Young Americans" is a single by English singer and songwriter David Bowie, released in 1975. It is included in the album of the same name. The song was a breakthrough in the United States, where the glam rock of Bowie's earlier career had limited popularity outside the major cities. The song reached No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it his second biggest success on that chart until that point.
Album Young Americans. Young Americans Lyrics. They pulled in just behind the bridge He lays her down, he frowns Gee my life's a funny thing, am I Still too young? He kissed her then and there She took his ring, took his babies It took him minutes, took her nowhere Heaven knows, she'd have taken anything, but. All night She wants the young American Young American, young American, she wants the Young American All right She wants the young American.
Young Americans was the first Bowie album that guitarist Carlos Alomar played on. Bowie first saw Alomar playing in the house band at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, and convinced him to play on this album and join the tour. Alomar became a major contributor, playing on several of Bowie's albums and coming up with guitar riffs for songs like "Fame" and "Golden Years. The album was going to be called "Dancin'" before Bowie decided to name it after this track
Nevertheless, the distance doesn't hurt the album - it gives the record its own distinctive flavor, and its plastic, robotic soul helped inform generations of synthetic British soul. What does hurt the record is a lack of strong songwriting.
As a result, Young Americans is more enjoyable as a stylistic adventure than as a substantive record. Young Americans (Live On The Dick Cavett TV Show) 03. Dick Cavett Interviews David Bowie. Donation to replenish the collection of the site and its further development.
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The band plays great and Tony Visconti’s production is flawless - just a touch of old-fashioned slap-back echo to give the tracks some added mystery. The rest of the album works best when Bowie combines his renewed interest in soul with his knowledge of English pop, rather than opting entirely for one or the other. As for Bowie’s growth as an artist, the highlight of the album comes when he stops the band and asks, Isn’t there one damn song that can make me break down and cry? With any other pop singer in the world, you’d know that he or she wanted to be taken seriously. With Bowie, you believe that he half does and half just says what he thinks he’s supposed to.
