“We’re jumping into the franchise and missing the origin story.”

Do you remember a guy that’s been in a song we haven’t discussed yet? No spoilers! It’s Ashes To Ashes!

“A more commercially viable and palatable Dark Crystal” (Labyrinth tagline)

We get reeeaaally distracted and talk mostly about movies and TV from our childhood. Because see there’s this movie Labyrinth about this girl who—oh! And a David Bowie song about, y’know, love and stuff. We’ll be there for you. As The World Falls Down!

“Puns within puns.”

We examine a portrait piece whose name was inspired by a German pun on art deco. Our discussion of Art Decade decayed quickly, so we talk more about 1978’s Stage and live recordings in general. Also a moral diatrabe about audience etiquette at concerts. #cagethefreebird (Also, hashtags are obnoxious.)

We can talk anyhow (and get along) If we can only remember the name of this song. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere!

“You don’t even have to know what Andy Warhol looks like to know what Andy Warhol looks like.”

The man. The myth. The legend. We discuss all things “Andy Warhol.”

“The quintessential Nice Guy(TM) song.”

Our earliest David Bowie song so far, in which a lonely young man vents his frustration and blames the object of his affection for continually rejecting his advances. Just how narcissistic is this song? We calculated that for you! (Spoiler: the answer is “very.”) And we say to you, listener, join us for “And I Say To Myself.”

“And it turned out I was accidentally at a rave.”

We talk about our mutual love for dub  before suddenly remembering this episode is about David Bowie’s rendition of a Jacques Brel song. We then quickly derail into a polemic against accidental misogyny. Join us in a dark, dank sailor bar filled with salty seamen here in Amsterdam!

“Hey hey, it’s a tall ship”

Bowie pays tribute to an obscure tragedy-beset island town. We discuss Bowie’s connection to Bali, Hugh Padgham’s reverb (not featured in this song), and how much Bowie resembles Ethan Hawke on Tin Machine II’s gatefold.

Also, if you’ll be in Boston April 5, come join us at the Holy Holy show! Get your tickets now!

“What was the Electoral College makeup of Tin Machine?”

Soaring proto-alternative arena rock. Witness David Bowie inventing both Pearl Jam and Nirvana. We appeal to Kanye West to find us a bootleg video of this song. And Alicia Silverstone sky-surfs from a VR biplane. Wait, what? This song is “Amazing!”

Get off the road! On today’s episode, we’re Always Crashing In The Same Car.