Song 92 - Changes by David Bowie

It is really interesting looking back on the career of David Bowie and researching the songs to realised how some songs which I think are massive hits didn't really perform in the chart when they were first release. Changes, released in 1972 as single, falls into this category and maybe demonstrates that Bowie was ahead of his time and perhaps the mainstream of 1970s pop didn't embrace him fully when he was first releasing material.

One of the quotes that I've seen on social media and news sites this week given by Javis Cocker from Pulp is "Bowie made people feel that it was alright to be a bit different and try things out", and when you think about how much there is today in today's society about conforming to a certain life or look, perhaps it would be healthier for younger people to be encouraged to be more like Bowie in their outlook. He walked his own path, he didn't feel it necessary to fit into one particular image and because of this he created a legacy in music and film that I think will be there forever.

Changes, taken from the 1971 album Hunky Dory album, was almost a prescript to Bowie's career as it is based on the idea of an artistic continual reinvention and distancing themselves from the rock and roll mainstream. It was the first track on the album and the album was hailed by Rolling Stone as "Bowie's most engaging album musically, but also finds him one more writing literally enough to let the listener exam their ideas comfortably without having to withstand a barrage of seemingly verbiage before  getting at an idea."

Perhaps when listening to the track today you can think what changes there are to be made by you
Changes by David Bowie

Written by David Bowie
Album - Hunky Dory
Released - 1972.