'ALL THE YOUNG DUDES' - MOTT THE HOOPLE | FRANKS BASS COVERS & TAB

'ALL THE YOUNG DUDES' - MOTT THE HOOPLE | FRANKS BASS COVERS & TAB 🎸 Want to support the bass covers? Even a $1 tip helps me keep making these. 👉 thanks for the love! DONATE: paypal.me/franksbasscovers 'ALL THE YOUNG DUDES' - MOTT THE HOOPLE | FRANKS BASS COVERS & TAB Released 28 July 1972 This was Mott The Hoople's only US Top 40 hit and their biggest hit in England. written by David Bowie, originally recorded and released as a single by the English rock band Mott the Hoople Bowie produced the song, which he had given to the band after they rejected his "Suffragette City". Said Bowie: "'All the Young Dudes' is a song about news. It's not a hymn to the youth, as people thought. It is completely the opposite." After the first recording session for this song, Bowie thought it was lagging at the end. Mott lead singer Ian Hunter responded with the idea for the one-way conversation, which begins with him saying, "Hey, you down there, you with the glasses!" The lyrics, "Lucy's stealing clothes from unlocked cars" were written as, "Lucy's stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks," Marks and Sparks being the nickname for the British store Marks & Spencer. Mott ran into the same problem The Kinks had with "Lola": The BCC refused to play songs if they thought it contained lyrics advertising a product. The Kinks had to turn "Just like Coca-Cola" to "Just like cherry cola" at the last minute, and Mott had to get rid of Marks and Sparks. At the insistence of their record company, Ian Hunter flew from New York to London to re-sing the line as "unlocked cars" before heading right back to America. In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked "All the Young Dudes" number 166 in its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It is also one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. PERSONNEL Ian Hunter – lead vocals, piano Mick Ralphs – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals Pete Overend Watts – bass, backing vocals Dale Griffin – drums, tambourine Verden Allen – Hammond organ, backing vocals David Bowie – backing vocals