All the Madmen - David Bowie - Man Who Sold The World - 1970

Man this is just first class, grade A, batshit-crazy early Bowie. This is the genesis of Labyrinth Bowie. Okay, lets tick off the items to support my thesis:
* - Strummed acoustic beginning a la Space Oddity - check
* - Distopyian lyrics ("The thin men stalk the streets/while the sane stay underground...the far side of town/where it's pointless to be high/cause it's such a long way down...day after day/they take my brain away/then ask me how I feel) - check
* - Searing Mick Ronson guitar solo that comes in after the first verse - check
* - Flute part that would clearly have been done on a synth if this album was created 3-4 years later. - Check
* - Spoken word bit...let me repeat that SPOKEN WORD BIT - check
* - Prog rock synth riffs - check
* - Hand claps - check

Really you just can't pay for this kind of wackiness...

After the Goldrush - Neil Young - After the Goldrush - 1970

I find it massively appropriate that this song is from 1970...it sounds like a burned out Sunday afternoon hangover following a crazy weekend, with Monday looming like a shadow.

And who doesn't love a good French horn solo?

After All - David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World - 1970

With all due respect afforded to Mr. Bowie...and believe me I have mountains of respect for the man, I can't listen to this song without thinking of Spinal Tap. Somewhere midget druids are dancing.