Released on 11 February 1977.Bowie described the story behind the song, “a very sad song for me … I was trying very hard to drag myself out of an awful period of my life. I was locked in a room in Berlin telling myself I was going to straighten up and not do drugs anymore. I was never going to drink again. Only some of it proved to be the case. It was the first time I knew I was killing myself and time to do something about my physical condition.” A typical day of recording any one song off Low, including ‘Sound and Vision’, saw Bowie’s ensemble of musicians record the instrumentals. The rest of the band would then leave the studio, and Bowie would record his vocals, at times improvising the words and then shaving some off wherever needed. “Ultimate retreat song…it was wanting to be put in a little cold room with omnipotent blue on the walls and blinds on the windows.”Take a look at the comment for detailed playlist and full story.
