so it serves as a bit of a fizzy epilogue to the classic era: Bowie is deliberately in second gear but still delivers some trashy thrills. Some of the fun derives from the song selection ...

Jacques Brel was born; David Bowie played three sold-out shows in Japan; New Order's Peter Hook took a lump; Swedish duo Roxette had a U.S. No. 1 single thanks to a Minneapolis exchange student; and ...