Song Stuck In My Head This Week - 29th January '11 - David Bowie - Reality

2003/2004 was, for me, almost entirely connected to one album. 'Reality' is the last album to date released by David Bowie. Not long before its release I had become a member of Bowie's site Bowienet and so, when the time came for the album release, I won a ticket to go to the album launch in London where Bowie performed the album in its entirity and broadcast it to cinemas worldwide. It was the first time I saw Bowie performing live and was a magical experience.

The album, obviously, became a firm favourite of mine from the offset due to the experience I associated with it and the title track in particular is so catchy that it often finds itself swirling round my head.

With it's hard, aggressive guitars and punchy delivery it just grabs you and drags you along for the ride. It shows, in my opinon, that Bowie always has what it takes and I hope that one day we might hear some more from the man. However if this track and the album it came from prove to be his final calling card then it's a hell of a way to leave it.

The video is from that memorable album launch performance. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do and I'll catch you all next week!!

David Bowie - Reality

Tragic youth was looking young and sexy
The tragic youth was wearing tattered black jeans
Bearing arms and flaunting all her mischief
The tragic youth was going down on me

And I swear
Woo hoo
Yes I swear

I built a wall of sound to separate us
And hid among the junk of wretched highs
I sped from Planet X to Planet Alpha
Struggling for reality

Ha ha ha ha
Woo hoo
Ha ha ha ha
Whoo hoo

Hey, now my sight is failing in this twilight
Da da da da da da da da da
Now my death is more than just a sad song
Da da da da da da da da da
And I swear
Woo hoo
Yes I swear
Woo hoo

I still don't remember how this happened
I still don't get the wherefores and the whys
I look for sense but I get next to nothing
Hey boy welcome to reality

Ha ha ha ha
Woo hoo

I've been right and I've been wrong
Now I'm back where I started from
Never looked over reality's shoulder

Ha ha ha ha
Huh ha ha ha
Woo hoo

Huh ha ha
Wooh
Woo hoo
Wooh