El camaleónico David Bowie tras renacer de las cenizas de Ziggy Stardust y su etapa glam-rock que le abrió las puertas al estrellato estuvo algun tiempo enfocando su trabajo en una dirección muy próxima a la música negra, incorporando muchos elementos procedentes del campo del soul y el funk especialmente.
Tras grabar el álbum "Young americans" bajo esas coordenadas se reinventó de nuevo centrándose en una música más experimental.
Por aquel entonces se le empezó a llamar "El Duque Blanco". En el año 1976, justo poco antes de iniciar la famosa trilogía berlinesa junto a Brian Eno, editó el disco "Station to station"; que hacía un poco de nexo entre estas dos etapas estilisticamente tan diferentes.
De dicho LP destaco el tema que lo titulaba con una duración casi de 10 minutos, sin desmerecer en absoluto los cinco temas restantes, que también rayaban a un nivel muy alto.
The return of the Thin White Duke
Throwing darts in lovers' eyes
Here are we, one magical moment, such is the stuff
From where dreams are woven
Bending sound, dredging the ocean, lost in my circle
Here am I, flashing no colour
Tall in my room overlooking the ocean
Here are we, one magical movement from Kether to Malkuth
There are you, you drive like a demon from station to station
The return of the Thin White Duke, throwing darts in lovers' eyes
The return of the Thin White Duke, throwing darts in lovers' eyes
The return of the Thin White Duke, making sure white stays
Once there were mountains on mountains
And once there were sunbirds to soar with
And once I could never be down
I got to keep searching and searching
Oh, what will I be believing and who will connect me with love?
Wonderful, wonderful, wonder when
Have you sought fortune, evasive and shy?
Drink to the men who protect you and I
Drink, drink, drain your glass, raise your glass high
It's not the side-effects of the cocaine
I'm thinking that it must be love
It's too late - to be grateful
It's too late - to be late again
It's too late - to be hateful
The european canon is here
I must be only one in a million
'cause I can't pass the day without her
It's too late - to be grateful
It's too late - to be late again
It's too late - to be hateful
The european canon is here
Should I believe that I've been stricken?
Does my face show some kind of glow?
It's too late - to be grateful
It's too late - to be late again
It's too late - to be hateful
The european canon is here,
It's too late
It's too late, it's too late, it's too late, it's too late
The european canon is here,
And yes it's too late
It's too late, it's too late, it's too late, it's too late
The european canon is here,
And yes, it's too late
It's too late, it's too late, it's too late, it's too late
The european canon is here,
The return of the Thin White Duke, throwing darts in lovers' eyes
The return of the Thin White Duke, throwing darts in lovers' eyes
The return of the Thin White Duke, making sure white stays
