# "Ashes to Ashes:"  David Bowie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashes-to-ashes-david-bowie/10400>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 2, 1999, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashes-to-ashes-david-bowie/10400 "1999-11-02T14:36:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 1999, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashes-to-ashes-david-bowie/10400/1 "1999-11-02T14:36:00Z")

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This is a song on “Scary Monsters.”

Part of the song has some spoken lyrics beneath the part being sung, but I just don’t have a finely-enough tuned ear to pick them out.

Any suggestions on where I can find them.

(They ain’t included with the LP, either.)

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**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 1999, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashes-to-ashes-david-bowie/10400/2 "1999-11-02T16:51:00Z")

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If you’re talking about the middle section, where Bowie is singing “I’ve never done good things/I’ve never done bad things”, the spoken part is just repeating the singing part.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 1999, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashes-to-ashes-david-bowie/10400/3 "1999-11-03T06:17:00Z")

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GP:

Righto–for the first time, but I think he’s saying something else (other than what he’s singing) the second time.

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 1999, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashes-to-ashes-david-bowie/10400/4 "1999-11-03T04:17:00Z")

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Great song. My fave by Mr. Jones.

How’s that for MPSIMS? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Stella\_Fantasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@Stella\_Fantasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stella_Fantasia)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 1999, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashes-to-ashes-david-bowie/10400/5 "1999-11-03T17:40:00Z")

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Check out \<[http://www.teenagewildlife.com/](http://www.teenagewildlife.com/)\> for lyrics to all Bowie’s songs.

Check out Bowie’s new album, _Hours_…fanfuckingtastic!!!

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“All you need to be a superhero is a heart that is pure, a mind that  
is strong, and underwear that is fresh!”

~Dav Pilkey