Hommages a John Lennon

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Songfacts:

John Lennon helped write this. Bowie invited him to the studio, and Lennon played rhythm guitar on a jam session that resulted in this.

Bowie met Lennon less than a year earlier, at a party thrown by Elizabeth Taylor.

Lennon was one of Bowie's idols, and they became good friends.

Lennon came up with the title. At first, he was saying something like "Aim," but then he muttered "Fame," and Bowie wrote the lyrics around it.

This song is about what it is like to be famous. Bowie often had conversations with Lennon about how fame took away parts of their lives.

Lennon is also sang the background "Fame" parts in the high voice. (thanks, mtlb - Buffalo, NY)

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