LODER: And how did Aladdin Sane then mutate into the Diamond Dogs period? BOWIE: Christ knows! I know the impetus for Diamond Dogs was both Metropolis and 1984—those were the two things that went into it. In fact, Diamond Dogs was gonna be a rewrite of 1984—I wanted to try to get the musical rights for it and turn it into a stage musical for touring. But my office, MainMan, didn’t bother to do anything about it, and then I found out that if I dared touch it, Mrs. George Orwell would sue or something.
