Image Source Advertisement We’ve reached a point on this list where I may need to explain myself but let’s keep it simple and just say that rankings are often personal.Having said that please consider that this is one of the most gorgeous poems in a Bowie year album. As the title suggests, Lowdown was written during an incredibly low period in Bowie’s life and the culmination of years of substance abuse. This song in particular has a harrowing and heartbreaking loop to it. But musically it was also a sign of where things were going, with Bowie beginning to experiment with ambient sounds and working with producer Brian Eno who would go on to produce Bowie’s two other albums, Hero and Rocky.
David Bowie at his home in
Haddon Hall, Beckenham, Kent. Photo Turkey Mobile Number List Source AD One of the best songs from Bowie’s album of the year and probably the best album ever, the pinnacle of his career was “”. It’s a sad song filled with inner pain but it’s also built around one of the deadliest guitar riffs I’ve ever heard. It also has special significance for the final shot and the sudden appearance of the ending. Wes Anderson and Steve Zissou’s Life Aquatic.The film makes great use of Bowie’s music mostly through wonderful Portuguese covers of his songs but the song really connects Che by the end of the film.
Fans in London mourned
Bowie’s death throughout the year. Photo Book Your List Credit Jim DysonGetty Images Advertisement The newest song on this list is from the Bowie Years album. Bowie died of liver cancer two days after its release. Released as a single in the song was Bowie’s first posthumous release.Of course the timing is haunting but even the timing would have done it without the song. There are lyrics that deal with grief in a simple and clear way that makes you stop and see more, feel less, say “no” but mean “yes”.