Farewell Bowie

"The one distinguishing feature about early-70s progressive rock was that it didn't progress. Then Bowie subverted the whole notion of what it was to be a rock star". – John Peel

Ashes to Ashes
Under Pressure
Station to Station
Embraced as treasure
 
Ziggy Stardust
Hero’s and Fame
Let’s Dance a Space Oddity
And join the refrain
 
Colossal change agent
Five decades proud
Unique in your glam
Wearing no shroud
 
Always germane
Progressive punk rock
None uninfluenced
Never of stock
 
A hero, to be sure
Aided fall of The Wall
Anti-racism
Inspiration to all
 
Perpetual reinvention
Epic artist in your time
Intellect unmatched
Paid tribute with shrines
 
Innovator of harmony
New genres unleashed
A loss to the world
Among the deceased