I dug Bowie’s earlier stuff, through Diamond Dogs (1975).
Here’s the haunting song “Memory Of A Free Festival” (1969). For me, the hook that starts around 3:30 is one of DB’s musical and lyrical high points.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-VQv65jiH8
… and one of my favorite songs ever, from his extraordinary 1971 album Hunky Dory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v–IqqusnNQ
