Kooks (song)
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| "Kooks" | ||||
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| Song by David Bowie from the album Hunky Dory | ||||
| Released | 17 December 1971 | |||
| Recorded | Trident Studios, London June 1971 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, Glam rock | |||
| Length | 2:53 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Writer | David Bowie | |||
| Producer | Ken Scott, David Bowie | |||
| Hunky Dory track listing | ||||
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"Kooks" is a song written by David Bowie from 1971 on the album Hunky Dory. Bowie wrote this song to his newborn son Duncan Jones. The song was a pastiche of early 1970s Neil Young. Bowie was listening to a Neil Young record at home as he got the news of the arrival of his son. British indie band The Kooks named themselves after the song. Duncan Jones became a successful film and advertising director.
[edit] Live versions
- It was recorded for the BBC In Concert radio show with John Peel 3 June 1971 and broadcast 20 June 1971. In 2000 this was released on the Bowie at the Beeb album.
- It was recorded again for the BBC "Sounds of the Seventies" radio show with Bob Harris 21 Sept 1971 and broadcast 4 Oct 1971. This version, featuring the duo of Bowie & Mick Ronson (who contributes a picture perfect harmony), remains unreleased.
[edit] Cover versions
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- Robbie Williams - Bonus track on "Old Before I Die" single
- Smashing Pumpkins - Parsian Black Session
- Danny Wilson - Single/David
- Tindersticks - Bowie Songbook
- Andrea Perry - Spiders from Venus: Indie Women Artists and Female-Fronted Bands Cover David Bowie (2003)
- The Abbreviations BP - Hero: The Main Man Records Tribute to David Bowie (2007)
- Kim Wilde - Snapshots (Kim Wilde album), 2011
[edit] References
- Pegg, Nicholas, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5
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