David Bowie Alternative Candidate 1974

Recorded at Olympic Studios on New Year's Day 1974 and originally labelled 'a demo version' . A bonus track from 1990 and on the 2004 30th anniversary edition of the incredible Diamond Dogs.

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Music

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• Diamond Dogs David Bowie
• Alternative Candidate
• 1984
• david bowie
• glam

[JHollowayNetwork]

According to Wikipedia, the demo version of the song is from 1973, not 1974.

[racyweb]

@JHollowayNetwork well there is only one day difference.. and I suppose it was written in 1973 . thanks

[HouenTouen]

je suis à toi pour toujours :-))))))))))))))))

[racyweb]

@HouenTouen je t'appartiens

[ellast1]

my fav bowie era

so skinny so sexy so weird

i can look at him and his poses for hours

thank you

[racyweb]

@ellast1 glad you enjoyed it ! He's amazing..

[kodifeeder]

This is definitely my favorite version of this song. Thanks for posting it.

[BreakingGlass77]

This is a completely different song than the one on the album. The only thing the two songs have in common is the title

[gward8]

Brillo bowie rules rock god a surviver come back db alls forgiven they broke the mould wen they put you togeather will we. Be strangers when we meet you signed a copy of spiders from mars in DUblin for me just wana say thank you hope u see this msg sum day an irish fan born in 62 iam a fan of yours since 69 i still remember mind yourself tommy major

[abbeystump]

@JHollowayNetwork

This version of the song was recorded at Olympic Studios on New Years Day 1974

[TheSanealaddin]

Bleedin' hell this is good. Agree with folks saying it's quite a different song to the DD song, and that's fuckin' amazin; also agree this is his best period, what a look, what songwriting, and then in a few years time we have a crock of shit like 'Fantastic Voyage', it wasn't as if he was too old or anything; just lost the intensity, anyway this is the classic period, thanks for the upload.

[Brickicle]

Wait, are you all comparing this to the song Candidate in the Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (reprise) trio? I know they are technically different versions of each other, but really they're two very unique songs. They share some similar lyrics but they're still extremely different. Imagine how wrong this would sound as the bridge between Sweet Thing and Sweet Thing (reprise). They're both amazing songs, but they're also very different songs, and comparing the two just doesn't make sense.

[damedavid]

The 1:51 picture reminds me of Tilda Swinton (and, of course, she's done a few (?) Bowie-inspired photoshoots. Definitely done one that I've seen, anyway). I much prefer this version to the one on Diamond Dogs.

[leonakita]

indeed, great pics! Nice upload!

[noddyneeds]

amazing pics