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Encyclopedia > Diamond Dogs (song)
"Diamond Dogs"
Single by David Bowie
From the album Diamond Dogs
Single Released 1974
Single Format Vinyl record
Recorded ???
Genre Glam rock
Song Length 5:56
Record label ???
Producer David Bowie
Chart positions 21 (UK)
David Bowie single chronology
"Rock 'N' Roll Suicide"
1974
"Diamond Dogs"
1974
"Knock on Wood"
1974

"Diamond Dogs" is a song by David Bowie. It is the title track to his 1974 album Diamond Dogs and was also released as a single. The single reached #21 in the UK singles chart. David Bowie David Robert Jones (born January 8, 1947), better known as David Bowie, is a British rock and roll musician, actor, and artist who has had a profound influence on rock and roll from the 1960s to the present. ... Diamond Dogs is a concept album by David Bowie, originally released by RCA in 1974. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 33⅓ LP vinyl record album The vinyl record is a type of gramophone record, most popular from the 1950s to the 1990s, that was most commonly used for mass-produced recordings of music. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Glam rock is a style of rock music popularised in the 1970s, and was mostly a British phenomenon. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... David Bowie David Robert Jones (born January 8, 1947), better known as David Bowie, is a British rock and roll musician, actor, and artist who has had a profound influence on rock and roll from the 1960s to the present. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... David Bowie David Robert Jones (born January 8, 1947), better known as David Bowie, is a British rock and roll musician, actor, and artist who has had a profound influence on rock and roll from the 1960s to the present. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Diamond Dogs is a concept album by David Bowie, originally released by RCA in 1974. ... Alternate meanings: Single In music, a single is a song considered commercially viable enough by the artist and record company to be released separately from an album, usually featuring on an album as well. ... The UK Singles Chart is compiled by the Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the music industry. ...


The pop group Duran Duran (Bowie admirers) recorded a cover of "Diamond Dogs", which appeared on the Japanese version of their 1995 covers album Thank You. Alternative artist Beck also recorded a cover version of "Diamond Dogs", produced by Timbaland, for the film Moulin Rouge! in 2002. At the height of its fame, Duran Duran (The Fab Five) was featured on the cover of the February 1984 issue of Rolling Stone magazine. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thank You was a poorly received covers album by Duran Duran. ... Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician and songwriter. ... Timbaland. ... Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 musical film directed by Baz Luhrmann, which tells the story of a young British poet, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge cabaret, Satine. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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CREEM ONLINE: David Bowie — Diamond Dogs (1148 words)
He had fired his band of Spiders, and was now more or less on his own in the studio playing all the guitars (except on "1984"), saxophone, Moog synthesizer and for the first time in his career took on the role of producer.
As the song winds slowly down into a Roxy Music-inspired swirl, Bowie wearily asks: "Is it nice in your snowstorm, freezing your brain, do you think your face looks the same" you can't help but think he's speaking directly into his own line-filled mirror.
All in all Diamond Dogs shows an artist cut and pasting his way out of one era into the next without even looking up to see that he created a lasting work of pop art that in the years to come would confuse, inspire and fascinate all those who turned it on.
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