BOWIE JOE THE LION LIVE 95

David Bowie Performing during the Outside Tour from Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford, Connecticut, USA 14th September 1995 Joe the Lion is a song written by David in 1977 for the album Heroes. It was produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti and features lead guitar by Robert Fripp. Like the album as a whole, the song demonstrates the influence of German Krautrock, The track is in part a tribute to performance artist Chris Burden, 1 who was famous for having himself nailed to a Volkswagen in 1974 ( Nail me to my car and I ll tell you who you are ) and for having an assistant shoot him in the arm at an art gallery in 1971 ( Guess you ll buy a gun, You ll buy it secondhand ). Joe the Lion has also been seen as reflecting Bowie s struggle to overcome the emotional numbness that appeared to permeate his previous album Low MTRudeBoy claims no rights to sound or vision Footage used to Pay Respect Honour Britain s Greatest ever solo a