Oh! You Pretty Things

Album: Hunky Dory (1971)
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: David Bowie
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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  • Jacob Kilgore from KoreaRead the book or listen to the audiobook "Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clark. I always thought there must have been a sci-fi book Bowie read that inspired this song. If there were one, this could be it. Aliens come and herald the next step in the evolution of the human race. Parents must say goodbye to their children.
  • Helio from Rio De Janeiro, BrazilThe Brazilian singer/composer Seu Jorge recorded a version of the song in Portuguese, for the film "The Life Aquatic, with Steve Zissou"
  • Mark from London, EnglandUntil I read otherwise, I always thought this song was inspired by the John Wyndahm novel "The Midwich Cuckoos" (and subesquent films, "Village Of The Damned" and "Children Of The Damned"), about an alien-inspired mutation creating a superior race of kids. Listen to the lyrics with that in mind and you will see what I mean!
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