Heaven loves ya…
One of my very favourite Bowie singles of all time, Boys Keep Swinging was released thirty years ago today on Friday, April 27th, 1979.
The track has the four essential elements that I consider all the very best pop records to have: originality, energy, intelligence and a bloody good tune…and while there aren’t too many Bowie songs with any of those ingredients missing, this one remains a bit special as it threw all the Bowie observers of the time into complete disaray.
This is a theory I kicked off with when I wrote about Boys Keep Swinging in the sleeve notes for the reissued Christiane F. soundtrack in 2001…from where, this…