlist of the above tracks, excepting the five marked thus *, all of which you can find on YouTube to complete the listening experience.
The January/February 2015 edition of Rolling Stone France is available now.