BOWIE - THE NEXT DAY

Album review by Madeline Bocaro

For so long, Bowie has been away

So many years with nothing to say

Then he went to sleep one night

It took a long time to see the light

Awakening after 30 years with a beard

He finds that he is still quite weird

The same old questions are still on his mind

Where Are We Now? and Who am I?

Such beautiful weirdness

What goes on in his mind?

Visconti & Slick and some cool bits of sax

And at last, Queen Bitch is back

Every great Bowie era is mixed together

Raw as nerves and plush as leather

All of his best voices are back in the cast

Bursts of newness and blasts from the past

Rock N' Roll Suicide in Heartbreak Hotel

Five Years, end of the world and Droogs as well

Weird tempos and sounds – not sure what he's saying

The perils of fame and cities decaying

The boy keeps swinging

Our ears keep ringing

He's got something to say

In his own cryptic way

What's he talking about? We don't know

Mishima did not have a dog

And peacocks don't like snow

His life has flashed before his eyes

Not quite dying and no disguise

Not much has changed

Bowie is still strange

And for what it's all worth

He is still here on Earth

Welcome back David

Hope you're here to stay

Wishing you the best for the next, and another day!