David Bowie - Aladdin Sane Lyrics

This, 'New York Dolls', 'Billion Dollar Babies', 'Electric Warrior', and 'For Your Pleasure' are the five greatest glam rock albums of the 1970s. Only one song in on side one and you knew you were in deep when that piano solo started to roll and either entranced or enraged listeners. There was no in-between with Garson's (in)famous 'free jazz' solo; you either 'got it' or you most certainly did NOT 'get it'. Bowie at his most provocative; 'if you can make it this far, then try THIS'...

I remember back in the super early 80s I left the cassette tape of this in my car on a hot day and it melted, causing the music to slow down and constantly have a "tick" sound, which made this song in particular seem extremely haunting, especially the piano solo.
It can be closely replicated by slowing the video to 0.75 and putting an off tempo metronome in the back.

Mike Garson is the most original piano player of the last 50 years

Música clássica!

Who’s listen to this in 2020 1st February?

j'ai encore l'album

My father in law liked this song so much that he named his drag car.....
ALLADDINSANE

That last chord...

This piano solo is the equivalent of a Robert Fripp solo! It's that bizarre and amazing!

who's here 2020

Aladin sane album was a he peak of Bowie's genious.

A major part of my wasted youth. IT WAS GREAT!

Mike Garson is one of the greatest performing teachers alive. Listen and learn.

Pure Genius, demi-God!

I come here from Wolf Dron 🙁 this music was the wallpaper of Alexandra's room. 😓

How about the feel

The piano solo is so original to rock music, nothing else like it.

Alladin insano salve BR HUEHUEHUE GARAIO

The most passionate and exciting and dare I say relevant piano solo ever played in popular music. I daresay it's never been repeated exactly since. Fantastic creativity.

Mike Garson owns this tune! It sounds like Bowie wrote it especially for Mike to freak out on!

It took balls to make this album. Way ahead of the curve.

Its like will and grace maintheme on steroids and lsd

I love this song, takes me back 💗

When even Picture Game is actually fun.

Oo you'll love a lad in sane!

Burn in hell!

Bought this album as soon as it came out in 73 and have played it ever since.Magical.

First time I got laid, this album was playing. Never underestimate the seductive power of David Bowie.
He was the Frank Sinatra of his time.

Or.....................was he? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd-b8GbOPKg

Im meant to be working on a Dharma talk , but made the mistake of 'just listening to one Bowie track ' . Two hours later ......

A lad insane

piano solo???? WHAT ABOUT A PRECIOUS BASS LINE

Who can now say that they don't like jazz?

What are you doibg? Programing computer

*_Who will love Aladdin Sane_*

Other gems like Panic in Detroit here too.

mike Garson ledgend

Bowie was very lucky to have this pianist

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David Bowie: 'Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)' - 'David Live' Remastered 2016

The piano is what I loved most on this song

THE SEVERAL BARS TILL FRAME 00:54 FRAMES SOUND LIKE LIQUID GOLD......GENIUS

Most solo singers wouldn't allow the people playing the instruments to play such a badass solo. Bowie is a good man for allowing that

i hate the people who are thinking that this is Ziggy Stardust

Forgot how great this album really is

Watching him dash away,
swinging an old bouquet
- dead roses
Sake and strange divine Uh-h-h-uh-h-uh you'll make it
Passionate bright young things,
takes him away to war -
don't fake it
Saddening glissando strings
Uh-h-h-uh-h-uh - you'll make it

Who'll love Aladdin Sane
Battle cries and champagne just in time for sunrise
Who'll love Aladdin Sane

Motor sensational, Paris or maybe hell - I'm waiting
Clutches of sad remains
Waits for Aladdin Sane - you'll make it

Who'll love Aladdin Sane
Millions weep a fountain,
just in case of sunrise

Who'll love Aladdin Sane

We'll love Aladdin Sane
Love Aladdin Sane

Who'll love Aladdin Sane
Millions weep a fountain,
just in case of sunrise

Who'll love Aladdin Sane

We'll love Aladdin Sane
We'll love Aladdin Sane

Mike Garson. Genius.

fucking Mike Garson god that piano is incredible, what a pair Bowie and Mike

Thank god I had older brothers. Got to hear this ,wasn't on the radio.

my favorite...

What is that object sitting on his collarbone?

A teardrop

Watching him dash away, swinging an old bouquet (dead roses)
Sake and strange divine Uh-h-h-uh-h-uh you'll make it
Passionate bright young things, takes him away to war (don't fake it)
Sadden glissando strings
Uh-h-h-uh-h-uh, you'll make it
Who'll love Aladdin Sane
Battle cries and champagne just in time for sunrise
Who'll love Aladdin Sane
Motor sensational, Paris or maybe hell (I'm waiting)
Clutches of sad remains
Waits for Aladdin Sane you'll make it
Who'll love Aladdin Sane
Millions weep a fountain, just in case of sunrise
Who'll love Aladdin Sane
We'll love Aladdin Sane
Love Aladdin Sane
Who'll love Aladdin Sane
Millions weep a fountain, just in case of sunrise
Who'll love Aladdin Sane
We'll love Aladdin Sane
We'll love Aladdin Sane

Piano and fucking sax.

Obviously the 219 that don't like are DEAF.!!!

4:14-20 what does he sing there....?

"They say the lights are oh so bright on Broadway"

love it

"A lad insane."

My first Bowie album, and though my faves are Low and Diamond Dogs, this album was superb and this song might be the one I would choose that epitomizes what Bowie stood for best.

The coolest Bowie's name in my opinion.

I just cannot understand why everyone praises the piano solo, in my opinion it ruins the whole track and the atmosphere that has been created until that point

You can say that the piano solo here is describing a man that is driven by his own insanity, hence why the some part of it sounds very weird or maybe "off key"

@Thanh Lâm Nguyễn but, still, it is off key, and does not fit with the rest of the song

@Luigi Francomano Hey, it's your opinion so i respect that. But from my point of view, the "off key" of the piano solo helps describing Aladdin Sane as a character. So, that's what i got. I got nothing more to say.

Mike Garson should have a writing credit on this tune, as his wigged-out piano section is intrinsic to the entire feel of the song!

Born in 1960, this album was wonderful and meaningful to me from the time it was first out in April 1973, selling for £2.08 in the shops. An incredible classic work, with apocalyptic songs, amazing music and the addition of Mike Garson to the Spiders. And this title song - so excellent in every way.
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_A lad Insane_

Featuring Mike Garson on piano.

Bowie the genius with the Mkultra lightening bolt on his face! It’s on everything now. He was giving us clues. Miss him.

Wonderful.

wate a minit

يا سلام عليك يفنان

I just discovered that this is a Grade 8 piece on Trinity College London syllabus which is funny as I jokingly suggested it to my son 2yrs ago for his school music exam. He didn't use it as it wouldn't be appreciated unless it was played perfectly and that it might be too radical for a school exam. I wonder if I can encourage him to learn it now.

piano solo references both Rhapsody in Blue followed quickly by Tequila by the Champs. Pretty great.

I just realised that the singer emoji (👨‍🎤) literally has Bowie’s same face paint!

Does he sing "Paris or maybe Hull"?

he sings "Paris or maybe hell"

At stunning volume.

Love Aladdin Sane!

The King of Glam Rock !!! RIP David Bowie

_208 pianists left the chat_

R.I.P. David Bowie...♥️

Nobody ever talks about that unruffled and stalwart coolness of the perennial bass guitar by the one and only Trevor Bolder.

What headphones do u use to hear it?) Klipsch??)

@Andrey Pushkin I listen to the music at my computer at home, its connected to some speakers.

Piano, sax, Bowie, everything is such a pure diamond! 2019!

God, I love this song

Oh God I hope it's not Justin vane

Sentiment describing the world we live in. Still correct even today.

Está canción es pura magia ✨✨✨

I needed this.

Someone in underground hip-hop sampled the piano intro, but i can't remember who...oh well...

So apparently Bowie died almost three years ago and Ariana grande gets more attention. But why though?

I LOVE Aladdin Sane. Haunted Chords n Melody. YeaYeaYea. Right.

I slept on the streets for three days to get tickets for Earls Court. It was an absolute disaster. Nothing but feedback. At one point they had to stop the show because the PA was about to fall into the crowd and kill the audience. It was declared in Melody Maker that it's "not possible to get a good sound in a stadium'. Then Pink Floyd did Wembley with quintrophonic sound and proved everybody wrong. Crystal Clear. The next time I saw bowie was at Wembley on the Station to Station tour. What a difference! He'd been to America and figured out how to get a sound. By the time he came back to the UK, music had been so far dumbed down by the fascists ( Sid Vicious, who couldn't play at all, was voted Best Bass Player, beating Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke ) that we'd got used to diabolical sub-punk bands like Generation X or the Damned. I myself was in a sub-Punk band ( Essential Logic ). Everyone was. It was like aliens had landed from outer space that could 'actually play' musical instruments. They floodlit the audience, not the band and I climbed onstage and was sitting with my back to Bowie, leaning against his monitor. Five Thousand people dancing to Golden Years and EVERYONE was smiling. Best show ever!!

This




Is not Ziggy Stardust 👩‍🎤

Love ya, Mike, and David so much ❤️

The more I hear this song the more I think this was his creative peak. Some other tracks on the album are kind of weak but this one is its own little world.

Garson did that solo as a studio demo, trying out different styles before this one and Bowie said that what he's just played was going straight to the album. I remain awed, after 45 years.

The great Mike Garson on piano.

OOOOH Aladdin sane, what a great and Haunting song. love Bowie been a huge fan since 1972 and still today. These songs will always be my classics

So good!

They say there s music in the air ...on Broadway

We love Aladdin Saaaane!

Bowie could have cashed in on ziggy for more sales but had the good artistic sense to risk this worthy cabaret instead. There is always a danger of overplaying one's hand. When he was ready to face Major Tom again, it was a decade later, and no one could accuse him of being a one hit wonder-- not even himself. He did forget his own wisdom later and admitted that Tonight was an artistic mistake to quickly cash in on Let's Dance. It was a creative departure from his timeline that he would never quite recover from. Although he could still create enjoyable music, maybe even hits, his knife would no longer cut the silk scarfs after year 1984. The song 1984 was a different story, created near his peak, with awesome power to spare.

Everyone raves about Mike Garson's piano on this song, but it would be as annoying as hell without the rectilinear rock rhythm section giving it structure.

i came here to get rid of ear worm

That solo was done in ONE TAKE!

- Such a freakin great song by David Bowie.
When he died, the world lost a great artist .......on many levels!!!!

I would say how amazing the piano is but I think a couple of people beat me to it.

His talent for music is just incredible, I'm blown away by this song.. when Listening to Lazarus, there some interesting similarities to Aladdin Sane in the end