"See his pug-nosed face.."

On Series Two of Extras Ricky Gervais makes the point that success is not necessarily better than obscurity, particularly if it leads to David Bowie writing a song about how pathetic you are. Gervais recounts how he told Bowie what kind of song he wanted for the scene(“..maybe it could be quite retro, something off Hunky Dory, with an anthemic chorus, like Life On Mars..“) and Bowie’s masterfully sardonic response in this interview with the Onion A.V. Club.