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
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