Blackstar opens David Bowie's final studio album of the same name, released on his 69th birthday, 8 January 2016, via ISO/Columbia. The title track runs near ten minutes: two main sections, meters that change, and a band.
In 1971 RCA released Hunky Dory, the album where David Bowie stacked piano-led songs, Mick Ronson's arrangements, and a clear run at British pop before Ziggy.
Lazarus is the third track on David Bowie's Blackstar and the album's second single, issued as a digital download on 17 December 2015 (ISO/Columbia). The album version runs about 6:22. The video edit is shorter.
En juin 1972, David Bowie sort The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars chez RCA, enregistré à Trident avec Ken Scott et Mick Ronson.
At Trident Studios in London in 1971, David Bowie sits with a song that began as a private joke about My Way. He had written English lyrics to Claude François's Comme d'habitude, then watched Paul Anka and Frank Sinatra take the hit.
Riffs and Beats retrouve David Bowie sur un quai de gare qui n'annonce jamais les arrivées, traitant encore les personas comme des habits de travail après Blackstar.