Finishing Off the David Bowie High Holy Days

 What's up blog. I keep writing like 2/3ds of something and then not ever finishing or posting it. But, I'll spend my 2ish hours until I have to get Anna from the airport working on this and maybe just put out whatever I have. This is just for fun! With that disclaimer aside, I want to tell you about favorite David Bowie- related pieces of media. I saw someone refer to the period between his birthday-Jan 8 and his day of passing (I really can't think of a good euphemism here sorry)- Jan 10, as the 'High Holidays' and thought that this would be a nice time to revisit some of my favorites. 

TOP 10 BOWIE SONGS (not in order because are you literally kidding why would i ever try to do that) with a few fun facts etc

• I Can't Give Everything Away (Blackstar)
• Feels appropriate to begin my list with his swan song. Also, there's a good cover of this by Spoon. Also, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem plays on this album. I don't think I have a Bowie album I could immediately designate as my favorite, but Blackstar would probably end up as a serious contender. I have a magnet of the cover on my fridge lol:

• Where Are We Now (The Next Day)
• There are a lot of other overlooked hits on this album (I have it on CD!), like Dirty Boys, Love is Lost, Valentine's Day, and I'd Rather Be High. This song, like the one above, is reflective and melancholic, especially when listening in the full context of Bowie's career. 
• Ashes to Ashes (Scary Monsters)
• I LOVE the Magdalena Bay cover of this! Check it out here. 
• Sound and Vision (Low)
• Got 9 minutes to spare? please please please watch Beck, joined by whistlers, a gospel choir, a yodeler, theremins, and probably every other instrument you can think of play a completely reinvented version of this classic
• Space Oddity (Space Oddity)
• A classic. Beautiful use of this in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". Speaking of Walter Mitty-- Arcade Fire, whose song, "Wake Up" is also featured in a pivotal moment of the film, welcomed DB for a cover of that song at Radio City Music Hall back in 2005.
• Queen Bitch (Hunky Dory)
• I wanted to paint this on my (loosely) Bowie inspired parking spot my senior year of high school (see below), but that would have been shut down pretty quick. Its also always nice to hear this song at the end of Life Aquatic. And of course theres another cover- this time with who I imagine to be the song's inspiration- Mr. Lou Reed himself. 

like imagine this but with my name and a lightning bolt on the '"y" in my name yk?? 

• Time (Aladdin Sane)
• I'd love for someone super talented to choreograph a funky dance to this song (Molly Long?). This song is also included in one of the trailers for "Everything Everywhere All At Once"!
• Lady Grinning Soul (Aladdin Sane)
• I can't really place the first time I heard this song- I was definitely already a fan in high school- but for me it's one of those songs that you feel like came pre-installed in your brain.
• Golden Years (Station to Station)
• heath ledger dancing to this
  
• Five Years (Ziggy Stardust)
• Its way too hard to choose just one song from this album- but this is my choice I guess. I think realistically this is my favorite (and like overall the best) Bowie album.

OTHER BOWIE RELATED THINGS I LIKE!

• DB narrating Peter and the Wolf- I grew up watching this version (among others) in elementary and middle school music and band class- an absolute classic. I would LOVE this on vinyl.

• Lazarus (the musical)- This was one of the last projects Bowie had direct involvement in before he passed, and made the brilliant decision to cast Sophia Anne Caruso as a young girl/alien? character who delivers a powerful "Life on Mars?". This show also features Michael C. Hall, of Dexter fame, and is a loose continuation of the plot of "The Man Who Fell to Earth".
• David Bowie in "The Prestige". Does this count as a cameo role? Probably not, but it still feels like one- the draw of this film isn't necessarily Bowie- its the riveting performances of Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale that draw you in, but Bowie's Tesla still keeps you cemented in your seat.