Comments on: Janine https://www.bowiebible.com David Bowie songs, albums, history, features, photos and more… Sun, 06 Aug 2023 21:20:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Barry Tomes https://www.bowiebible.com/songs/janine/comment-page-1/#comment-16873 Sun, 06 Aug 2023 21:20:37 +0000 http://www.davidbowiedatabase.com/?page_id=190#comment-16873 Interestingly Bowie also referenced Janine in another song albeit only a demo.
In “King of the City” featured on the Divine Symmetry album
(and now available on You Tube and Spotify) at 1:40 he clearly
sings:
“ Janine paid for the train fare.
I’ll send it straight away.
So come back to the real thing baby..”

Some lyric sites have transcribed this wrongly as:
“Do you need bread for the train fare?”

Presumably not being was familiar with the name and
making a best guess but the word is completely unmistakable
as Janine.
I wonder if the song was written for Hermione or Angie ?
Maybe Hermione and never released because he decided
he had already covered that ground sufficiently!

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