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Rock & Roll History
May. 20th, 2004 07:55 amVelvet Goldmine, original title, "He's a Goldmine", is the name of a song by David Bowie that was recorded for his album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, but wasn't put on the final version of the album because as even Bowie admitted, "the lyrics were a little bit too provocative." ( lyrics )
(It was later issued as a flip side of a re-release of Space Oddity and then on a 1990 Rykodisc re-release of Ziggy Stardust.)
Todd Haynes had planned to use Bowie's music for his film but after reading the script, Bowie refused permission because he claimed to have his own Ziggy film planned. However, Todd says that the title was too good not to use. Because titles cannot be copyrighted, nothing prevented him from calling his film Velvet Goldmine.
(It was later issued as a flip side of a re-release of Space Oddity and then on a 1990 Rykodisc re-release of Ziggy Stardust.)
Todd Haynes had planned to use Bowie's music for his film but after reading the script, Bowie refused permission because he claimed to have his own Ziggy film planned. However, Todd says that the title was too good not to use. Because titles cannot be copyrighted, nothing prevented him from calling his film Velvet Goldmine.
