David Bowie去世

英國籍歌星、製作人、作曲人、演員David Bowie，元月十日因肝癌病逝於紐約，二天前他剛過69歲生日，。

David Bowie本名David Jones，出生於倫敦南部，和幾個合唱團一起合作之後，1969年他個人以"Space Oddity"成名，此曲1973年在美國發行曾得過15名。

被歸類glam-rock｢華麗搖滾｣歌星(穿著華麗)的David Bowie，曾以搖滾樂劇中的Thin White Duke 及Ziggy Stardust 的概念角色，錄製"The Man Who Sold The World" 與"Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders Of Mars"專輯，獲得相當不錯的唱片銷售量。

1975年的"Young Americans" (#28)及"Fame" (#1-1975)使David Bowie成了排行榜的常客，他另有暢銷曲"Golden Years" (#10-1976)、"Let's Dance" (#1-1983) 及"China Girl;" (#10-1983)陸續進排行榜。

David Bowie也演了好幾部電影，如"The Man Who Fell To Earth" 、"The Hunger"、"The Last Temptation Of Christ" 與 "Just A Gigolo"，1986年他寫了電影"Absolute Beginners."的插曲，還在片中演了一個小角色。

1996年David Bowie被推選進搖滾樂名人堂，1999年法國政府頒藝術獎狀給他，但他拒絕接受英國皇家勳章。

David Bowie第一任妻子(1970-1980)Angie Barnett，即是The Rolling Stones 1973年冠軍曲Angie所講的女孩，1992年他再娶索馬利亞超模與演員Iman，直到去世。

在滾石雜誌2004年的100名搖滾巨星排行榜上，David Bowie獲得第39名。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXDo

Space Oddity

Lyrics：David Bowie

Music：David Bowie

Ground Control to Major Tom

Ground Control to Major Tom

Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

Ground Control to Major Tom

Commencing countdown, engines on

Check ignition and may God's love be with you

(spoken)

Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff

This is Ground Control to Major Tom

You've really made the grade

And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear

Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare

'This is Major Tom to Ground Control

I'm stepping through the door

And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

And the stars look very different today

For here

Am I sitting in a tin can

Far above the world

Planet Earth is blue

And there's nothing I can do

Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles

I'm feeling very still

And I think my spaceship knows which way to go

Tell my wife I love her very much she knows'

Ground Control to Major Tom

Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong

Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Can you....

'Here am I floating round my tin can

Far above the Moon

Planet Earth is blue

And there's nothing I can do.'