This song has some familiar Bowie elements – references to space, the human race as distinct from some other type of intelligence and something vaguely supernatural. It is all thrown together into a mix that I can’t really make much…

This is kind of half a song, worked into a dramatic moment in the movie. Because it’s from a movie in which Bowie sings, all of the songs are also videos. As such I think it works best watched rather…

Tin Machine covered this Bob Dylan song around the time of their first album, on which it does not appear. I’m guessing it was between this and John Lennon’s “working Class Hero,” and the latter won out. I actually think…

This clip from a Glass Spider Tour concert includes “Sons of the Silent Age” (featuring Peter Frampton, who was also playing guitar for Bowie on the tour) and “New York’s in Love” (remember when I was trying to find a…

Tonight isn’t exactly Pinups 2, but it is mostly an album of covers. This was probably the best known in its original form and I think falls into the maligned pile from the album written off as over-produced and uncreative…

One day I was sitting in Spot Coffee and I heard a pretty good cover of a Bowie song by an artist whose voice I did not recognize. Then I heard another by the same guy. Then another, and another…

My very favorite Bowie album, which I guess makes it my favorite album, begins and ends with variants of this song. The initial version is one of Bowie's harshest songs, setting the stage for an intense album.  The closing version…

Lodger is not typically thought of as a concept album, but there is certainly a travel theme. This song encapsulates that theme and in the meantime serves as another good demonstration of Bowie's vocal range. Unfortunately I couldn't find a…

I always liked this song because it demonstrates the widest range of Bowie's vocal abilities. It serves as a piece of cheese at the end of the maze of "Heroes," coming after moody, slow-paced instrumentals. I have read criticism of…

Bowie had a long history of collaborating with Iggy Pop dating back to his producing the Stooges' Raw Power. The Bowie influence is especially noticeable on Iggy's The Idiot and Lust for Life. Bowie not only produced, co-wrote and sang…