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"The Jean Genie" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, originally released in November 1972 as the lead single to his 1973 album Aladdin Sane. Co-produced by Ken Scott , Bowie recorded it with his backing band the Spiders from Mars − comprising Mick Ronson , Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey .
The video was directed and filmed by photographer Mick Rock, who had earlier directed the videos for "John, I'm Only Dancing" and "The Jean Genie". [33] The video for "Life on Mars?" depicts a Bowie wearing heavy make-up and a turquoise suit that was designed by Freddie Buretti.
The "F" on Falco's trenchcoat in the video refers to the 1931 German film M by Fritz Lang in which a blind man marks the murderer with a chalk sign in the same way. The location in the underground canal is the same as in the 1949 film The Third Man. The main location in the video for "Part I" is the Opernpassage in Vienna.
The video is in fact rather similar: Bowie stands alone against a white backdrop singing the song alone. However, Stanley Dorfman 's new clip featured a Bowie in make-up and clothing influenced by Buster Keaton and giving an irreverent, detached performance on a guitar, which does gel with the candid feeling generated by the song.
Changesonebowie is a compilation album by English musician David Bowie, issued through RCA Records in 1976. It collected songs from the 1969–1976 period, including the first LP appearance of "John, I'm Only Dancing".
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on YouTube " The Buddha of Suburbia " is the theme song to the BBC TV series of the same name, released by British musician David Bowie in November 1993 by Arista Records . It was re-recorded with American musician Lenny Kravitz for Bowie's 19th studio album, also titled The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), and inspired by his musical score for the ...