Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images David Bowie wrote "The Man Who Sold The World" about a search for identity befor... read more
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The British singer-songwriter first gained attention on another band's breakthrough single but found international success as a solo artist with his own "Stay With Me."
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In this quiz, spot the artist who put Romeo into a song lyric.
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Do their first three albums have French titles? Is "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" really meaningless? See if you can tell in this Fact or Fiction.
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I can't believe how often this song is misinterpreted. The dude's on a bus, and he has confided a secret code with his old girlfriend - to tie a simple single yellow ribbon if she wants him. Instead, he comes around the corner, and begins cursing "the whole damned bus..." because his simple secret code failed. The whole damned bus is cheering because they all see their ribbons. So EITHER she acted unfaithfully and wants the whole busload of guys that she's been screwing around with, OR his clever plan to have a secret code failed because every guy on the bus has done the same thing with his girlfriend. Clearly the code has failed, and the guy has no clue what "is and isn't mine" at this point. So he stays on the bus, forgets about us, puts...