David Bowie - Starman

A mainstay of my Osaka karaoke repertoire, this track is something revolutionary, having been recorded 30+ years ago. Perhaps Wes Anderson's latest film renewed my interest in this tune. The influence of Bowie's early works is felt and heard in a lot of recent college rock. A friend of mine claimed to hear it in The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory by GBV. I never thought of it that way, but this one is for the record books. Not a fixture of classic rock radio in these United States as it was not a selection on ChangesOne but the decisions of RCA moneymen does not diminish its overall grandeur. These days critics are given to pontificating on whether or not the Thin White Duke no longer shapes music and is now shaped by what is being done nowadays. Earthling was a good album regardless, but I can't speak for anything newer because I didn't lay down my lettuce for anything since. Anyway, Bowie cannot be touched.