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
Fascination (David Bowie song) Aid concert, though, along with "China Girl," it was eventually dropped from his final set list. The song is played on the fictional radio station Liberty Rock Radio, hosted by Bowie's former collaborator Iggy Pop, on the 2008 video game "Grand Theft Auto IV". This is also the second "Grand Theft Auto" game, after "", to feature a track from the "Young Americans" album ("Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" features the track "Somebody Up There Likes Me" on the fictional radio station ). Fascination (David Bowie song) "Fascination" is a song written by English singer and songwriter David Bowie and