^ A black star link: From ‘Black Star’ by Radiohead to a song from David Bowie’s album ‘Blackstar’…
Tag Archives: David Bowie
7867. David Bowie – Warszawa
^ A double link: Joy Division, who became New Order, were initially called Warsaw in reference to this song. It features on David Bowie’s Low album, coming from a ‘Sunrise’, which was on New Order’s album ‘Low-Life’…
7758. David Bowie – Fill Your Heart
^ From yours to your…
7741. David Bowie – Little Wonder
^A wonder link…
7629. David Bowie – Win
^ A win link…
7582. David Bowie – Love You Till Tuesday
^ From Cocteau Twins, a band featuring Simon Raymonde, to a song with string arrangements by his father Ivor Raymonde…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DSP6TDJ_Rw
7344. David Bowie – Across The Universe
^ From one song that Bowie covered to another…
7275. David Bowie – Speed of Life
^A high to low link: From The High, to a song that opens Bowie’s 1977 album ‘Low’…
7158. David Bowie – Fantastic Voyage
^ Elvis and Bowie were both born on 8th January…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tD6FayGPyw
7011. David Bowie – Silly Boy Blue
^ From Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland to Silly Boy Blue…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m5ypVZbEIg
6933. David Bowie – Blackstar
^ Initials reversed, from BillyDuffy (BD) to (DB) David Bowie…
6742. David Bowie – Memory Of A Free Festival
^ A festival link…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-VQv65jiH8
6676. David Bowie – Joe The Lion
^ From Joe Le Taxi to Joe the Lion…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvstpQGjPPc
6444. David Bowie – Rock ‘N’ Roll With Me
^ The last song was on the album Rain Dogs, so to the album Diamond Dogs…
6389. David Bowie – Station To Station
^ Trains pull into stations…
6028. David Bowie – Big Brother
^ A precious stone link from Ruby Tuesday to the album Diamond Dogs and this tune from it…
5977. David Bowie – Velvet Goldmine
^ The last track featured on the soundtrack to the film ‘Velvet Goldmine’…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRgd9REzAs
5959. David Bowie – Modern Love
^ A modern link…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hDbpF4Mvkw
5815. David Bowie – Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
^ The piano on the last song was played by…
5395. David Bowie – Thursday’s Child
^ From Wednesday to Thursday…
5348. David Bowie – The Prettiest Star
^ From David ‘Davy’ Jones to David Jones who became David Bowie…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WydpCvIQWWw
4821. David Bowie – Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed
^ From Flowered Up’s Barry Mooncult to the album Space Oddity…
4678. David Bowie – Up the Hill Backwards
There was a famous incident involving Aretha Franklin and David Bowie at the 1975 Grammies, so to…
Bonus simpler link: from back to backwards
4601. David Bowie – Hang On To Yourself
If you’re dangling, you could be said to be hanging on…
4377. David Bowie – Boys Keep Swinging
From The Waterboys to Boys Keep Swinging…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMhFyWEMlD4
3972. David Bowie – Breaking Glass
Nick Lowe once released an EP called ‘Bowi’ with a spoof cover photo of Bowie’s ‘Low’. Nick Lowe also had a hit with ‘I love the sound of breaking glass’. So to a track from Bowie’s album ‘Low’…
Bonus link: Brinsley Schwarz is from Woodbridge, Suffolk, as is Brian Eno, who produced Bowie’s album ‘Low’…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j4mfErOeqg
3841. David Bowie – Where Are We Now?
Peter Frampton went to school with David Bowie, so…
3780. David Bowie – Song for Bob Dylan
A Bob Dylan link…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPxnCNRm_nY
3525. David Bowie – Watch That Man
Franz Ferdinand was an Archduke, so from an Archduke to the thin white duke…
3495. David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World
Mundo is Spanish for ‘world’, so…
3379. David Bowie – Soul Love
The heart is a symbol of love…
3255. David Bowie – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
Low was the name of an album by David Bowie, so…
3194. David Bowie – Be My Wife
‘Love Vigilantes’ was from the album ‘Low-Life’, so to a song from the album ‘Low’…
3040. Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
A pressure link…
2932. David Bowie – Red Sails
A ship will often have a sail…
2893. David Bowie – Subterraneans
Double link: ‘Sub-Culture’ is on the album ‘Low-Life’, ‘Subterraneans’ is on the album ‘Low’ so a low link. Plus a sub link…
2877. David Bowie – Five Years
Michael Jackson was in the Jackson 5, which leads to Five Years…
2872. David Bowie – Black Country Rock
Pop Will Eat Itself were from Stourbridge in the Black Country which leads to ‘Black Country Rock’…
2713. David Bowie – Beauty And The Beast
Jean Cocteau directed the film of ‘Beauty and the Beast’…
2637. David Bowie – Let’s Dance
Double link alert! A boogie is a dance AND Mott The Hoople famously sung All The Young Dudes, a song written by David Bowie
2490. David Bowie – Cat People
A cat link…
2469. David Bowie – Lady Grinning Soul
A soul link…
2056. David Bowie – Kooks
From a mother and child, to a song from a parent’s perspective…
2030. David Bowie – Tvc15
From train to station and a song from Bowie’s album Station To Station…
2017. David Bowie – Sons Of The Silent Age
A sons link…
2000. David Bowie – Fame
John Lennon co-wrote and sang on the next song…
1943. David Bowie – Sorrow
From fat to the Thin White Duke…
1861. David Bowie – 1984
From little sister to Big Brother and 1984…
1839. David Bowie – Always Crashing In The Same Car
The ‘Human’ track was on the album ‘Crash’….from a crash to….
1820. David Bowie – Queen Bitch
David Bowie was a big fan of Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, and this song is a tribute by him to them…
1795. David Bowie – Absolute Beginners
An absolute link…
1725. David Bowie – Moonage Daydream
Double link alert! From daydream to daydream AND from The Monkees’ Davy Jones to another Davy Jones who is better known as…
1528. David Bowie – Starman
Sexy Boy is from Air’s album Moon Safari. To get to the moon you’d need a starship, so…
13 June 2013 update: changed title from Star Man to Starman.
1508. David Bowie – Where Have All The Good Times Gone
Last tune was a Ray Davies’ cover…so is this…
1483. David Bowie – Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide
A Rock & Roll link…
1418. David Bowie – Fashion
Vogue magazine is all about fashion, so…
1367. David Bowie – Cracked Actor
Someone who ‘pretends’ is an actor…
1342. David Bowie – Sound And Vision
From Low Rider to a song from David Bowie’s Low album …
1292. David Bowie – Drive-in Saturday
From Pink Floyd, to ‘Shine on You Crazy Diamond’ to someone who called an album ‘Diamond Dogs’…and another tune by the same…
1222. David Bowie – Space Oddity
From Space to space!
1191. David Bowie – Wild Is The Wind
Stay’ is also the title of a track from Bowie’s ‘Station to Station’ LP. So, from the same record, how about…
1180. David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
From one rebel to another…
1126. David Bowie – Panic In Detroit
From one Panic to another…
1080. David Bowie – John, I’m Only Dancing
From one John to another…
1058. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
Stevie Nicks shared a birthday with Mick Ronson (David Bowie’s guitarist)…
1028. David Bowie – Golden Years
‘Trans-Europe Express’ mentions the lyrics ‘Station to Station’…
888. David Bowie – Diamond Dogs
From one dog to a few…
784. David Bowie – The Jean Genie
Status Quo are famed for their love of blue denim… hence…
732. David Bowie – Suffragette City
…”And jet I thought the major was a lady suffragette”… hence…
685. David Bowie – Oh You Pretty Things
From young things to pretty things…
628. David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes
From cricket to The Ashes…
580. David Bowie – Heroes
Brian Eno was in Roxy Music. And he produced…
404. David Bowie – China Girl
Fanfare… was the official theme of the 1976 Montreal Olympics. This year the Olympics are in China, so…
371. David Bowie – Lady Stardust
From one Stardust to another…
309. David Bowie – Young Americans
Statue of Liberty is in America. So, naturally….
213. David Bowie – Friday On My Mind
From one Friday to another…
153. David Bowie – Changes
In your pocket you might find change…
128. David Bowie – Life On Mars?
Mick Jagger and the alleged, legendary Mars Bar incident leads to…
11. David Bowie – Andy Warhol
Rembrandt was an artist, as was Andy Warhol…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOCceWqy76g