Share with me please your favorite DAVID BOWIE number

[Bossy Monkey]

As of this moment, I'm for Space Oddity. No doubt this will change by morning.

What's yours? If replies are numerous, a poll may result.

[flamingyouth]

1. Moonage Daydream

Was just listening to Ziggy Stardust earlier.

[devilgrrl]

19. Uh oh... now I have to cue it up on the turn table!

Why did you do that!!!?


;-)

[gollygee]

32. Yep, this is my fave too.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

2. Jump They Say

[Bryan]

9. Ah, yes, the only good single of the Tin Machine era

Well done!

[ZenLefty]

Under the God was a good Tin Machine tune.

Probably their only one, as Jump They Say was actually released on Black Tie White Noise, which wasn't Tin Machine (but same time period).

[elperromagico]

3. Fame.

Damn, but that song has a nice groove. Co-written by John Lennon, IIRC.

The Irene Cara song of the same title (different song) can suck it.

[xray s]

4. Putting Out Fire

The Lllllonnnnnnngggg version.



See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Colder than the moon

Feel my blood enraged
It's just the fear of losing you
Don't you know my name
Well, you been so long

And I've been putting out fire
With gasoline

See these eyes so red
Red like jungle burning bright
Those who feel me near
Pull the blinds and change their minds
It's been so long

Still this pulsing night
A plague I call a heartbeat
Just be still with me
But it wouldn't believe what I've been thru
You've been so long
Well it's been so long

And I've been putting out the fire with gasoline
Putting out the fire
With gasoline

See these tears so blue
An ageless heart that can never mend
Tears can never dry
A judgement made can never bend

See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Just be still with me
You wouldn't believe what I've been thru

Well you've been so long
It's been so long
And I've been putting out fire with gasoline
Putting out fire with gasoline

Putting out fire
We've been putting out fire
Well it's Been so long so long so long
Yes it's been so long so long so long
I've been putting out fire
Been so long so long so long
And putting out fire
Been so long so long so long
Yeah yeah putting out fire
Been so long so long so long
Been putting out fire
Been so long so long so long
Yeah putting out fire
Been so long so long so long
Putting out fire
Been so long so long so long
It's been so long
Been so long so long so long
It's been so long
Been so long so long so long
It's been so long
Been so long so long so long
I've been putting out fire
Been so long so long so long

[jonnyblitz]

10. great song also.

:thumbsup:

[Philostopher]

5. John, I'm Only Dancing.

I saw Paul Westerberg perform it live, one of his first post-Mats tours. It was a total train wreck, David Bowie would have kicked Paul's ass ...

[IrishBloodEngHeart]

6. Lady Stardust has been a long time favorite

but I'm also partial to wild is the wind

[jonnyblitz]

7. a tie between scary monsters and tvc 15 n/t

[JohnnyRingo]

8. Ice, Ice, Baby...

Just kidding....I always liked the song "Five Years". These days it's probably topical

[Bossy Monkey]

16. "No, see, their song is

dun dunna-dun dunna-dundun. Ours is dun dunna-dun dunna-dun dunna-dundun. There's an extra dunna-dun in there!"

Thanks, you made me laugh.

[salinen]

11. "Is there life on Mars"

"Panic in Detroit"
"Aladin Sane"

[redqueen]

44. Yes ... Is There Life On Mars

Another of my favorites. :)

[ZenLefty]

12. Too many favorites to list.

The Laughing Gnome
Cracked Actor
The Width of a Circle
Andy Warhol
Kooks
Absolute Beginners
Heroes
Cygnet Committee
I'm Deranged
Dead Man Walking
Cactus
Survive

Did I mention I own every Bowie album ever made?

Did I mention Bowie was my first concert, when I was five years old? Madison Square Garden, around 1975.

I'm not a Bowie fan. I'm a Bowie Freak. :freak:

[Spider Jerusalem]

13. "Life on Mars?"

and also in the running:

"I'm Deranged"

"Sound and Vision"

"Breaking Glass"

"Heroes"

"Station to Station"

"The Man Who Sold the World"

"Ashes to Ashes"

Bowie is one of those musicians I can't pick just ONE favourite song from. His ouevre contains so much great work I don't really think I can pare the list down any...

[Bryan]

14. "Watch That Man"

It's stuck in my head as I write this!

[Semi_subversive]

15. I agree

Great classic!

[BigMcLargehuge]

17. rock and roll suicide

[devilgrrl]

18. TVC15

It was the song that convinced me that David Bowie was a god-damned genius - I was 14 years old.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

20. "Cracked Actor," because...

"Forget that I'm 50, 'cause you just got paid" is one of the shrewdest lines he's ever written.

I see it every day. I live in California.

[Ruffhowse]

21. "Rebel Rebel"-one of the all time great guitar riffs.

[Kenneth ken]

24. 2nd for Rebel Rebel n/t

[U2Fanatic]

56. 3rd for rebel rebel n/t

[bobthedrummer]

22. "The Man Who Sold The World" is tied with "Ashes to Ashes"

then there's "TVC 15" and "Moonage Daydream" contesting with "Changes" or "I'm Afraid of Americans"...too many Bowie tunes to pick just one...

:crazy:

[maveric]

23. Soul Love and Five Years

From his best album IMO.

[zmdem]

25. Jean Jeanie

Sorry if spelling is wrong. I mean the Rolling Stone's clone song from Aladdin Sane.

[JSJ]

26. "(this is not) america" n/t

[Bossy Monkey]

27. Lemme say nice things about Starman

since it popped into my head and managed to stay there while I was reading the whole thread in spite of the many brilliant suggestions made along the way. Not sure it knocks off Space Oddity yet, but definitely one of the grin-like-an-idiot tunes of all time.

[Magrittes Pipe]

28. Well, I've always been partial to...

Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth.
You pull on your finger, then another finger, then the cigarette.
The wall-to-wall is calling, it lingers, still you forget.
You're a rock 'n' roll suicide.

You're too old to lose it, too young to choose it,
And the clock waits so patiently on your song.
You walk past a cafe, but you don't eat when you've lived too long.
You're a rock 'n' roll suicide.

Chev brakes are snarling as you stumble across the road;
But the day breaks instead, so you hurry home.
Don't let the sun blast your shadow,
Don't let the milk floats blind your mind;
So natural, religiously unkind.

Oh no, love, you're not alone.
You're watching yourself, but you're too unfair.
You've got your head all tangled up,
But If I could only make you care.
Oh no, love, you're not alone,
No matter what or who you've been,
No matter when or where you've seen.
All the knives seem to lacerate your brain.
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain.

You're not alone!
Just turn on with me.
You're not alone!
Let's turn on and be
Not alone.
Give me your hand,
You're wonderful.
Give me your hand,
You're wonderful.
Give me your hand.

[TrustingDog]

29. Let's Dance... such bittersweet memories.

[dbt]

30. "Sorrow."

From the "Pin-Ups" lp/album/CD/whatever the hell you call it now.

:smoke:
dbt

[Atlas Mugged]

31. 'Ashes To Ashes'

For the moment, at least.

There's too many to choose from. I have the same problem with the Stones.

[Howardx]

33. queen bitch

n/t

[Screaming Lord Byron]

34. 'Blackout' or 'Watch that Man'

[Kid_A]

35. "I'm Afraid of Americans"

It's a good think the moranic right in this country didn't latch onto that song and get Bowie blacklisted. Trent Reznor's production is just a perfect match for Bowie's voice.

[MissMillie]

36. HEROES!

Definitely the most under-played song by Bowie.

I also like Sufrajette City and TVC-15.

[Quahog]

37. "RED SAILS"

The Hinterland!
The Hinterland!
We're going to sail to the Hinterland!
And it's a fa-fa fa-fa-fa fa-fa-faraway!
It's a fa-fa fa-fa-fa da-da-da da-da-da!

I LOVE that song!! Red sails, thunder ocean!!

Lodger is my all-time fave Bowie disk, and that's my favorite cut on it, so there ya go.

[Bossy Monkey]

38. Do we have a quorum for a poll yet? Whatchasay? n/t

[Screaming Lord Byron]

39. Can I slip in a last minute nod to 'Secret Life of Arabia'?

[Bossy Monkey]

50. You're one of them Fripp/Eno people, ain't ya? (Aren't we all?)

Sure, I was just kicking the thread. I wouldn't really do a poll for a couple of days; kind of counterproductive to have two Bowie threads running at the same time. Might do a Led Zep one in the meantime, though.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

51. Yeah, I'm one of those Eno/Krautrock/Fripp types.

[Bossy Monkey]

52. Were there actual Krauts on that record, or just Conny?

He'd be enough, of course

[redqueen]

40. Heroes

but Space Oddity is way up there. Actually it changes for me depending on what I've listened to most recently, but those two are always way up there.

[HughBeaumont]

41. "Ashes to Ashes"

and FASHION - starring Alan Hunter

[XNASA]

42. "Sound & Vision" with "Warszawa" close behind.

Sure, Warszawa is an instrumental, but everytime I hear it, I go into a trance.

[peekaloo]

43. Golden Years.......wa wa wa

[EstimatedProphet]

45. Tough question-Starman, Changes...

5 years
Suffragette City
Life on Mars?
Kooks
Other items too numerous to mention...

[redqueen]

46. Oh does anyone remember "God Knows I'm Good"?

I really like that one, but I don't think many other people do.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

47. It's on the very first album - about an elderly shoplifter - right?

[redqueen]

48. God, you're good!

Do you like it, though?

Can't get that out of my head now...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

49. Yeah, what I can remember of it.

[MrScorpio]

53. It started with FAME

and I love the whole let's dance album

[daisygirl]

54. Ashes to Ashes or Diamond Dogs - can't decide nt

[Bossy Monkey]

55. Diamond Dogs is murderous (meant in the good way of course)

Also part of one of the best segues of all time with Rebel Rebel on ChangesOne (though not apparently on the actual Diamond Dogs album)

[LoZoccolo]

57. I can't believe no one's said "Suffragette City".

That was the song that got me into him.