david bowie -little toy soldier

[jamesmullard]

Like a sadist version of Syd's Bike

[wburnettekelly]

It's not a fake. It was hidden because of its content even from his manager. As for Venus In Furs, it was around and being played by VU before the release of the album proper, as were other VU songs. Bowie actually got his hands on a white label pressing pre-release. Most people didn't hear this song until it appeared on a bootleg in the early 80's, and even his bandmates new he was basically just playing in the studio when he put it on tape.

[LessAiredvanU]

Dunno. I think it is a fake - VU's White Light/White Heat was released in 1969 and would have been difficult to find in the UK, yet he is "quoting" from Venus in Furs. He only acknowledged the VU in the liner of Hunky Dory.

While it sounds like early DB, it is maybe too much like his Anthony Newley style and it is more explicit than either Let Me Sleep Beside You or In The Heat of the Morning... I am not convinced at all.

[xxpiggystardustxx]

@LessAiredvanU Little Toy Soldier (3:07) recorded at Decca studio No. 3 1967 ..i placed the wrong date

This bootleg can be found on at least 2 CDs

ANTHOLOGY and 69 Tapes

[polecatsfan]

@LessAiredvanU it is also on The Forgotten Songs of David Robert Jones ;)

[xxpiggystardustxx]

@polecatsfan correct :)

[warhols25]

Sir Bowie, go to Bowie and play with the Bowie knife there. You're an exemplary rock star ! A fascinating one !

[MichaelinSF]

I thought that I knew EVERYTHING by Bowie. I was shocked to have found this! It is SOOOO a rip off from The Velvets 'Venus in Furs'! I love it! One of the reasons I love David is his ability to 'borrow' from others! This sounds like his 'Images' days. I must look up when this was recorded. It fits right in with 'She's Got Medals' 'Uncle Arthur' and all of those remarkable songs.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS!!!!!!!

[xxpiggystardustxx]

@MichaelinSF your welcome :)

[Scoobydoonut]

I love this, never heard it before, thanks for posting : )

[xxpiggystardustxx]

@Scoobydoonut your welcome :)

[88frogdog]

hah, i named my bulldog Sadie after this song

[Skulldini]

I love it ! He's always been a uniquely imaginative songwriter,.. but his stuff from THIS really early period seems like it was more humorous ( and is therefore special in it's own right ). So then, before Major Tom and Ziggy Stardust there was Little Sadie aye ?

[xxpiggystardustxx]

@Skulldini i like this era ,,his songs were little stories :)

[Skulldini]

@xxpiggystardustxx Yes. Something als about these really early songs thats very peculiar and intriguing. They seem alot like childrens songs on the surface,.. yet, thematicaly, theres some kind of bizarre, edgy, dark or poignant twist to them. It's really quite understanable why they weren't very succesful in their imediate time despite how good alot of them are.

[warhols25]

the least boring musician of whose existence I know

[xxpiggystardustxx]

@warhols25 andy walking andy tired take a little snooze :)

[adric137]

a great musician

[metalmickey07]

OMG Piggy just when i thought I'd heard everything he's ever done, you come up with this!! I love it, is it on an album?

[xxpiggystardustxx]

@metalmickey07 thanks mate ,,,its on a bootleg album :)

[MenOnEarthII]

he sound like bob dylan

[Skulldini]

@MenOnEarthII Well his voice certainly isn't a damn thing like Bob Dylans ( thank God ! ) and the themes of his songs were never anything really similar either. But some of his music from this era was in that same folkish style.

[chuckdee121]

This is too funny!!!!

[xxpiggystardustxx]

yeah it is :)

[AngelGhostchild]

I love you. :) Thank you.

[andreasjacke]

Great Song from the beginning - Styl like the Laughing Gnome!!!

[xxpiggystardustxx]

@andreasjacke thanks :)

[mrmarks65]

Many thanks, been wanting to hear that song for years.

[xxpiggystardustxx]

your welcome :)

[mrsziggystarlet]

wow, so weird, and compelling!!! Lol!!!!!

And i am totally getting the Venus in Furs... Velvet Underground were a great influence to David Bowie... And you can really hear it here.....

LOL!!! <3 IT!!!!!!!!!

ahahahahahahaha pissing myself XD

[xxpiggystardustxx]

lol :)

[simonbath]

jesus....straight forward rip off from venus in flies...a demo perhaps...with giggle of laughing gnome esqueness....sounds like the stuck together sweepings of deram album....we are hungry men agin

[xxpiggystardustxx]

what the hell is venus in flies ?

[ClashCityRockers0]

Venus In Furs I'm thinking

[xxpiggystardustxx]

you think right :)

[ClashCityRockers0]

Venus In Flies is a cool title too ;)

[xxpiggystardustxx]

lol yeah ,,

[ClashCityRockers0]

Now I'm thinking... well something less delicate *smirk*

[djjoelyjoel]

definately the same session that gus dudgeon am david done"join the gang", all the bbc sound effects coming out there. class..

[MarsuSketch]

Really thanks because I listen to it non-stop !

I had never understood it!

Nevertheless I have all the albums, even of very old, very rare!

This song come where from? I love it !

(sorry for my bad english, I'm French ;))

[MarsuSketch]

great music folk :D

[xxpiggystardustxx]

thanks :)

[DocOfAreaology]

Perversion is an art db has mastered! I love this song!

[xxpiggystardustxx]

lol yeah he has

[bluntsafety]

porridge of sorts

[thegasworks]

Seriously strange..even for a die-hard fan!

[xxpiggystardustxx]

lol yep :)

[oxtheravenxo]

Great outtake, never heard it before, thank you very much, this was for me the best period of his work, the Deram-stuff.

[xxpiggystardustxx]

yeah bowie the nasty lil pup lol