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- Bowie, then in the throes of an escalating cocaine habit, insisting on repeatedly playing his guests an acetate of Young Americans, and was upset when they requested a change of record.
- John and I had seen him a couple of times before our Christmas holiday and he had always insisted upon playing us the tracks of his new album. That night he played the album for Paul and Linda, even though John and I had heard it many times before. When it was over he played it again. I could see Paul getting restless. “Can we hear a different album?” he asked. David ignored him and when he began to play it a third time John said, “It’s great. Do you have any other albums that might be of interest?” For a moment Bowie seemed startled by John’s request and then he smiled and told me to pick another record. I selected an Aretha Franklin album and put it on the turntable and then David said, “Excuse me for a second.” He marched out of the room. “I think you hurt Bowie’s feelings,” I told John.
- May Pang
- Loving John
- Lennon and Pang left soon after, and returned to her apartment on 52nd Street. Shortly after they arrived the telephone rang; it was Bowie, still stung by Lennon’s behaviour, but the pair managed to patch up their differences.
- As soon as we got home that night David called John. They talked quietly for a while, and when John got off the phone, he told me, ‘David really did feel hurt when I asked him to change the record. He was very upset. I kept tellin’ him I didn’t mean it that way.’ John was very distressed by David’s reaction.
- ‘When David looks at you, his eyes are always filled with admiration,’ I told him. ‘You’ve got to be especially careful when you’re around people like that, because every little word and gesture means something special to them. Whether you like it or not, you’ve just got to be a little more thoughtful.’
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