After a few takes, Bowie was dissatisfied with the band's progress, finding it "sounds like professionals!"
[7] In order to sound like "young kids in the basement [who were] just discovering their instruments", Bowie had the musicians swap instruments, a trick previously utilised during the recording of
Iggy Pop's
Lust for Life in 1977.
[8][9] So, guitarist
Carlos Alomar switched to drums, drummer
Dennis Davis moved to bass guitar and bassist
George Murray moved to keyboards. However, Murray's contribution was omitted from the final mix, as only Bowie and Eno are credited, while Davis's part was deemed unsuitable and re-recorded by Visconti, who played an "over-the-top" part in a style similar to
The Man Who Sold the World (1970).
[10][8] Several commentators found the part reminiscent of
the Beach Boys' "
You're So Good to Me" (1965)
