Nirvana's "The Man Who Sold The World" (which was written by David Bowie) focuses on the challenges people face regarding their self identity.
2 contributors. A song originally by David Bowie that Kurt Cobain and Nirvana played at their famous MTV Unplugged show. The song's main character, a man who felt like he had sold his
David Bowie on writing The Man Who Sold The World and about Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) This is part of an interview broadcast in 1996 on Dutch TV. Video start with Lulu's version of the song.
Oh no, not me We never lost control You're face to face With the man who sold the world I laughed and shook his hand And made my way back home I searched for form and land For years and years, I roamed I gazed a gazeless stare We walked a million hills I must have died alone A long, long time ago Who knows? Not me "The Man Who Sold the World" is a song written and performed by David Bowie. The title track of Bowie's third album, it was released in the U. S. in November 1970 and in the UK in April 1971. With the man who sold the world I laughed and shook his hand And made my way back home I searched for form and land For years and years I roamed I gazed a gazeless stare We walked a million hills I must have died alone A long, long time ago Who knows? Not me I never lost control You're face to face With the man who sold the world Who knows? Not me Man Who Sold the World Lyrics by Nirvana from the XXII MCMXCIV album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: We passed upon the stair We spoke of was and when Although I wasn't there He said I was his friend 'The Man Who Sold The World' is one of Bowie's finest tracks. Brooding with menace and the modern world, the track has always felt somewhat extraterrestrial. Considering it was released before Bowie's famous incarnation, Ziggy Stardust touched down on terra firma, the song provided a blueprint for the singer's future. Bowie told BBC 1 that "The Man Who Sold the World" is about a character coming face-to-face with a version of himself that he thought he left behind, a younger man who didn't realize that he was imprisoning himself within the loneliness of fame. Lines like "for years and years I roamed" and "we walked a million hills" presage lines about dying
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