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"Oh! You Pretty Things" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album ''Hunky Dory''. It opens with only piano and Bowie's vocal, before entering the catchy refrain. The simple piano style is often compared to The Beatles' "Martha My Dear".〔David Buckley (1999). ''Strange Fascination - David Bowie: The Definitive Story'': p.115〕〔Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). ''Bowie: An Illustrated Record'': pp.40-41〕 Thematically, the song has been seen as reflecting the influence of occultist Aleister Crowley and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche,〔〔David Sheppard (2007). "Wishful Beginnings", ''MOJO 60 Years of Bowie'': p.24〕 and heralding "the impending obsolescence of the human race in favour of an alliance between arriving aliens and the youth of the present society".〔 The song was first released by Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, in a single on which Bowie played piano. It became a #12 hit in mid-1971. Noone replaced Bowie's line "The Earth is a bitch" with "The Earth is a beast", in a performance that ''NME'' editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray opined to be "one of rock and roll's most outstanding examples of a singer failing to achieve any degree of empathy whatsoever with the mood and content of a lyric".〔Carr & Murray (1981): p.117〕 ==Personnel== *David Bowie: lead vocals, piano *Mick Ronson: backing vocals, string arrangement *Trevor Bolder: bass guitar *Woody Woodmansey: drums 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oh! You Pretty Things」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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