The multi-talented Franti is a musician, poet, documentarian and social justice activist all rolled into one. His music is quite a bit different from the Upsetter, but his fervent determination to sing about positive social change is very Marley-esque. Some say Michael Franti is the closest thing we have to a modern-day Bob Marley. It’s quite reassuring to know even Bowie had a hard time catching a break.Īnother central theme of the song is about societal roles changing (much like in Dylan’s track above where he sings “your sons and your daughters are beyond your control), Bowie sings “and these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds, are immune to your consultations, they’re quite aware of what they’re goin’ through”. “A million dead-end streets and, every time I thought I’d got it made, it seemed the taste was not so sweet” The song is deeply autobiographical and gives us a glimpse into how desperate things had become. His classic 1971 album Hunky Dory was his breakthrough, with the first track ‘Changes’ the opener. Rewind back to the ’60s, and Bowie was a struggling artist who was better known for his novelty songs such as the Laughing Gnome more than anything else.īut success needs its fair share of failures, and Bowie kept going despite all the fluffed attempts at finding his groove.
We know the late, great David Bowie as a superstar with his various incarnations (e.g.
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