Diamond Dogs

Mars on Marathon Day*

*Snickers*

I have to thank a certain Glen Miller for playing Bowie day after day in the senior dayroom.  He was just a year above me, but he seemed so advanced in his music taste.

That said, I realise that I set myself an almost impossible task when I decided to go back to Bowie.  Which track should I choose?  I figured I’d go to something from Diamond Dogs or Aladdin Sane, or even The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, but in the end I couldn’t really resist returning to Hunky Dory.  It really is packed with wonderful songs.  Then again, so are the others, so there is still time to return for more.  Who knows?

I can’t be specific about why or how this moves me, but I think if I could write a song, I’d like it to be something like this.  Goosebumps agogo.  Oh yes.

A tough one to follow, but the songs was used for a BBC Television series which featured a number of tunes.  One of the best came from one Mr McCartney with his band Wings.  I feel a special Bond with PM, because we share a birthday.

*Edit: oops, I think that may be tomorrow?