[John F. Smith]

mine is rebel

what is yours

[Mr. Blur]

actually it is called "rebel, rebel"

mine is "warzawa" because he keeps his gob closed in that one.

[MaxPower2k3]

i really like Pablo Picasso. no idea why, really, i just like it. Dunno if that's my favorite, though.

[Mr. Blur]

Originally posted by MaxPower2k3:
i really like Pablo Picasso. no idea why, really, i just like it. Dunno if that's my favorite, though.

that's a jonathan richman song...johncale did a version on "helen of troy" - did bowie do it too?

[misc]

"Ground control to major Tom...."

I really like Space Oddity. Not sure why.

[dirtbikephil]

Panic in Detroit from Aladdin Sane Album.

He is one of my favorite artists. Recently saw him live at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis.

[Randman]

Under Pressure.

Bowie and Freddie Mercury. Talk about range.

[D. Hendrickson]

Modern Love

[Cipher13]

Magic Dance

[Spheric Harlot]

Life On Mars?

It's a god-awful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair
But her mummy is yelling "No"
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seat with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen
But the film is a saddening bore
For she's lived it ten times or more
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on

Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man! Look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the Lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?

It's on Amerika's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Now the workers have struck for fame
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
See the mice in their million hordes
From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
But the film is a saddening bore
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
It's about to be writ again
As I ask you to focus on

Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man! Look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the Lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?

The arrangement on this song is just incredible.

Just thinking of the lead-in to the chorus gives me goosebumps.

I could post about ten or fifteen Bowie songs, including most of "Hunky Dory", all of which would be my favorite, depending on the day.

-s*

[OSX Abuser]

I'm afraid of Americans

David Bowie and NIN

[tdvorak]

Bewely Brothers

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by OSX Abuser:
I'm afraid of Americans

David Bowie and NIN

Also a great version (which I like better) on Bowie's "Earthling" album.

[paully dub]

This thread made me want to shuffle through all my Bowie songs. How am I supposed to choose? Right now I'm listening I Pray Ol�, and the last two songs were Moonage Daydream and Boys Keeps Swinging.

Three good ones, anyway.

[ReggieX]

Good to see the "Hunky Dory" album well-represented so far.

Suffragette City.

[android8]

1. "This is not America" Bowie/Metheny
2. "Tomorrow"
3. "Jump they say"
4. "Andy Warhol"
5. "Ashes to ashes"

[wdlove]

I will admit that I have heard of the name David Bowie, but couldn't name one of his songs.

[ThisGuy]

Originally posted by wdlove:
I will admit that I have heard of the name David Bowie, but couldn't name one of his songs.

you are either 12 years old or you might be a bubble boy. how could you have never heard a david bowie song?
::edit::
i think i am one of the few people who loved the Outside album.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by wdlove:
I will admit that I have heard of the name David Bowie, but couldn't name one of his songs.

You probably know a couple of his songs, without knowing they're his.

"Ch-ch-ch-ch-CHAN-GES" is one you cannot have missed. It was used on a number of commercials, including (i believe) Swatch.

"Under Pressure" (with Queen) is most likely familiar.

"China Girl" has a hookline that you're sure to know.

So does "Ashes to Ashes".

(Reminds me of when I first heard an Elton John Greatest Hits compilation: I knew every. single. song. but only associated about four with the name.)

-s*

[notaclone]

It's so hard to choose...

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps - just can't get tired of that one, and it's not over played anyhow

Think I'll cue it up in iTunes while I try to win an iPod.

[itai195]

Space Oddity is one of my favorite songs.

[Jim Paradise]

Hmmm... hard to say, but Heroes, Dead Man Walking, and Ashes to Ashes would all be up there on my list.

[OH-N'omac]

Bus Stop, from the Tin Machine years.

There's a cry that is heard in the city
From Vivian at Pentecost Lane
A shriekin' and dancing till 4 a.m.
Another night of muscles and pain
I love you despite your convictions
That God never laughs at my jokes

I'm a young man at odds with the Bible
But I don't pretend faith never works
When we're down on our knees
Prayin' at the bus stop

Now Jesus he came in a vision
And offered you redemption from sin
I'm not sayin' that I don't believe you
But are you sure that it really was him
I've been told that it couldn've been blue cheese
Or the meal that we ate down the road

I'm a young man at odds with the Bible
But I don't pretend faith never works
When we're down on our knees
Prayin' at the bus stop

[skalie]

Can't beat "The laughing gnome".

[skalie]

or -

Cracked actor, Drive in Saturday and Time from Aladdin Sane, followed closely by Lady Stardust and Rock 'n' Roll Suicide from Ziggy.

[Spheric Harlot]

Another one not mentioned:

Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side". (Okay, written by Reed, but co-produced, co-arranged, and co-mixed by Bowie, who also did a bunch of backing vox on the rest of "Transformer")

-s*

[Randman]

Originally posted by John F. Smith:
mine is rebel

Can't like it that much if you don't even know the title.

[phoenixboy70]

"heroes". mostly because of the movie "christiane f..."

that and "ziggy stardust".

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by Randman:
Can't like it that much if you don't even know the title.

*zing*

[GoGoReggieXPowars]

A couple of months ago I finally completed my collection of Bowie's Rykodisc studio albums, I really have no interest in the all the new 24 bit ones, I was after all the bonus tracks.

[grayware]

Andy Warhol

[SeSawaya]

Originally posted by OSX Abuser:
I'm afraid of Americans

David Bowie and NIN

GREAT TUNE! one of my favs!

[BasketofPuppies]

My favorite David Bowie song was the cover of Walk This Way that he did with Public Enemy because it was the first rap metal song.

[DeathMan]

Andy Wahol - It just sounds so freaking cool.

My wife's is "Is there life on Mars"?

We listen to a lot bowie around here. its hard to say what our favorite song is.


ThisGuy: I just listened to Outside today very loud for the first time in a while. I loved it. Heart's Filthy Lesson is one of his best.

[Taloston Man]

Possibly "Secret Life Of Arabia", although most of the Eno/Bowie songs really turn my crank in the right direction.

[- - e r i k - -]

Am I the only one that likes "Little wonder"?

[BoomStick]

It's no game Pt. II


His best song ever.

[andi*pandi]

I remember it's no game... and I bought the single to heart's filthy lesson. v. good song! heroes also always gets me.

he covered walk this way with public enemy?

All in favor of forming an iTunes gift fund to help WD learn to appreciate Bowie?

[paully dub]

Originally posted by andi*pandi:
he covered walk this way with public enemy?

He's been known to whore himself for cash, though.

WD should check out his christmas duet with Bing Crosby...

[BasketofPuppies]

Originally posted by andi*pandi:
he covered walk this way with public enemy?

No, he didn't. I was mocking John F. Smith's post where he wrote that Alexander Hamilton was his favorite President because he got the country through tough times.

There were a few jokes in my post. Run-DMC's cover of Walk This Way (with Aerosmith) is often credited as the first rap metal song. Anthrax's cover of Bring the Noise (with Public Enemy) is also often credited as the first rap metal song.

Neither one was. That credit goes to Anthrax's - it was supposed to be Anthrax and the then punk band Beastie Boys but the guys in Anthrax took all the lines for themselves - I'm the Man.

In other words, I put a few pieces of rap metal minutiae together and replaced a punk band with a different punk star.

It was funny to me...

[scottiB]

"DJ" - I dig the bridge.
"Panic in Detroit" - see Location <-
"Suffragette City" - Wham, bam, thank you ma'am!

[paully dub]

Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:


In other words, I put a few pieces of rap metal minutiae together and replaced a punk band with a different punk star.

Anthrax and Bowie in the same genre?

[BasketofPuppies]

Originally posted by paully dub:
Anthrax and Bowie in the same genre?

The Beastie Boys... when it was a punk band.

Though Anthrax has plenty of punk songs to its credit.

[paully dub]

Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:
The Beastie Boys... when it was a punk band.

Though Anthrax has plenty of punk songs to its credit.

Oh yeah, sorry but still... That's like calling the Beatles a blues cover band...

[Zoom_zoom]

Ground control to major Tom is my favorite, although i will admit I only know a few of his songs!.
I love the lyrics in it though, "And the Papers want to know who's shirts you wear"

[Agent69]

Cat People. Not the version included on the Let's Dance album but the version on the Cat People soundtrack (with music by Georgio Morodor). It is pretty cool.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by - - e r i k - -:
Am I the only one that likes "Little wonder"?

I believe I mentioned the entire "Earthling" album up above.

He also did "Little Wonder" with Tin Machine earlier, though, didn't he?

Oh, and for interested parties:

Bowie recovers from heart surgery

Music legend David Bowie is recovering at home in New York after undergoing emergency heart surgery.

Bowie, 57, underwent surgery last month in Germany - where he was on tour - to treat "an acutely blocked artery", his spokesman said.

He left hospital earlier this week and is convalescing at home in New York, the spokesman added.

The star's cancellation last month of 11 European dates was originally attributed to a shoulder injury.

The spokesman said Bowie sought treatment for what was thought to a be a pinched nerve in his shoulder after performing at a festival in the north-western German town of Scheessel. [Continues...]

-s*

[GoGoReggieXPowars]

Beaten! I was just about to post the heart story.

[Spheric Harlot]

Friends of mine were at the show in Schee�el (where he was whisked off stage and straight into hospital immediately after the show), but this was the first article I'd seen with a follow-up.

-s*

[wulf]

Originally posted by OH-N'omac:
Bus Stop, from the Tin Machine years.

I'm amazed anyone can even name a song from the Tin Machine years. I thought those traumatic memories had been collectively suppressed long ago.

For me: Ziggy Stardust and Lady Stardust (though Hunky Dory is favourite album).