From 'Space Oddity' to 'Ziggy Stardust,' revisit 30 of David Bowie's essential songs
FILE PHOTO: English singer, musician and actor David Bowie, circa 1974. Bowie turns 60 on Monday January 8, 2006. Bowie debuted another character, the Thin White Duke , on this 1976 Kraut-disco epic that still sounds futuristic today. Bowie was in a cocaine fog at the time and barely remembers recording one of his greatest LPs.
The title track is steeped in Buddhist and Christian imagery while giving a snapshot of the nasty Duke, a ghoulish aristocrat who seems to have found love in a hedonistic haze . It's his longest studio track ever — and an indicator of his next phase, electronic-influenced music. . "As far as the music goes, and its siblings were a direct follow-on from ['Station to Station']," he said.
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