David Bowie (89,96 %)
The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987 (69,62 %)
In collection
Released: 2007-03-19
Type: Compilation
Type: Compilation
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1.
Let's Dance
 04:08
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2.
Ashes to Ashes
 03:37
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3.
Under Pressure
 04:06
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4.
Fashion
03:26
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Modern Love
03:59
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6.
China Girl
04:17
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7.
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
03:32
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8.
Up the Hill Backwards
03:16
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9.
Alabama Song
 03:52
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10.
Drowned Girl
 02:27
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11.
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
04:13
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12.
This Is Not America
03:51
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13.
Loving the Alien
 07:09
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14.
Absolute Beginners
05:38
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15.
When the Wind Blows
03:35
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16.
Blue Jean
03:12
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17.
Day-In Day-Out
04:11
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18.
Time Will Crawl
04:19
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19.
Underground
04:27
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Album length:
00:17:15
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Lyrics |
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1.
Let's Dance
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Let's dance Put on your red shoes and dance the blues Let's dance To the song they're playin' on the radio Let's sway While colour lights up your face Let's sway Sway through the crowd to an empty space If you say run, I'll run with you And if you say hide, we'll hide Because my love for you Would break my heart in two If you should fall Into my arms And tremble like a flower Let's dance For fear your grace should fall Let's dance For fear tonight is all Let's sway You could look into my eyes Let's sway Under the moonlight, the serious moonlight And if you say run, I'll run with you And if you say hide, we'll hide Because my love for you Would break my heart in two If you should fall Into my arms And tremble like a flower Let's dance Put on your red shoes and dance the blues Let's dance To the song we're playin' Let's sway Let's sway Under the moonlight, the serious moonlight Let's dance |
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2.
Ashes to Ashes
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Do you remember a guy that's been In such an early song I've heard a rumour from ground control Oh no, don't say it's true They got a message from the action man "I'm happy, hope you're happy too I've loved all I've needed love Sordid details following" The shrieking of nothing is killing Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I Ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair But I'm hoping to kick, but the planet it's glowing Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low Time and again I tell myself I'll stay clean tonight But the little green wheels are following me Oh no, not again I'm stuck with a valuable friend "I'm happy, hope you're happy too" One flash of light But no smoking pistol I never done good things I never done bad things I never did anything out of the blue Want an axe to break the ice Want to come down right now Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low My mama said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom |
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Under Pressure
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Pressure, pushing down on me Pressing down on you, no man ask for Under pressure, that burns a building down Splits a family in two Puts people on streets That's okay It's the terror of knowing What this world is about Watching some good friends Screaming 'Let me out' Pray tomorrow takes me higher Pressure on people, people on streets Okay Chipping around, kick my brains around the floor These are the days it never rains but it pours People on streets, people on streets It's the terror of knowing What this world is about, Watching some good friends Screaming 'Let me out' Pray tomorrow takes me higher Pressure on people, people on streets Turned away from it all, like a blind man Sat on a fence but it don't work Keep coming up with love But it's so slashed and torn Why why why? Love love love love Insanity laughs, under pressure we're cracking Can't we give ourselves one more chance Why can't we give love one more chance Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love, give love Cause love's such an old fashioned word And love dares you to care For the people on the edge of the night And love dares you to change our way of Caring about ourselves This is our last dance This is ourselves Under pressure Under pressure Pressure |
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Fashion
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There's a brand new dance, but I don't know its name That people from bad homes do again and again It's big and it's bland full of tension and fear They do it over there, but we don't do it here Fashion - turn to the left Fashion - turn to the right Oooh, fashion We are the goon squad and we're coming to town Beep-beep, beep-beep Listen to me - don't listen to me Talk to me - don't talk to me Dance with me - don't dance with me Beep-beep, beep-beep There's a brand new talk, but it's not very clear That people from good homes are talking this year It's loud and it's tasteless and I've heard it before You shout it while you're dancing on the dance floor Fashion - turn to the left Fashion - right Fashion We are the goon squad and we're coming to town Beep-beep, beep-beep Listen to me - don't listen to me Talk to me - don't talk to me Dance with me - don't dance with me Beep-beep, beep-beep Oooh bop, do do do do do do do do Fa fa fa fa fashion |
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5.
Modern Love
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I catch a paper boy But things don't really change I'm standing in the wind But I never wave bye-bye But I try, I try There's no sign of life It's just the power to charm I'm lying in the rain But I never wave bye-bye But I try, I try Never gonna fall for Modern love - walks beside me Modern love - walks on by Modern love - gets me to the church on time Church on time - terrifies me Church on time - makes me party Church on time - puts my trust in god and man God and man - no confessions God and man - no religion God and man - don't believe in modern love It's not really work It's just the power to charm I'm still standing in the wind But I never wave bye bye But I try, I try Modern love - walks beside me Modern love - walks on by Modern love - gets me to the church on time Church on time - terrifies me Church on time - makes me party Church on time - puts my trust in god and man God and man - no confessions God and man - no religion God and man - don't believe in modern love Modern love - Modern love Modern love - Modern love, walks beside me Modern love - Modern love, walks on by |
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China Girl
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I could escape this feeling with my China Girl I feel a wreck without my little China Girl I hear her heart beating, loud as thunder Saw they stars crashing I'm a mess without my little China Girl Wake up mornings where's my little China Girl I hear her heart's beating, loud as thunder Saw they stars crashing down I feel a-tragic like I'm Marlon Brando When I look at my China Girl I could pretend that nothing really meant too much When I look at my China Girl I stumble into town just like a sacred cow Visions of swastikas in my head Plans for everyone It's in the whites of my eyes My little China Girl You shouldn't mess with me I'll ruin everything you are I'll give you television I'll give you eyes of blue I'll give you men who want to rule the world And when I get excited My little China Girl says Oh baby just you shut your mouth She says sh-sh-shhh |
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Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
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She had an horror of rooms, she was tired, you can't hide beat When I looked in her eyes they were blue, but nobody home Well, she could've been a killer if she didn't walk the way she do, and she do She opened strange doors that we'd never close again She began to wail, jealousies scream Waiting at the light, know what I mean Scary monsters, super creeps Keep me running, running scared She asked me to stay and I stole her room She asked for my love and I gave her a dangerous mind Now she's stupid in the street and she can't socialise Well, I love the little girl and I'll love her till the day she dies She wails Jimmy's guitar sound, jealousies scream Waiting at the light, know what I mean Scary monsters, super creeps Keep me running, running scared |
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Up the Hill Backwards
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The vacuum created by the arrival of freedom And the possibilities it seems to offer It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it A series of shocks, sneakers fall apart Earth keeps on rolling, witnesses falling It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it Yeah, yeah, yeah Up the hill backwards It'll be alright While we sleep they go to work We're legally crippled, it's the death of love It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it More idols then realities I'm OK, you're so-so Yeah, yeah, yeah Up the hill backwards It'll be alright |
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9.
Alabama Song
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Oh, show me the way to the next whiskey bar Oh, don't ask why No, don't ask why For we must find the next whiskey bar Or if we don't find the next whiskey bar I tell you we must die I tell you we must die I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die Oh, Moon of Alabama, it's time to say good-bye We've lost our good ol' mama, and must have whiskey, oh, you know why Oh, show me the way to the next little dollar Oh, don't ask why No, don't ask why For we must find the next little dollar Or if we don't find the next little dollar I tell you we must die I tell you we must die I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die Oh, Moon of Alabama, it's time to say good-bye We've lost our good ol' mama, and must have little dollar, oh, you know why Oh, show me the way to the next little girl Oh, don't ask why No, don't ask why For we must find the next little girl Or if we don't find the next little girl I tell you we must die I tell you we must die I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die Oh, Moon of Alabama, it's time to say good-bye We've lost our good ol' mama, and must have little girl, oh, you know why Oh, Moon of Alabama it's time to say auf Wiedersehen We've lost our good ol' mama and must have little girl, oh, you know why You know why You know why |
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10.
Drowned Girl
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Once she had drowned and started her slow descent Down the streams to where the great rivers broaden Oh, the open sky chant most magnificent As if it was acting as her body's guardian Wreck and duck weed slowly increased her weight By clasping her in their slimy grip Through her limbs, the cold blooded fishes played Creatures and plant life kept on, thus obstructing her last trip And the sky that same evening grew dark as smoke And its stars through the night kept the brightness still soaring But it quickly grew clear when dawn now broke To see that she got one further morning Once her pallid trunk had rotted beyond repair It happened quite slowly that she gently slipped from God's thoughts First with her face, then her hands, right at the last with her hair Leaving those corpse-choked rivers just one more corpse |
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Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
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See these eyes so green I can stare for a thousand years Colder than the moon Feel my blood enraged It's just the fear of losing you Don't you know my name Well, you been so long And I've been putting out fire With gasoline See these eyes so red Red like jungle burning bright Those who feel me near Pull the blinds and change their minds It's been so long Still this pulsing night A plague I call a heartbeat Just be still with me But it wouldn't believe what I've been through You've been so long Well it's been so long And I've been putting out the fire with gasoline Putting out the fire With gasoline See these tears so blue An ageless heart that can never mend Tears can never dry A judgment made can never bend See these eyes so green I can stare for a thousand years Just be still with me You wouldn't believe what I've been through Well you've been so long It's been so long And I've been putting out fire with gasoline Putting out fire with gasoline Putting out fire We've been putting out fire Well it's been so long so long so long Yes it's been so long so long so long I've been putting out fire Been so long so long so long And putting out fire Been so long so long so long Yeah yeah putting out fire |
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12.
This Is Not America
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A little piece of you The little peace in me Will die For this is not America Blossom falls to bloom This season Promise not to stare Too long For this is not a miracle There was a time A storm that blew so pure For this could be the biggest sky And i could have The faintest idea Snowman melting From the inside Falcon spirals To the ground So bloody red Tomorrows clouds A little piece of you The little piece in me Will die For this is not America There was a time A wind that blew so young For this could be the biggest sky And i could have the faintest idea This could be the biggest sky This could be a miracle |
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13.
Loving the Alien
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Watching them come and go The templars and the saracens They're traveling the holy land Opening telegrams Torture comes and torture goes Knights who'd give you anything They bear the cross of coeuf de leon Salvation for the mirror blind But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky Pray and the heathen lie will disappear Prayers they hide the saddest view (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And your prayers they break the sky in two (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) You pray til the break of dawn (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And you'll believe you're loving the alien (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) Thinking of a different time Palestine a modern problem Bounty and your wealth in land Terror in a best laid plan Watching them come and go Tomorrows and the yesterdays Christians and the unbelievers Hanging by the cross and nail But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky Pray and the heathen lie will disappear Prayers they hide the saddest view (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And your prayers they break the sky in two (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) You pray til the break of dawn (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) And you'll believe you're loving the alien (Believing the strangest things, loving the alien) |
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14.
Absolute Beginners
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I've nothing much to offer There's nothing much to take I'm an absolute beginner And I'm absolutely sane As long as we're together The rest can go to hell I absolutely love you But we're absolute beginners With eyes completely open But nervous all the same If our love song Could fly over mountains Could laugh at the ocean Just like the films There's no reason To feel all the hard times To lay down the hard lines It's absolutely true Nothing much could happen Nothing we can't shake Oh we're absolute beginners With nothing much at stake As long as you're still smiling There's nothing more I need I absolutely love you But we're absolute beginners But if my love is your love We're certain to succeed If our love song Could fly over mountains Sail over heartaches Just like the films There's no reason To feel all the hard times To lay down the hard lines It's absolutely true |
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When the Wind Blows
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There's a full time reservation Made in a bar at the railway station, And there's a story, a kind of fable, On a card at the corner table. On it is a message; been there some time. It starts of, "The coffee tasted so fine" It says, "One day, this may find you, These few words may remind you. We sat here together just to pass time; You said how the coffee tasted so fine." It goes on to say, "I love you If you should find this I must hear from you." It gives a number but the name has faded away. All that is left are just the words, "Maybe someday" That's the story and the fable; Never leave alone from a corner table. Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo. Doo doo-doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo. |
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Blue Jean
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Blue Jean, I just met me a girl named Blue Jean Blue Jean, she got a camouflaged face and no money Remember they always let you down when you need 'em Oh, Blue Jean, is heaven any sweeter than Blue Jean She got a police bike She got a turned up nose Sometimes I feel like (Oh, the whole human race) Jazzin' for Blue Jean (Oh, and when my Blue Jean's blue) Blue Jean can send me (Oh, somebody send me) Somebody send me (Oh, somebody send me) One day I'm gonna write a poem in a letter One day I'm gonna get that faculty together Remember that everybody has to wait in line Blue Jean, look out world you know I've got mine She got Latin roots She got everything |
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Day-In Day-Out
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Day-In Day-Out Stay-In Fade-Out Day-In Day-Out She was born in a handbag love left on a doorstep What she lacks is a backup nothing seems to make a dent Gonna find her some money honey try to pay her rent That's the kind of protection everyone is shouting about Day-In Day-Out Stay-In Fade-Out Day-In Day-Out First thing she learns is she's a citizen, some things they turn out right When you're under the USA something rings a bell and it's all over She's going out her way stealing for that one good rush Day-In Day-Out Stay-In Fade-Out She could use a little money she's hangin' on his arms like a cheap suit She's got no money, honey she's the other side Oh come on little baby late night, big town, police, shake down Day-In Day-Out Stay-In Fade-Out Day-In Day-Out Stay-In Fade-Out She's got a ticket to nowhere she's gonna take a train ride Nobody knows her, or knows her name she's in the pocket of a home boy Oo she's gonna take her a shotgun Pow spin the grail spin the drug She's gonna make them well aware she's an angry gal Day-In Day-Out Stay-In Fade-Out Suddenly there's angels everywhere Angels in a ton of sound And they shootin' her down Shootin her with video-drugs-bullets and promises |
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Time Will Crawl
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I've never sailed on a sea I would not challenge a giant I could not take on the church Time will crawl 'Til the 21st century lose I know a government man He was as blind as the moon He saw the sun in the night He took a top-gun pilot He made him fly through a hole 'Til he grew real old And he never came down He just flew 'til he burst Time will crawl 'til our mouths run dry Time will crawl 'til our feet grow small Time will crawl 'til our tails fall off Time will crawl 'til the 21st century lose I saw a black black stream Full of white eyed fish And a drowning man With no eyes at all I felt a warm warm breeze That melted metal and steel I got a bad migraine That lasted three long years And the pills that I took Made my fingers disappear Time will crawl, time will crawl Time will crawl 'Til the 21st century lose You were a talented child You came to live in our town We never bothered to scream When your mask came off We only smelt the gas As we lay down to sleep Time will crawl and our heads bowed down Time will crawl and our eyes fall out Time will crawl and the streets run red Time will crawl 'til the 21st century lose Time will crawl and our mouths run dry Time will crawl and our feet grow small Time will crawl and our tails fall off Time will crawl 'til the 21st century lose Time will crawl and our heads bowed down Time will crawl and our eyes fall out Time will crawl and the streets run red Time will crawl 'til the 21st century lose For the crazy child We'll give every life For the crackpot notion |
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Underground
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No one can blame you for walking away But too much rejection, uh huh... No love injection Life can be easy It's not always swell Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl 'Cause it hurts like hell But down in the Underground You'll find someone true Down in the Underground A land serene, a crystal moon It's only forever Not long at all Lost and lonely That's Underground, Underground Daddy, daddy, get me out of here Heard about a place today Nothing ever hurts again Daddy, daddy, get me out of here Heard about a place today Nothing ever hurts again Sister, sister, please take me down Gotta get Underground |