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A young David Bowie wears bright make-up

A woman wearing Ziggy Stardust-style music cries next to a mural of David Bowie in Brixton

Frank Sinatra looks at some sheet music.

"So I did Life On Mars?, which was my sort of revenge trip on My Way."
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"I remember leaving [the studio] and saying to a couple of friends that I met that evening in a local pub that I'd just played on the best song that I'd ever had the privilege to work on,"
Wakeman said.

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This shows three people one in a spandex silver jumpsuit playing ukuleles.

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"It kind of sounds glib, but Bowie showed so many of our generation that you could transcend — that you were kind of limitless and glittering and immortal if you wanted to be."

Three musicians pose

British legendary producer David Bowie

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"It's uplifting and there's humour to it, but it's kind of sombre and sad as well."

Fashion! David Bowie in 1987

David Bowie sings to camera

"But at the same time, it was a bit scary because there was nothing around like that. There was nobody anywhere near with that kind of direction or style or anything."

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