Day 211 | Song: Zion

This song is so mysterious that nobody is quite sure of its actual name. It is usually identified as an Aladdin Sane outtake and may have actually been given a joke name along the lines of “Aladdin Vein.” It may have been a scratch pad for the song, “Aladdin Sane,” or perhaps for something that appeared on Diamond Dogs. In any case, it is clearly a very rough draft—Bowie sings “la la la” as a stand-in for lyrics he had not yet (and never would) compose later I’m going to post an even more obscure song where he just sings “la la la” as the final product…stay tuned for that one). I’m including this in part because the music itself—the instrumentation is really good, and although Bowie doesn’t articulate words, his Ziggy-era voice is good to hear.