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David Bowie – Star
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One of the many songs on Ziggy Stardust that references the star concept in one way or another. “Star” is the most bluntly titled of the bunch, with David Bowie tackling the
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David Bowie – New Killer Star
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The song released in 2003, is a grim look at the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In true Bowie fashion, he foresees an apocalypse.
However, Bowie is trying to put a positive spin on
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David Bowie – ★ (Blackstar)
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“★” (pronounced “Blackstar”) is perhaps Bowie’s most experimental work since 1977’s Low. It contains several total shifts in instrumentation, but whilst images of death crop up
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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 – Star (Live 1978)
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[Verse 1] / Tony went to fight in Belfast / Rudi stayed at home to starve / I could make it all worthwhile / As a rock and roll star / Bevan tried to change the nation / Sonny
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David Bowie (Ft. Mickey Rourke) – Shining Star (Makin' My Love)
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[Verse 1: David Bowie] / Eddie boy lit like paraffin / Spending two weeks / In a crack house / Burns on his brain / Like Chernobyl / Dean was seen / With a two bag purchase / He
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David Bowie – Star [Welcome to the Blackout]
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[Verse 1] / Tony went to fight in Belfast / Rudi stayed at home to starve / I could make it all worthwhile as a rock & roll star / Bevan tried to change the nation / Sonny wants to
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David Bowie – The Prettiest Star (1973 Version)
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This song was written March 1970 about Bowie’s first wife, Angela ‘Angie’ Barnett. They married that same year, and had a son, now known as Duncan Jones (born Zowie Bowie). The two
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David Bowie – The Prettiest Star (Alternative Single Mix)
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Cold fire / You've got everything but cold fire / You will be my rest and peace child / I moved up to take a place / Near you / So tired / It's the sky that makes you feel tried
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David Bowie – Space Oddity
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‘Major Tom’ is a fictional character created by David Bowie for this song in 1969. That same year marked the first moon landing, so space was “in”; this was a year after Stanley
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David Bowie (Ft. Laurie Anderson) – Shining Star (Makin' My Love), 2018
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[Verse 1] / Eddie boy lit like paraffin / Spending two weeks / In a crack house / Burns on his brain / Like Chernobyl / Dean was seen / With a two bag purchase / He was lying dead
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Billy Corgan – Pretty, Pretty Star
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As a huge David Bowie fan, Corgan purposely chose a song title that would remind people of his idol. If we consider some of Bowie’s titles such as “Starman”, “Blackstar ★” and “
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David Bowie (Ft. Mickey Rourke) – Shining Star (12" Mix)
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Makin' my love / Like a shining star / Taking my love / Just a touch too far / Mm-hmm-hmm / Uhm hmm hmm uhm... / (repeat uhmm hmm-hmm's X 3) / Eddie boy lit like paraffin
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David Bowie – The Prettiest Star (BBC Live Session)
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And this next number by David Bowie will also be his next single, to be released on March the sixth / And produced by bass player Tony Visconti it turns out; it's called "The
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David Bowie – Cracked Actor
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This track, taken from the album “Aladdin Sane” is about an aging movie star’s sexual encounter with a prostitute.
Alan Yentob filmed a documentary of David Bowie while on tour in
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David Bowie – New Killer Star (Morgan Page Bootleg remix)
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See the great white scar / Over Battery park / Then a flare glides over / But I won't look at that scar / Oh, my nuclear baby / Oh, my idiot trance / All my idiot questions / Let's
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Nashville All Star Combo – Little Drummer Boy (Originally Performed by David Bowie & Bing Crosby) [Instrumental Version]
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Instrumental
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Ghost Arcade – Galaxy
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David Bowie: / Star / Star / Star / Starman / Star / Star / Star / Starman waiting in / Star / Star / Star / Starman / Star / Star / Star / Starman waiting in the sky / David Bowie
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David Bowie – The Prettiest Star (1970 Version)
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[Verse 1] / Cold fire, you've got everything but cold fire / You will be my rest and peace child / I moved up to take a place / Near you / [Verse 2] / So tired, it's the sky that
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David Bowie – Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)
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Lead single off the 2014 Bowie compilation album “Nothing Has Changed”, and track 4 of Bowie’s 2016 album “Blackstar”. The lyrics are a modern retelling of the 17th century John
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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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David Bowie – Here Today, Gone Tomorrow (Live 1974)
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You're like a sailor with a girl on every shore / Stay with them now for they won't see you no more / Like a gypsy forever on the run / Stay for a while, while you look for a home
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David Bowie – Soul Love
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The second song from the Ziggy Stardust album, “Soul Love” is all about the wonder of love, a popular topic in classic rock and indeed pop. Ziggy sees all the different types of
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Red Vox – From the Stars
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“From The Stars” is Red Vox’s first single of Another Light, the second album they created.
This song’s lyrics were heavily implied to be about the death of David Bowie, an artist
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Liam Lynch – Fake David Bowie Song
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I dreamt of a wizard, with a hot guitar / The lovliest magic man, now he's a star / I've got 3D stereophonic laser love / You're on my TV / I've been stuck in space for such a long
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David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
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This song is from the perspective of the Spiders from Mars, Ziggy’s band. It shows the animosity that arises between Ziggy and the group, as Ziggy grows more and more popular
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