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

I'm surprised; now wondering what other oddities might show.

post placement tripped me for a sec:

My best high school friend watched his bride come down the aisle to the accompaniment of "Be My Wife" "Always Crashing in the Same Car".

I'm not ignoring y'all btw, I'm just gathering videos.

Picking them from the trees, removing their hard, protective shells, and chucking them at us willy-nilly.

Oh wait, that's not videos, that's chestnuts.

By the way, the two disc Best of Bowie dvd set of videos is essential.

Take it to the Ballard thread, Woof.

xxxxp Better than "Ashes to Ashes", I guess

I just ordered the Best of Bowie DVD specifically for the SECOND disc...hoping it will be a gateway for me to get into later Bowie

That box and the Ryko reissues absolutely cemented his reputation in the Classic Rock pantheon

Not only that, but the Rykos set the standard for CD reissues (rare bonus tracks!) A bunch of bands -- Elvis Costello and the Who, in particular -- modeled their reissue programs on Bowie's/Ryko's. Conversely, Bowie/Ryko might be to blame for the current era of endless reissues of the same material.

there's shedloads of easter eggs on that Best Of Bowie DVD fyi:

Oh! You Pretty Things (The Old Grey Whistle Test - take 2)
Disc 1: Click on 'Play All' every 2nd time the alternative version will appear.

Interview with David Bowie and Russell Harty (before Drive-In Saturday)
Disc 1: Scroll down to Drive-In Saturday on the tracklisting display and press right button. An underscore _ will appear, press enter. Not to be confused with the hyphen in Drive-In.

Screen ad for forthcoming Ziggy Stardust DVD release (Hammersmith Odeon 1973)
Disc 1: Click on the lightning bolt logo on the tracklisting display.

Jazzin' For Blue Jean (complete promotional video)
Disc 1: Highlight the track and press right. Click on the ) symbol on the tracklisting display. You will notice the picture change on the right hand side. Highlight and press right.

Blue Jean (MTV edit recorded at The Wag Club, Soho, London)
Disc 1: Whilst you are playing the Jazzin' For Blue Jean video, when the girl goes to the jukebox to start the video - as soon as Bowie appears on the TV above the jukebox, click on enter.

Day In Day Out (Extended Mix)
Disc 2: Click on 'Play All' every 2nd time - the extended mix will appear.

Miracle Goodnight (Remix)
Disc 2: Play the 'Miracle Goodnight' video wait 5 minutes on the tracklist display and click enter.

Seven Years In Tibet (Mandarin version)
Disc 2: Click on the Mandarin symbol on the subtitle page.

Survive (Live in Paris)
Disc 2: Click on 'Play All' every 2nd time the live version will appear.

i've had that 2 dvd set for yrs and had no idea re easter eggs !

huzzah ..

Thanks, Piscesx!

no idea either!

On the other hand:

Day In Day Out (Extended Mix)

uhhh

what do you mean by "every second time"?

from here http://www.bowiewonderworld.com/features/eastereggs.htm

12. "The Man Who Sold the World" (from The Man Who Sold the World) - 628 points/29 votes/0 first-place votes

Album: http://youtu.be/qbsw_auCEEg
Saturday Night Live, 1979, with Klaus Nomi & Joey Arias: http://youtu.be/CpRI0LNoCoE
Nirvana @ MTV Unplugged: http://youtu.be/BlpczB4fUZo

It surprises me that 'Be My Wife' didn't really get anywhere as a single, because to me it's the one track on Low that stands out as obvious single. It easily made my ballot. No question, no hesitation.

wow, be my wife video is so perfectly suited to the song, which I'm pretty sure made it into my top twenty. love love love it

I feel like I knew The Man Who Sold the World before Nirvana rehabilitated it, but I could be kidding myself. Impossible to tell - unless I could somehow get hold of every Radio 1 playlist from the late 70s to the late 80s.

I saw Lulu do this live at 7am on breakfast tv maybe four years ago. It's just not right, live musical performances at that hour.

I knew the song/album well prior to Unplugged, and the first time I heard Nirvana's cover was in a Taco Bell. I immediately knew who/what it was, but it seemed insanely incongruous; I thought, "How am I hearing this song in this place?"

that's it for early bowie outside of life on mars, right?

early meaning pre-ziggy

I feel like I knew The Man Who Sold the World before Nirvana rehabilitated it, but I could be kidding myself

Ha, I know what you mean! But I'm p. sure that I recognised it tho when I watched Nirvana Unplugged.

I never knew about the easter eggs either! Huge thanks.

Really hope "Velvet Goldmine" places up there. I love that song, esp. the spooky-ooky backing vocals.

Did anybody else vote for Black Country Rock or Janine? Those are my two favorite early Bowie songs.

Glad this song placed high. Love the multi-tracked, wordless vocals on the outro. Just a cool-sounding song.

wow, be my wife video is so perfectly suited to the song, which I'm pretty sure made it into my top twenty. love love love it

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel),

This. He looks downright miserable, perfect for the lyrics.

was Velvet Goldmine a known track pre the Ryko reissues? i know that Sweet Head was utterly unknown until the Rykos.

11. "Oh! You Pretty Things" (from Hunky Dory) - 630 points/30 votes/0 first-place votes

Album: http://youtu.be/wIXGDQtQJaM
Old Grey Whistle Test: http://youtu.be/bnXZ3R3OWpg

My #2

Classic.

hmmm where is Speed of Life?

(or did it already place and I just am not thinking right?)

I voted for Black Country Rock.

Three in a row for me, has me wondering if every song left will be on my ballot. Great song, classic indeed. Wonder why a song like this got no play on classic rock radio when I was a kid? Seems like it fits with a lot of other stuff that got play (such a huge chorus too!, made for the radio).

Referring to "Oh! You Pretty Things" of course.

Velvet Goldmine a b-side? wikicheck, yes, eventually, to the 75 rerelease of Space Oddity. So full-on fans would likely know, casual listeners likely not.

It was on the Ryko Ziggy though too, which was the first exposure many people had to that album.

I voted for Black Country Rock.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 8 March 2012 16:13 (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Does Classic Rock Radio go in for high campery?

"Changes" still gets played a ton, as do the Ziggy singles.

Re: OYPT: love the casual way he sings lines like "All the nightmares came today/And it looks as though they're here to stay" (which then leads into the knees-up singalonga chorus)

was Velvet Goldmine a known track pre the Ryko reissues? i know that Sweet Head was utterly unknown until the Rykos.

was the opening track on an RCA 80s Bowies compilation called Rare, which also featured the fantastic Helden.

the fact i traded my copy for something else a few years later haunts me to this day

the 4 biggest Bowie staples on US classic rock radio: Under Pressure, Fame, Space Oddity and Changes

Growing up, I heard Ziggy much more than Changes on classic rock radio. Under Pressure was too current to be classic rock.

well yeah i'm going off recent stats. i'm sure if i had more complete stats there'd be several ziggy songs in the top 10 bowie songs

"All The Young Dudes" got a ton of play, doesn't seem like a whole other world away from that. "Get It On (Bang a Gong)" obviously got played a bunch. Not much high camp, but still, I NEVER heard this song until I heard the album proper, and it just seems like a song that would have fit the format of a bunch of stations from my youth.

Seems like a proto-"Changes" sonically, and the lyrics wouldn't have kept it off the air. I guess Bowie just had too many other hits to make room for a song like this. "Heroes" didn't even get much play (might hear it once a year or something), so I guess it isn't surprising, just seems like it could have gotten a spin once in a while. I might have gotten into Bowie earlier if the radio stretched the catalog a bit more.

The local "good time oldies" -- as opposed to "classic rock" -- station is one of my presets when I'm out and about, and "Fame," "Let's Dance" and "Under Pressure" are the only things I can recall hearing in the last few years. Heard "Fame" just last week in fact.