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Interesting lyrics, a lament for the empty past, filled with the dead, combined with the question "Where are we now?" It reminds me of The Word by the late Robert Creely. Here, click on this, and don't mind the goofy production, in fact, don't even look at the screen, but just listen to Creely's The Word. "I see our faces in old school pictures, where are we now?"

a lament for the empty past, filled with the dead, combined with the question “Where are we now?”

Dead on, Pug. Such a mournful piece of music, terribly sad. Although only 66 Bowie sounds as if he is examining his life and saying goodbye.

I really can't put my finger on why his music never appealed to me. I recognize the man is a great talent but it never caught on with my musical interests. Which is odd as so many of my friends both past and present consider him one of their favorites.

I once worked with a group of baby boomers who would never listen to anything other than music produced in their youth. Music for its time was revolutionary and most of their parents generation frowned upon.

So how did they lose their interest in music? At what point did these so called open minded people just shut down their willingness to listen to new music. Their refusal to do so could be compared to their parents disdain for their children's generation of music.

it taught me a very valuable lesson about life and I have kept an open mind about every style of music I can find. Some new discoveries for me have been just wonderful - some require an aspirin or two but I'll always give it a chance.