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I was approaching 14 when this single hit the charts. In backwoods Wales, you took your life in your hands if you publicly aped the fashions on display here.
The music from Bowie in this period was alien - wonderfully so - and the glam androgyny as shocking in its own way as punk would be a few years later. Add Mick Ronson to the mix - an inspiration to any budding guitar player, as I was - and the sci-fi overtones, and it was irresistable.
RIP, David.
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