All My Favorite Songs #30: Life On Mars

As noted last week, I'm torn between two tracks from 1971's Hunky Dory for my top Bowie pick; and while I ended up going with "Queen Bitch," it could've gone either way. "Life On Mars" is a very different song, of course. "Bitch" opts for a basic, Who-like crunchy guitar riff, pure Velvet Underground-derived simplicity, the guitar-driven glam that would characterize much of Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane. In contrast, "Mars" is huge and operatic and almost proggy, Bowie's theatrical side taking...