Ashes To Ashes (5:45)
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“Ashes to Ashes” is a single by David Bowie, released in 1980. It made #1 in the UK and was the first cut from the Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) album, also a #1 hit. As well as its musical qualities, it is noted for its innovative video, directed by Bowie and David Mallet. The lyrics revisit Bowie’s Major Tom character from “Space Oddity”, which he referenced once again in 1996 with “Hallo Spaceboy”. Bowie has said that with “Ashes to Ashes” he was, “wrapping up the seventies really for myself, and that seemed a good enough epitaph for it”.
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LoveThe90s wrote:
My favorite Bowie track.
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wycedriver wrote:
Love the Original video for this too. Groundbreaker if ever there was one.
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danthemusicman1 wrote:
genius!!!
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davey-jangles wrote:
nice
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ItsAlreadyTakin wrote:
smart
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rhythmseeds wrote:
genius
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isleth wrote:
Just wow absolute zero
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tightheadennis wrote:
indeed
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Jaked00d wrote:
slap bass.
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astro98 wrote:
One of my favourite songs of all time!
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johnny7gun wrote:
sorry for wrong spelling of your name!
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johnny7gun wrote:
Nodiguise.....1000 plays!!!!!! boys gate!...fantastic song......impossible to choose his best from so many classics.......but this is in the top 3...
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zbah wrote:
musical masterpiece
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twoflew wrote:
blows my mind every. time.
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SomeAreDead wrote:
genius arrangement - up there with Beach Boys and Beatles as a God of music
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Nodisguise wrote:
If only it were possible to backdate Last.FM 30 years to collate every song I've ever played on vinyl and CD, this would likely be pushing 1000 plays in my library.
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jumhed wrote:
I've never done good things......
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Amazing song and yes, video too <3
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jennica_med_c wrote:
Containing more subliminal messages in one song than every other song of the 80's put together. Oh, and the best outro I've EVER heard. Oh, and.. FANTASTIC, weird video to go with it!
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DavidBowiefan55 wrote:
Love it!
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