Well, students, now there will need to be complete and undivided attention to this week’s lesson . . . this is because our subject is a performer of many personas. From David Jones to folk waif to Ziggy Stardust to The Thin White Duke to guy in Berlin who did rails with Brian Eno. For Lesson 12 of the 101 Series we explore the music of David Bowie. Multiple personalities will present. So take your meds and settle in. You may need a couple of notebooks.
PLAYLIST:
BLACKOUT (“HEROES”)
LIFE ON MARS? (ALADDIN SANE EXPANDED)
LINE POEM (HUNKEY DORY)
SPACE ODDITY (DEMO)
LOVE YOU TIL TUESDAY (DAVID BOWIE)
GOLDEN YEARS (LIVE)
LET ME SLEEP BESIDE YOU (DERAM ANTHOLOGY)
BIG BROTHER (DIAMOND DOGS)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (“HEROES”)
QUICKSAND (DEMO – HUNKEY DORY)
CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME (I DIG EVERYTHING)
LETTER TO HERMIONE (DEMO)
RUNNING GUN BLUES (MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD)
& I SAY TO MYSELF (I DIG EVERYTHING)
JANINE (DEMO)
WITHOUT YOU (LET’S DANCE)
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL SUICIDE (LIVE IN SANTA MONICA ’72)
TIRED OF MY LIFE (DEMO)
KARMA MAN (DERAM ANTHOLOGY)
LADY STARDUST (DEMO)
I CAN’T EXPLAIN (PIN-UPS)
THE LONDON BOYS (DERAM ANTHOLOGY)
ZIGGY STARDUST (DEMO)
HOLY HOLY (THE RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST)
BLACK COUNTRY ROCK (THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD)
RIGHT ON MOTHER (DEMO)
THE SUPERMEN (LIVE) (ALADDIN SANE EXPANDED)
ROUND & ROUND (THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST)
UP THE HILL BACKWARDS (SCARY MONSTERS)
AN OCCASIONAL DREAM (SPACE ODDITY)
WHO CAN I BE NOW? (YOUNG AMERICANS)
NEW KILLER STAR (REALITY)
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