Comments on: Untitled No. 1 https://www.bowiebible.com David Bowie songs, albums, history, features, photos and more… Sun, 24 Apr 2022 03:05:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Matthew Mathis https://www.bowiebible.com/songs/untitled-no-1/comment-page-1/#comment-11469 Sun, 24 Apr 2022 03:05:37 +0000 http://www.davidbowiedatabase.com/?page_id=578#comment-11469 The “mantra” croon repeated throughout this song is based on a famous Bollywood star, the Elvis of India:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shammi_Kapoor

I wonder if his name-chanting is somehow part of the background consciousness of the father or the son in “The Buddha of Suburbia” film … or maybe even of the author Hanif Kureshi’s background mental mantra?

At the very least, David made his name a viable lyrical phrase.

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