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My top 20

My friends Jeni-Q and Cristin put together their Top 20 Bowie songs over at Jeni-Q’s place. That seemed rather simple enough. So, I thought I’d do it myself. First off, here’s theirs. For Jeni it was: Five Years Cygnet Committee … Continue reading

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Silly Boy Blue Lyrics and stuff

One of Bowie’s more obscure oldies, and one of my Top 10 favorites, is a song called Silly Boy Blue. I previously blogged on how I originally came to hear the song and some other stuff. However, I’m into the … Continue reading

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Gene Pitney

In 1964, the well-established and often touring Gene Pitney hooked up with a bunch of up-and-coming Brit boys calling themselves the Manish Boys/The Lower Third. Best I can tell, this was Bowie’s first “tour”. Many people refer to this era … Continue reading

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Silly Boy Blue

I was introduced to Bowie during Diamond Dogs/Young Americans. Living in the country made trying to figure his career out initially quite confusing. We didn’t have MTV, VH1, or for that matter, FM radio. You did it by reading Rolling … Continue reading

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