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David Bowie – Valentine's Day
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A bittersweet song about love and ambition, “Valentine’s Day,” shows us how quickly a young heart can turn cold and turn violent.
It concerns Valentine, who is telling his friend
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Declan McKenna – Valentine's Day
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[Verse 1] / Valentine told me who's to go / Feelings he's treasured most of all / The teachers and the football star / [Chorus 1] / It's in his tiny face / It's in his scrawny hand
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David Bowie – If You Can See Me
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If you can see me I can see you / I could wear your new blue shoes / I should wear your old red dress / And walk to the crossroad, so take this knife / And meet me across the river
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David Bowie – Heat
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[Verse 1] / Then we saw Mishima's dog / Trapped between the rocks / Blocking the waterfall / The songs of dust / The world would end / The night was always falling / The peacock in
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David Bowie – So She
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[Verse 1] / For the priceless man / Who suffers gloom / So slow / Eyes were stolen / For her / A sleeping sky / Takes the moon / So slow / I would slide away / Further out to sea
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David Bowie – I'd Rather Be High
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[Verse 1] / Nabokov is sun-licked now / Upon the beach at Grunewald / Brilliant and naked just / The way that authors look / Clare and Lady Manners drink / Until the other cows go
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David Bowie – Where Are We Now?
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The first single released from Bowie’s surprise 2013 comeback album The Next Day, “Where Are We Now?” presents a look at modern-day Berlin, and how different the city is compared
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David Bowie – The Next Day
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The video of “The Next Day” takes place in a bar called The Decameron. If we follow the reference, we find a masterpiece written by Boccaccio, an Italian author. In this book, a
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David Bowie – The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
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The second single from The Next Day, “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” is Bowie in his element. A driving, uptempo rock number in praise of celebrity, it sounds almost as if it could
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David Bowie – God Bless the Girl
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[Verse 1] / Jacqui loves her work, and her work is love / For there is no other / She says "God has given me a job" / Jacqui loves her work / There is no other / Jacqui's aiming
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David Bowie – As the World Falls Down
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“As the World Falls Down” is the song sung by David Bowie during Labyrinth when Jareth and Sarah dance at a masquerade. The scene ends with Sarah rejecting him and breaking out of
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David Bowie – I'll Take You There
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“I’ll Take You There” is an up-beat tempo song, only available on the deluxe version of the Next Day.
Referring to the 1st of May, international Labour Day, and more recently
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David Bowie – Dirty Boys
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[Verse 1] / Something like tobacco road / Living on a lonely road / I will pull you out of there / We will go to Finchley fair / [Verse 2] / I will buy you feather hat / I will
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David Bowie – Boss of Me
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[Verse 1] / Tell me when you're sad / I wanna make it cool again / I know you're feeling bad / Tell me when you're cool again / [Chorus] / Who'd have ever thought of it? / Who'd
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David Bowie – How Does the Grass Grow?
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[Verse 1] / There's a graveyard by the station where the girls / Wear vinyl skirts and sandals from Hungary / The boys ride their Riga 1s upon the little hills / Such sadness and
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David Bowie – Dancing Out in Space
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[Verse 1] / Cutting through the water / Hands upon the ghost / To the city of solid iron / Through the kingdom of the boats / Send your friend away now / Let him sail back home
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David Bowie – (You Will) Set the World on Fire
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[Verse 1] / Midnight in the Village / Seeger lights the candles / From Bitter End to Gaslight / Baez leaves the stage / Ochs takes notes / When the black girl and guitar / Burn
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David Bowie – You Feel So Lonely You Could Die
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Tony Visconti who produced the album said he believed that this song concerned the fall of the Soviet Union. Some of the references later (an assassins needle on a crowded train
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David Bowie – Love Is Lost
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“Love is Lost” details the perils of success. The story starts with a fresh-voiced 22 year old, follows him through stardom, and the sad, lonely, years after he’s made it big.
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TheLazyColombian
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Hello and good morning/afternoon/evening to you!
I’m TheLazyColombian, a.k.a Camilo Ramírez Jaramillo, and welcome to my Genius profile. As you probably realized by now, I am from Colombia (duh). I’m 23 years old, and I’m doing a Master’s degree in the beautiful city of Rennes, France. However, I have an avid interest in politics, history and aviation as well. Feel free to message me for all things Genius (or anything you wanna talk about, really), I very much look forward to it.
If you’d like to have a peek at what my musical taste sounds like, check out this Spotify playlist!
Si mi país de origen no lo hacía suficientemente claro, también hablo Español! Siempre estamos en la busqueda de nuevos contribuyentes y editores, así que si quieres sumarte a la comunidad, envíame un mensaje.
Some of my favourite artists:
Radiohead
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Arctic Monkeys
Interpol
Fleetwood Mac
Alexandra Savior
Gustavo Santaolalla
The Strokes
Miles Davis
Khruangbin
Gustavo Cerati
The Last Shadow P
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David Bowie – Survive (Live at BBC Radio Theatre, London, 27th June, 2000) [2021 Remaster]
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[Verse 1] / Oh my, naked eyes / I should have kept you, I should have tried / I should have been a wiser kind of guy / I miss you / [Verse 2] / Give me wings, give me space / Give
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