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Less Than Zero
Plays on LTZ: 8 across 8 shows (2023-01-19, 2023-05-18, 2023-08-24, 2025-10-09, 2026-01-08, 2026-03-06, 2026-05-07, 2026-05-21)
(artist profile) David Bowie — researched 2026-09-11
The Prettiest Star — played 2026-03-06
"Song for Bob Dylan" is track 9 on Hunky Dory (1971), Bowie's fourth studio album. It's a direct address to Dylan — both tribute and lamentation, referencing "the voice that left us all behind." Bowie was openly influenced by Dylan and this song documents that debt plainly. Trevor Bolder, the bassist in Bowie's Spiders from Mars band, died on May 21, 2013 — 13 years ago today — from cancer, aged 62. Bolder played on Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, and Pin Ups before leaving the Bowie fold.
Placement: Closes the Moment in History segment. The Trevor Bolder connection gives it a date tie-in for the post-show TikTok. It also quietly begins the show's Bob Dylan thread — Bowie wrote about Dylan in 1971; the show will close with Nada Surf's "Blonde on Blonde," named after Dylan's 1966 double album. That connection is not announced on air.
Played: 2026-03-06
Album: Aladdin Sane | Released: 1973 (album version); originally 1970 (single) | Label: RCA Records. Originally released as a 1970 single with Marc Bolan on guitar, it flopped commercially. Bowie re-recorded it for 1973's Aladdin Sane with Mick Ronson on guitar instead. The song was written for his then-girlfriend (later wife) Angie Barnett. The Aladdin Sane album is often described as 'Ziggy goes to America' and features the iconic lightning bolt cover photo by Brian Duffy. The 1970 original with Bolan remains a sought-after collectors' item.
Played: 2026-05-07 (Segment 4) (TikTok) (moment in history)
From The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (June 16, 1972, RCA), one of the album's most feverish, defining tracks. Its real history begins on this date in 1971 — 55 years before this episode. Bowie released "Moonage Daydream" under the name Arnold Corns, a band he'd built around designer Freddie Burretti as the supposed frontman. It sold nothing; nobody knew it was him. He took the song back, rerecorded it, and placed it third on Ziggy Stardust. The date connection is told live on air, and the post-show TikTok carries the same story to anyone who missed the broadcast. Placement: opens the Moment in History segment — the "you've been listening to a rescued song for fifty years" angle is the show's strongest post-show revelation.
Moment in History: On this date (May 7) in 1971 — 55 years before this episode aired — Bowie released "Moonage Daydream" under the fake band name Arnold Corns (fronted publicly by designer Freddie Burretti). It sold nothing and nobody knew it was Bowie; he later took the song back, rerecorded it, and placed it third on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972).
TikTok angle: In 1971, on this exact date, Bowie released this song under a fake name/band (Arnold Corns) that he'd invented; it flopped and nobody knew it was him. He took it back and a year later put it on Ziggy Stardust — "you've been listening to a rescued song for fifty-five years." Framed as one of three date connections built into the show that night. Delivery: measured and controlled, full pause before and after the "rescued song" line.