“TIRED OF MY LIFE”
(STUDIO DEMO, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1970; DISC 1)
Previously unreleased Bowie confessional
TRIS PENNA: “There has been so much speculation about ‘Tired Of My Life’. It later became a track on Scary Monsters – some of the lyrics and melody became ‘Up The Hill Backwards’. I think it was written towards the end of 1970 as he became half a pop star and looked around himself and wondered where he really was. Usually, when he writes about himself, it’s slightly detached. This is one of the handful where he is very personal about himself and the state of his mind.”
