10 Rock Songs Too Weird To Get Big

There aren't too many rock fans out there willing to go out on a limb to sing the praises of David Bowie's first proper studio album. Since most of the tracks fall on the more cheesy side of psychedelia, even Bowie himself has divorced himself from this record, calling it one of the few albums he regrets having his name attached to. Still, you do have a little bit of that Bowie magic on Please Mr. Gravedigger.

Aside from the usual brass sections and baroque pop leanings of the rest of the album, this is more or less an elaborate piece of sound design narrated by Bowie himself to the sound of rainfall. Going on about talking to the man who will oversee his burial, this song is oddly off putting and captivating at the same time, all while Bowie is singing with what sounds like a head cold that he was nursing midway through the recording.

Compared to the rest of the album that you've heard thus far, this is probably one of the more interesting moments of Bowie's early career, showing at least the potential for greater outlandish experiments like Low and Station to Station later on. As it stands though, this is Bowie at his most frightening, leaving the rock and roll circus with a long journey through the crypt.