David Bowie

I ended last week’s Covid Island Discs with another song from Bob Dylan. This reminded me of a David Bowie song which is a tribute to Dylan’s musical genius. Really think the lines below that Bowie penned about Dylan are quite appropriate. About a strange young man called Dylan With a voice like sand and

Wow another milestone. This completes my David Bowie trilogy with the last 1984 themed-based song from his Diamond Dogs album. I remember really wanting to have a New Years’ Eve party because wouldn’t it have been great to play this song at midnight on the dawn of 1984 (just as good as playing Prince’s 1999

OK given Helen is currently reading 1984 and since there is no discernible change in the Johnson government’s behaviour, I thought I would share two more songs from David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs album before returning to my 21st century theme. The second half of the album had three songs all dedicated to the dystopian novel

This was not my planned post tonight as I am currently working through 21st century songs. However, I feel this song is highly relevant to the current political shenanigans in the UK and it is a great excuse to hear some Bowie at his best. “Someone to SHAME us, some brave ApolloSomeone to FOOL us,

So my rock collaboration theme has come to an end and I am now going to start to look at what some of these amazing people produced outside of the music they made as part of their collaborations. I will start with David Bowie (see Covid Island Discs day 14). This youtube live version is really