Behind The Candelabra: 15 Great Piano-Driven Pop Songs

John Hamilton | May 27, 2013 8:38 am

David Bowie, “Life On Mars?” One of Bowie’s most memorable, immediate tracks to emerge from his Ziggy Stardust phase plays like a madcap movie from Hollywood’s golden era, with thundering chords and jubilant strings. The lyrics involve an affair, fighting sailors, Mickey Mouse and that one frightful question mankind has pondered for hundreds of years: Is there life on Mars?