Song Development
Bowie continued to develop songs using non-traditional methods: for "It's No Game Part 1," he challenged guitarist Fripp to "imagine he was playing a guitar duel with B.B. King where he had to out-B.B. B.B., but do it in his own way."
"Fashion" started as a song called "Jamaica" but Bowie couldn't think of anything to write, so he almost discarded the song until late in the recording cycle, when it was transformed into the song as it finally appeared on the album. The track "I Feel Free" (by Cream) was recorded "in rough mix" for the album, but did not appear on a Bowie album until a re-recording for 1993's Black Tie White Noise. A few of the other tracks on the album started with different names: "Ashes to Ashes" started as "People Are Turning to Gold" and "Teenage Wildlife" was originally called "It Happens Everyday." The track "Scream Like a Baby" was originally called "Laser" (the lyric "Scream like a baby" was sung as "I am a laser"). The song "Is There Life After Marriage?" was fully written and recorded for the album, but for unknown reasons was never released.
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