In honour of it being five years since the release of Blackstar and David Bowie’s birthday and the weekend we mark five years since his death I decided to roll out some of my favourite Bowie songs again in a DJ set tribute. It’s Been Five Years…

Always a bit of fun – and pressure – trying to make a long evening out of one artist. What songs do you play? And when? What ones do you leave out knowing they’ll be asked for later, what ones do you slip in early to please the fans that came for a pint at the start? Etc…

So here’s the tunes I played and the order I played them in…

Pre: extracts from…

1.Trans-Europe Express, Kraftwerk (Trans-Europe Express)
2. 1/1, Brian Eno (Ambient 1: Music For Airports)
3. Autobahn, Kraftwerk (Autobahn)

Ashes To Ashes…

1. Weeping Wall (Low)
2. Five Years (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars)
3. Lazarus (Blackstar)
4. Tryin’ To Get To Heaven (Bob Dylan cover, new single)
5. Can’t Help Thinkin’ About Me (David Bowie & The Lower Third, Single)
6. I Dig Everything (Davy Jones & The Lower Third, Single)
7. The Gospel According To Tony Day (Single)
8. You’ve Got A Habit of Leaving (Davy Jones, Single)
9. Golden Years [Jeremy Sole KCRW Remix] (Single)
10. Fascination (Young Americans)
11. Blackstar (Blackstar)
12. Fantastic Voyage (Lodger)
13. No Plan (No Plan – EP)
14. Life On Mars? (Hunky Dory)
15. The Hearts Filthy Lesson (1. Outside)
16. Sunday (Heathen)
17. The Stars [Are Out Tonight] (The Next Day)
18. I’ve Been Waiting For You (Heathen)
19. Loving The Alien (Tonight)
20. Little Wonder (Earthling)
21. Lady Grinning Soul (Aladdin Sane)
22. The Man Who Sold The World (The Man Who Sold The World)
23. Always Crashing In The Same Car (Low)
24. Station To Station (Station To Station)
25. John, I’m Only Dancing (Single)
26. Changes (Hunky Dory)
27. It’s No Game [Pt. 2] (Scary Monsters and Super Creeps)
28. Looking For Lester (Black Tie, White Noise)
29. Strangers When We Meet (1. Outside)
30. Ashes To Ashes (Scary Monsters and Super Creeps)

Let’s Dance…

31. Hang On To Yourself (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars)
32. Fame (Young Americans)
33. Suffragette City (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars)
34. Queen Bitch (Aladdin Sane)
35. Mother (John Lennon cover, new single)
36. Beauty and The Beast (Heroes)
37. Be My Wife (Low)
38. Modern Love (Let’s Dance)
39. Fashion (Scary Monsters and Super Creeps)
40. Oh! You Pretty Things (Hunky Dory)
41. Soul Love (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars)
42. Drive-In Saturday (Aladdin Sane)
43. Joe The Lion (Heroes)
44. Without You (Let’s Dance0
45. Stay (Station To Station)
46. Rebel Rebel (Diamond Dogs)
47. I’m Afraid Of Americans (Earthling)
48. This Is Not America (w/ Pat Metheny Group, single)
49. Sorrow (Pin-Ups)
50. Moonage Daydream (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars)
51. Kooks (Hunky Dory)
52. Sue [Or In A Season of Crime] (Blackstar)
53. We Prick You (1. Outside)
54. Let’s Dance (Let’s Dance)
55. China Girl (Let’s Dance)
56. The Jean Genie (Aladdin Sane)
57. D.J. (Lodger)
58. Sound and Vision (Low)
59. Young Americans (Young Americans)
60. Boys Keep Swinging (Lodger)
61. Magic Dance (Labyrinth OST)
62. Under Pressure (w/ Queen, Hot Space)
63. Golden Years (Station To Station)
64. Heroes (Heroes)
65. Lady Stardust (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars)
66. Time (Aladdin Sane)
67. Five Years [repeat] (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars)

R.I.P. David Bowie