David Bowie - Kingdom Come

[Mortslake]

This is the song that got me listening to Bowie, something in that special vibrato caught in some lines of this song just caught me..

[romanticandperky]

the man named Paul Verlaine after whom the author of this song named himself was the 'gay' lover of poet Arthur Rimbaud. Rimbaud would abandon him, eventually find his way to Somalia, start a relationship with a woman there, and write his magnum opus ("A Season In Hell").

I think David's version of this song is, to say the least, inspired.

[VivecaLindfors]

@romanticandperky Rimbaud wrote Une Saison en enfer before going to East Africa; and Harar is in Ethiopia (then Abyssinia), not Somalia.

[DJkevvykev]

Wow!

I love Bowie and Tom Verlaine, but had no idea this song was written by Tom and covered by David.

Thanks for postong !

[pittsky]

brilliant.

[anneliesb8]

Perfect showcase for his amazing voice, especially that riff starting 2:14

[ReplaceYourself]

Oh man... this song and the whole album ("Scary Monsters") is still fantastic!

[flynnbuss]

What great track.Takes me back, thanks

[DeeDeeVerlaine]

Tom Verlaine is better

[ghaladgwaith]

Tom's version is very good. I'd not heard it until recently.

You any relation by chance :)

[DeeDeeVerlaine]

No,

[uversa777]

Are you kidding me I heard that he is not on the same planet with Bowie It would have been iteresting if he sang it his own way but it came off like a bad impression

[loudenblogger]

@uversa777 I like this version. I also think that Tom Verlaine's is better, so maybe this is Bowie's way of covering the song: doing it nearly exactly the way Tom did since there is no better way to perform it.

[Antichrist2000]

@DeeDeeVerlaine Oooh I very much have to disagree.

[p01pify]

Bowie is a beautiful man.

[ZephyChanges]

I'd have to agree. I mean, he's prettier than me and I'm a girl.

[chinasherry1961]

any body know where I can get this album on Mobil Fidelity Original Master recording UK pressed vinyl because CDs suck

[kurtizzyflush]

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[LadyScreaming]

I love that song! Scary Monsters is one of my favourite Bowie-albums!