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David Bowie – It Ain't Easy
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The one cover version on David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust album, It Ain’t Easy was originally written by Ron Davies, who was often assumed to be the role model for the Ziggy Stardust
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Ron Davies (Ft. Leon Russell) – It Ain't Easy
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When you go up on the mountain top and you look out across the sea / And you know there's another place perhaps where a young man could be / And you jump down to the rooftops and
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David Bowie – It Ain't Easy [Bowie at the Beeb]
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[Verse 1] / When you climb to the top of the mountain / Look out over the sea / Think about the places perhaps, where a young man could be / Then you jump back down to the rooftops
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David Bowie – It Ain't Easy Samples
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See all of “It Ain't Easy” by David Bowie’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Häzel – It Ain't Easy
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When you climb to the top of the mountain / Look out over the sea / Think about the places perhaps, where a young man could be / Then you jump back down to the rooftops / Look out
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David Bowie – Quicksand (Demo) [2022 Remaster]
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[Verse 1] / I'm closer to the golden dawn / Immersed in Crowley's uniform / Of imagery / I'm living in a silent film / Portraying Himmler's sacred realm / Of dream reality / I'm
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David Bowie – Changes (2021 Alternative Mix)
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[Intro] / (One, two, three, four) / Oh yeah / Mmm / [Verse 1] / Still don't know what I was waiting for / And my time was running wild, a million dead-end streets and / Every time
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David Bowie – Queen Bitch (Demo)
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Nov 4, 2022 ... When did David Bowie release “Queen Bitch (Demo)”? Divine Symmetry ... It Ain't Easy (In Concert: John Peel) [Stereo] (Missing Lyrics). 33 ...
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David Bowie – Shadow Man (Demo)
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There's a man back-a-ways / Who believes that where he is / That there's a girl up ahead / Who says she knows / And the street overflows / With folk who understand / But for the
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David Bowie – Life On Mars? (Original Ending Version)
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[Verse 1] / It's a god-awful small affair / To the girl with the mousy hair / But her mummy is yelling, "No!" / And her daddy has told her to go / But her friend is nowhere to be
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David Bowie – Bombers (In Concert: John Peel) [Mono]
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[Intro: John Peel] / And for this next one it's the same line up mercifully except David goes over to the piano. And it appears to be called "Bombers" / [Chorus: David Bowie] / "
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David Bowie – Oh! You Pretty Things (BOWPROMO Mix) [2022 Remaster]
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[Verse 1] / Wake up, you sleepy head / Put on some clothes, shake up your bed / Put another log on the fire for me / I've made some breakfast and coffee / Look out my window, what
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David Bowie – Space Oddity (Live Friars, Aylesbury, 25th September, 1971)
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[Intro] / This is one of my own that we get over with as soon as possible / [Verse 1] / Ground Control to Major Tom / Ground Control to Major Tom / Take your protein pills and put
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David Bowie – Tired of My Life
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I don't know why but I'm tired of my mind / Pain is over me, overloading / I don't know why but you're trying to be kind / Take off your silver smile, throw your head back / And
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David Bowie – Lightning Frightening (aka The Man)
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I'll give you back my farm and I'll give you back my house / I'll give you back my right to be free / I'll give you back my farm and I'll give you back my house / I'll give you
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David Bowie – Queen Bitch (In Concert: John Peel) [Stereo]
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[Intro: John Peel] / Well, unless I'm very much mistaken this is another program, not a concert from the BBC, in London. My name's John Peel, and you're going to hear the music of
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David Bowie – Waiting For The Man (Live Friars, Aylesbury, 25th September, 1971)
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[Intro] / This is, uh, one that, thank God, you'll probably appreciate / But not being in Beckenham it's, uh / Are you ready Mick? / It's a Velvet Underground number, it's called "
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David Bowie – Waiting For The Man (San Francisco Hotel Recording)
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I'm waiting for the man ... / Twenty-six dollars in my hand / Up to Lexington; 1-2-5 / So sick and dirty, more dead than alive / I'm waiting for the man / Hey white boy, what you'
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David Bowie – Bombers (BOWPROMO Mix) [2022 Remaster]
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[Chorus] / "All clear" wail the sirens / Sunshine on the wasteland / Old man sitting in the white sand / Think we're in for a big surprise / Right between the eyes / [Verse 1
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David Bowie – Young Americans
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“Young Americans” is the result of Bowie’s obsession with soul music. In a hodgepodge of political and social imagery, Bowie paints us an image of the America he saw. Luther
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David Bowie – How Lucky You Are (aka Miss Perculiar)
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[Chorus] / When you speak, you speak to me / When you sleep, you sleep by me / When you wake, you wake with me / When you walk, you follow two steps behind in life / [Verse 1
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David Bowie – Song For Bob Dylan (Live Friars, Aylesbury, 25th September, 1971)
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[Intro] / The presumptuousness of the, uh, songwriter is that he feels that he can pick on anybody and write about anybody / I'm no exception / No, but this is not a picking song
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Papooz – Louise (My girl looks like David Bowie)
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My girl looks like David Bowie / Not sure if it’s a boy or a girl / She swears that life on Mars / Is better than to live on the ground / But everybody lives on the ground / Except
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David Bowie – Starman
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The first single from David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album, “Starman” is arguably one of the most influential and iconic songs in the
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David Bowie – Almost Grown
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Yeah 'n' I'm doin' all right in school / They ain't said I broke no rule / I ain't never been in Dutch / I don't browse around too much / Don't bother me, leave me alone / Anyway I
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Shittyoldshirt – We both knew i wasn't enough Samples
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See all of “We both knew i wasn't enough” by Shittyoldshirt’s samples
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KT Tunstall – The Night That Bowie Died
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[Verse 1] / All the pain and the fear designated / There's a number of tears to cry / So welcome to this life / Oh it ain't easy / [Verse 2] / Planting flowers in the garden / Or
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David Bowie – Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
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Often used as a closing song for the Ziggy and Aladdin Sane tours, Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide is not only the thematic death of Ziggy Stardust on the album, but the real life end to the
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David Bowie – Suffragette City
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David Bowie’s love for Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground had already been well established by the time the Ziggy Stardust album came out in 1972 – the previous year, on Hunky
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David Bowie – Win
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“Win,” the second track on Young Americans, epitomizes Bowie’s transition from glam rocker to soul crooner. After disbanding the Spiders from Mars in 1973, Bowie gradually moved to
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POP ETC – I Won’t Back Down (Tom Petty Cover)
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[Verse 1] / Well, I won't back down / No, I won't back down / You can stand me up at the gates of hell / But I won't back down / No, I'll stand my ground / Won't be turned around
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JAY-Z – Takeover
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Jay Z’s diss song aimed at Mobb Deep and Nas. The song is better remembered for its Nas diss as it catalyzed the long-running and epic Jay-Z/Nas beef.
The first 2 verses were
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David Bowie – Moonage Daydream
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“Moonage Daydream” initially failed to chart when released as a single in 1971 by Arnold Corns, Bowie’s side project that has come to be seen as a “dry run” for the Ziggy
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CB Radio – David Bowie
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[Verse 1] / I'm fresh out the shower, so now its time to shave / I'm making life changes you can see it everyday / I mean months ago there was vomit on my sheets / And now I have
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Original Broadway Cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Ft. Aaron Tveit & Karen Olivo) – Elephant Love Medley
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[CHRISTIAN, spoken] / All you need is love / [SATINE, spoken] / You're being ridiculous / [CHRISTIAN, spoken] / All you need is love / [sung] / Just one night, give me just one
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Tin Machine – Stateside (Live)
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I'm going home / I've been gone much too long / She said she missed me / Since I been gone / I'll be back soon / Ain't no doubt / 'Cause she said she wanted my loving, my loving
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David Bowie – Five Years
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Perhaps one of the best album openers of all time, “Five Years” crescendos beautifully. A sparse fade in introduces a few verses set to piano, chronicling the panic that
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