068: David Bowie - Station to Station (1976)
Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast
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Station to Station by Bowie
The second song on the album is Golden Years. The first single from the album, it made it to number eight in the UK and number ten in the US. It earned Bowie an appearance on soul train but Elton John had him beat by six months He played Benny in the Jets So golden years is definitely a funk song But it has so much more bite to it Than anything on young Americans I think a big part of that is that it's both funky and thoroughly Bowie Yeah He's not trying to sound like anyone but himself hereSo instead of sounding like an imitation of funk It sounds like Bowie-fied funk Which it turns out is a very, very cool thing Station to station might
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