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  1. Iggy Pop, The Idiot, 1977 on RCA Victor

    Iggy Pop is one of those threads that lives in the lineage of Bowie, Bauhaus, and Love and Rockets - lots of records i've posted lately. David Bowie produced The Idiot just before producing his own Low, though Low came out just before The Idiot. Bowie and Pop get cowriting credits, plus Carlos Alomar on the first track. R.E.M.'s cover is where I think I first heard "Funtime" which appears here as does "China Girl" years before Bowie would revisit it on Let's Dance. Definitely a […]

    goatless.org/2026/06/20/iggy-p

  2. "Fame" is a song by the English singer-songwriter #DavidBowie. It was released on his 1975 album #YoungAmericans and was later issued as the album's second #single by #RCARecords in June 1975. Written by Bowie, #CarlosAlomar and #JohnLennon, it was recorded at #ElectricLadyStudios in #NewYorkCity in January 1975. It is a #funkRock song that represents Bowie's dissatisfaction with the troubles of fame and stardom.
    youtube.com/watch?v=enenlBsUrTI

  3. #TheMetalDogArticleList
    #guitarworld
    “I had the audacity to say, ‘Are we gonna rehearse, Mr. Berry?’ He whipped around and yelled, ’We don’t rehearse rock ‘n’ roll!’”: Session great Carlos Alomar on his time as Chuck Berry’s rhythm guitarist
    Alomar also recalls his tour with James Brown and the time the King of Soul yelled ‘Hit me!’ and he didn’t hit back

    guitarworld.com/news/carlos-al

    #CarlosAlomar #ChuckBerry #JamesBrown #DavidBowie #MickJagger #PaulMcCartney #AliciaKeys #MarkRonson #BrunoMars