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has passed away... Here's a little Tribute To a fellow traveler in many ways and Man about Town!
Thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rhiqI6PlTo
Thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rhiqI6PlTo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eZjwJZF8uE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLpAHRP-TOc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsVXdxBWZM
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The original recording, like the rest of the Transformer album, was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson (who also wrote the string arrangement and played piano on the track).
The song has a sombre vocal delivery and slow, piano-based instrumental backing balancing tones of sweet nostalgia ("it's such a perfect day, I'm glad I spent it with you") with an undercurrent of menace ("you're gonna reap just what you sow").[1] The line alludes to Galatians 6:7: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."
From a music theory point of view, the song is complex. Where the chorus is in a straight forward major key, the verse cannot be captured in a single key. It starts with the tonic chord of the parallel minor to the chorus key - deceivingly hinting that it is written in that key - but then continues with a cycle of fifths progression. It eventually ends in the dominant chord of the chorus key, making the song explode into the chorus.
The song's lyrics are often considered to suggest simple, conventional romantic devotion, possibly alluding to Reed's relationship with Bettye Kronstadt (soon to become his first wife) and Reeds own conflicts with his sexuality, drug use, and ego.[2]
Some commentators have further seen the lyrical subtext as displaying Reed's romanticized attitude towards a period of his own addiction to heroin; this popular understanding of the song as an ode to addiction led to its inclusion in the soundtrack for Trainspotting, a film about the lives of heroin addicts.[3]
Reed's original recording was featured on an AT&T commercial featuring snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler that ran during the 2010 Olympics.[4]
The song is featured in the Series 3 trailer for the television show Downton Abbey.
The song was used heavily in the trailers for the 2013 horror film You're Next. It was also featured in a TV advert for the Playstation 4 shown during the Indianapolis Colts vs San Diego Chargers game on the Oct 14, 2013 Monday Night Football broadcast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs