[1] According to Doggett, Bowie was not satisfied with creating an enduring "dance-floor anthem",[25] so he recorded a new mix in New York in April 1974,[12] which Doggett calls a "Latin dub mix" that was over two decades ahead of its time. [35] The Top Pop clip later became the song's semi-official video. “It wasn’t even called Desperado. It’s about the malign influence of propaganda. The Ballad of Billy the Kid by Billy Joel, David Bowie‘s gender-bending hit was released in 1974 as part of the Diamond Dogs LP. He’s a Rebel by the Crystals (actually, Darlene Love and the Blossoms), Take the Money and Run was a No. Whatever the title was back then, it was horrible [laughs].” “Originally, it was written for a friend of his whose name was Leo. Everybody was telling us that we put the wrong song out for the first single. I had been interested in the American Civil War ever since I’d visited Gettysburg when I was five. When the record was starting to become a hit, they were out on the road with Gene Pitney, who wrote the song. "[13] Even though the world is ending, the "Rebel" doesn't care, suggesting "we like dancing and we look divine. “We all went down to the kitchen to have espresso made in Dawson’s new machine,” Hunter recalled in his online journal entry. “Gazing at the three guzzling Stones, I asked them if they had the bottle custom-made. But Spector was in Los Angeles and his girl group was in New York. Just fabulous! But listening to some of our Top 11 Rebel Songs may get you there. It’s really a Southern gothic thing, but we can easily make it more Western.’ Glenn leapt right on it – filled in the blanks and brought structure. [22], The track is cited by Nicholas Pegg as Bowie's most-covered track. But I took the jacket off during the press conference and somebody stole it. A boy with a six-gun in his hand, and then he robbed his way from Utah to Oklahoma – he never got out of New Mexico.” As it turned out, The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde would be Fame’s last charting single in the U.S. The Ballad of Billy the Kid by Billy Joel. [30] Walters continued, "If Bowie often drifted above listeners' heads, here he shoots straight at their solar plexus and scores with what ranks among the greatest, most insistent riffs of the '70s. At first we considered giving it to Joe Brown or Lonnie Donegan, but they didn’t seem quite right for the song. THE REBEL - SONG FOR YOUR GENERATION CD 2001年 / TSD RECORDS / 全10曲 / 帯あり / 視聴動作確認済み / 目立ったダメージもなく中古盤としては良好 初期衝動をそのまま表現したような荒々しさとキャッチーなメロディーがナイス！ Take the Money and Run by the Steve Miller Band, Billy Joel has no illusions about the historical accuracy of The Ballad of Billy the Kid, written, he told WNYC, out of a fascination with Westerns. After the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate Army private roams the Wild West, and, as a rogue drifter, gets involved in (1974–1976) box set. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for The Complete Johnny Rebel Collection - Johnny Rebel on AllMusic - 2004 ‘Rebel Rebel’ is the perfect summation of Bowie’s gender-bending glam years, and one of Bowie’s final attempts to act as spokesman for a generation. ‘Do you think you’d ever use that as a song title?’ I tried to convince them it wasn’t quite as iconic for them as Jumpin’ Jack Flash or Gimme Shelter, and they shook their heads and said they wouldn’t use it. [12] Within a couple of months, it was withdrawn and replaced by the UK single version, but the same arrangement was used on Bowie's Diamond Dogs Tour, appearing on its concert album David Live. Live versions of the song by Bowie have been released on David Live (1974),[39] A Reality Tour (recorded 2003),[40] Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74),[41] Live Nassau Coliseum '76,[42] Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78),[43] Glastonbury 2000,[44] Serious Moonlight (Live '83), which was part of the box set Loving the Alien (1983–1988),[45] and I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74). [37], "We love David Bowie", commented Jane's Addiction front-man Perry Farrell in 2001. This song is about a boy who rebels against his parents by wearing makeup and tacky women's clothes. 55 talking about this. [7] According to biographer Marc Spitz, the lyrics of "Rebel Rebel" revisit familiar Bowie territory, featuring "a 'hot' young 'tramp' worrying his or her parents with his or her sexy nihilism", are reflected by the line "You got a few lines and a handful of 'ludes'. I just used Western-sounding things. [36] After retiring the song on his Sound+Vision Tour in 1990, Bowie restored "Rebel Rebel" for the "Hours..." Tour. This is an exciting YA read with all the works – suspense, action, romance, heroes and villains! He got fightin’ mad, This rebel lad. [34], The song was a standard of Bowie's concerts from the Diamond Dogs Tour to the Sound+Vision Tour. “Desperado was a song fragment that I’d had since the late ’60s. [34], Following the performance, the pirate look, along with the Ziggy Stardust hairstyle, was ditched in favour of the "swept-back parting and double-breasted suits" of the Diamond Dogs Tour. In the end, I finally figured it all out. Rebel, rebel, rebel Rebel, rebel They just can't stand the reign, or the occasional pain From a man like me, who goes against the grain Hell yeah! Rebel Song is set in the fictional kingdom of Arelanda which is on the brink of a revolution. The Rebel, the moniker under which Ben Wallers of Country Teasers records and performs solo "The Rebel", a song recorded by Johnny Cash in the late 1950s, theme music for the TV Western of the same name. [14] Bowie later said, "It's a fabulous riff! [28] Dave Thompson, also of AllMusic, described "Rebel Rebel" as one of Bowie's most "playful" numbers and considered it a fitting farewell to the artist's glam rock era and, in a way, to "the entire glam movement which Bowie created", as well as indicating the direction his career was taking. The theme song to the TV show was sang by Johnny Cash. So I think it was important to go through that, for Twisted Sister to develop the type of act and song that people love us for.” I had this most incredible jacket that I was wearing that night. The song was intended for a Ziggy Stardust musical that was never produced. `` we love David Bowie Uncut that Bowie wrote the song to “ piss off Mick. 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