David Bowie - Modern Love
The consummate showman, David Bowie was an inspiration to many musicians. Not only inspiration, but influence to artists including Madonna and Lady Gaga. “Modern Love” was the first song by Bowie that captured my attention. I’m not sure if it was the uptempo beat of the song, or if it was him running down the stage in his yellow suit in slow motion in the video that played on repeat on MTV. It also happened to be one of the first records that I ever owned, thanks to my mother winning a copy from a local radio station back in the day.
Modern Love is the opening track on his album Let’s Dance, which included a special appearance by one of my favorite guitar players of all time, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Other noted tracks on this album that spent major time on the airwaves were “China Girl” and “Let’s Dance”.