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Bono Missing Bowie

uploaded: Tue, Nov 14, 2023 @ 10:15 AM

by	Radioontheshelf
Featuring	Offlinebouncer
length	4:14
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Great samples from Offline Bouncer form the bed of music for another mix built around the song titles of one of my musical heroes. This time it’s Bowie in the hot seat as he gets dragged along revealing the hits as he goes.
Took Offlines guitar, bass and drum tracks and added percussion, vibraphone and another guitar. The whole thing ended up with more than a hint of U2. Must be the jangly guitars!

Space it’s just another oddity
How we began absolutely
You were banging on about old Tom
While all the dudes sang Lennon songs

In the ashes we found someones dreams
A little China girl asked how did we feel
I replied like an American
Everyones a hero with a gun

She smiled and laid my hand on her skin
It felt a very good place to begin
She let her genie from the bottle escape
And an insane lad started to shake

He started laughing like a gnome possessed
With one hand beating on his chest
He said my life’s been marred by the strain
As the pretty things were ugly again

Padded shoulders sparkling boots and eyes
Golden years that took us all by surprise
Dancing with a guy called John
Who’d forgot to put his trousers on

They’d had a perfect day thanks to Lou
And Visconti whispered it was true
There was dancing in the street
And Iggy lusted after everyone he’d meet

Now there’s a Lazarus in every man
And the man who sold the world’s been damned
It was all just fatal and flawed
Under pressure they were looking like whores

Now the drummer boys found peace on earth
Amongst the grass on the holy turf
And the rebels have been let loose again
And Ziggy boy is more than just a friend