Womöglich wurde David Bowie zu seinem letzten Album von unserem Elvis inspiriert.
Genauergesagt von dem Song "Black Star", einer früheren Version von Flaming Star, die erst in den 90ern auf der Bildfläche erschien. Natürlich ist das alles Spekulation. Bowie, der eh ein großer Fan war, soll den Song aber sehr gemocht haben.
Ich zitiere jetzt hier einfach mal den telegraph:
Zitat:
In 1960, Elvis Presley recorded a country-tinged song called Black Star. It was intended to be the title track for a film, but when the film's title changed to Flaming Star, Presley's song was ditched and wasn't released until the Nineties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UHZ_62GCI (Video mit dem besagten Song)
Black Star's lyrics are particularly telling:
"Every man has a black star
A black star over his shoulder
And when a man sees his black star
He knows his time, his time has come"
"Black star don't shine on me, black star
Black star keep behind me, black star
There's a lot of livin' I gotta do
Give me time to make a few dreams come true, black star."
Bowie always cited Elvis as an influence, but was particularly fascinated by the fact The King shared his birthday, January 8 – the release date for Blackstar.
In an interview with Q in 1997 Bowie said of the date: "I was absolutely mesmerised by it. I couldn't believe it. He was a major hero of mine. And I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something."
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