Writer David Sheppard described the music of '' Station to Station '' as " glacial , synthesized funk-rock . " AllMusic 's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that , " at its heart , '' Station to Station '' is an avant-garde art-rock album " , which includes " everything from epic ballads and disco to synthesized avant pop " while extending " the detached plastic soul of '' Young Americans '' to an elegant , robotic extreme . " According to Robert Christgau , Bowie 's experimentation with African-American music styles had matured by the time '' Station to Station '' was recorded , as the record appropriated them " in a decidedly spacy and abrasive context " ; he said it added soul to the " mechanical , fragmented , rather secondhand elegance " explored on '' Aladdin Sane '' . '' Pitchfork '' s Laura Snapes described the record 's sound as " a hybrid of electronic R&B , while Erlewine considered it " eerie avant-pop . " The musical style of " Golden Years " , the first track recorded for the album , built on the funk and soul of '' Young Americans '' but with a harsher , grinding edge . It has been described as carrying with it " an air of regret for missed opportunities and past pleasures " . Bowie said that it was written for — and rejected by — Elvis Presley , while Bowie 's wife at the time Angie claimed it was penned for her . Though a top ten single on both sides of the Atlantic , it was rarely performed live on the subsequent Isolar Tour . " Stay " was another riff-driven funk piece , " recorded very much in our cocaine frenzy " , according to Alomar . Its lyrics have been variously interpreted as reflecting on " the uncertainty of sexual conquest " , and as an example of " the Duke 's spurious romanticism "
Isolar Tour
Isolar – 1976 Tour
Station to Station