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David Bowie – Chilly Down Lyrics	17 years ago
Actually bowiefan, Bowie does do the lead vocals in this. He does sound quite different, but there's a video on the net somewhere of him recording this and Underground. Bowie's character does not sing it in the movie though

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David Bowie – Conversation Piece Lyrics

17 years ago

This song is a first person narrative. He's taking a walk on a rainy night, to find out what about his life is bugging him. He's wasted so much of his life on education, which he feels he never needed. He's a thinker, not a talker, but he doesn't have anybody to talk to anyways. In London, above shops, there are often small apartments one can live in. He lives above a grocer's store. The owner invites him to dinner, and tries to joke with him, and make him feel better. He comes back to reality, and stops before a bridge. HE thinks about how many people are in the world, and how little he matters the the world. They don't know him, so they won't miss him. Everybody has a friend but him. He reflects again on his "wasted" education, that his essays are where they need to be; on the floor. His hands are shaking ,and his head is throbbing as he walks toward the bridge. He's telling himself that nobody will miss him, that he's doing the world a favor. He jumps from the bridge, and his eyes are full of tears as he drowns himself, ending his own life. It truly is a very sad song, and it has a huge effect on me, and I'm sure, a lot of others. I recommend it very highly. It was one of David's first 3 songs, the other two being Silly Boy Blue and You've Got a Habit Of Leaving. While the original version of this song is good, the 2001 rerecording is a work of art.

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David Bowie – Dead Man Walking Lyrics

17 years ago

This album was almost a concept album (not a followup to 1. Outside), and there are leaked versions of this song and Seven Years in Tibet that were performed live in late 1996. The lyrics for this song were slightly different, suited to the character that sang the song. After the song, Bowie explained the character's name and the part he played in the album. When the album was being recorded in studio, the plan for Earthling to be a concept album was dropped. The lyrics were changed, the outcome being in this particular song, Bowie talking about how he's fading away from popularity in mainstream music. He can't keep up with the times as he gets older and older. He's a proverbial Dead man Walking, and his time to step down from making music is approaching.

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David Bowie – Hallo Spaceboy Lyrics

17 years ago

Paddy (Nathan Adler's partner) Is interrogating Leon Blank, who has been accused of murdering 14 year old Baby Grace. He's calling him Spaceboy (an intimidation tactic), and using many other intimidation tactics. "Do you like girls or boys? It's confusing these days!" Is an attempt to emasculate him, to intimidate him, make him emotionally weak. The guy who posted something similar to thsi above hit the nail right on the head. This isn't a "Farewell to Ziggy", it's a part of the storyline for Bowie's concept album (a damn genius concept album at that!)

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David Bowie – Thursday's Child Lyrics	17 years ago
"Thursday's Child" does indeed mean "One that will go far". In this song, he reflects on his entire career, and his mistakes. He's telling himself (in the video, he tells a younger-looking Bowie he sees in his reflection) that no matter the mistakes he's made in his career, he's gone far, and he doesn't regret it.

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David Bowie – Queen Bitch Lyrics

17 years ago

In an interview in the 70's, Bowie explainedthis song. A cruiser is British slang for a homosexual. To "pull" means you're meeting somebody to have sex with them. Sister Flo is a transvestite prostitute. Bowie's on the eleventh floor of his apartment building watching the cruiser try to pull Sister Flo. Sister Flo looks swishy in her frock coat and hat. Bowie's upset with what he sees, his weekend's at an all time low. Why didn't he say to Sister Flo "I could do better than that!" (be a better transvestite). This song was centered around transvestites and homosexuality, as most of his late 60's-early 70's stuff was, such as Rebel Rebel and Suffragette City. Look around for that interview where he explains this if you can, it's an interesting watch.

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