But back to the vocals….Bowie is the King of transforming his voice into, well, different voices. In fact, each record he makes usually contains an entirely different style of singing from Hunky Dory, to Aladdin Sane and Young Americans (my favorite style). And on Ashes to Ashes, he seems to mix them all together. Not only that, but Bowie’s also the King of double and triple and quadrupling his vocal tracks on his songs. Even his first hit, Space Odessey, features this as the two Bowie’s sing the song together, one slightly higher than the other. I love switching from my left and right speakers while listening to this song, as each one is contained to their own side. So while one Bowie is falsettoing above the rest, another will be deep talking right under it, and yet another will be right in the middle belting out the chorus. He’s quite the amazing guy. Yes yes.

Also, and not to be a jerk, but isn’t “Ashes to Ashes” supposed to be something of a sequel to “Space Odyssey”? Major Tom’s referenced in the chorus, after all.

(I hope I’m not missing this as a reference to some film I should’ve seen by now.)

In many ways i feel like its the modern sequel to “Space Odyssey.”

I also had a friend break down to this in a serious drug haze and I think that story makes it all the more potent to me.