Ellen Degenerous and David Bowie
Ellen Degenerous and David Bowie
Note to McCain: The comb-over is not working!
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.SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET ....."I guess that's the only track that takes an obvious political stance. As a kid, Tibetan philosophy was important to me, I was totally seduced by it, and Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrik Hasser was crucial for me. It seems a little dated now, but in my teens it made a major impression on me. I just wanted to be Tibeta - I wanted my eyes and skin colour to change, I wanted short black hair and saffron robes. I met a Tibetan at that time, a monk called Chimi Yong Dong Rimposhay, and he told me I was out of my mind to want to be a monk. Best piece of advice I was ever given! I keep bumping into Chimi every four years or five years, and strangely enough, as I was writing this song, a fan, out of nowhere, sent me a photograph of him as he looks now, from when he was lecturing a few years ago. Spooky