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

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.

none from mine! i think!

Oh man, this thread delivers. Too bad I'm not able to attend the roll out "live". So many memories & urges to post reactions came up while reading through the thread in bed yesterday evening.

My (as it turns out, ILM-canonic) album ballot
1. Low
2. Station to Station
3. "Heroes"
4. Lodger
5. Hunky Dory

My #'s 1 and 2 also frequently switch places. 3 to 5 often change too, I already regretted not including DD when I played it in the car this morning.

Can I just recap 60 - 41, I suppose WmC's planning to do this before continuing today anyway...

60. "Sons of the Silent Age" (from "Heroes") - 200 points/11 votes/0 first-place votes
59. Teenage Wildlife (from Scary Monsters) - 206 points/9 votes/1 first-place vote
58. "The Secret Life of Arabia" (from "Heroes") - 211 points/11 votes/0 first-place votes
57. "Beauty and the Beast" (from "Heroes") - 219 points/11 votes/0 first-place votes
56. "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (w/Giorgio Moroder; Cat People soundtrack; Let's Dance) - 220 points/10 votes/0 first-place votes
55. "Blackout" (from "Heroes") - 229 points/11 votes/1 first-place vote
54. "Move On" (from Lodger) - 233 points/10 votes/1 first-place vote
53. "Win" (from Young Americans) - 234 points/10 votes/2 first-place votes
52. "Cracked Actor" (from Aladdin Sane) - 239 points/10 votes/0 first-place votes
51. "Joe the Lion" (from "Heroes") - 251 points/9 votes/1 first-place vote
50. "A New Career in a New Town" (from Low) - 251 points/12 votes/0 first-place votes
49. "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" (from Scary Monsters) - 258 points/11 votes/0 first-place votes
48. "Diamond Dogs" (from Diamond Dogs) - 268 points/13 votes/0 first-place votes
47. "What in the World" (from Low) - 275 points/12 votes/1 first-place vote
46. "The Bewlay Brothers" (from Hunky Dory) - 284 points/14 votes/0 first-place votes
45. "Word on a Wing" (from Station to Station) - 288 points/10votes/1 first-place vote
44. "Kooks" (from Hunky Dory) = 290 points/14 votes/0 first-place votes
43. "Warszawa" (from Low) - 291 points/13 votes/0 first-place votes
42. "Jean Genie" (from Aladdin Sane) - 300 points/14 votes/0 first-place votes
41. "Wild Is the Wind" (from Station to Station) - 313 points/13 votes/0 first-place votes

6 favourite songs already!

Lots of "Heroes" tracks in the lower regions - glad they're placing individually anyway. Love the hardrocking songs of side 1, B&B, JtL and Blackout. As I played them this morning after listening to Diamond Dogs it occurred to me that the vocal parts on these tracks are often recorded in two distinct ways, one sounding like he's singing in a very small room (claustrofobic echo-y vox), the other upfront in the mix and quite clear/direct sounding (they alternate from Sweet Thing to Candidate and back to Sweet Thing (reprise), on Joe the Lion the clear upfront vox come in on the awesome "It's Monday..." part while the rest is sung in the claustrofobic bathroom studio). Maybe it's not significant, but it struck me as something he seems to do more often this morning.

Anyway, looking forward to the next 20!

Oh, tracks from my ballot until now:
- "A New Career in a New Town" (I love Alfred's remark on this being a combination of Bowie's love for motorik and C&W - it's an almost perfect amalgam! Made me realise my number one track is also an example of this!)
- "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)"
- "The Bewlay Brothers"

Wow, 'The Jean Genie' is much lower than I expected. First real surprise to me so far. 'Wild is the Wind' had a second life in the UK as a hit single in '81 so that may account for some votes?

Pushing Ahead of the Dame on the 20 so far, lotsa versions linked:

60. Sons of the Silent Age
59. Teenage Wildlife
58. The Secret Life of Arabia
57. Beauty and the Beast
56. Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
55. Blackout
54. Move On
53. Win
52. Cracked Actor
51. Joe the Lion
50. A New Career in a New Town
49. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
48. Diamond Dogs
47. What in the World
46. The Bewlay Brothers
45. Word on a Wing
44. Kooks
43. Warszawa
42. Jean Genie
41. Wild Is the Wind

That's a terrific idea, linking to all those. Thanks.

I prefer the Johnny Mathis version of Wild is the Wind but this is still Bowie's greatest cover.

Was just thinking a while back about how The Jean Genie came out about the same time as Rebel Rebel, but the former is much better than the latter which sounds like a jean/perfume ad for the 'rock-chick' by comparison.

xpost yeah, I rated "WITW" higher...

I prefer the Johnny Mathis version of Wild is the Wind but this is still Bowie's greatest cover.

The Nina Simone version is utterly devastating and that really ruined the Bowie one for me. Never heard the Mathis original though!

Sounds like the song is a 'go-to' for vocal gravitas.

It's just a matter of time before it appears on X-Factor auditions.