David Bowie Lad In Vain

[Droyd21]

I just had to learn how to play the bass part of this rare gem, I wish Bowie stuck with this particular line up for another album !

[alphonsedot]

imagine the awesome jam session this must hav been

[matthewjamesleveille]

while listening to this song with my head down(doing Sudoku puzzles) I had to check to see if I was listening to HD or DD, the piano sounds like a lot of DD songs

[ARunnerNamedClay]

Its like a sexier version of the trololo song

[melissasatanica]

que cancion!!!!!!!

[melissasatanica]

<3 <3 <3

[bowiemott]

The opening here, and its reprise at 2:12, (and later throughout the demo), can be found at the end of Sweet Thing on DD as it seques into the the rhythm drone leading into Rebel Rebel. Its definitely Mike Garson on piano and very likely the Pinups lineup of Trevor B, Ronno, and A. Dunbar on drums. Songs for DD were being worked up at that time and especially during the 1980 Floor

show period.

[SuperDiamondDogs]

This would be most likely an early outtake of Sweet Thing and/or an unreleased song. Most likely Sweet Thing. If this how Sweet Thing would end up, I'd be listening to it every day.

[0ooMICKoo0]

There's a mellotron on this. It would probably be George Martin's hired by Tony Visconti who produced Diamond Dogs. That's just a guess :)

[brendanolear]

For me it's an Aladdin Sane outtake without doubt - recall reading years ago when it was eventually used on Diamond Dogs that it had been an old track that didn't make the "previous" album.

[0ooMICKoo0]

@brendanolear You're probably correct with the time of the tune being written but it's Aynsley Dunbar on drums here. Aladdin Sane was Woody on drums. At some points on Hunky Dory & Aladdin Sane you can hear why Woody got dumped, bless him.

[ezaube1030]

This sounds really funny ! I'm laughing all the time !

[ArgWoman]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

[MrMAHBOI1]

This would later go on to be Sweet Thing and Candidate, and is said to be a Diamond Dogs Demo, not an Aladdin Sane outtake

[Artaxerxes333]

according to Nicholas Peggs The Complete David Bowie, this is most likely a Diamond Dogs outtake and not an Aladdin Sane one :)

[StardustZiggy95]

@Artaxerxes333 Well i Just added it through my discography and it was in aladdin sane so i just put it in (:

[buena1968]

@StardustZiggy95 Thanks for posting this! Some call it Zion. It's well worth sharing to save us boots :-)

[buena1968]

@StardustZiggy95 I wonder if it;s a pinups outtake as it sound more like Ronno than Bowie on guitar?

[LOW1711]

@Artaxerxes333 Recorded at maida vale studios in late 72 , same session as waiting for the man, originally called Aladdinvain , changed title to Tragic Moments and thus subsequently dropped.

[0ooMICKoo0]

@Artaxerxes333 This is definately Mick Ronson on guitar & Mike Garson on Piano, but not Woody on drums. Ansley Dunbar took over after the Aladdin Sane Sessions, & you can plainly hear it. I would say this was recorded during Pin Ups/Diamond Dogs sessions.

[johnmckinlay67]

"intended"...DOH ...it's dark in here !!!

[johnmckinlay67]

Many years ago it was rumoured that Bowie intented to call the album A Lad in Vain..a pun ( vein ) on the heroin epidemic that was sweeping the US at that time.