David Bowie invited confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees, Bowie renamed himself after the 19th-century American pioneer James Bowie and the knife he had popularised. His April 1967 solo single, "The Laughing Gnome", using speeded-up thus high-pitched vocals, failed to chart. Released six weeks later, his album debut, "David Bowie", an amalgam of pop, psychedelia, and music hall, met the same fate. It was his last release for two years. Bowie met dancer Lindsay Kemp in 1967 and enrolled in his dance class at the London Dance Centre. He commented in 1972 that meeting Kemp was when his interest in image
Lazarus (David Bowie song) Bowie is wearing a diagonally striped suit referencing the back cover of the 1991 CD reissue of the "Station to Station" album, where he is pictured sitting on the floor drawing the kabbalistic Tree of Life. The Tree of Life is also referenced in the "Station to Station" lyrics, a "magical movement from Kether to Malkuth". The video was nominated for three awards: Best Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Editing, at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. Personnel adapted from "★" liner notes. Lazarus (David Bowie song) "Lazarus" is a song by English rock musician David Bowie. It was released