A David Bowie Quiz

Answer: Devo

David Bowie produced Mott the Hoople's album "All The Young Dudes" in 1972. He produced Lou reed's album "Transformer" in 1972. he has produced Iggy Pop three times: "The Idiot" in 1977, "Lust For Life" in 1977 and "Blah Blah Blah" in 1986. Although David Bowie announced he was to produce Devo's debut album "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!", he had to back out due to a touring commitment.

Answer: "Low"

The picture used for the cover of Low was an altered still from the movie "The Man Who Fell To Earth", which Bowie starred in.

Answer: John Lennon

During the sessions for David Bowie's 1975 album "Young Americans", Bowie recorded two songs with his live band of the time and John Lennon; who sang backing vocals and played acoustic guitar. The first song was "Fame", and the second was a cover of the Beatles' song "Across The Universe".

Answer: "Hunky Dory"

The Spiders From Mars line-up (Mick Ronson, Trevor Boulder and Mick "Woody" Woodmansey) first played together on Bowie's 1971 album "Hunky Dory", even though they were not named The Spiders From Mars until 1972's Bowie album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars".

In total they played on three of Bowie's albums ("Hunky Dory" in 1971, "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars" in 1972, and "Aladdin Sane" in 1973).

Answer: "1984" by George Orwell

Originally it had been Bowie's wish to write a musical based on Orwell's novel "1984", but when his wife rejected giving Bowie the rights, he started work on Diamond Dogs; with some of his work on the musical used in it (songs like "1984" and "Big Brother").

Answer: Pete Townsend

Pete Townsend plays on the song "Slow Burn" on "Heathen". He had also previously played with David Bowie on the David Bowie song "Becaus You're Young", which is featured on David Bowies's 1980 album "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)".

Answer: "Underground"

In total, Bowie wrote five songs for "Labyrinth", which he also starred in. The songs were "Underground" (the theme tune), "Magic Dance", "Chilly Down", "As The World Falls Down" and "Within You". Bowie performed on all songs except "Chilly Down".

Answer: Brian Eno

When Eno and Bowie met up again in 1994, Eno suggested they worked on a new album together. He also played keyboards (but didn't produce) Bowie's Berlin Trilogy, made up of "Low", "Heroes" and "Lodger".

Answer: My Death

After being introduced to Jacques Brel through the work of Scott Walker, Bowie has often played the song live in the Ziggy Stardust and Outside tours. It was also featured in the "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" film released in 1983.

Answer: A Dress

Bowie wore a Mr. Fish dress on the album cover of his 1970 album "The Man Who Sold The World". This proved a controversial decision for some, with the cover change to a pop art picture on its original US release, and to a Ziggy Stardust picture for its 1972 reissue.