Crucial Track for November 16, 2025

"Life On Mars?" by David Bowie

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What's your favorite opening line from any song?

I'd have to say Life on Mars, which starts fairly innocuously—especially when quoted in isolation from the rest of the lyrics and without the soaring musical accompaniment—but acts as a way of drawing you into strange, dream-like territory as the song unfolds.

> It's a God awful small affair To the girl with the mousey hair