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Law (Earthlings On Fire)
Law (Earthlings On Fire). Father died last Monday afternoon after an illness lasting just under a week…He lay in bed with the sweetpea all over his face, making great oaths that when he got better he...
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Dead Man Walking
Dead Man Walking. Dead Man Walking (single edit, video). Dead Man Walking (“house” mix). Dead Man Walking (Moby Mix 1). Dead Man Walking (Moby Mix 2). Dead Man Walking (Top of the Pops, 1997). Dead...
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Battle for Britain (the Letter)
Battle for Britain (the Letter). Battle for Britain (50th Birthday Concert, 1997). Battle for Britain (live, 1997). Battle for Britain (GQ Awards, 1997). Battle for Britain (live, 2004). Many music...
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Little Wonder
Little Wonder. Little Wonder (single edit, video). Little Wonder (Danny Saber Dance Mix). Little Wonder (first live performance, 1996). Little Wonder (VH1 Fashion Awards, 1996). Little Wonder (50th...
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The Last Thing You Should Do
The Last Thing You Should Do. The Last Thing You Should Do (with Robert Smith, 50th Birthday concert). The Last Thing You Should Do (live, 1997). “The Last Thing You Should Do” nearly didn’t make...
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Planet of Dreams
Planet of Dreams. The story of David Bowie’s music is that of a boy’s club. There obviously have been women (a great many) in Bowie’s personal life; on stage and in the studio, it’s been a far...
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I’m a Hog for You Baby
I’m a Hog For You Baby (live, 1996). Complete Bowie Bridge Benefit Concert. A month after wrapping up his summer festivals tour of 1996, Bowie took part in Neil Young’s annual benefit concert for the...
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Dirty Blvd.
Dirty Blvd. (Lou Reed, 1989). Dirty Blvd. (Bowie and Reed, 50th Birthday concert, 1997). How will David Bowie face up to his unmasked, lined face at 50? “I shall welcome it, Lord yes,” he said. “Pop...
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Truth
Truth (Goldie and Bowie). Truth (& The Dream Within). The paths of Goldie and David Bowie intersected in the mid-Nineties, when Goldie was crown prince of the drum ‘n’ bass scene and Bowie an...
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O Superman
O Superman (Laurie Anderson, 1981). O Superman (Anderson, live, 1983). O Superman (Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey, 1997). O Superman (Bowie and Dorsey, live, 1997). O Superman (Bowie and Dorsey, live,...
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Perfect Day
Perfect Day (Lou Reed, 1972). Perfect Day (BBC promotional film, 1997). In an ideal world, it probably wouldn’t be necessary for the BBC to advertise itself like this. Jane Frost, 1999. Blame...
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Tryin’ to Get to Heaven
Tryin’ to Get to Heaven (Bob Dylan, 1997). Tryin’ to Get to Heaven (Bowie, 1998). Bowie, Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati spent the first weeks of 1998 sifting through and mixing recordings from the...
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Battle Hymn of the Republic (Il Mio West, 1998). Whether to clear his head or to do his part for low-budget cinema, Bowie acted in three movies, almost back to back, in the spring and summer of...
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Suite for a Foggy Day (A Foggy Day)
A Foggy Day (in London Town) (Fred Astaire, 1937). Suite for a Foggy Day (A Foggy Day) (Bowie and Angelo Badalamenti, 1998). The only (released) studio recording that Bowie cut in 1998 was a...
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Safe
Safe (remake of “Safe in this Sky Life”). It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. These are often as highly structured and selective...
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Mother
Mother (John Lennon, 1970). Mother (Bowie, 1998). At the corner of the settee nearest the fire, beneath a television which has long ceased to flicker its soundless images, sits a familiar figure, eyes...
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20th Century Boy
20th Century Boy (T. Rex, 1973). 20th Century Boy (Placebo, Velvet Goldmine, 1998). 20th Century Boy (Placebo and Bowie, BRIT Awards, 1999). Placebo formed in 1994 when Brian Molko, waiting for a...
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Without You I’m Nothing
Without You I’m Nothing (Placebo). Without You I’m Nothing (Placebo and David Bowie, single). Without You I’m Nothing (Placebo and Bowie, “live” video). Without You I’m Nothing (Placebo and Bowie,...
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Omikron: The Nomad Soul (& BowieBanc & BowieNet)
Omikron: The Nomad Soul (play-through).* Boz’s Speech (Bowie, from Omikron). Jahangir. Awakened 2. Thrust. “Demon Fight Music.” He practiced statuesque positions and gave the impression of being a...
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Survive
Survive. Survive (Omikron sequence). Survive (video). Survive (instrumental). Survive (Marius DeVries UK single mix). Survive (VH1 Storytellers, 1999). Survive (Top of the Pops 2, rehearsal, 1999)....
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