#SONGS LIKE FOR THE DAMAGED CODA SERIES#

The A-side is a slice of tea-and-cake English psychedelia where a man recalls his days in the “14-18 war” the B-side, meanwhile, cuts through the moustache wax and whimsy with a cautionary tale. Knowing the creature David Bowie would later become, 1966 single Rubber Band is, on the surface, a curiously reactionary package. See him Elvis’ing the song up on the Love You Till Tuesday film. One selection was this 1967 recording: apparently written to be a hit, Bowie’s first collaboration with Tony Visconti presented a strings-augmented folk rock companion to the Stones’ equally blunt Let’s Spend The Night Together, with the singer on world-weary yet determined form. But in 1970 Bowie’s turn came, when his ex-label cashed in on the success of Space Oddity.

#SONGS LIKE FOR THE DAMAGED CODA SERIES#

Eight years on from Bowie's passing, MOJO has delved into it to bring you what we believe are his 100 greatest songs.ĭecca’s The World Of… budget compilation series usually concerned itself with harmless MOR sorts like Mantovani, Max Bygraves or Frank Ifield. Bowie's is the richest, the most forward-thinking and diverse back catalogue of arguably any recording artist. For five decades, he had been a true visionary, whether wowing audiences in the early '70s with his otherworldly Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane personas, retreating to bleak, pre-unification Berlin to record innovatory electronic music with Brian Eno, remodelling himself as a blond-haired pop idol for the 80s or making the extraordinary avant-garde jazz-rock that graced his final albums.

David Bowie's untimely death on Janubrought into focus his immeasurable contribution to music and culture.

Songs like for the damaged coda