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

I've given up hope that any of my The Man Who Sold The World picks will make it.

Great band performance on Suffragette City, and beautifully mixed on the record. Obv the opening power chords are amazing and the piano part throughout is great "air piano" material but there's also those whoosing sax+(?)moog bits going on underneath.

This poll has got me thinking whether Bowie might have been better served by never having a best-of at all. The distinction between canon and deep cut seems more and more arbitrary.

It might have presented his body of work more accurately or whatever, but as piscesx notes, Changesonebowie was huge. Big gateway for me into his catalog.

*whoosh-ing

Changesonebowie was huge. Big gateway for me into his catalog

Same here. In fact, i was the one who voted for it in the albums ballot for that reason.

there is no room anymore for Little Drummer Boy and DJ.

It wasn't the first record of his that I bought, but after Ziggy, Heroes and Stage, I thought "hmmm, what next? I need guidance." and bought Changesone.

DJ *must* make it

wow, who knew what a momentous thing it was at the time that I bought changestwo instead of changesone because I liked the cover better, not really knowing any of the songs.

lol i voted for "little drummer boy"

DJ *must* make it

― Ismael Klata, Thursday, March 8, 2012 12:13 PM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

should have voted :(

8. "Moonage Daydream" (from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars) - 729 points/31 votes/3 first-place votes

Album: http://youtu.be/dE4Mu_cZcIA
Hammersmith Odeon, 1973: http://youtu.be/5g6--QoPsDM

THE CHURCH OF MAN-LOVE

or

THE CHURCH OF MAN, LOVE

??

yes

Cool, knew this would make it

aw, my number one. most bonkers love song ever.

The 1990 changesbowie was big for me - i had tapes of two or three of the 70s albums, but they never wholly took – don't necessarily inspire love-at-first-hearing if you have a sweet tooth & don't lean glam. Hit-after-hit gave me more enthusiasm & meant I put a bit more into the albums, looked around, found 'my' bowie.

I'M AN ALLIGATOR!

Never in doubt. Great song.

Another one of those that I wished I'd had room for on my ballot. Love this song.

Freak out!
Far out!

I imagine that soon we will start getting some big spikes in points/first place votes? Has been a slow and steady rise so far.

i dunno, there's not too much consensus on bowie is there

I have a list of 8 songs left I thought would place... guessing either Golden Years or DJ aren't gonna place.

That instrumental break!

Hmmm, guess not, just seems to be a pattern in other polls maybe? At some point there are songs that almost everyone places on a 20 song ballot? Maybe not, would be cool if that does not happen.

I hope "Golden Years" does not steal a spot from something else I voted for.

I'm really not expecting 'Red Sails' to place at this point.

haha no, I am sad about that, had my HINTERLAND! posts all set to go.

it will be bizzare if the only STS song not to place is Golden Years

i dunno about that, i only had 2 tracks in the top half of my ballot that i suspected would make the top of this list (unless Strangers When We Meet is somehow top 5 (this would be awesome))

was DJ a single? it never stood out to me really

That instrumental break!

I want to use the word 'fruity' but don't wish to imply the derogatory connotations. Someone help me out.

It always sounded like an army of toy instruments to me.

Therefore, it was clearly being played by animals, probably monkeys.

haha no, I am sad about that, had my HINTERLAND! posts all set to go.

― woof, Thursday, March 8, 2012 5:27 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hehehehehe... the very same! THUNDER OCEAN! :D

animatronic?

It's like Willy Wonka's candy band

I want to use the word 'fruity' but don't wish to imply the derogatory connotations. Someone help me out.

Anthony Newley/music hall influence? He never let go of that entirely, just incorporated other stuff.

sorry, that was a xpost. makes me think of country bear jamboree.

7. "Young Americans" (from Young Americans) - 814 points/34 votes/2 first-place votes

Album: http://youtu.be/ScVi_L817ec
Bowie & Cher on The Cher Show, 1975: http://youtu.be/_z9b0GFRz9g
Dick Cavett Show, 1974: http://youtu.be/xFudBQcplj4

Like the dioramas at House on the Rock in Wisconsin

Yes, I hadn't had that thought but it makes sense xps re Newley

YAAAAAAAAAY Young Americans!!

TOP TEN
TOP TEN

Instrumental break on "Moonage Daydream" assuredly a Zappa influence? Sounds like instrumentation from "Peaches en Regalia" or something. Was Bowie a Zappa fan?

young americans is undeniable

Weird, none of the STS songs made it onto mine, I don't think. Perhaps i need to give that a relisten.

Hell, this weekend I might go through all the 70s Bowie albums!

Could not deny "Young Americans", though it would have been bumped if I voted for instrumentals. Classic for sure though.

Ain't there one damn song that can make me...

Was Bowie a Zappa fan?

If he had any sense at all, he was.

*rides personal hobbyhorse into sunset*

I think "Young Americans" was my no. 1. Also, the T-Rex song "All Alone" is sort of a spiritual brother to this song, I always felt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UxniXcBj3o