"Five Years" - David Bowie
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And we move way back to 1973 with today's track, "Five Years," the opener to Bowie's awesome The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. On an album jam-packed with killer songs, this has actually always been one of my favorites, from the great use of keyboard to the way Bowie's voice crescendos to hit just the right level. Check out the link to see an elder Bowie playing it with the Arcade Fire (and check out them doing "Wake Up" at the same venue for some of the most intense tambourine playing ever)!
Previous day's connection: Both Cat Power and Janelle Monae were slated to be on this year's reincarnation of the Lilith Fair tour (though Monae had almost all of her shows canceled, if I recall correctly). This could pretty much apply to half of the female artists in the music industry, but I thought that a Cat Power/Janelle Monae double billing sounded pretty awesome. And it has to be better than animal names, right?
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