David Bowie alien from Mars; Lou Reed one of his Touched

Lou Reed rules. David Bowie rules more, though. I mean, on a scale from 1 to 10, Reed scores an 8, where Bowie scores an 11, as he is off the astrological charts, that is to say, he's an alien. He's come to earth to show us how beautiful love and life can be. I mean, who else could have done all the cool shit he's ever done before?

Of course, I could delve into bowie's early hits, such as the Big Three: Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane, and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. I could go into later albums that rock, like Low, Diamond Dogs, and STATIONTOSTATION (wherein he's credited as WARRENPEACE). But I'm going to even skip Tin Machine and go straight to a live 1997 live recording of:

BATTLE FOR BRITAIN (The Letter)

This is from the album Earthling, which spawned the single I'm Afraid of Americans, which spawned a sweet remix version by Trent Reznor, which spawned an awesome video. Oh.. am I going to post it? Oh yes I believe I am.....

I'M AFRAID OF AMERICANS (feat. NIN)


This is all sort of a heavier side of Bowie. He did play with NIN live, with Trent's band doing a cover of Hallo Spaceboy that he sang on. Also Trent shared vocal duties with Bowie on Reptile and Hurt, which were both pretty fucking awesome. To even think of Bowie singing Hurt makes me tear up. Goddam, that was a good pairing for the time: BowieReznor.

It will never happen again, but that's okay, because something else will. Soon, I feel. It will happen. The greatness of an album like NIN's The Downward Spiral will mesh with the greatness of an alien like Bowie. Oh, and did I mention? Reznor is also one of his Touched. However, Gary Numan has also touched Reznor. Listen to Reznor wax nostalgic, and then Behold:

METAL


Numan scores an 8, too. Iggy Pop, however, scores a big 9.