David Bowie’s Rejected ‘The Gouster’ Album To Be Released

                                                            

                                                                     

David Bowie fans will finally get to own ‘The Gouster’ when his next box set is released soon.


‘The Gouster’ was to be the album after ‘Diamond Dogs’ but morphed into ‘Young Americans’ instead.


The original album tracklisting would have been:

Side 1
1. John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)
2. Somebody Up There Likes Me
3. It’s Gonna Be Me
Side 2
1. Who Can I Be Now?
2. Can You Hear Me
3. Young Americans
4. Right

‘It’s Gonna Be Me’ and ‘Who Can It Be Now’ were eventually released on the 1991 ‘Young Americans’ reissue. ‘John I’m Only Dancing’ turned up on ‘ChangesOneBowie’ and ‘Somebody Up There Likes Me’, ‘Can You Hear Me’, ‘Young Americans’ and ‘Right’ came out on the ‘Young Americans’ album.

                                                                   

Another song from the sessions, ‘After Today’, will not be on ‘The Gouster’ although it was released on the 1989 box set ‘Sound & Vision”.

                                                                  

Producer Tony Visconti explains ‘The Gouster’ in the ‘Who Can It Be Now’ box liner notes:

“Gouster was a word unfamiliar to me but David knew it as a type of dress code worn by African American teens in the ‘60’s, in Chicago. But in the context of the album its meaning was attitude, an attitude of pride and hipness. Of all the songs we cut we were enamored of the ones we chose for the album that portrayed this attitude.

David had a long infatuation with soul as did I. We were fans of the TV show Soul Train. We weren’t ‘young, gifted and black’ but we sure as hell wanted to make a killer soul album, which was quite insane, but pioneers like the Righteous Brothers were there before us.

So ‘The Gouster’ began with the outrageous brand new, funkafied version of David’s classic ‘John, I’m Only Dancing’, a single he wrote and recorded in 1972, only this time our version sounded like it was played live in a loft party in Harlem and he added (Again) to the title. It wasn’t the two and a half minute length of the original either.

We maxed out at virtually seven minutes! With the time limitations of vinyl (big volume drop with more than 18 minutes a side) we could only fit two other long songs on side one, ‘Somebody Up There Likes Me’ and ‘It’s Gonna Be Me’ both about six and a half minute songs.

We had hit the twenty-minute mark. Technically that worked because ‘It’s Gonna Be Me’ had lots of quiet sections where the record groove could be safely made narrower and that would preserve the apparent loudness of side one.

Side two also hit the twenty-minute mark with ‘Can You Hear Me’ saving the day with its quiet passages. Forty minutes of glorious funk, that’s what it was and that’s how I thought it would be.”

There will be more info on the ‘Who Can it Be Now? (1974-1976) box set in coming weeks.

By Paul Cashmere

With many thanks to Noise 11
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How Clever Elder Children Spur On Siblings To Perform Even Better

                                                                         

There are several examples of this among my friends, and of course there are exceptions.

The author cites Andy Murray, and also in the world of tennis the Williams sisters are a good example.

In the world of politics, sport and entertainment there are even more examples. 

The You Tube clip above highlights quite a lot of them.

This photo essay from Time magazine covers many others, and it is also the source of the pictures I have used.

I think genetics and environment have also played a considerable role not only with regard to fame but also with regard to academic achievement.

                                                                         

                                                                       

HAVING an older brother or sister who does well at school has a knock-on effect that means their siblings perform even better, a study has found. 

Academics tracking the progress of 220,000 children over four years concluded that for each extra grade achieved by an eldest child, the results of their younger brothers or sisters nudge higher by a small but discernible margin.

The “sibling spill-over effect” suggests that families such as the Dimbleby dynasty, in which the BBC broadcaster, David Dimbleby is better known than his younger brother and fellow journalist Jonathan, may be atypical. Instead, the Miliband family, in which Ed eclipsed his elder brother David to seize the leadership of the Labour party almost five years ago, may better illustrate the phenomenon in which younger siblings gain from watching and learning from the eldest child.

In the sporting world the same may apply to the Murrays, of whom, under the unstinting encouragement of their mother Judy, the former Wimbledon champion Andy has been more successful than his older brother Jamie, who specialises in doubles tennis.

The study, by Cheti Nicoletti and Birgitta Rabe of the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, is the first to investigate the “multiplier effect” on younger siblings of the academic prowess of the eldest child.

The findings have significant implications for school policy, particularly for the coalition’s pupil premium, under which schools are allocated an extra £1,300 for each poor child in primary school and £935 in secondary school. This was because the effect was especially marked in poorer families.

Researchers found that the knock-on effect was most likely when the eldest child helped a younger sibling with homework, when younger brothers or sisters sought to copy their older sibling, when the eldest child shared information about school within the family or even when a younger brother or sister tried to rebel and consciously to follow a different path.

For every extra exam grade achieved by the elder sibling, such as moving from a B to an A grade, the younger brother or sister’s marks increased on average by 4 per cent. This is equivalent to spending an additional £670 per children in school, the study concluded.

There was no corresponding or reverse spill-over in which high achievement by younger siblings had a beneficial impact on the school results of the eldest child, which the academics said was to be expected.

“An increase in the test scores of an older sibling of one standard deviation leads to an increase in the corresponding test score of the younger sibling of 2.4 per cent of a standard deviation,” the authors of the study said.

“The spill-over effect is two to four times larger in families where we assume that knowledge on education and school-specific factors is low and hence the value of information-sharing between siblings higher.”

The authors added that the findings indicated that spending extra money on supporting children from families with low earnings, living in poor neighbourhoods or who spoke English as a second language could have double the benefit because of the multiplier effect.

By  Greg Hurst

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25 Most Influential People In History By Attribute

                                                                     

  

Not a bad list, but I would leave some of them off!

Some of the most popular debates and trivial conversations people have, include the topic of global influence and popularity. Don’t tell us you've never wondered or never participated in a debate about who are the most influential people in history. This is a topic that usually leads to further discussion and debate on who is the strongest, the smartest, the most beautiful, and a series of unresolved questions that nobody can answer with absolute certainty.

Pantheon, a project developed by the Macro Connections group at the MIT University Media Lab that collected and analyzed data on historical and cultural popularity, tried to give answers to these questions, or at least attempted to. A multiethnic team of decorated designers, engineers, and scientists working collaboratively to quantify, analyze and measure global culture delivered the most academic and enduring list of the most popular and influential human beings in history. 

Since the top 100 is heavily dominated by philosophers, military personnel, politicians, scientists, and religious figures, we here at List25 decided to deliver a roster of the 25 most famous people in history by profession and attribute.
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Here's a preview of what awaits:

                                                                  

Aristotle, Philosopher
Jesus Christ, Religious Figure
Alexander the Great, Military Personnel
Leonardo da Vinci, Inventor
Julius Caesar, Politician
Homer, Writer
Archimedes, Mathematician
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Michelangelo, Painter
Isaac Newton, Physicist
Christopher Columbus, Explorer
Galileo Galilei, Astronomer
Herodotus, Historian
Hippocrates, Physician
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Nefertiti, Companion
Charles Darwin, Biologist
Che Guevara, Social Activist
Imhotep, Architect
Elvis Presley, Singer
Marilyn Monroe, Actress
Louis Pasteur, Chemist
Walt Disney, Business
George Washington, US President
Bruce Lee, Martial Artist                                                                 

                                                                    

                                                                    

                                                                     

                                                                       

                                                                     

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Who Is The Most Famous Person Of All Time?

                                                                   

                                                                 

Using various methods, including Google hits, these are the results. Are they really accurate?

Interestingly the Queen has recently turned 88 years of age!

                                                               

The Queen's coronation took place on June 2nd, 1953.

by Cristen Conger 

Have you ever heard of Nate Silver? Does Judith Jameson ring a bell? The editors at TIME magazine certainly hope so since the political analytics guru and director of Alvin Ailey dance troupe, respectively, both made the 2009 TIME 100, the magazine's compilation of the 100 most influential people on the planet [source: TIME]. But having an impressive sphere of influence doesn't necessarily imply fame or celebrity. Aspiring dancers would probably leap for joy at a chance to meet Jameson, for instance, while armchair pundits would prefer a lunch with Silver.

Assessing someone's fame isn't as simple as, say, measuring wealth. 

In 1966, when John Lennon famously said that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus, no one could judge definitively whether the rock star was off his rocker because no standard unit for fame exists. Given the hordes of screaming fans who greeted the Fab Four at every stop, who was to say that they weren't, in fact, overshadowing the Christian figure?

For one thing, Lennon might miss the mark on the basis of facial recognition. At the time, European and American youth probably recognized The Beatles instantly, but an image of Jesus Christ certainly would've been more identifiable to people around the globe.

                                                             

Therefore, if we define fame in terms well-known faces, Queen Elizabeth II is certainly in the running for the most famous person of all time. With her reign approaching its sixth decade, the British Queen's visage has graced money, stamps, postcards and even an Andy Warhol screen print. In fact, aside from Jesus, she might have the most reproduced portrait in the world [source: Edwards]. On the other side of the pond, Che Guevara's iconic portrait, based on a 1960 photograph by Alberto Korda, is arguably as recognizable and reproduced. The Cuban revolutionary's somber stare shows up on T-shirts, posters and a hodgepodge of other merchandise as well [source: Holmes].

But judging on the basis of facial recognition largely disqualifies Muhammad, one of the best-known historical and religious figures. The Islamic faith prohibits depictions of the prophet as a means to discourage idolatry, and in 2005, a Dutch newspaper stirred major controversy among Muslim communities when it published cartoon images of Muhammad [source: BBC News].

In that case, we must turn to hard data in this quest for the most famous person of all time. For that, the best resource probably lies in today's instant fame machine, the Internet.

Soon after Barack Obama's inauguration, Dee Myers of Vanity Fair posited that the new president was effectively the most famous living person in history [source: Myers]. She largely attributed that theory to the power of the World Wide Web, which people around the world used to track his path to the White house. His compelling story has international roots, which broadened his appeal, she argued.

Myers' assertion isn't based on any verifiable statistics. However, Eric Schulman, an astronomer and editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, has studied how to measure fame for more than a decade. He also agrees that Barack Obama has achieved universal fame, possibly rivaling anyone else before him [source: Schulman].

In an effort to measure fame quantitatively -- something that has never previously been accomplished -- Schulman relies on Google. 

According to his research, the modern formula for fame boils down to the number of relevant search engine returns a person's name gets, compared to the search engine traffic of a logarithmic unit of fame (dBHa). That fame unit is derived from the Google results of a celebrity who has enjoyed a constant amount of fame over a long period of time [source: Schulman]. In 1999, when Schulman started his fame research, that unit was Monica Lewinsky. But considering that Lewinsky's fame stock has dropped significantly in recent years, Schulman readjusted his calculations and came up with Beatles guitarist George Harrison.

                                                                      

That switch from Lewinsky to Harrison also highlights the time-sensitive aspect of fame. Many people enjoy their clichéd "15 minutes" these days -- think YouTube personalities -- but their notoriety quickly fizzles out. Therefore, the most famous among us must also remain iconic across generations.

In February 2009, fellow Beatle John Lennon performed quite well in Google compared to Harrison, placing him in the second place of all-time A-list celebrities [source: Schulman]. And the only person to top Lennon in Schulman's experiment? None other than Jesus Christ.
But Schulman's research is limited, since it leaves out Muhammad and Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, who complete the triumvirate of the most famous men in the annals of history. 

Going back to Google, Jesus still edges the other two, receiving around 45 million hits, compared with 36.8 million for Muhammad and 24.6 million for Buddha.

As for John Lennon, more than 40 years after claiming popularity over Jesus, the late star only clocks in at 14 million Google returns. In history's fame game, it looks like The Beatles didn't overtake religion after all.

                                                                    

More Great Links

• Measuring Fame Quantitatively
• 2009 TIME 100

Sources

• BBC News. "Q&A: Depicting the Prophet Muhammad." Feb. 2, 2006. (Oct. 28, 2009)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4674864.stm
• Edwards, Adam. "The Most Famous Face in the World." Daily Telegraph. April 20, 2006. (Oct. 28, 2009)http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1400202/The-most-famous-face-in-the-world.html
• Holmes, Stephanie. "Che: The icon and the ad." BBC News. Oct. 5, 2007. (Oct. 28, 2009)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7028598.stm
• Myers, Dee Dee. "Is Obama the Most Famous Living Person Ever?" Vanity Fair. Jan.27, 2009. (Oct. 28, 2009)http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/01/is-obama-the-most-famous-living-person-ever.html
• Schulman, Eric. "Can Fame Be Measured Quantitatively?" Annals of Improbably Research Online. 1999. (Oct. 28, 2009)http://members.verizon.net/~vze3fs8i/air/fame.html
• Schulman, Eric. "How Should Fame Be Measured Quantitatively?" Annals of Improbably Research Online. Nov. 5, 2001. (Oct. 28, 2009)http://members.verizon.net/~vze3fs8i/air/fame2.html
• Schulman, Eric. "Measuring Fame Quantitatively IV. Who's the Most Famous of Them All?" Annals of Improbably Research Online. Feb. 28, 2009. (Oct. 28, 2009)http://members.verizon.net/~vze3fs8i/air/fame4.html
• TIME. "The 2009 TIME 100." (Oct. 28, 2009)http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1894410,00.html

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