Bowie gave us the term 'plastic soul', which referred to the period he recorded 'Young Americans' plus some material for 'Station to Station' - he successfully took on a genre of which he interpreted brilliantly.
blues
gary
blue eyed soul
Story behind the song
We wanted to do a track which captured some of the character of which Bowie delivered via his songs between that of 1975-76 (his so called 'plastic soul' period). This song draws on tracks like 'Word on a Wing' and 'Wild is the Wind' and while not copying these we still nonetheless were heavily influenced by them (and that wonderful period Bowie pursued the unthinkable notion of English white boys doing soul music) - he wasn't frightened to veer off the path and he'd go back for a bit more in '83 with Nile and finally be accepted as a mainstream artist.
Lyrics
Still I don't know
But something tells me
I still don't know
So where did you want to go
So many times
I'd wander round town
Pick up the pieces at the lost and found
But somethin' tells me
While you're goin up
Ohhhh, I'm goin down...
You got an angel lookin' over your shoulder
You got a cross that you carry as some sign
You're like a criminal
Sittin' in the corner
Just waitin' out your time
But there's no parole here, ah no no no
Nuthin' to see
Babe it'll be a long time before you're free
So where did you wanna go?
Oh so where did you wanna go?