Today (January 8, 2010) is the 63^rd birthday for David Bowie (real name David Robert Jones). Now Bowie produced quite a bit of music in the late 60s and throughout the 70s finding his first American success with 1975's "Fame" (which was actually co-written by none other than John Lennon). As a youngster, I had no idea who David Bowie was until he joined Queen to release the amazing song "Under Pressure" in 1981, but would really not take notice until 1983 when his album Let's Dance dropped which was co-produced by Chic's Nile Rodgers.

That album features the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar on most songs and yielded several hits including "Modern Love," "China Girl" and the album's namesake. This week's Flashback Video is "Let's Dance" by David Bowie...

The video features Bowie watching an Aboriginal couple's struggles against metaphors of Western cultural imperialism impassively while playing with his band intending some feelings of loneliness and desperation despite being a dance song. "Let's Dance" would hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May of 1983 and always reminds me of that year when I hear it. Despite his success both before and after the 80s, David Bowie is always remembered by me best for his 80s classics.

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