David Bowie was in Labyrinth with Jennifer Connelly. That's all I can contribute to this discussion,

he vampirized Lou reed, t-rex and Iggy Pop

/that's all I can contribute also

HappyHarryHardOn:he vampirized Lou reed, t-rex and Iggy Pop

/that's all I can contribute also

So what. It's a dog eat dog world.

submitter:a best-of compilation that will include no hits

, just songs that are still superior to the majority of today's output.

I like "Life On Mars".

Wot, no "Conversation Piece" (especially the re-recorded version on the Heathen double CD)?

Still, a good list. There are so many great Bowie songs beyond the obvious ones that everybody knows.

"Its NOT who does something first,
its who does it second"


---David Bowie

Genius.
All the songs listed are masterpieces.
"Hits" are for retards.


"Width of a Circle" is one of his best.
"Panic in Detroit" also.

My 2nd favorite Bowie tune (bonus Escher points):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufrCIwNk1zc

My favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt2zoY45508&feature=related

Lastly, the most under-rated Bowie tune EVAR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UoG-xQ9Lqc&feature=related

\That last was was a joke.
\\Who do? You do! Wait... what?

Hey somemoron


I hope you are aware that Labyrinth only represents about half of one percent of Bowie's complete output.

You really might want to check into his other(and mostly superior)efforts.

Maybe start with "Scary Monsters" and try and work yourself up to "Aladdin Sane" and earlier.

You will be most rewarded.

Another good place to start are his three "Eno" records.
"Low" "Lodger" and "Heroes"

I notice the emphasis on tunes from Bowie's best-ever album Hunky Dory. Good man.

Stevie Ray Vaughan!! Stevie Ray Vaughan!! Stevie Ray Vaughan!! Stevie Ray Vaughan!! Stevie Ray Vaughan!! Stevie Ray Vaughan!! Stevie Ray Vaughan!! Stevie Ray Vaughan!!

/awesome

"Life on Mars" has always been one of my favorites

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Lady Grinning Soul is...

Goddamn I love that song. It's the pause between the piano intro and the first lyric. Feel like I'm floating. Love it.

Yeah, Bowie thread!



/the man oozes cool and sells it on Ebay.

No "Station to Station"?

That whole album is fantastic, but from a personally troubling time for him. He was stuck in LA, doing a lot of 4 AM marching.

/It's not the side-effects of the cocaine

craigdamage - I actually really like David Bowie, though I haven't picked up any of his recent CD's (no reason, just haven't).

Didn't really know what to make of him when I was in school in the 80's, but as an adult I find him infintely more interesting than Coldplay and the rest of the current crapfest that is radio these days. And I'm talking about stuff he did years ago, much of which is still new to me.

One thing I can appreciate about Bowie is his unique voice - no carbon copy of the next guy, even in those days.

So yeah, I need to pick up some Bowie. I was only half kidding about the Labyrinth material - I dunno if he even wrote it, given that it was a movie. Just saw Jennifer Connolly in the primary post (take that, filter!) and got all misty eyed. I do like the (good) Labyrinth songs, but that is nostalgia more than anything else.

Thanks for the tips on CD's. I will have to hit the local shops around here and dig up one at a time. I need something 'new' and that ought to do quite nicely.

\Why is it that every record I have -ever- bought, I've liked the radio hits but either loved the rest of the album, or hated it with a passion?
\\Best stuff NEVER gets airplay.

mekki - That's not Bowie. That's the dude from LOTR who tried to steal the ring from Frodo...

\Well, LOOKS like him anyway

"Loving the Alien" is a personal fave from the list.
not form the list, the theme to "Cat People".

David Bowie could release a record of him farting on a snare and i'd get it

EVERYBODY PANIC IN DETROIT!

submitter:no hits

Be quiet child.

oh no, Bowie "stole" from Iggy Pop

Does it hurt Iggy fans who are sooo alternative, to know that Iggy based his entire performance persona on Jim Morrison?

Nice to see him wax poetic and fondly about Teenage Wildlife. I am starting to think that may be his best song. And Scary Monsters may be his best record.

This classic should be on the list...




Little fat man who sold his soul,
Little fat man who sold his dream ...

Pathetic little fat man,
No one's bloody laughing,
The clown that no one laughs at,
They all just wish he'd die.

He's so depressed at being hated,
Fatso takes his own life,
He blows his stupid brains out,
But the twat would probably miss.

He sold his soul for a shot at fame,
Catchphrase and wig and the jokes are lame,
He's got no style, he's got no grace,
He's banal and facile, he's a fat waste of space

See his pug-nosed face...Pug, pug, pug, pug,
See his pug-nosed face...Pug, pug, pug, pug,
See his pug-nosed face...Pug, pug, pug, pug,
The little fat man with the pug-nosed face, Pug, pug, pug, pug,
Little fat man, pug-nosed face, Pug, pug, pug, pug,
He's a little fat pug-nosed face, Pug, pug, pug, pug.

I'm kind of ambivalent when it comes to Bowie, but I do find it cool that for an artist to hand pick his favorite works and release them. Usually once I get really deep into a particular bands collection of work I tend to find that my favorite songs aren't always the ones that get a lot of air time.

In summary, I find this to be cool.

I'm glad to see that The Bewlay Brothers is on the list. Still miss Quicksand, though.

Ziggy Stardust:I'm glad to see that The Bewlay Brothers is on the list. Still miss Quicksand, though.

Hunky Dory is an amazing album that holds up today flawlessly.

Queen biatch should be on there.

Bowie is God.

Man, this thread made me go look for Teenage Wildlife live and I came up with this amazing performance

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wV2LIMQ8a-U

Can someone confirm for me if that is Fripp playing with him?

Bowie is an untouchable artist, artist in the truest sense. The man never recorded 2 albums in a row without experimenting on a new style, regardless of the success of the previous album. Fearless with unmatchable talent.

Love the inclusion of Loving the Alien, Hang Onto Yourself and Time Will Crawl, wish Sound & Vision was on that list.

Subby is a child, go listen to your Fallout Boy tracks.

/Aprova

Absolutely love Scary Monsters. Great to see Teenage Wildlife getting some love.

mekki:Yeah, Bowie thread!



/the man oozes cool and sells it on Ebay.

- yeah, and he has a "Power Seller" rating

Hunky Dory is the shiat. I have it on record and its always great to have a record where both sides kick ass every song.

Great songs, all. This is a fantastic idea for a compilation album. I'd like to see more artists with a large catalog do the same. But I can't say I'm surprised to see Bowie do it. I have 23 Bowie albums (19 on vinyl) and there are probably fewer than 5 songs I don't like in the whole collection. Most of his best work consists of songs that got no radio play, except back in the '70s and '80s when rock stations would play whole album sides on weekends.

/The Laughing Gnome, FTW!
//OK, maybe not a classic, but come on!
///KTCL

/do NOT have the gawdawful "Labyrinth" soundtrack *shudder*

Receiving transmission from Bowie's nipple antennae...

Oh god oh god, I want this CD. I love every song that man has ever performed, except perhaps for that slightly embarrassing version of "Drummer Boy."

Overrated as a musician.

/As Tesla in "The Prestige" FTW

E Arkhe:I love every song that man has ever performed, except perhaps for that slightly embarrassing version of "Drummer Boy."

Blasphemy, sir. Never insult anything that contains the genius of both David Bowie and Bing Crosby.

/they won't leave a bruise

If you hear a Bowie song you don't like...

... you haven't heard it enough.

solcofn:This classic should be on the list...

Seriously... farkin' hilarity ensuing...

/ have it as my answering machine greeting
// Lady Grinning Soul rules too

Scary Monsters CD is one of my favorites. Love the first track...Its No Game with the pissed off Japanese girl talking and Robert Fripp just calling up the devil in his guitar.

Yay! Candidate!

Christian Bale: "oh no, Bowie "stole" from Iggy Pop

Does it hurt Iggy fans who are sooo alternative, to know that Iggy based his entire performance persona on Jim Morrison?"

Bullshiat? Not only that, Iggy started performing with the Stooges before the Doors ever made it. Did they see the Doors perform? Yes. Did Iggy realize that confronting the audience mattered? Yes.

He then took it to a whole other level by entering the audience, feeling up girls, confronting their baffled boyfriends and their security and starting a whole new level of artist/audience participation. Thus a new persona was created. His own.

Also, Jim Morrison is dead and Iggy Pop survives to this day with more credibility than Jim's corpse ever will.

But to return to the topic at hand. Bowie saved Iggy's life. They worked together in recreating Iggy's next creative phase and produced two groundbreaking recordings that still stand the test of time (The Idiot and Lust for Life). Bowie later recorded China Girl and Tonight on his own which after being released generate enough royalties for Iggy to live comfortably, create at his own pace and not have to cow tow to the record companies demands to go mainstream. If want to argue Iggy's sell out to Nike or Cruise Lines, don't it was a business decision on his part and has generated a whole new generation to hear the Stooges and Iggy's solo work. Brilliant.

He is now on tour with the original Stooges line up playing all over the world to SRO crowds.

This explains everything.


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/not a RR
//honest!

I never saw Bowie, but I did see Iggie back in the 80s. I think I made the right choice.

...and rewards himself for their obvious greatness by putting them together on a best-of compilation that will include no hits

The men are talking, subby, so you know what to do with your you-know-what.

100 Watt Walrus:

/The Laughing Gnome, FTW!
//OK, maybe not a classic, but come on!
///KTCL

Hey, another Laughing Gnome fan! I imagine that Bowier cringes at the mere mention of the song, but a lot of us fans love it, none the less.

/wishes Bowie would re-record some of his early, Deram stuff