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Originally posted by Steve Exeter
Come on! You have to skip "Kooks" on Hunky Dory, surely!?! 😉
And miss out on one of the silliest songs Bowie ever wrote?

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
And miss out on one of the silliest songs Bowie ever wrote?
It's the one song on the album he didn't write. It's penned by Biff Rose (lyrics) and Paul 'Bugsy Malone' Williams (music) and it's totally cringe-worthy! 😕

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Originally posted by Steve Exeter
It's the one song on the album he didn't write. It's penned by Biff Rose (lyrics) and Paul 'Bugsy Malone' Williams (music) and it's totally cringe-worthy!
Totally cringe-worthy it is, but it's a healthy sort of cringe.

To make things worse, he actually did write it (http://www.illustrated-db-discography.nl/). "Fill your heart" was the Biff Rose cover. Lovely falsetto he's got there.

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Totally cringe-worthy it is, but it's a healthy sort of cringe.

To make things worse, he actually did write it (http://www.illustrated-db-discography.nl/). "Fill your heart" was the Biff Rose cover. Lovely falsetto he's got there.
I must have had selective memory there to give him the benefit of the doubt! I should have known better though, after the "Laughing Gnome" anything is possible! 😉

However, "Fill Your Heart" is another skipable song, in my opinion.

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Originally posted by Steve Exeter
I must have had selective memory there to give him the benefit of the doubt! I should have known better though, after the "Laughing Gnome" anything is possible! 😉

However, "Fill Your Heart" is another skipable song, in my opinion.
The Laughing Gnome says it all really. That and "Feathers".

These songs are rubbish on their own but they make Hunky Dory work. Frivolous fluff to balance the precious hysteria of Quicksand, Life on Mars...