david bowie and the spiders from mars. all of that band coming from hull. ending the fireworks display with the spiders from mars. studio: colin paterson, our master of ceremonies. now on bbc news... david bowie, ronnie corbett and victoria wood — just a few of those who left us this year, and whose lives are celebrated in review 2016: we remember, part two. # i've heard there was a secret chord that david played...#. i only do the kind of music i can do. i would like to do many other kinds. but with the limits of my talent i'm obliged to do my own kind of songs. # it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, # the minorfourth, the major lift, # the baffled king composing hallelujah. ..#. # suzanne takes you down to her place...#. i loved his car, which he wore like a snail shell everywhere. you know, if we sold 400 books of poetry in canada, then we considered ourselves to be well on our way to immortality. but i couldn't pay the rent. in hindsight, it seems like a mad decision that i was going to rectify my economic situation by becoming a singer. # i remembe

a lot of david bowie's backing band, the spiders from mars, did come from whole. —— from hull.much. colin you are doing an admirablejob, i've been in your position, i know what it's like! they've got a whole year to fill, we don't mind if there are minute or two late! we have been banging on and on about 2017, and they let me down! we know, we are all on the same side, supposedly. what's it going to be in for the city of hull? people might have a perception of hull, or they might have no idea what the city is like. derry was the city of culture last year. if we can learn what they went through, what might it mean for the profile of huu? might it mean for the profile of hull? the organisers i have spoken to have gone on about how they do wa nt to to have gone on about how they do want to change perceptions. gary was the first ever uk city of culture. that was back in 2013 —— derry. the uk government created this award because of the success that the european capital of culture had the glasgow and liverpool. i was living in glasgow back in 1990 when it was the european capital of