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August 22, 2024
Song #196
Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie
It was released in 1980 in his album Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Fun fact: the lyrics act as a sequel to Bowie's hit "Space Oddity" which ends with Major Tom alone floating out in space. Eleven years after liftoff, Ground Control receives a message from Major Tom, who has succumbed to drug addiction and increased paranoia following his abandonment to space: "Strung out in heaven's high / hitting an all-time low."
September 5, 2024
Song #210
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
It was released in 1975 in their album A Night At The Opera
Fun fact: Mercury refused to explain his composition other than to say it was about relationships; the band is still protective of the song's secret. Brian May supports suggestions that the song contained veiled references to Mercury's personal traumas. He recalls "Freddie was a very complex person: flippant and funny on the surface, but he concealed insecurities and problems in squaring up his life with his childhood. He never explained the lyrics, but I think he put a lot of himself into that song."
August 22, 2024
Song #196
Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie
It was released in 1980 in his album Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Fun fact: the lyrics act as a sequel to Bowie's hit "Space Oddity" which ends with Major Tom alone floating out in space. Eleven years after liftoff, Ground Control receives a message from Major Tom, who has succumbed to drug addiction and increased paranoia following his abandonment to space: "Strung out in heaven's high / hitting an all-time low."
September 5, 2024
Song #210
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
It was released in 1975 in their album A Night At The Opera
Fun fact: Mercury refused to explain his composition other than to say it was about relationships; the band is still protective of the song's secret. Brian May supports suggestions that the song contained veiled references to Mercury's personal traumas. He recalls "Freddie was a very complex person: flippant and funny on the surface, but he concealed insecurities and problems in squaring up his life with his childhood. He never explained the lyrics, but I think he put a lot of himself into that song."
This is peak Eno for me...both musically and visually.
David Bowie.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen performing live onstage at The Eurockéennes de Belfort Festival , Lac de Malsaucy , Territoire de Belfort , Franche-Comté , France , July 1st , 2007 .
©️ Gaëlle Beri
The Good, The Bad & The Queen headlining Lattitude Festival , Henham Park , Suffolk , England , 2007 .
©️ Andy Willsher/Redferns/Getty Images
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