Before the end of 1976, Bowie's interest in the burgeoning German music scene, as well as his drug addiction, prompted him to move to West Berlin to clean up and revitalise his career.

* Everybody Loves a Chubby Dude from Retox quotes ZZ Top's " I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide " ( I'm fat, I'm nationwide ) in addition to N. W. A's " Straight Outta Compton " and The Thin White Duke phase of David Bowie's career ( Straight out of Munich, I'm the fat white duke ).

Bowie's influences at this stage of his career included the theatrical tunes of Anthony Newley, music hall numbers by acts like Tommy Steele, some of the more whimsical and ' British ' material by Ray Davies of The Kinks, Syd Barrett's slightly cracked nursery rhymes for the early Pink Floyd, and the Edwardian flam shared by such contemporary songs as The Beatles ' " Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite ".

Reininger's voice, which was compared to David Bowie's during Tuxedomoon's early career, has been described as evolving into " Tom Waits " and a wolf from Tex Avery's " Baron Brown ," by music critic Rod Smith.

Nonetheless, in 2005, ESPN, citing Bowie's injury-laden college career, named the Blazers ' choice of Bowie as the worst draft pick in North American professional sports history .< ref >

Bowie's own interpretation of the character evolved throughout his career.

The song would remain in Bowie's live repertoire for the rest of his career, being performed on tours in 1987, 1990 and 2004.

The tour and film coincided with a prolific time in Bowie's recording and acting career.

Glass has praised Bowie's gift for creating " fairly complex pieces of music, masquerading as simple pieces ".

Jones has said that David Bowie's involvement in the project had a significant impact on the direction taken with the film.

The song, produced by Tony Visconti, was recorded in the large concert hall in the Hansa recording studio in Berlin and Visconti has since been much praised for the striking sound he achieved on Bowie's vocals.

Thus, in the first verse, Bowie's voice sounds close, warm and present ; by the end of the song, Visconti has mixed in a large amount of signal from all three microphones, giving Bowie's voice a strikingly reverberant sound.

* In the 1956 film The Iron Mistress Black is depicted forging Bowie's knife from steel that he has extracted from a meteorite.

* Arthur Stuart's boss has mydriasis in his left eye, much like David Bowie's.

The desire of Bowie's then-manager, Ken Pitt, for his charge to become an'all-round entertainer ' rather than a ' rock star ' has also been cited as impacting the songwriter's style at this time, which virtually eschewed any rock ' n ' roll trappings.

" London Boys " has been lauded as Bowie's first mini-masterpiece, a melancholy observation of the London Mod scene of the time.

Most of Bowie's songs are then available ( in-game only ) for later listening either if the player opts to " buy " the recordings or simply walk into an apartment that already has some of the music laid out in plain view or in hidden compartments.

Lou Reed has been cited as an inspiration by several members of Duran Duran, and the album Thank You was intended to be a tribute to the band's influences, in the style of David Bowie's Pin Ups.

David Bowie's ' Ziggy Stardust ' character has a lightning bolt within a circle tattooed on to his head.

As such, The Idiot has been claimed as heralding the unofficial beginning of Bowie's ' Berlin ' period, being compared particularly to Low and " Heroes " in its electronic effects, treated instrument sounds, and introspective atmosphere.

Much of the album had a distinct heavy metal edge that distinguishes it from Bowie's other releases, and has been compared to contemporary acts such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.

At the time he was a cocaine addict and the documentary has become notorious for showing Bowie's fragile mental state during this period.

He has displayed professional mastery as a cellist but he has also worked as an arranger on various hit songs, including David Bowie's Space Oddity ( 1969 ), and played with Miles Davis on On the Corner, for which he also did the arrangements.

He has also played keyboards for Screaming Lord Sutch on his 1972 album, Hands of Jack the Ripper and played piano on David Bowie's tour in June and July 1972, with The Spiders from Mars.

" Joe the Lion " has also been seen as reflecting Bowie's struggle to overcome the emotional numbness that appeared to permeate his previous album Low (" You get up and sleep ").

The centerpiece of Side Two of the original vinyl album, in the context of Bowie's adaptation of Orwell's story, " 1984 " has been interpreted as representing Winston Smith's imprisonment and interrogation by O ' Brien.

The track's funk / soul influence has been cited as a clear indicator of where Bowie's style was headed on his next album, Young Americans.

It also spawned a UK number ten hit in Bowie's cover of " Knock on Wood ".

David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy, comprising the albums Low ( 1977 ), Heroes ( 1977 ), and Lodger ( 1979 ), all featuring Brian Eno, would also be highly influential.

It is also often erroneously said that the band took its name from a line in David Bowie's song " Ziggy Stardust ", but Bowie wrote the lyrics in 1972, four years after the release of the first Nazz album in 1968.

The glam era also saw the rise of Bolan's friend David Bowie, whom Bolan had come to know in the underground days ( Bolan had played guitar on Bowie's 1970 single " Prettiest Star ").

The genre was also a strong influence to David Bowie's Station to Station ( 1976 ) and this kind of experimentation led to his ' Berlin Trilogy '.

Fans also took part in " Bowie's Largest Pillow Fight ", which took place on the field following the game.

The Washington Post also claims the album to feature covers of songs such as Pink Floyd's " Learning to Fly ", David Bowie's " Space Oddity " and Queen's " Bohemian Rhapsody ".

Bowie's next single, " Do Anything You Say ", also released in 1966, was the first release by simply David Bowie.

Jean also married Bowie's guitarist Earl Slick and is presently an herbalist.

Bowie's enthusiasm for remixing reached its peak when this album was released and the numerous singles from it were also issued to clubs, as well as online: three versions of " Telling Lies " were released on Bowie's official website months prior to the album's release, constituting the first ever downloadable single by a major artist.

During this time, they also released remix singles under the name " Thunderpuss 2000 ," most notably covers of David Bowie's Heroes and Blue Öyster Cult's " Godzilla.

Scissor Sisters were also one of the headlining acts at the British V Festival in 2005, where they collaborated on stage with Scottish rock group Franz Ferdinand to perform a cover version of David Bowie's " Suffragette City ".

Bowie's wife Iman also makes a cameo as one of the numerous Omikronian citizens the player can " reincarnate " into.

The Stylophone also appears on a few better-known commercial recordings, most notably David Bowie's " Space Oddity " and " Slip Away " and the commercial rave single " Stylophonia " by Two Little Boys in 1992.

Symphony No. 1 " Low ", also known as the " Low " Symphony, is a symphony by Philip Glass based on David Bowie's album Low.

Smith was also David Bowie's guitarist on many of Bowie's tracks throughout the years.

The Orchestra also compose and perform their own pieces, as well as arranging medleys-for example, David Bowie's " Life on Mars?

In his audio commentary for the Times Square DVD, Alan Moyle mentions that David Bowie was commissioned to provide a song for the movie's soundtrack, but Bowie's label at that time wouldn't let the filmmakers use it ( at the time, Bowie was still under contract with RCA Victor Records, and the Times Square album was issued by RSO Records, at the time distributed by RCA Victor competitor PolyGram ; however, it's also notable that Lou Reed, who does appear on the album, was also under contract to RCA Victor ).