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"Panic in Detroit" is a song written by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie for the album Aladdin Sane in 1973. Bowie based it on his friend Iggy Pop 's descriptions of revolutionaries he had known in Michigan and Pop's experiences during the 1967 Detroit riots .
"Cracked Actor" was released on 19 April 1973 [a] on Bowie's sixth studio album Aladdin Sane, sequenced as the fifth track—the final on side one of the original LP [24] —between "Panic in Detroit" and "Time". [25]
[36] [16] Bowie compared the ideas of Sinclair to the rebel martyr Che Guevara for the narrator in "Panic in Detroit". [37] The lyrics are dark, featuring images of urban decay, violence, drugs, emotional isolation and suicide, [36] adding to the album's overarching theme of alienation. [27]
SPIN revisits a 1997 interview with the MC5 guitarist, who died on Feb. 2, 2024 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
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The B-side in each case was another live recording from the Diamond Dogs tour, "Panic in Detroit", originally from Aladdin Sane (1973). An edited version was issued on a US promotional single (RCA JB 10105) that same month.
This list of songs about Detroit contains any songs about or involving the U.S. city of Detroit ... "Panic In Detroit" - David Bowie "Papa Hobo" - Paul Simon
"Watch That Man" is a song by the English musician David Bowie, the opening track on the album Aladdin Sane from 1973. Its style is often compared to the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street.