Drum roll please.....

David Bowie - Changes

David Bowie was up there with the best and now, well, he's up there with the best jamming with Kurt Kobain, Phil Lynnot and others in the stadium in the sky.

He has so many classic songs, that it's challenging to pick just three, but I'll give it a go.

I'm going to start with "Changes" which believe it or not was initially a commercial flop when it was released. As we all know it would become one of his most iconic songs.

Despite being on the classic album Hunky Dory, the single didn’t do well in the charts. However, as Bowie’s career evolved and his reputation as a sort of chameleon of music and style grew, "Changes" came to symbolize his entire artistic ethos. Fittingly, "Changes" was the last song he performed live on stage before retiring from live performances in 2006, so it was obviously one of his personal favourites too.

Here it is for your listening pleasure.

David Bowie - Rebel rebel

Have listen to the instruments on this track? Pretty nifty right?

Did you know though that Bowie played every instrument on the original recording of Rebel Rebel, except the drums.

That iconic, gritty guitar riff? That’s Bowie himself — not a session guitarist. Some man for one man is our Bowie.

It most certainly sounds like a full band, but it's essentially a Bowie one-man show, with drummer Aynsley Dunbar being the only other musician on the track.

David Bowie - Starman

I'll leave you with one of my favourite Bowie songs a little known fact about Bowie being way ahead of his time.

He saw the internet fo all of it's potential before many other and actually used it to distribute music long before it became mainstream.

In 1996, Bowie became one of the first major artists to release a downloadable single online. The song “Telling Lies” was available for download on his website. That's a full three years before Napster came along and revolutionised music distribution and way way before iTunes or Spotify even existed.

I heard all it on a Bowie documentary. Over 300,000 people actually downloaded the track, proving that the internet could be a powerful tool for music distribution way back in 1996. You really have to hand it to Bowie, he was always a visionary.

He even launched BowieNet, a service provider that offered fans exclusive content, a personalized email address, and even the ability to chat with Bowie himself. It was basically a proto-social network—ahead of its time. Who knows maybe the Bebo and Myspace creators who paved the way for Facebook, Instagram and X saw Bowie’s innovation and took a leaf from this book?

Visionary not just in music, but in tech too.... Some man for one man.

Take a bow Bowie and rest easy 🙏

Three Tune Tuesday

That's right, it's Tuesday folks and for our merry little band of ladies and lads, that means sharing tunes, good vibes and engagement. As another week disappears in the rearview mirror, we have loads of engagement and tunes flying around on Three Tune Tuesday and sure isn't that bloody fantastic! I hope you're ready to share three tunes from wherever you find yourself on this magical spinning lump of rock that we all call home and sure you might even sing us a tune if we're lucky?

It's a time of the week when lovers of music, tunes and craic bring their blockchain community three of their finest and brightest tunes to share and celebrate, so let's roll on and let the tunes flow free.

This is my 225th week waxing lyrical for Three Tune Tuesday and we are still going strong.

It started off with me just sharing tunes into what seemed like a void, but little by little others joined and now I'm thrilled that we have a little corner of Hive where we come and share our tunes every Tuesday, and long may it continue. I almost stopped posting the songs and thoughts a few times, but I stuck with it and now interestingly it is my favorite thing about Hive. I love music and now I have a network of folks around the world who love music too and we share our tunes and catch up with each others tunes and discuss them each week. We get Pop, Metal, Rock, Gospel, Folk, Jazz, Rap, Hip-Hop, Trip-Hop, Reggae, Bippy bappidy Flange Hop. Ok I made that one up, but you get the idea, we are all learning about new artists, bands, back stories and sure isn't it just mighty!

Something that excites me the most is that we even get musicians sharing their covers of famous songs and even their own songs from time to time here on #ThreeTuneTuesday, which is a real favorite of mine, as that takes talent, time and dedication.

We are adding New posters and retaining our core of regulars here on #TTT which is fantastic. Let's keep it growing. Over the years, I have listened to fantastic music shared from like-minded folk from around the globe and interacted with their posts. This has led me to genres I don't know well and to some amazing new bands and artists and has even introduced me to some musical instruments I did not know existed. It also allows me to upvote smaller accounts and find some really interesting people from all over the world, which is heartening.

I hope you enjoy the tunes - be sure to tell me all about it in the comments below and above all else, please enjoy the rest of your Tuesday - smile at a stranger, rub a dog, be a nice human to someone who was not expecting it - peace out.

For those unfamiliar with TTT or Three Tune Tuesday....

The jist is as follows

Every Tuesday I'm going to share 3 songs which I like to listen to and I invite your feedback in the comments below. Better still, why not have a blast of your own Three Tune Tuesday and mention me in the post and I'll come and find the post and upvote it. If you could also use #threetunetuesday tag that would be great, as that is what I use when sifting through all the entries every Wednesday. It'll be a sweet way for us all to discover new music. You'll also be in with a chance of winning the prize - more on that later.

HBI contest - win up to 6HBI

Share your Three Tune Tuesday songs below or create a post with #ttt or #threetunetuesday and mention me so I can find the post.

I'll pick the three songs I enjoyed the most each week as the winner and transfer 1 share of HBI to the winner when this post pays out 7 days from now, but wait there's more...

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We have a sponsor list of six people who selflessly offer HBI in addition to my one. They are as follows @tengolotodo @bozz @coquicoin @ablaze @seki1 @inthenow

Due to a very busy life on my side, the winner posts often come after a delay and may come over 4 to 8 consecutive days. That's just how I do it, so please be patient while awaiting HBI and understand that only my 1HBI is guaranteed. The others are dependant on our lovely sponsors seeing these posts and sending on the HBI. That means some weeks winners may get 3 shares and other weeks they may get more.

Thanks a million to our sponsors above once again and any winners please bear in mind that some people only pop on here every few months, so be patient while waiting for the HBI.