David Bowie - Andy Warhol (lyrics, video, online listening)

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• David Bowie – Andy Warhol(03:56)
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This acoustic song is about the artist Andy Warhol, who was one of Bowie's greatest inspirations. In his 2003 interview with Performing Songwriter magazine, Bowie explained that he had not Warhol when he wrote this song and he got an interesting reaction when he played it for him. Said Bowie: "I took the song to The Factory when I first came to America and played it to him, and he hated it. Loathed it. He went [imitates Warhol's blasé manner] 'Oh, uh-huh, okay...' then just walked away (laughs). I was left there. Somebody came over and said, 'Gee, Andy hated it.' I said, 'Sorry, it was meant to be a compliment.' 'Yeah, but you said things about him looking weird. Don't you know that Andy has such a thing about how he looks? He's got a skin disease and he really thinks that people kind of see that.' I was like, 'Oh, no.' It didn't go down very well, but I got to know him after that. It was my shoes that got him. That's where we found something to talk about. They were these little yellow things with a strap across them, like girls' shoes. He absolutely adored them. Then I found out that he used to do a lot of shoe designing when he was younger. He had a bit of a shoe fetishism. That kind of broke the ice. He was an odd guy."
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(This is Andy Warhole and it's take one, take one)
It's, it's Warhol actually
(What did I say)
Whole, it's whole as in wholes
(Andy Warhol)
Wah, Andy War hol, Andy War hol (he)
Like whole hub
He
Ha
Are you ready
(Yeah)
Ha ha ha ha ha ha

Like to take a cement fix
Be a standing cinema
Dress my friends up just for show
See them as they really are
Put a peephole in my brain
Two New Pence to have a go
I'd like to be a gallery
Put you all inside my show

[Chorus]
Andy Warhol looks a scream
Hang him on my wall
Andy Warhol, Silver Screen
Can't tell them apart at all

Andy walking, Andy tired
Andy take a little snooze
Tie him up when he's fast asleep
Send him on a pleasant cruise (hm hm hm)
When he wakes up on the sea
He sure to think of me and you
He'll think about paint and he'll think about glue
What a jolly boring thing to do

[Chorus] x2

(Handclaps)

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