How did The Beatles influence David Bowie?
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| Bowie's first album (1967) |
Always a Beatles fan, David Bowie tried to sign for Apple in 1968. In the 1970s he became a friend and musical collaborator with John Lennon.
The roots of this affinity went deep as Pete Doggett has pointed out:
I was struck ... by the influence the Beatles had on Bowie's work in the 70s. Some of that influence is obvious - the McCartney-inspired piano styling of 'Oh! You Pretty Things', for example. As early as 1965, in an obscure song entitled 'That's Where My Heart Is', Bowie sounded as if he was learning how to write songs by listening to With The Beatles. source
Bowie later covered George Harrison's 'Try Some, Buy Some', claiming that he hadn't realised that George had written the song.
According to Tony Visconti, relations between the two men remained frosty, with Harrison pointedly keeping his distance from Bowie.
