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"Panic in Detroit" is a song written by David Bowie for the album ''Aladdin Sane'' in 1973. Bowie based it on friend Iggy Pop's descriptions of revolutionaries he had known as a youth in Michigan.〔Nicholas Pegg (2000). ''The Complete David Bowie'': p.160〕 It is also interpreted as being written about the 1967 Detroit riots.〔(AllMusic.com - Panic In Detroit )〕 ''Rolling Stone'' magazine called the track "a paranoid descendant of the Motor City's earlier masterpiece, Martha and the Vandellas' "Nowhere to Run"".〔 〕 Musically "Panic in Detroit" has been described as a "Salsa variation on the Bo Diddley beat",〔Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). ''Bowie: An Illustrated Record'': p.54〕 and features prominent conga drums and female backing vocals. The lyrics namecheck Che Guevara and are also said to contain references to John Sinclair of the White Panther Party.〔 Bowie played the song live on tour in 1973, 1974, 1976, 1990, 1997, and 2003-4. In 2003, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine printed its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Mick Ronson was ranked at #64, and "Panic in Detroit" as his "essential recording". ==Personnel== *David Bowie – lead vocals, acoustic guitar *Mick Ronson – electric guitars *Trevor Bolder – bass guitar *Woody Woodmansey – drums *Aynsley Dunbar – percussion *Linda Lewis – backing vocals *Warren Peace – backing vocals 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「Panic in Detroit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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