Editing Pin Ups (section)

=== Composition ===
''Pin Ups'' was Bowie's tribute to bands that had inspired him as a teenager. Bowie later explained: "These are all bands which I used to go and hear play down the Marquee between 1964 and 1967. I've got all these records back at home."{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=364–367}} According to the biographer Chris O'Leary, he chose the tracks by "going through a stack of 45s in his rooms at the Hyde Park Hotel before leaving for France".{{sfn|O'Leary|2015|loc=chap. 7}} The musician Scott Richardson,{{sfn|Trynka|2011|p=484}} a [[Pretty Things]] fan, convinced Bowie to cover two of their songs. Other artists selected included [[the Yardbirds]], [[the Kinks]], [[Pink Floyd]] and [[the Who]].{{sfn|O'Leary|2015|loc=chap. 7}} The final tracklist includes the Pretty Things' "[[Rosalyn (song)|Rosalyn]]" and "[[Don't Bring Me Down (The Pretty Things song)|Don't Bring Me Down]]", [[Them (band)|Them]]'s "[[Here Comes the Night]]", Pink Floyd's "[[See Emily Play]]", [[the Mojos]]' "[[Everything's Alright (The Mojos song)|Everything's Alright]]", the Yardbirds' "[[Shapes of Things]]" and their rendition of [[Billy Boy Arnold]]'s "[[I Wish You Would (Billy Boy Arnold song)|I Wish You Would]]", [[the Easybeats]]' "[[Friday on My Mind]]", [[the Merseys]]' "[[Sorrow (The Merseys song)|Sorrow]]", [[the Who]]'s "[[I Can't Explain]]" and "[[Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere]]", and [[the Kinks]]' "[[Where Have All the Good Times Gone]]".{{sfn|O'Leary|2015|loc=chap. 7}}{{sfn|Doggett|2012|pp=209–219}}{{sfn|Cann|2010|pp=307–313}} Bowie had also considered re-recording his 1966 single "[[The London Boys]]" but the idea was discarded.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=364–367}}

The songs on ''Pin Ups'' feature the same arrangements as the originals, albeit performed in [[glam rock]] and [[proto-punk]] styles.<ref name="independent">{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/cover-albums-the-best-and-worst-releases-in-the-genre-8764391.html | title=Cover albums: The best and worst releases in the genre | work=[[The Independent]] | date=16 August 2013 | access-date=6 July 2015 | last=Perrone |first=Pierre | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714094911/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/cover-albums-the-best-and-worst-releases-in-the-genre-8764391.html | archive-date=14 July 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="stereogum">{{cite web | url=http://www.stereogum.com/1291641/david-bowie-albums-from-worst-to-best/franchises/counting-down/attachment/pinups/ | title=David Bowie Albums From Worst To Best: ''Pin Ups'' | website=[[Stereogum]] | date=18 March 2013 | access-date=6 July 2015 | last=Claymore |first=Gabriela | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627202712/http://www.stereogum.com/1291641/david-bowie-albums-from-worst-to-best/franchises/counting-down/attachment/pinups/ | archive-date=27 June 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> Regarding this, Bowie explained: "We just took down the basic chord structures and worked from there{{nbsp}}... Some of them don't even need any working on – like 'Rosalyn' for example. But most of the arranging I have done by myself and Mick, and Aynsley too."{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=364–367}} The author [[Peter Doggett]] writes that only two tracks, "I Wish You Would" and "See Emily Play", contained varied arrangements from the originals.{{sfn|Doggett|2012|pp=209–219}}