Five Years Ago Today
8 January 2021
David Bowie
‘THIS IS NOT AMERICA’ – Happy 74 DAVID BOWIE
8 January 2021
Artists: DAVID BOWIE with
jazz band Pat Metheny Group
Single: THIS IS NOT AMERICA
From the soundtrack of the 1985
movie The Falcon And The Snowman
Released: February 1985
Score: #14 in the UK / #32 in the US
David Bowie would have turned 74 today!
Born 8 January 1947. Happy B. Ziggy!
There was a time
A storm that blew so pure
For this could be the biggest sky
And I could have the faintest idea
For this is not America
Sha, la, la, la, la
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DURAN DURAN Pay Tribute To Eternal Rock Icon DAVID BOWIE With Goosebumps Cover Of ‘FIVE YEARS’
8 January 2021
David Robert Jones aka DAVID BOWIE was born on 8th January 1947. Happy B. to one
of the greatest and most loved icons in rock history. A genuine artist who changed the face and sound of music several times. Unfortunately, the man who fell to earth 74 years ago, left this big blue marble five years ago, on 10th January 2016.
Countless fans, artists, friends, and of course, his widow and
son will honor the Thin White Duke today and the next day(s).
One of Bowie‘s lifelong admirers is Simon LeBon, the frontman and face of glamorous
pop new-wavers Duran Duran. They’ll join a long line of other musicians who will be performing a live-streamed tribute show tonight called A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!
“My life as a teenager was all about David Bowie. He is the reason why I started writing songs. Part of me still can’t believe in his death five years ago, but maybe that’s because there’s a part of me where he’s still alive and always will be” says LeBon.
Ahead of the event tonight Duran Duran shared their take on FIVE YEARS, one of Bowie‘s most magnificent songs, the opening track of 1972 LP The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Their version is nothing less but stunning. A goosebumps performance.
Enjoy here…
The original…
Out Now! DELUXE BOWIE MAGAZINE ANTHOLOGY
25 November 2020
British music magazine MOJO brings you
a Deluxe Bowie Magazine Anthology!
What is it?
“Featuring 260 pages of fascinating features and interviews, illustrated with dozens of iconic and rare images, BOWIE CHANGES 1947-2016 brings together MOJO’s much-prized CHANGES 1947-1975 and CHANGES 1976-2016 bookazines into one sumptuous, single-volume Deluxe Anthology Edition. Within its heavy card covers, Bowie’s story is unfolded with the unrivalled knowledge and passion of MOJO’s finest writers, while readers are also guided through the singer’s key albums and greatest songs.”
You can buy it and let it send to your home. Info here.
DAVID BOWIE Released His Third Album ‘THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD’ 50 Years Ago In The US
4 November 2020
Fifty years ago today – on 4 November 1970 – the late great Starman DAVID BOWIE released his third LP ‘THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD’, in the United States. Six
months later, in April 1971, it came out in his home country.
The LP’s artwork – featuring a cowboy in front of a mental asylum – designed by a Bowie friend, an underground comics artist called Michael J. Weller wasn’t really a Bowie-style image. At first Bowie thought it was a ‘horrible’ idea but later in 1999 he stated that he “actually thought the cartoon cover was really cool”.
Six months later the UK front cover artwork featured the iconic image we all know with Bowie on a chaise longue in a cream and blue satin ‘man’s dress‘, an early indication of his interest in exploiting his androgynous appearance.
Despite laudatory criticisms, the album wasn’t a big commercial success at first
but went on selling more copies over the years as Bowie became a superstar.
David Bowie: “I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming
and the outer layers of what I do, I’m a writer… I write.”
AllMusic wrote: “Even though it contained no hits, ‘The Man Who Sold the World’, for most intents and purposes, was the beginning of David Bowie’s classic period… Musically, there isn’t
much innovation on The Man Who Sold the World, it is almost all hard blues-rock or psychedelic folk-rock, but there’s an unsettling edge to the band’s performance, which makes the record one of Bowie’s best albums.” Full review here. Score 4.5/5
Album in full (2015 remastered version)…
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NOW PLAYING!
14 October 2020
HEROES
One of BOWIE‘s best albums ever (in my book)
Released 14 October 1977 – 43 years ago today.
TIME-OUT!
Starman
One Festival Track A Day Turns Summer Into Holiday – DAVID BOWIE With ‘LIFE ON MARS’ – Glastonbury 2000
Memorable festival flashes to heal this summer’s ‘no festivals’ pain…
16 July 2020
‘Life On Mars’ by the late genius DAVID BOWIE –
At Glastonbury Festival in 2000.
‘Life On Mars’ appeared on his 4th, 1971 LP Hunky Dory.
One of the most tantalizing songs in his brilliant career.
The alluring ballad was successfully released as a single
two years later reaching #3 in the UK.
Goosebumps…
Studio version…
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