S5E228 - David Bowie 'Diamond Dogs' with Oscar Herrera

In 1974, the one-of-a-kind chameleon that is David Bowie was poised to shed his Ziggy Stardust persona for the Thin White Duke. Before that transformation, he fired the Spiders from Mars and - using George Orwell and William S. Burroughs as inspiration, crafted his nightmarish apocalyptic opus Diamond Dogs. This week's guest, Oscar Hererra (The Sleep of Reason, Black Tape For A Blue Girl), leads us on a journey through this raw, challenging and ambitious album. "This ain't Rock'n'Roll, This is Genocide!"

Songs featured in this episode: All the Young Girls Love Alice - Elton John; 1984 - David Bowie; Excerpt from The Wild Boys - William S. Burroughs; Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus; What Kind Of Fool Am I? - Anthony Newley; It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - The Rolling Stones; Future Legend, Diamond Dogs, Sweet Thing, Alladin Sane, Candidate, Sweet Thing (Reprise), Rebel Rebel - David Bowie; Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - Meatloaf; Rock 'n' Roll with Me, We Are the Dead - David Bowie; Double Plus Good - Eurythmics; 1984 - David Bowie; 1984 - Tina Turner; Big Brother, Boys Keep Swinging, Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family, Young Americans - David Bowie; Because You're Mine - Nat King Cole; A Chaos Of Desire - Black Tape For A Blue Girl