The Man Who Polled the World, aka DAVID BOWIE POLL RESULTS

says he's a beautician
who sells you nutrition

My opinion on this one is a bit like my opinion on 'Cracked Actor'... it's a good slab of rock'n'roll, it's highly listenable and I don't mind it, but it's never been one of my favourites.

That jacket! His skin doesn't even look like real human skin. There should really be a poll for DB's various looks -- he has had SO MANY!!!

* thread grinds to a halt while everyone watches that TOTP clip *

Are the sideburns on the bassist dyed, or is it just his hair and he went white in the beard really young? Either way, tough look to have to pull off.

I was wondering the same thing. He looks like one of those weird monkeys with distinctive facial hair.

The hair grows out of his brain.

It is true, his skin does not look human. How can a face be so smoothe?

Is the whole thing getting posted today?!?!?@

I'm not even sure they're real. (the sideburns)

Not a huge fan of JG the song, but that TOTP clip is really great. Love Ronson's shoes.

he learned puppet makeup in mime school!

Last one of the day coming up.

Maybe he is a shark. Speaking of, I have been ogling his old teeth (RIP old teeth).

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DB's teeth analyised
http://www.youtu.be/dtrjZRQ8TzU

I think my favorite bit of that TOTP performance was the "Love Me Do" quote at the end.

41. "Wild Is the Wind" (from Station to Station) - 313 points/13 votes/0 first-place votes

studio: http://youtu.be/pMICp0gwZic
Live at the Beeb, 2000: http://youtu.be/RT__JxncHEs

I hated cutting WitW so I'm glad to see it place.

Interesting that this one came higher than 'Word On A Wing' in terms of the Station To Station tracks.

At one point the entire album was on my ballot, but it seemed slight overkill.

You're not the only one who was tempted to put all of the Station To Station tracks in there. I think I settled for about half of them, which still only amounts to 3 songs. This one didn't make my ballot, though.

Greatest ILM thread ever: TS: Prince or Bowie?

Interesting that this one came higher than 'Word On A Wing' in terms of the Station To Station tracks.

Yes.

'wild is the wind' is one of my favorites

i love "kooks" it makes me think of my lil girl at home

Do we think 'African Night Flight' is gonna make it...not terribly high on my list but I do hope some love is shown for it...

I'm thinking #16-40 tomorrow, and the top 15 Thursday. I'm also thinking we're going to have pancakes, bacon and maybe a fried egg for dinner tonight.

sounds good on both counts

Rundown sounds good, looling forward to 40-16 tomorrow!

Do we think 'African Night Flight' is gonna make it...not terribly high on my list but I do hope some love is shown for it...

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I didn't vote for it, but I hope so. I'd be very happy if pretty much any of the Lodger tracks charted highly.

Beginning to regret not including 'Lady Grinning Soul' and 'DJ'...

There are still A LOT of hits to come - actual proper chart sensations. Not sure that cuts like "African Night Flight" will make it.

^^ from a UK view btw. I'm not sure of the US / UK split here - or how US people are aware of how many records Bowie sold in the UK in the 1970s.

Not sure that cuts like "African Night Flight" will make it.

In my ballot fwiw. Crazy track.

that song is great but it did not make my ballot, I did consider it.

It is a great song. I didn't even think of it. There are too many.

xp - yeah

Gotta get word to Elizabeth's father

Best electronic crickets evah...

hats off to whoever's putting the Spotify playlist together. much obliged.

so Sweet Head won't be making it i guess..

Had I gotten my ballot in on time, it would've had African Night Flight placed at #14. For my money, where most of the Berlin Trilogy sounds like Eno-influenced Bowie, African Night Flight sounds like Bowie-influenced Eno.

Kooks is such a great bizarro world bowie track, no theatrical dystopian cut-up wordplay, instead we get "don't pick fights with the bullies or the cads, cause I'm not much cop at punching
other people's dads". Didn't vote for it but glad to see it.

I love kooks, voted for it – something optimistic, beautiful and genuinely moving abt it – inviting your child into the world. And funny.

Kooks is such a great bizarro world bowie track, no theatrical dystopian cut-up wordplay, instead we get "don't pick fights with the bullies or the cads, cause I'm not much cop at punching
other people's dads".

Yep -- lines as subversive and transgressive in their own way as "The church of man-love is such a holy place to be"

"Church of man-love"? ha.

Mostly given as "church of man, love". Is there a definitive lyric, do we know?

church of manlove

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this poll has me looking forward to work tomorrow, well played.

Only three from my ballot so far (Sons of the Silent Age, The Secret Life of Arabia, The Bewlay Brothers). Anyway, great mantle taking, WmC.