David Bowie landed from Mars". The "Stardust" surname was a tribute to the "Legendary Stardust Cowboy", whose record he was given during the tour. Bowie would later cover "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Space Ship" on 2002's "Heathen". "Hunky Dory" (1971) found Visconti, Bowie's producer and bassist, supplanted in both roles by Ken Scott and Trevor Bolder respectively. The album saw the partial return of the fey pop singer of "Space Oddity", with light fare such as "Kooks", a song written for his son, Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones, born on 30 May. (His parents chose "his kooky name"—he was known
Quicksand (David Bowie song) famous members, Aleister Crowley, as well as Heinrich Himmler, Winston Churchill and Juan Pujol (codename: Garbo). "NME" editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray have described it as "Bowie in his darkest and most metaphysical mood", while a contemporary review in "Rolling Stone" remarked on its "superb singing" and "beautiful guitar motif". Marilyn Manson has stated that "Quicksand" and Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" are his favorite songs. Pegg, Nicholas, "The Complete David Bowie", Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, Quicksand (David Bowie song) "Quicksand" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album "Hunky Dory"; it was recorded