From the early 1970s, David Bowie has used cut-ups to create some of his lyrics.

Dissatisfied with the King Bees and their repertoire of Howlin ' Wolf and Willie Dixon blues numbers, Bowie quit the band less than a month later to join the Manish Boys, another blues outfit, who incorporated folk and soul — " I used to dream of being their Mick Jagger ", Bowie was to recall.

His 1976 single " Hot ( I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved )" ( R & B # 31 ) used the main riff from " Fame " by David Bowie, not the other way around as was often believed.

In older pop and rock music, David Bowie used a koto in the instrumental piece " Moss Garden " on his album " Heroes ".

The Godzilla remix of " Posse on Broadway " contained a sample from David Bowie's 1975 hit " Fame ," but neither the album version nor the original seven-inch edit version ( which was used for the video ) used the Bowie sample.

" Geodetic positions on the North American Datum of 1927 were derived from the ( coordinates of and an azimuth at Meades Ranch ) through a readjustment of the triangulation of the entire network in which Laplace azimuths were introduced, and the Bowie method was used.

In 1983 – 84, the Pacers finished with the worst record in the Eastern Conference, which would have given the Pacers the second overall pick in the draft — the pick that that the Blazers famously used to select Sam Bowie while Michael Jordan was still available.

The Rough Riders also used Bowie Hunter knives.

Bowie used the term as a slang noun in the sense of " top dog " or " coolest.

* It also appeared on some Bowie compilations, most of which used the Hollywood Records remix:

New or cover versions such as John Paul Young's " Love Is in the Air " occur in Strictly Ballroom, Candi Staton's " Young Hearts Run Free " appear in Romeo + Juliet, and adaptations of artists such as Nat King Cole, Nirvana, Kiss, Elton John, Thelma Houston, Marilyn Monroe, Madonna, T. Rex, David Bowie, Queen and The Police are used in Moulin Rouge!

Alter egos would later be used for entertainment value by glam-associated artists such as David Bowie ( as Ziggy Stardust and The Thin White Duke ) and KISS, and to exploit horror themes by shock rockers Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson.

There used to be a club in Aylesbury in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s renamed the Friars ' Club in 1969 where many of the top bands of the time played, including Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Cream, Otis Redding, The Clash, Hawkwind, Queen, Genesis, U2, David Bowie, Marillion & The Ramones.

For example, Fort Bowie protected Apache Pass in southern Arizona along the mail route between Tucson and El Paso and was used to launch attacks against Cochise and Geronimo.

There is disagreement among scholars as to whether the knife used in this fight was the same as what is now known as a Bowie knife, also called an Arkansas Toothpick.

After the Sandbar Fight and subsequent battles in which Bowie used his knife to defend himself, the Bowie knife became very popular.

Captain William Y. Lacey, who spent eight months living in the wilderness with Bowie, described him as a humble man who never used profanity or vulgarities.

Performers who use acoustic 12-string guitars span a range of genres, from folk ( Arlo Guthrie, Keith Potger, John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, Ben Woodward, Pete Seeger and Noel Paul Stookey ), through reggae ( Bob Marley ), traditional blues ( Lead Belly, Blind Willie McTell, and Guy Davis ), folk rock ( Paul Simon, Neil Young, Tim Buckley, Gerry Beckley, John Allan Cameron ) and country ( Pinmonkey's Michael Reynolds, Taylor Swift and Mike Nesmith ), to rock bands ( Mark Tremonti of Creed and Alter Bridge, Jimi Hendrix on " Hear My Train A-Comin ", Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi, Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys, George Harrison, John Lennon of The Beatles, Robert Smith of The Cure, David Bowie for his " Space Oddity " live performances, Pete Townshend of The Who, Roger Hodgson ( ex-Supertramp ), who used acoustic 12-string on " Give a Little Bit ", " Even in the Quietest Moments ", " C ' est le Bon " and " Know Who You Are "; Melissa Etheridge, Tom Petty and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Greg Lake on " Lucky Man " and " Still ... You Turn Me On ", Brian May of Queen, Andy Partridge and Dave Gregory of XTC, and Nick Valensi of The Strokes ).

This knife became famous as the knife used by Bowie at the Sandbar Fight, a famous 1827 duel between Bowie and several men including a Major Norris Wright of Alexandria, Louisiana.

According to reports of the time, Bowie killed all three men in a fierce battle in which Bowie used his knife to kill all three men: one assassin was nearly decapitated, the second was disemboweled, and the skull of the third man was split open.

The song gave international exposure to the underground New Romantic movement when Bowie visited the London club " Blitz "— the main New Romantic hangout — to recruit several of the regulars ( including Steve Strange of the band Visage ) to act in the accompanying video, renowned as one of the most innovative of all time.

Bowie shelved his solo career in 1989, retreating to the relative anonymity of band membership for the first time since the early 1970s.

He performed again in November, alongside Alicia Keys, at the Black Ball, a New York benefit event for Keep a Child Alive, a performance that marks the last time Bowie performed his music on stage.

The band drew artistic influence from many other British rock acts at the time, such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, Black Sabbath, Slade, Deep Purple and David Bowie.

* Jim Bowie, legendary adventurer and hero of the Alamo, lived in Opelousas for a time.

Huntington City was renamed in honor of the son of William Duckett Bowie and his business partner, Oden Bowie, who was President of the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad at the time, and previously Governor of Maryland.

As a result, organiser and performer Bob Geldof, accompanied by earlier performers David Bowie, Alison Moyet, and Pete Townshend, returned to the stage to sing with him and back him up ( as did the stadium audience despite not being able to hear much ), by which time, Paul's microphone had been repaired.

Ironically, Geldof had previously refused to allow the video to be shown, due to time constraints, and had only relented when Bowie offered to drop the song " Five Years " from his set as a trade-off.

Artists that influenced her at that time were Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Pretenders.

At the time, the album was criticized by diehard fans who said that Bowie had mixed it poorly ( in subsequent years, various pirate fan recordings were assembled and released as the album Rough Power.

Lydon describes Ritchie at this time as a David Bowie fan, a poser and a " clothes hound ".

* Was released in UK on Queen's Greatest Hits II ( which would later be included in The Platinum Collection ( 2000 and 2002 )) removing the second time David Bowie sings, " This is our last dance.

Though influenced by artists such as the New York Dolls, Roxy Music and David Bowie, both albums were widely dismissed by the UK music press as being distinctly outmoded at a time when punk and New Wave bands were in ascendence.

Comparisons were being made to David Bowie, though Suede sounded nothing quite like anybody else around at the time, and soon they fell upon what critics quickly deemed was a new movement.

" Henson met David Bowie in the summer of 1983 to seek his involvement, as Bowie was in the U. S for his Serious Moonlight Tour at the time.

Having been impressed by Belew's work with Gaga and David Bowie, Fripp asked Belew to join his new four-piece band ( at that time called Discipline ) as singer and second guitarist.

Some claim that Bowie designed it, while others attribute the design to noted knife makers of the time.

In 1828, after recovering from wounds suffered in the Sandbar Fight, Bowie decided to move to Texas, at that time a state in the Mexican federation.

At the time, Bowie claimed to have a net worth of $ 223, 000 ($ today ), mostly in land of questionable title.

The stalemate ended shortly after Bowie led a charge to seize one of the Mexican cannons, at that time only 80 yards ( 73 m ) away.

During this time Crowe interviewed Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, and the members of Led Zeppelin .< ref >

By this time the ' Bowie knife ' was already being made in a variety of sizes, with the optimum blade length similar to " that of a carving knife " The blade design was described as: