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After All (David Bowie song)
"After All" is a song written by David Bowie in 1970 for the album ''The Man Who Sold the World'', released later that year in the United States and in April 1971 in the UK. One of a number of Bowie songs from the early 1970s reflecting the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche and Aleister Crowley, it has been described by biographer David Buckley as "the album's hidden gem",〔David Buckley (1999). ''Strange Fascination - David Bowie: The Definitive Story'': pp.99-102〕 and by Nicholas Pegg as "one of Bowie's most underrated recordings".〔Nicholas Pegg (2000). ''The Complete David Bowie'': p.19〕
==Music and lyrics==
The song has been interpreted as taking to nightmarish conclusions the children's world of Bowie's early song "There Is a Happy Land", from his 1967 debut ''David Bowie''.〔〔Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). ''Bowie: An Illustrated Record'': p.38〕 Like much of ''The Man Who Sold the World'', its lyrics are imbued with a Nietzschian Übermensch philosophy ("Man is an obstacle, sad as the clown").〔 The line "Live til your rebirth and do what you will" is often cited as homage to occultist Aleister Crowley and his dictum, "Do what thou wilt".〔〔
The track is unusual in a rock context for being in waltz time, most obviously in the surreal circus-like instrumental break. Its style was inspired by the "slightly sinister, measured melancholy" of songs Bowie recalled from childhood such as Danny Kaye's "Inchworm".〔 Regarding the music's arrangement, producer Tony Visconti said, "The basic song and the 'oh by jingo' line were David's ideas. The rest was Ronno and me vying for the next overdub."〔
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