David Bowie “Changesonebowie”

sfilzen — Thu, 20 May 2021 17:07:40 +0000

David Bowie “Changesonebowie” released 45 years ago today, May 20th, 1976, or possibly tomorrow, May 21st. Regardless, Changesonebowie is one of the top comps ever released; it includes singles and albums tracks Bowie recorded from ‘69-’76 and it holds a particularly dear spot in my heart as I got really into Bowie for the first time with about a million repeated listens when I was a teen. The only song to not appear on a Bowie LP is “John, I’m Only Dancing” which he released as a UK single-only in ‘72 and then again with the “sax version” in ‘73; the sax version appeared on the first Changesonebowie pressings and then was replaced with the original. And though “Suffragette City” is on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust (1972) and was the b-side to “Starman,” Bowie released it as a single from Changesone in the summer of ‘76 to promote the comp. (“Suffragette City” was a big fave of mine and my friends in high school, mainly for the line “Wham bam thank you ma’am” because of course it was.) I love each and every song but also really love “Ziggy Stardust,” “Rebel Rebel” (Diamond Dogs, ‘74) and “Fame” (Young Americans ‘75).

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David Bowie “ChangesOneBowie”

sfilzen — Wed, 20 May 2015 14:47:39 +0000

David Bowie “ChangesOneBowie” released on this date, May 20th, 1976. RCA. If one was to choose just one Bowie album to own, I think this is it, a compilation album featuring tracks from 1969-76. It is totally impossible to overestimate the influence Bowie has had over the years on popular culture and other artists, from Duran Duran (covering “Fame” in the most spectacular way) to Darby Crash of the Germs (in Lexicon Devil: the Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs, friends of Crash’s stated he had a Bowie shrine in his room and would spend hours dissecting Bowie’s lyrics and finding ways to emulate his style, eventually putting glam through a punk rock blender and spitting out blood, chains and Germs burns).

Given my teenage obsession with both Duran Duran and the Germs, it is not surprising that I spent A LOT of time listening to this album (also two of my favorite people in the world, Joe and Carrie, are massive Bowie fans – I’m pretty sure my first listen was in Carrie’s room when I was 14). “Ziggy Stardust” is as close to musical perfection as it gets. “Changes” provided a timeless message for youth searching for explanation of angst:

And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They’re quite aware of what they’re goin’ through.

“Suffragette City” even furnished a means of high school subversiveness when I scrawled “Wham, bam thank you ma’am” onto the cafeteria windows while decorating for homecoming. RebelRebel.

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