Bowie developed an interest in music from an early age. He studied art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity", released in 1969, was his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of Bowie's single "Starman" and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted towards a sound he characterised as "plastic soul", initially alienating many of his UK fans but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station. In 1977, he again changed direction with the electronic-inflected album Low, the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that came to be known as the "Berlin Trilogy". "Heroes" (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise.
After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had three number-one hits: the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure" (a 1981 collaboration with Queen). He achieved massive commercial success in the 1980s starting with Let's Dance (1983). Between 1988 and 1992, he fronted the hard rock band Tin Machine before resuming his solo career in 1993. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. He also continued acting; his roles included Major Jack Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with The Next Day. He remained musically active until his death from liver cancer at his home in New York City. He died two days after both his 69th birthday and the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016).
During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at over 100 million records worldwide, made him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. In the UK, he was awarded ten platinum, eleven gold and eight silver album certifications, and released 11 number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Rolling Stone ranked him among the greatest artists in history. As of 2022, Bowie was the best-selling vinyl artist of the 21st century.
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Studio albums
David Bowie (1967)
David Bowie/Space Oddity (1969)
The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Hunky Dory (1971)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
Aladdin Sane (1973)
Pin Ups (1973)
Diamond Dogs (1974)
Young Americans (1975)
Station to Station (1976)
Low (1977)
"Heroes" (1977)
Lodger (1979)
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
Let's Dance (1983)
Tonight (1984)
Never Let Me Down (1987)
Black Tie White Noise (1993)
The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
Outside (1995)
Earthling (1997)
Hours (1999)
Heathen (2002)
Reality (2003)
The Next Day (2013)
Blackstar (2016)
Bring Me The Disco King"
David Bowie Lyrics
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You'd let me know when the time was now
Don't let me know when you're opening the door
Stab me in the dark, let me disappear
Memories that flutter like bats out of hell
Stab you from the city spires
Life wasn't worth the balance
Don't let me know we're invisible
Don't let me know we're invisible
Hot cash days that you trailed around
Cold cold nights under chrome and glass
Led me down river of perfumed limbs
Sent me to the streets with the good time girls
Don't let me know we're invisible
Don't let me know we're invisible
We could dance, dance, dance through' the fire
Dance, dance, dance through' the fire
Feed me no lies
I don't know about you, I don't know about you
Breathe through the years
I don't know about you, I don't know about you
Bring me the disco king
I don't know about you, I don't know about you
Dead or alive, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king
Spin-offs with those who slept like corpses
Damp morning rays in the stiff bad clubs
Killing time in the '70s
Smelling of love through the moist winds
Don't let me know when you're opening the door
Close me in the dark, let me disappear
Soon there'll be nothing left of me
Nothing left to release
Dance, dance, dance through' the fire
Dance, dance, dance through' the fire
Feed me no lies
I don't know about you, I don't know about you
Breathe through the years
I don't know about you, I don't know about you
Bring me the disco king
I don't know about you, I don't know about you
Dead or alive, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king
Bring me the disco king, bring me the disco king
"Bring Me The Disco King" is a haunting and eerie song by the late David Bowie that speaks of isolation and disillusionment. The lyrics are steeped in vivid and evocative imagery, producing a surreal, dream-like landscape.
The song opens with Bowie lamenting about an unfulfilled promise of clarity, urging the singer to let him know when the time is now, but not to open the door or stab him in the dark. He reminisces on memories of the past, which rise like bats out of hell and stab him from the city spires. He believes that life wasn't worth the balance or the crumpled paper it was written on.
Bowie then talks about the hot cash days and cold nights under chrome and glass. He follows his thoughts down a river of perfumed limbs and shares his experiences of fun with "good time girls." But overlying all of it is a sense of unease - a feeling that they're all invisible. He repeats his plea not to let him know they're invisible, and calls for them to dance through the fire.
The song is melancholic and seems to reflect Bowie's own sense of disillusionment and disconnection from the world. It speaks of his longing for something more, something deeper.
Line by Line Meaning
You promised me the ending would be clear
You made a promise that the ending would be easy to understand
You'd let me know when the time was now
You assured me you would inform me when it was the right time
Don't let me know when you're opening the door
Don't inform me when you unleash something unexpected on me
Stab me in the dark, let me disappear
Let me disappear without warning me, in the same way that someone stabs another in the dark
Memories that flutter like bats out of hell
Memories that come back suddenly and aggressively, like bats flying out of hell
Stab you from the city spires
Something that stabs you emotionally from high places, like skyscrapers
Life wasn't worth the balance
Life wasn't worth being weighed against something else.
Or the crumpled paper it was written on
Or the meaningless piece of paper it was written on.
Don't let me know we're invisible
Don't reveal our unnoticed or insignificant status
Hot cash days that you trailed around
Days of plenty of money that you used to enjoy
Cold cold nights under chrome and glass
Nights spent in places that are artificial, cold, and made of modern materials
Led me down river of perfumed limbs
You led me on a path of indulgence and decadence.
Sent me to the streets with the good time girls
You sent me to places with women who were only interested in having a good time.
We could dance, dance, dance through' the fire
We could persist through difficult times with dance or by taking risks.
Feed me no lies
Don't tell me false stories.
Breathe through the years
Endure through the passage of time
Bring me the disco king
Bring me back to the era of disco and its energy.
Dead or alive, bring me the disco king
Bring the spirit of the disco king back to life, whether through the living or the dead.
Spin-offs with those who slept like corpses
Activities with people who were inactive and lifeless
Damp morning rays in the stiff bad clubs
The light in the clubs is bleak, and the atmosphere is oppressive.
Killing time in the '70s
Wasting precious time in the carefree '70s.
Smelling of love through the moist winds
The sweet scent of love carried by the moist breeze during the past.
Soon there'll be nothing left of me
I will disappear soon, with no trace of me remaining.
Nothing left to release
I will not have anything left to express or reveal.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: DAVID BOWIE
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