Bowie Darling

On the B-side of his very first album, David Bowie has a song about gender bending!  Is anyone surprised?  Probably not, as it certainly wouldn’t be his last song on the subject, and indeed, androgyny[…]

This song is how fangirls (and boys) are made.  The seventh track on his self-titled debut album is an invitation to be the princess to Bowie’s prince charming/knight in shining armor, complete with a castle[…]

And I’m back again, after yet another hiatus!  I’ve been preoccupied for a while because I had a baby!  The song I’ll be discussing in this post, There is a Happy Land, is a great[…]

Love You Till Tuesday is track number four on the 1967 album.  This song has a whimsical, Saturday-morning-cartoon feel to it.  It is playful and jovial.  Bowie sings about his passion for a new love[…]

So, sorry for the temporary hiatus!  I’ve been enjoying summer fun with my five year old, but now it’s time for back to school and back to Bowie!! Rubber Band is the third track on Bowie’s[…]

Uncle Arthur is the opening track on Bowie’s 1967 self-titled studio released album.  I call this his storybook album because every song tells a different story.  When I listen to each song on the album,[…]

Magic Dance is the most well known and best loved song from Labyrinth and for good reason.  This song is just pure fun.  I went to see Labyrinth at the movie theatre recently, and this[…]

Let’s go ahead and get all of the Labyrinth songs out of the way, shall we? I have to discuss As the World Falls Down in conjunction with the scene in which it is heard in[…]

My intention for this blog is to discuss my favorite Bowie songs in chronological order, but I have to start with this song.  I have to start here because this is where my lifelong obsession[…]

On January 10, 2016, I woke to my phone alarm and a news alert.  The headline read, “Singer David Bowie has died of cancer, at the age of 69.”  I sucked in a deep breath[…]