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"Five Years" is a song written by David Bowie, recorded on 15 November 1971,〔Kevin Cann (2010). ''Any Day Now - David Bowie: The London Years: 1947-1974'': p.231〕 and released as the opening track on the album ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'' in 1972. The song tells of an Earth doomed to destruction in five years and the aftermath of this knowledge. Bowie is rumored to have chosen the length of time, five years, as a result of a dream in which his deceased father told him he must never fly again and would die in five years. Allmusic describe the track as "easily one of the greatest album-opening songs ever".〔http://www.allmusic.com/song/five-years-mt0004195425〕 ==Live versions== *Bowie played the song on the BBC radio show ''Sounds of the 70s: Bob Harris'' on 18 January 1972. This was broadcast on 7 February 1972 and released in 2000 on the album ''Bowie at the Beeb''. *Bowie performed the song on ''Old Grey Whistle Test'' on 8 February 1972. This performance, broadcast on television later the same day, is included on the DVD version of ''Best of Bowie''. *A version recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on 20 October 1972 has been released on ''Santa Monica '72'' and ''Live Santa Monica '72''. * A live performance recorded on 23 March 1976, in a medley with "Life on Mars?", was released on ''Live Nassau Coliseum '76'', part of the 2010 reissues of ''Station to Station''. * A spring 1978 performance from the "Heroes" tour was released on ''Stage''. *The track was to be the closing number of David's 1985 Live Aid set at London's Wembley Stadium but was dropped the day before the concert to allow time for the broadcast of the famous appeal video featuring "Drive" by The Cars as its soundtrack. * Bowie performed the song live during his 2003 Reality Tour, and a performance from November of that year was released on the ''A Reality Tour'' DVD in 2004, and included on the ''A Reality Tour'' album, released in 2010. *The track was performed by Bowie with Arcade Fire at the 2005 Fashion Rocks concert in New York as well as "Life On Mars?" and Arcade Fire's own song "Wake Up". These recordings were made available on the iTunes Music Store in a virtual live EP. *The song was taken as title of the BBC2 documentary ''David Bowie - Five Years - The Making of an Icon'' in 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Five Years」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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