Pop also performed the song on the television show Dinah! in 1977 with Bowie accompanying on keyboards and backing vocal.
The Hunger also stars the co-writer of "Funtime", David Bowie.įollowing its studio appearance on The Idiot, a live version of "Funtime" was included on Pop's TV Eye Live 1977.
The song was used in the movie The Hunger along with the song " Bela Lugosi's Dead" by goth rock band Bauhaus, whose frontman Peter Murphy later covered "Funtime". Most notably one of the riffs he plays is a parody of the main riff of The Rolling Stones' " (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" David Bowie wrote the music as well as plays guitar, synthesizers, piano and sings the main chorus on the track. Her autobiography, "Rebel Heart: An American Rock and Roll Journey", was published in 2001.Iggy had the idea for the song after hearing the Sex Pistols cover the song " No Fun" by his band The Stooges, lyrically the song's ironic take on fun is similar to the song in question. She performs occasionally in nightclubs as a solo act. Bebe, who is now married to musician Jim Wallerstein, splits her time between her homes in New York and Portland, Maine. However, the marriage ended in 1998, and their divorce became final in 1999. In 1992 Bebe married for the first time, to musician Coyote Shivers, a much younger man. Although she is no longer Liv's manager, she still remains close to her.
In the 1990s Bebe moved back to New York, became Liv's manager and helped launch her daughter's successful modeling and acting career.
Liv also changed her last name from Rundgren to Tyler. However, Liv and Steven were able to form a family bond and are reportedly very close.
When the truth came out, it put a strain on the relationship between Todd and Bebe. Rundgren had known that he was not Liv's biological father but kept the secret in order to give Liv some semblance of a stable home life. Bebe has said in interviews that she didn't want to tell Liv who her real father was because of Tyler's severe drug addiction at the time, and she thought he would be an unsuitable father. When Liv was 11 she found out her father was really Steven Tyler, not Rundgren. Although the bands released records, none were hits. By the 1980s Bebe was living in Maine and attempted to become a rock star by fronting the bands The B-Sides and The Gargoyles. The relationship ended within a year when Elvis decided to go back to his wife. In 1978 Bebe began a passionate but volatile affair with Elvis Costello, who was married at the time. Todd and Bebe broke up around this time, and Bebe moved on to other rock stars such as Stiv Bators of The Dead Boys and Rod Stewart. When Bebe's daughter Liv Tyler was born in 1977, Rundgren was named as the father. She continued to model but became better known in the entertainment industry as a popular girlfriend of many rock stars. When Bebe posed nude for Playboy in 1974 she was one of the first fashion models to become a Playboy Playmate, but her nude layout resulted in her being fired by the prestigious Ford modeling agency. Her rock star lovers during the 1970s have included Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. Although she and Todd were in a steady relationship, they both dated other people while they were living together. Bebe and Todd began dating (she says she lost her virginity to him), moved in together, and ended up living together for six years. At the time she was living in a women's home run by nuns. Shortly after moving to New York, she met rock star Todd Rundgren. She began modeling at the age of 17 and moved from her hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia, to New York City. Bebe Buell is a former model and Playboy Playmate who dated several rock stars in the 1970s.