Golden Years - David Bowie (1975-76) 5/21/22

For his 1975 album, "Station to Station," David Bowie adopted his "thin white duke" persona. He took to wearing white shirts, black trousers and waistcoats...and he also took a lot of white powder, if you know what I mean. ;) The album featured the song "Golden Years:" one of his biggest hits--and certainly a "Great Song of the '70s." According David's first wife, Angela, the song was written about her, citing the following lyric: "Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere, ANGEL, come get up my baby, look at that sky, life's begun, nights are warm and the days are young." David himself claimed he wrote it for Elvis Presley, but The King turned it down. Hmm. "Golden Years" was released as a single in late 1975, and by early '76, it had raked in some awesome critical reviews: "magnificent and sensitive," seductively self-indulgent, and "one of Bowie's best." It also found its way into the Top 10 in 8 countries, including #8 in the UK and #10 in the US. In the end, "Golden Years" by David Bowie became a "golden oldie," and a "Great Song of the '70s!