{"id":52801,"date":"2014-08-18T05:04:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=52801"},"modified":"2026-03-24T21:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:12:50","slug":"sting-david-bowie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=52801","title":{"rendered":"Sting  +  David Bowie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a4 \u00a0 S T I N G<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00ab<strong>Desert Rose<\/strong>\u00bb\u00a0\u00a0is noted for<strong> Sting<\/strong>&#8216;s duet performance with\u00a0Algerian\u00a0ra\u00ef\u00a0singer\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Cheb Mami\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cheb_Mami\">Cheb Mami<\/a><\/strong>, creating a distinct\u00a0world music\u00a0feel to the song. It also has a popular\u00a0music video\u00a0featuring Sting taking a trip through the\u00a0Mojave Desert\u00a0in a\u00a0Jaguar S-Type\u00a0and then going to a nightclub in\u00a0Las Vegas, Nevada\u00a0to perform the song with Cheb Mami.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lyrics of the song are inspired by\u00a0<strong>Frank Herbert<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0novel,\u00a0<em>Dune<\/em>. Sting also played the villainous\u00a0Feyd Rautha\u00a0in the 1984\u00a0film adaptation.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u25ca\u00a0\u2192 &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=5ECFEJFl1LA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Desert Rose<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0\u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0(- Brand New Day, 1999)<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3gzqsmx1KGU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><strong>Cheb Mami<\/strong> <\/span>Intro (Algerian Arabic):<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-26893\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/chebM.jpeg\" alt=\"chebM\" width=\"184\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/chebM.jpeg 340w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/chebM-300x221.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/chebM-150x110.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Hadaee mada tawila \u00a0 Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">[English:] \u00a0 \u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">Oh night oh night It has been a long time\u00a0And I am looking for myself and my loved one<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">And I am looking for myself and my loved one &#8211;\u00a0And I am looking for myself and my loved one<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Sting<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>I dream of rain \u00a0 &#8211; \u00a0I dream of gardens in the desert sand<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I wake in pain \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I dream of love as time runs through my hand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>I dream of fire \u00a0 &#8211; \u00a0Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And in the flames \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Her shadows play in the shape of a man&#8217;s desire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>This desert rose \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Each of her veils, a secret promise<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>This desert flower \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>And as she turns \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>This fire burns \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I realize that nothing&#8217;s as it seems<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>I dream of rain \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I dream of gardens in the desert sand<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I wake in pain \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I dream of love as time runs through my hand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>I dream of rain \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I lift my gaze to empty skies above<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I close my eyes \u00a0 &#8211; \u00a0This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>I dream of rain \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I dream of gardens in the desert sand<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I wake in pain \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I dream of love as time runs through my hand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Sweet desert rose \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Each of her veils, a secret promise<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>This desert flower \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Sweet desert rose \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0This memory of Eden haunts us all<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>This desert flower \u00a0 &#8211; \u00a0This rare perfume, is the sweet intoxication of the fall<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u221e\u00a0 with The Chieftains \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0&#8216;Mo Ghile Mear&#8217;<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qS8X7S7vt6A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>&#8216;Se\/ mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear &#8211;\u00a0&#8216;Se\/ mo Chaesar Gile Mear<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Suan na\/ se\/an ni\/ bhfuaireas fe\/in &#8211;\u00a0O\/ chuaigh i gce\/in mo Ghile Mear . . .<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Grief and pain are all I know &#8211;\u00a0My heart is sore<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">My tears a&#8217;flow &#8211;\u00a0We saw him go.<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">[ . . . ] No word we know of him, ochon<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>&#8216;Se\/ mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear &#8211;\u00a0&#8216;Se\/ mo Chaesar Gile Mear<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Suan na\/ se\/an ni\/ bhfuaireas fe\/in &#8211;\u00a0O\/ chuaigh i gce\/in mo Ghile Mear<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">A proud and gallant chevalier &#8211;\u00a0A high man&#8217;s scion of gentle mean<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">A fiery blade engaged to reap &#8211;\u00a0He&#8217;d break the bravest in the field<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>&#8216;Se\/ mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear &#8211;\u00a0&#8216;Se\/ mo Chaesar Gile Mear<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Suan na\/ se\/an ni\/ bhfuaireas fe\/in &#8211;\u00a0O\/ chuaigh i gce\/in mo Ghile Mear<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Come sing his praise as sweet harps play and proudly toast his noble frame<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">With spirit and with mind aflame &#8211;\u00a0So wish him strength and length of day<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>&#8216;Se\/ mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear &#8211;\u00a0&#8216;Se\/ mo Chaesar Gile Mea<\/strong>r<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Suan na\/ se\/an ni\/ bhfuaireas fe\/in &#8211;\u00a0O\/ chuaigh i gce\/in mo Ghile Mear<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<p><strong>\u03a6 \u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0&#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/sting.com\/discography\/lyrics\/lyric\/song\/81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Thousand Years<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0\u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fovc-LDuqoc\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk#!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Englishman in New York&#8217;\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u21d4 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/sting\/englishmaninnewyork.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[lyrics]<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\/ \u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Russians&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0\u21d4 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/sting\/russians.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[lyrics]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Jd-F2rpXXZc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moon Over Bourbon Street<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0\u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u21d3 \u00a0&#8216;She&#8217;s Too Good For Me &#8216;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pKixtJEjP8w\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like to hear me sing &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t want no diamond ring<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t want to drive my car &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She won&#8217;t let me go that far<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like the way I look &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like the food\u00a0I cook<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like the way I play &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like the things I say<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But oh the games we play &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She&#8217;s too good for me &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like the jokes I make &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like the drugs I take<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like the friends I got &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like my friends a lot<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like the clothes I wear &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like the way I stare<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like the tales I tell &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like the way I smell<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But oh the game we play &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She&#8217;s too good for me &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Would she prefer it if I washed myself more often than I do<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Would she prefer it if I took her to an opera or two<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I could distort myself to be the perfect man<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She might prefer me as I am<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t want to meet my folks &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t want to hear my jokes<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t want to fix my tie &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t even want to try<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like the books I read &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t like the way I feed<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t want to save my life &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She don&#8217;t want to be my wife<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But oh the games we play &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She&#8217;s too good for me &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u03a6 \u00a0 &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FPjj8edvjgM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fragile<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0\u00a0\u21d3<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lB6a-iD6ZOY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Drying in the colour of the evening sun<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tomorrow&#8217;s rain will wash the stains away<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But something in our minds will always stay<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Perhaps this final act was meant<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To clinch a lifetime&#8217;s argument<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For all those born beneath an angry star<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lest we forget how fragile we are<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On and on the rain will fall<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Like tears from a star like tears from a star<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On and on the rain will say<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How fragile we are how fragile we are . . .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192w\/ George Dalaras:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P_qM2Ygcp8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2192 &#8216;Mad About You&#8217; \u2190<\/a>(2001)<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h8OFL9Yf1cA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> w\/\u00a0Craig David: &#8216;Rise &amp; Fall&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0<\/h6>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2207\u00a0 &#8216;In darkness let me dwell&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12590\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/dowland.jpg\" alt=\"dowland\" width=\"170\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/dowland.jpg 170w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/dowland-125x150.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>In darkness let me dwell<\/strong>\u00a0is a song by the lutenist and composer\u00a0<a title=\"John Dowland\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Dowland\">John Dowland<\/a>\u00a0(1563-1626). Like many of Dowland&#8217;s songs, its subject matter is melancholy and its lyrics anonymous. It is a late work showing the influence of Italian music of the early\u00a0baroque.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>In darkness let me dwell, the ground shall sorrow be,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The roof despair to bar all cheerful light from me,<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The walls of marble black that moisten&#8217;d still shall weep,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>My music hellish jarring sounds, to banish friendly sleep.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thus wedded to my woes, and bedded to my tomb,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>O, let me, living, living, die, till death do come.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>In darkness let me dwell<\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZA-24RD8jG0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207\u00a0 \u00a0 w\/\u00a0 \u00a0Shaggy\u00a0 \u00a0 \u21d3\u00a0 \u00a0&#8216;It Wasn\u2019t Me&#8217;\u00a0 \u00a0[2018]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_6igoi6jrg8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">(Yo&#8217;, man) Yo&#8217;<br \/>\n(Open up, man) What do you want, man?<br \/>\n(My girl just caught me) You let her catch you?<br \/>\n(I don&#8217;t know how I let this happen) With who?<br \/>\n(The girl next door, you know) Man<br \/>\n(I don&#8217;t know what to do) Say it wasn&#8217;t you<br \/>\n(Alright)Honey came in and she caught me red-handed<br \/>\nCreeping with the girl next door<br \/>\nPicture this, we were both butt-naked, banging on the bathroom floor<\/p>\n<p>How could I forget that I had<br \/>\nGiven her an extra key<br \/>\nAll this time she was standing there<br \/>\nShe never took her eyes off me<\/p>\n<p>How you can give your woman access to your villa?<br \/>\nTrespass and a-witness while you cling to your pillow<br \/>\nYou better watch your back before she turn into a killer<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s review the situation that you caught up in a<\/p>\n<p>To be a true player you have to know how to play<br \/>\nIf she say a night, convince her say a day<br \/>\nNever admit to a word when she say<br \/>\nAnd if she claim, ah, you tell her, \u00abBaby, no way\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>But she caught me on the counter (It wasn&#8217;t me)<br \/>\nSaw me bangin&#8217; on the sofa (It wasn&#8217;t me)<br \/>\nI even had her in the shower (It wasn&#8217;t me)<br \/>\nShe even caught me on camera (It wasn&#8217;t me)<\/p>\n<p>She saw the marks on my shoulder (It wasn&#8217;t me)<br \/>\nHeard the words that I told her (It wasn&#8217;t me)<br \/>\nHeard the scream get louder (It wasn&#8217;t me)<br \/>\nShe stayed until it was over<\/p>\n<p>Honey came in and she caught me red-handed<br \/>\nCreeping with the girl next door<br \/>\nPicture this, we were both butt-naked, banging on the bathroom floor<\/p>\n<p>I had tried to keep her<br \/>\nFrom what she was about to see<br \/>\nWhy should she believe me<br \/>\nWhen I told her it wasn&#8217;t me<\/p>\n<p>Make sure she knows it&#8217;s not you and lead her on no right to vex<br \/>\nWhenever you should see her make the gigolo flex<br \/>\nSomebody else as it be by you, it not that complex<br \/>\nSeeing is believing so you better change your specs<br \/>\nYou know she are gon&#8217; bring &#8216;bout things up from the past<br \/>\nAll the little evidence you better know to mask<\/p>\n<p>Quick upon your answer: go over there<br \/>\nBut if she pack a gun you know you better run fast<\/p>\n<p>But she caught me on the counter (It wasn&#8217;t me)<br \/>\nSaw me bangin&#8217; on the sofa (It wasn&#8217;t me)<br \/>\nI even had her in the shower (It wasn&#8217;t me)<br \/>\nShe even caught me on camera (It wasn&#8217;t me)<\/p>\n<p>She saw the marks on my shoulder (It wasn&#8217;t me)<br \/>\nHeard the words that I told her (It wasn&#8217;t me)<br \/>\nHeard the scream get louder (It wasn&#8217;t me)<br \/>\nShe stayed until it was over<\/p>\n<p>Honey came in and she caught me red-handed<br \/>\nCreeping with the girl next door<br \/>\nPicture this, we were both butt-naked, banging on the bathroom floor<\/p>\n<p>How could I forget that I had<br \/>\nGiven her an extra key<br \/>\nAll this time she was standing there<br \/>\nShe never took her eyes off me<\/p>\n<p>Gonna tell her that I&#8217;m sorry<br \/>\nFor the pain that I&#8217;ve caused<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been listening to your reason<br \/>\nIt makes no sense at all<br \/>\nWe should tell her that I&#8217;m sorry<br \/>\nFor the pain that I&#8217;ve caused<br \/>\nYou may think that you&#8217;re a player<br \/>\nBut you&#8217;re completely lost<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s why I sing<\/p>\n<p>Honey came in and she caught me red-handed<br \/>\nCreeping with the girl next door<br \/>\nPicture this, we were both butt-naked, banging on the bathroom floor<\/p>\n<p>How could I forget that I had<br \/>\nGiven her an extra key<br \/>\nAll this time she was standing there<br \/>\nShe never took her eyes off me<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0 \u00a4 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/genius.com\/search?q=david+bowie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Bowie\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 [1947-2016]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>\u21d3\u00a0&#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/davidbowie\/lookbackinanger.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Look Back In Anger<\/span><\/a>&#8216;\u21d0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sh5Vr82IpqE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c40VXrQxQlQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>&#8216;In the Port of Amsterdam&#8217;<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>\u21d4\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/lyrics.wikia.com\/David_Bowie:Amsterdam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">lyrics\u21d0<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u25ca\u2192\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7cSAKlu0OlU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Wild Is The Wind&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0 \u21d3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YsqlXkkEKxI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-28489 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/WitW.jpeg\" alt=\"WitW\" width=\"233\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/WitW.jpeg 233w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/WitW-150x122.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/address>\n<address><strong>. . .\u00a0\u00a0love me, say you do<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Let me fly away with you<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>For my love is like the wind<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And wild is the wind, wild is the wind<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Give me more than one caress<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Satisfy this hungriness<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Let the wind blow through your heart<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>For wild is the wind, wild is the wind<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>You touch me, I hear the sound of mandolins<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You kiss me, with your kiss my life begins<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You&#8217;re spring to me, all things to me<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Don&#8217;t you know, you&#8217;re life itself?<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Like the leaf clings to the tree<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Oh, my darling, cling to me<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>For we&#8217;re like creatures of the wind<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Wild is the wind, wild is the wind<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>You touch me, I hear the sound of mandolins<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You kiss me, with your kiss my life begins<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You&#8217;re spring to me, all things to me<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Don&#8217;t you know, you&#8217;re life itself?<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Like the leaf clings to the tree<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Oh, my darling, cling to me<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>For we&#8217;re like creatures of the wind<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And wild is the wind, wild is the wind<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Wild is the wind . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u03a6 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rock.genius.com\/David-bowie-scary-monsters-and-super-creeps-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)&#8217; <\/a>\u00a0\u21d3<\/strong> \u00a0[feat. Robert Fripp]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JshB_KFmKfY\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em> \u00ab&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/rock.genius.com\/David-bowie-scary-monsters-and-super-creeps-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scary monsters, super creeps &#8211;\u00a0Keep me running, running scared<\/a>&#8230;\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HyMm4rJemtI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Ashes To Ashes&#8217;<\/a> \u21d0<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o4PokULweDQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;I&#8217;m deranged&#8217;<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u21d0[1995]\u21d2<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/davidbowie\/imderanged.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>lyrics<\/strong>\u21d0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u2207 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=peiJ9_1tH_w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Sound &amp; Vision&#8217;<\/a> \u21d3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fRc2_-BCljQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t you wonder sometimes<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>&#8216;Bout sound and vision<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Blue, blue, electric blue<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>That&#8217;s the colour of my room<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>Where I will live<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>Blue, blue\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Pale blinds drawn all day<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>Nothing to do, nothing to say<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>Blue, blue<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>I will sit right down,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>Waiting for the gift of sound and vision<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>And I will sing, waiting for the gift of sound and vision<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>Drifting into my solitude,<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>over my head<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t you wonder sometimes<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <strong>&#8216;Bout sound and vision<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2663\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jlmuuQBM4Gs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sound &amp; Vision<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 . . .\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">[a\u00a0<strong>doc<\/strong>\u00a0in seven parts ]<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mEeMEORmrSw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Part 1]<\/a>\u21d0 \/\u00a0<strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZT21v4XRRws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Part 2]<\/a>\u21d0 \/\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gcodfaY3QK8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Part 3]<\/a>\u21d0 \/\u00a0<strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NVRqivyxhk0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Part 4]<\/a>\u21d0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u00a0. . .\u00a0 \u00a0\u21d2<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sBBVJ_EBioQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Part 7]<\/a>\u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Lan_wotkon0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Life and Career of David Bowie\u00a0<\/a>\u21d0 \u00a0[watch_mojo]<\/h6>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Musical Beginnings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Robert Jones was born on January 8th, 1947 in Brixton, London, England. Though he showed musical interest at a young age, it was only in the early 60s that he really pursued the art. He started by joining several blues bands, but branched off on his own when they had little success. Renaming himself David Bowie, he released his self-titled debut in 1967.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Moon Landing and \u00abSpace Oddity\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Its lack of success led Bowie to participate in a promotional film called \u201cLove You till Tuesday,\u201d which showcased several of his songs. Of particular interest was \u201cSpace Oddity,\u201d which tells the story of an astronaut named Major Tom. That track became a hit after it was released at the same time as the first moon landing. His sophomore effort of the same name, however, was another commercial disappointment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0The Spiders from Mars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To promote his third album, The Man Who Sold the World, Bowie was put in a dress to capitalize on his androgynous look. In 1971, a pop-influenced record called Hunky Dory came out and was followed by the creation of his flamboyant Ziggy Stardust persona and stage show with backing band, The Spiders from Mars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Breakthrough and Number One Album<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then came his breakthrough record, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which climbed the charts thanks to his performance of the single, \u201cStarman\u201d on \u201cTop of the Pops.\u201d 1973\u2019s Aladdin Sane was his first number one album, mixing a hard rock sound with styles such as avant-garde jazz. The Spiders from Mars were disbanded shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Touring and Cocaine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the covers album, Pin Ups, turned Bowie into the UK\u2019s best-selling artist, the funky concept record, Diamond Dogs, featuring the hit, \u201cRebel Rebel,\u201d was released. The elaborate stage shows for the tour that followed, as well as the worsening state of Bowie\u2019s health due to his cocaine addiction, would later be seen in the documentary, \u201cCracked Actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Thin White Duke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1975 saw the release of Young Americans, an album that was less glam rock and more soul. This album spawned his first U.S. hit, a track that was written with John Lennon, \u201cFame.\u201d His next album, Station to Station, featured the song, \u201cGolden Years,\u201d and introduced another alter ego, the Thin White Duke. This persona resembled his character in the 1976 movie, \u201cThe Man Who Fell to Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Working with Brian Eno<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Up next was a trio of albums recorded with Brian Eno known as the Berlin Trilogy, beginning with 1977\u2019s Low. This ambient and abstract album produced the UK hit, \u201cSound and Vision.\u201d This was followed by a more pop rock but still minimalist album called Heroes, whose title track later became a Bowie signature tune. And in 1979, with his drug addiction now behind him, Bowie released Lodger, which contained new wave and world music elements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0\u00abLet&#8217;s Dance\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1980\u2019s Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) featured the hit, \u201cAshes to Ashes,\u201d which was accompanied by an iconic music video. Bowie\u2019s career leapt to new heights in 1983 with the success of the album, Let\u2019s Dance, and the music videos for the singles, \u201cModern Love\u201d and \u201cChina Girl.\u201d High sales continued with the dance-inspired Tonight, an album that featured the Top 10 hit, \u201cBlue Jean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Mick Jagger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1985, the music video for Bowie\u2019s duet with Mick Jagger, \u201cDancing in the Street,\u201d was debuted at Live Aid. Two years later, Bowie released the more techno-based album, Never Let Me Down, that featured the single, \u201cDay-In, Day-Out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Acting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bowie took on a number of acting roles during the \u201880s. Examples include a Broadway production of \u201cThe Elephant Man,\u201d and the films, \u201cAbsolute Beginners,\u201d \u201cLabyrinth,\u201d and \u201cThe Last Temptation of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Tin Machine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the 80s, Bowie fronted a band called Tin Machine, which recorded two studio albums. But, because the material was less successful than his solo work, they dissolved in 1992. Bowie then returned to his solo career with the jazzier album, Black Tie White Noise, in 1993.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0Industrial and Techno Elements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was closely followed by the soundtrack for a television series called The Buddha of Suburbia. In 1995, Bowie brought industrial elements to the mix with the album Outside. He gained more critical and commercial success with the techno-infused sounds of 1997\u2019s Earthling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0More Albums and a Rest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1999 saw the release of an album with more rock tracks entitled \u2018Hours\u2026\u2019 This was followed by the critically and commercially acclaimed Heathen in 2002 and another successful record in 2003 called Reality. Emergency heart surgery in 2004 forced Bowie to slow down, so in the latter half of the decade, he recorded only a few songs and played a couple of gigs. A live compilation capturing performances from his 2003 tour called A Reality Tour came out in 2010.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0More Acting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bowie continued to act while he released albums. Some of his most notable film appearances include \u201cTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me,\u201d \u201cMr. Rice\u2019s Secret,\u201d \u201cZoolander,\u201d and \u201cThe Prestige.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0A Musical Chameleon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A true chameleon of the music world, David Bowie has incorporated many different styles to make his own. With his distinctive voice and extravagant stage shows, he is surely an artist who will continue to be influential throughout the ages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a4 S T I N G <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00abDesert Rose\u00bb is noted for Sting&#8216;s duet performance with Algerian ra\u00ef singer Cheb Mami, creating a distinct world music feel to the song. 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