Monday, 11 January 2016

RIP David Bowie 1947-2016


It is such a sad day today with the news that the amazing David Bowie has lost his life to Cancer.  It appears the whole world is in shock. The huge amount of fans playing tribute to him and to his work is overwhelming. His fascinating career has spanned over six decades from 1967 until 2016 which is incredible. He has had a profound influence on music, fashion and sexuality. Not only was he a talented musician but also an inspirational writer, actor and performer. His lyrics were poetry. His artistry was visionary, creative and individual. He defined musicality and his legacy will live on forever. below is one of my favourites.


Life on Mars

It's a God-awful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair
But her mummy is yelling no
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seat with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen
But the film is a saddening bore
For she's lived it ten times or more
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man wonder
if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?
It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Now the workers have struck for fame
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
See the mice in their million hordes
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
But the film is a saddening bore
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
It's about to be writ again
As I ask you to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?





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