Take a look at the Lawman, Beating up the wrong guy,
Oh man! Wonder if he’ll ever know, He’s in the best selling show…
Americans now have a chance to see the British time travelling detective series Life On Mars that proved very popular in the UK earlier in the year. (01.09.2006 SNIPPET: BOWIE SPACE TITLES INSPIRE VIRGIN AND BBC)
Life On Mars is described as “a cross between Back To The Future and The Sweeney”, wherein a driven and ambitious young British detective, Sam Tyler, played by John Simm, is determined to keep the streets of 21st Century Manchester safe. But after a near fatal car accident, he wakes up, dazed and confused, in 1973. Has he gone back in time? Is he in a coma? Or has he simply gone insane?
David Bowie’s 1971 classic Life on Mars? is playing on Sam Tyler’s iPod when he is hit by the car, and the song is still playing on a tinny car radio when he wakes up in 1973, hence the title.
Check out the BBC America Life On Mars mini-site where you can view a playlist of some of the songs played in the series, including, according to the website: The Jean Geanie (sic).
