The following year he performed a free concert at Texas Stadium October 22, 1994, with 71,132 attendees. In August 1993, with more than 50,000 in attendance, Carman was the main act in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is believed he holds the world record for the largest single Christian concert in history. Ĭarman was nominated for four Grammys, and sold over 10 million records. Heart of a Champion, a thirty-song retrospective was released in 2000. In 1995, he translated some of his songs, and released his first Spanish-language album, Lo Mejor. In 19, Billboard named him the Contemporary Christian Artist of the Year. īetween 19, Carman was named Readers' Choice for Favorite Male Vocalist by Charisma magazine. His first number one album on the Christian charts, Revival in the Land, followed in 1989. After the release of The Champion in 1985, Carman achieved his first number one song, the title cut. As he continued his music career, he established the nonprofit organization Carman Ministries. With the release of his next album, Sunday's on the Way in 1983, Carman experienced a string of contemporary Christian music chart successes beginning with the title song. The album mostly contained novelty songs. Carman was later issued as Some-o-Dat in 1982. Īfter relocating to Tulsa, Oklahoma, Carman released a moderately successful eponymous debut album. In 1981, he was invited by Bill Gaither to tour with the Bill Gaither Trio. In 1980, Carman made a custom album titled God's Not Finished with Me. While attending an Andraé Crouch concert, Carman became a born again Christian, and embraced evangelical Christianity. As a teen, he found some success performing at casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Carman played the drums at the age of 5, learned to play the guitar by the age of 15 and started singing at age 16. As a child he performed in his mother's band. In addition to music, Carman was a frequent host on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, most notably its flagship program Praise the Lord.Īn Italian American, Carman was born in Trenton, New Jersey. His album No Plan B (2014) peaked at number 66 on the Billboard 200, and at number 3 on the Top Christian Albums charts. He was nominated for four Grammys, and sold over 10 million records.Ĭarman's album Mission 3:16 (1998) peaked at number 94 on the Billboard 200 chart. ‘Lazarus’, the song title, is a biblical figure that rose from the death, like Bowie in this song speaking to us from the death.Carmen Domenic Licciardello (Janu– February 16, 2021), known by his stage name Carman, was an American contemporary Christian music singer, rapper, songwriter, television host and evangelist. With this album and this song, he turned his death into art, to match his life as David Bowie.īowie’s death is the key to understanding this song. Bowie knew he was dying when he wrote this song. Until everything became clear when Bowie died and everybody found out that he was diagnosed with cancer 18 months before. On the album release, this song seemed just to be another enigmatic artwork of Bowie, maybe a new faze that he was going through. His passing came as a big shock for almost everyone, because Bowie did only tell a select group of people about his condition and kept it out of publicity. Only two days later, 10 January 2016, Bowie died from cancer. On 8 January 2016, Bowie’s 69th birthday, the album 'Blackstar' was released.
To understand these lyrics you will have to see them in context of his death. This song is, along with the rest of the album 'Blackstar', the final piece of art of David Bowie. Do you think Bowie knew that Elvis recorded a song in 1960 titled "Black Star"? The first verse:
It is the first one that doesn't feature Bowie's image on the cover art. It's over.īlackstar is Bowie's 27th studio album. Once finished with his final composition, he stands and slowly but knowingly, retreats backwards and steps into the closet from which death entered. We see the little reaper girl occasionally, apparently allowing him some time to wrap things up. He sits and begins writing a note or letter. He's reviewing memories and important moments from his life. We next seen him free of bandages, up and on his feet, looking a little better and bright eyed. The levitation might also symbolize entering a state in between life to beyond. As she reaches for him, Bowie levitates in the bed. The ghostly girl who comes out of the closet and crawls under the bed is something of a grim reaper. It's symbolic of a weakened, end of life condition. He appears in a hospital bed, blindfolded with button eyes. Tony Visconti, producer for Bowie's final album Blackstarīowie is saying goodbye to us in the video for "Lazarus". "His death was no different from his life - a work of Art."
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