10 Amazing Songs That Were Never Performed Live

For anyone who was in the know about what David Bowie was going through in 2016, it's a miracle we even got to Blackstar at all. With the Thin White Duke gravelly ill with cancer, the fact that he put his art before almost everything else speaks to the type of artist we were working with through all of those decades. Even though the Starman has sailed to other galaxies since, it's still heartbreaking that Lazarus will never meet the main stage.

Appearing in the center of the record, this is by far the most tortured final words that we would ever hear Bowie proclaim, as he encourages us to look up to see him in Heaven. Aside from the heartbreaking music video that went along with this, all you need is Bowie's voice to feel his pain, almost like he doesn't want to go but is determined to cling to life for whatever good it's worth.

Granted, that is what Bowie was all about in the first place, right? Throughout every single character he gave us, it was always about moving from one form to the next, so this is just him voyaging to places beyond his tiny Earthly vessel. As much as Bowie's Rock and Roll Suicide holds up as one of the greatest final chapters in rock and roll, Lazarus is probably the greatest eulogy that any rocker has ever penned.