A Top 12 of David Bowie Songs
It's his birthday, too
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Shirley Bassey, Melvin Carter III, Graham Chapman, C.P. Ellis (ex-segregationist turned civil rights activist), Cynthia Erivo, Bob Eubanks, Jose Ferrer, Bill Graham, Handel’s 1705 opera ALMIRA, Stephen Hawking, Marcus Hutson (The Whispers), Lee Jackson (The Nice), the brave Maximilian Kolbe, Robby Krieger, Rachel Lampa, Cristy Lane, Gypsy Rose Lee, Jenny Lewis, Little Anthony, disc jockey Bob Longman, Yvette Mimieux, actor/singer-songwriter Ron Moody, the 1981 musical PIRATES OF PENZANCE, John Peterson (Beau Brummels), Elvis Presley + his 1993 postage stamp, Soupy Sales, Shostakovich’s 15th Symphony (1972), pianist Abbey Simon, Larry Storch (pleased to have met you), Terry Sylvester (The Hollies), Andrew Wood (Mother Love Bone), Ted Yoder, and the hugely influential, innovative, and inspirational English actor/singer-songwriter David Bowie.
His music has brought me 1000s of hours of joy and insight, and tributes to him will abound this weekend. For my part I am listing 12 Bowie songs that resonate with me at this moment:
Aladdin Sane (1973)
All the Madmen (1970)
Days (2003)
Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (2002)
Fame (1975)
‘Heroes’ (1977)
Jump They Say (1993)
Life on Mars (1971)
Space Oddity (1969)
Starman (1972)
Stay (1976)
+ (one I aim to cover someday) the powerful “techno spiritual” Dead Man Walking (1997):
“Let me dance away [Till I swivel back round then I fly fly fly]
Now I'm wiser than dreams
[Losing breath from the water when I'm gone gone gone]
Let me fly fly fly [Spinning slack through reality]
While I'm touching tomorrow
[Deadens my brain falling up through the years]
And I know Who's there [Till I swivel back round then I fly fly fly]
[Losing breath from the water when I'm gone gone gone]
When silhouettes fall [Spinning slack through reality]
And I'm gone, Like I'm dancing on angels
And I'm gone through a crack in the past
Like a dead man walking…”
...and check out my cover of “Space Oddity”
...Meanwhile, HB DB
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