David Bowie's 'Ashes to

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What is David Bowie saying in the background at 0:44 - 1:04? At 1:59 - 2:20, he’s simply repeating the lyrics, but the earlier backgroud vocals don’t seem–to my ears, anyway–to match up nicely with the lyrics.
Ashes to Ashes

I asked this same question a long time ago, but I didn’t have youtube back then.

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Go here

Use Edit/Find to locate the 2nd post by “Schmeng, Manchester”

Scroll up a little.

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Well, golly, thanks a lot!

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And just in case that website disappears, and someone else is wondering. . . Foreground lyrics in all caps. Background lyrics in lower case.

THE SHRIEKING OF NOTHING IS KILLING
you shrieking nothing killing

JUST PICTURES OF JAP GIRLS IN ‘SYNTHESIS’
just pictures of jap girls in synthesis

AND I AINT GOT NO MONEY AND I AINT GOT NO HAIR
and i aint got no money and i aint got no hair

(no foreground vocals in this bit)
no everlasting aesthetic…
songs that please the ear and leave the mind alone

BUT I’M HOPING TO KICK BUT THE PLANET IS GLO-(echo)
but i’m hoping to kick but the planet is glowing
an outdated concept of falling…