Bowie developed an interest in music from an early age. He studied art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity", released in 1969, was his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of Bowie's single "Starman" and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted towards a sound he characterised as "plastic soul", initially alienating many of his UK fans but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station. In 1977, he again changed direction with the electronic-inflected album Low, the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that came to be known as the "Berlin Trilogy". "Heroes" (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise.
After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had three number-one hits: the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure" (a 1981 collaboration with Queen). He achieved massive commercial success in the 1980s starting with Let's Dance (1983). Between 1988 and 1992, he fronted the hard rock band Tin Machine before resuming his solo career in 1993. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. He also continued acting; his roles included Major Jack Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with The Next Day. He remained musically active until his death from liver cancer at his home in New York City. He died two days after both his 69th birthday and the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016).
During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at over 100 million records worldwide, made him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. In the UK, he was awarded ten platinum, eleven gold and eight silver album certifications, and released 11 number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Rolling Stone ranked him among the greatest artists in history. As of 2022, Bowie was the best-selling vinyl artist of the 21st century.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie
Studio albums
David Bowie (1967)
David Bowie/Space Oddity (1969)
The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Hunky Dory (1971)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
Aladdin Sane (1973)
Pin Ups (1973)
Diamond Dogs (1974)
Young Americans (1975)
Station to Station (1976)
Low (1977)
"Heroes" (1977)
Lodger (1979)
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
Let's Dance (1983)
Tonight (1984)
Never Let Me Down (1987)
Black Tie White Noise (1993)
The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
Outside (1995)
Earthling (1997)
Hours (1999)
Heathen (2002)
Reality (2003)
The Next Day (2013)
Blackstar (2016)
I Pity The Fool
David Bowie Lyrics
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I said I pity the fool
You know I pity the fool
I said I pity the fool
She'll break your heart one day
Then she'll laugh if she walks away
Yeah, I pity the fool
Guess you wonder what to do
They're just standing there
Watching you making a fool out of me
Ah, look at the people
Bet you wonder what to do
Well, they're just standing there
Watching you making a fool out of me
Yeah, I pity the fool
I said I pity the fool
Ooh, I pity the fool
Well, I said I pity the fool
She'll break your heart one day
Then she'll laugh as you walk away
Well, I pity the fool
Well, look at the people
Guess you wonder what to do
They're just standing there
Watching you making a fool out of me
Yeah, look at the people
Bet you wonder what to do
They're just standing there
Watching you making a fool out of me
I pity the fool
I pity the fool that falls in love with you
Oh, I pity the fool
I pity the fool
The song ‘I Pity The Fool’ by David Bowie is a cover of a popular soul blues song originally written by Bobby Bland in 1961. Bowie’s rendition of the song speaks to how love can make someone vulnerable and how it can lead them to become a fool. The repetition of the phrase “I pity the fool” emphasizes how easily people can become blinded by love, making them vulnerable to being hurt and lied to. Bowie warns the listener about falling in love with someone who will not value them in the same way they do. The line “She'll break your heart one day, then she'll laugh if she walks away,” serves as a reminder that sometimes people enter and leave relationships with no regard for the other person's feelings.
Through the lyrics, Bowie accuses the person he singing about of making a fool of him in front of everyone else; “Watching you make a fool out of me." The song suggests that the person being addressed is playing games and manipulating the singer's emotions. The final line of the song, “I pity the fool that falls in love with you,” is a direct reference to both the song's title and the singer's ability to empathize with future victims of this person’s manipulation. The song serves as a warning against falling for someone who will not reciprocate your feelings and will ultimately cause you heartache.
Line by Line Meaning
Well, I pity the fool
The singer feels sorry for the person that is currently in a bad situation.
I said I pity the fool
The singer is emphasizing how much he feels sorry for that person.
You know I pity the fool
The singer is reassuring the person that he truly feels sorry for them.
I said I pity the fool
The singer is emphasizing again how much he feels sorry for that person.
She'll break your heart one day
The woman that the person is in love with will eventually hurt him emotionally.
Then she'll laugh if she walks away
The woman will not only hurt him, but she will also find it amusing.
Yeah, I pity the fool
The singer is reiterating that he feels sorry for the person.
Well, look at the people
The singer is addressing a group of people.
Guess you wonder what to do
The singer assumes that the people are unsure about how to react.
They're just standing there
The people are not taking any action.
Watching you making a fool out of me
The people are observing the person being made a fool by the woman he loves.
Ah, look at the people
The singer is pointing something out to the people.
Bet you wonder what to do
The singer is assuming that the people are wondering how to react.
Well, they're just standing there
The people are not taking any action.
Watching you making a fool out of me
The people are observing the person being made a fool by the woman he loves.
Yeah, I pity the fool
The singer is reiterating that he feels sorry for the person.
I said I pity the fool
The singer is emphasizing again how much he feels sorry for that person.
Ooh, I pity the fool
The singer is emphasizing his empathy for the person.
Well, I said I pity the fool
The singer is emphasizing once again how much he feels sorry for the person.
She'll break your heart one day
The woman that the person is in love with will eventually hurt him emotionally.
Then she'll laugh as you walk away
The woman will not only hurt him, but she will also find it amusing.
Well, I pity the fool
The singer is reiterating that he feels sorry for the person.
Well, look at the people
The singer is addressing a group of people.
Guess you wonder what to do
The singer assumes that the people are unsure about how to react.
They're just standing there
The people are not taking any action.
Watching you making a fool out of me
The people are observing the person being made a fool by the woman he loves.
Yeah, look at the people
The singer is pointing something out to the people.
Bet you wonder what to do
The singer is assuming that the people are wondering how to react.
They're just standing there
The people are not taking any action.
Watching you making a fool out of me
The people are observing the person being made a fool by the woman he loves.
I pity the fool
The singer empathizes with anyone who falls in love with this woman.
I pity the fool that falls in love with you
The singer feels sorry for anyone who falls in love with the woman he is talking about.
Oh, I pity the fool
The singer is empathizing very strongly with anyone who falls in love with the woman.
I pity the fool
The song ends with the singer repeating his empathy for anyone who falls in love with the woman.
Contributed by Max T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@paolocalvo1360
Quella volta che David Bowie registrò un brano con Jimmy Page
Era il 1965 e il mondo non aveva idea che di li a poco avrebbe accolto due tra i fenomeni più travolgenti nella storia della musica moderna. I Led Zeppelin non esistevano e David Bowie non aveva ancora visto la luce. All’epoca, il Duca Bianco era conosciuto con il suo nome di battesimo, David (Davy per gli amici) Jones.
Il giovane, suonava per una Band Blues Rock inglese chiamata The Manish Boys. Proprio come i Rolling Stones, i Manish Boys trassero ispirazione per il proprio nome da un celeberrimo brano del Bluesman, Muddy Waters. Mannish Boy risale al 1955.
Dieci anni dopo, il diciottenne Jones e la sua band registrarono una cover di una canzone di Bobby Bland, intitolata I Pity The Fool. Quel giorno, il non ancora Duca Bianco, accolse colui che, di li a poco, avrebbe dato gli albori ai leggendari Led Zeppelin. Al tempo, il ventunenne Jimmy Page era un chitarrista turnista, retribuito per ingaggio; in una delle sue innumerevoli apparizioni in studio, il chitarrista incise alcune tracce soliste per i Mannish Boys.
Chi era Jimmy Page quando incontrò David Bowie?
Nel 1965, Jimmy Page aveva già intrapreso una fruttuosa carriera nel mondo della musica come session man. Aveva collaborato con gli Who per I Can’t Explain, con i Rolling Stones per la demo di Heart Of Stone, per la colonna sonora della pellicola dei Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night e per un singolo scardina classifiche di Petula Clark, intitolato Downtown. Inoltre, il chitarrista aveva cominciato a cimentarsi nell’auto produzione di alcuni brani, rilasciando, nello stesso anno, un suo singolo da solista, in cui era anche il cantante.
In gennaio, però, la folle corsa di Jimmy Page verso il successo, lo portò in studio ad incidere una controversa e giovanile versione di I Pity The Fool in compagnia di un giovanissimo David Bowie. Il brano, che era già stato arrangiato in chiave piuttosto Heavy dai membri della band, ricevette una spinta non indifferente dagli assoli saturi di distorsione di Page.
Il chitarrista mette mano alle corde a poco meno di un minuto dall’inizio della canzone, sovrapponendosi alla voce di David Bowie. Il solo, va avanti per circa trenta secondi. Il biografo personale dell’ormai ex chitarrista dei Led Zeppelin scrive in Jimmy Page: The Definitive Biography del 2019, della reazione del musicista alla sessione col gruppo, esplicandone la titubanza. Jimmy Page, infatti, sapeva che il brano non sarebbe diventato una Hit e che David avesse bisogno ancora di tempo prima di passare alla storia.
Il ricordo del Duca Bianco
David Bowie ha spesso ricordato delle sue esperienze passate,fornendone una visione particolarmente distante, come se si trattasse di un’altra vita. “Ero molto giovane. Ricordo di essermi riunito in sala d’incisione con una delle milioni di band che avevo negli anni ’60 e che il chitarrista di turno era un ragazzo poco più grande di noi, che aveva appena finito il liceo artistico ed era già un session man di spicco sulla scena; sto parlando di Jimmy Page”.
Il Duca Bianco ha anche ricordato l’euforia con cui il chitarrista sfoggiò la sua strumentazione, apparentemente appena acquistata. “Quel giorno, Jimmy portò con sé un Fuzz Box. Utilizzò l’effetto per l’assolo. Era molto eccitato all’idea di provare il suo nuovo equipaggiamento”. Col senno di poi, possiamo sicuramente affermare che l’esperienza maturata da Jimmy Page nel campo musicale prima di formare i Led Zeppelin, abbia rappresentato un valido aiuto per la riuscita della leggendaria band pioniera dell’ Hard Rock moderno.
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Well, I pity the fool, I said, I pity the fool
You know, I pity the fool, I said, I pity the fool
That falls all in love with you and expects you to be true
I pity the fool
Well, look at the people
I bet you wonder what they do
Yeah, they're just standing there
Watching you making a fool out of me
Yeah, look at the people
I bet you wonder what they do
Yeah, they're just standing there
Watching you making a fool out of me
I pity the fool, I said, I pity the fool
Ooh, I pity the fool, let me tell you that I pity the fool
'Cos she'll break your heart one day and she'll laugh as she walks away
Well, I pity the fool
Yeah, look at the people
Bet you wonder what they do
Well, they're just standing there
Watching you making a fool out of me
Yeah, look at the people
Bet you wonder what they do
Well, they're just standing there
Watching you making a fool out of me
I pity the fool, I pity the fool that falls in love with you
Hey, hey, yeah, I pity the fool
I pity the fool that falls in love with you
@lisalegato0109
I was born in 1994. I grew up on mostly the 90s and 2000s, but my parents played plenty of 60s-80s hits that I loved. Didn't know this existed. Just got into Bowie.
@rosemarymills1671
Oh, good grief!!!! I love this old song! I'm 74 and cannot believe how fast my life is racing by!
@Tootufftocry
Sending best regards your amazing
@kevinstone3743
Know the feeling
@lennonturney7343
You must be having fun
@moretoysthantalent
Bowie had some swagger in his voice.
@morosejew4374
Bowies voice at 18 was spectacular.
@dougerhard2128
Every bit as good as John Lennon or Stevie Winwood.
@davidcopson5800
True. His voice was always spectacular.
@btaylor2112
Guitar on this was Jimmy Page doing a session