NEUPÖLLN - ILM Artist Poll #14 - David Bowie (POLLS ARE CLOSED)

Geir's never forgiven him for going drum & bass.

ha

Down to 29 tracks, God only knows how I'll get it to 20. (That won't feature btw).

Sent!

Hmmm, forgot how many songs from Hunky Dory I love. Trying to cover bases, but certainly looking very 70s-centric.

Going through my 70s albums, "Fascination" is my big rediscovery thus far. My kind of Coke jam.

having just listened to the entirety of Bowie's output from 1970-1983 over the last few weeks (I'm going through the family vinyl collection alphabetically) this is pretty much impossible and my ballot's going to be really random. it will not, however, include anything post-1983 lol

Yeah, "Fascination" was a song I had forgotten about as well. May not make my ballot, but it's on the list right now.

anybody gonna stan for "Win"...? Beck obviously loved it lol.

It's on my list.

always figured the similarities had to be intentional
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB9RSG-56wU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8YaaUYiELw

every time I listen to another Bowie album I feel like I have to completely redo my ballot

Was just gonna post that while "Fascination" is cool, I think "Win" is my winner from Young Americans!

Uggh, "Win" ... "winner". Wasn't even intentional. Too much computer.

"I'm duh winnah!"

http://glennkenny.premiere.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/04/paradise.jpg

42 ballots received.

Have you started adding up the points yet?

I can vote again if you need me to.

will send mine today

xp - no, I'll probably start tabulating tomorrow or Sunday. Just from glancing at the ballots as they come in, there's one huge easy-to-spot trendline, but that's all I'll say.

It's all those votes for Little Drummer Boy isn't it?

What – "Day-In Day Out" is leading?

Tin Machine dominating the albums poll?

Mostly 70's stuff?

SOUTH AMERICA!

NEED 2 ballots :(

Speaking of "Day-In Day Out"...

http://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/day-in-day-out/#comment-5549

might throw a list together today, I dunno

Submitted a ballot, hope it came through!

grandavis and kornrulez, got your ballots.

Thanks! Good luck with the tallying ...

Bump in case there are weekend-only ILXors who haven't seen this yet. Last couple of days to vote -- get your ballot in!

okay gonna do my ballot tonight, pretty sure i'll have to include This Is Not America and Magic Dance.

i wish i could vote for "sweet thing"/"candidate"/"sweet thing reprise" as all one track...
― ciderpress, Monday, February 27, 2012 1:07 PM

I agree...

I wish I could vote for his ghastly-awesome guitar solo.

that solo is so amazing--you're right, it is an awesome solo. the lyrics of sw/cand/sw-reprise are also among his best

hmmm looks like will probably vote for everything on station to station here and almost all of low.

Early tabulation notes:

The early trendline I mentioned a couple of days ago has been wiped out in later voting.

Album ranks will be the same as Led Zeppelin (at least I think I did it this way):
1st - 10 pts
2 - 7 pts
3 - 5 pts
4 - 3 pts
5 - 1 pt

18 different albums have received votes.

this poll will finally reveal that ilm is actually a David Bowie fan site

nay, the world

i wish i could vote for "sweet thing"/"candidate"/"sweet thing reprise" as all one track...
― ciderpress, Monday, February 27, 2012 1:07 PM

I agree...

― Iago Galdston, Saturday, March 3, 2012 5:03 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I completely agree. If that whole suite had been one track I would have undoubtedly voted for it, and I didn't just want to vote for one part of it, so it sadly lost out when it came to putting my ballot together.

i wish i could vote for "sweet thing"/"candidate"/"sweet thing reprise" as all one track...
― ciderpress, Monday, February 27, 2012 1:07 PM
I agree...
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, March 3, 2012 5:03 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I completely agree. If that whole suite had been one track I would have undoubtedly voted for it, and I didn't just want to vote for one part of it, so it sadly lost out when it came to putting my ballot together.
― Turrican, Saturday, March 3, 2012 1:12 PM (57 seconds ago)

I actually put SW and Candidate in there, love that suite enough to warrant two votes

Every time I listen to that suite I'm bowled over by Bowie's vocal performance on it.

Everything about "Sweet thing" is so fucked. Vocals are all over the place. Orientalism-piano on "I'm glad that you're older than me".
I don't like the album version of "Candidate"

Demo version has an all-time Bowie lyric, though:

I make it a thing when I'm on my own to relieve myself
I make it a thing when I gazelle onstage to believe in myself
I make it a thing to glance at windowpanes and look pleased with myself
And pretend I'm walking home

It's definitely my highlight of the Diamond Dogs album alongside the title track and 'Rebel Rebel'. I have a real soft spot for the disco-ness of '1984' as well!

owen OTM. the "Candidate" demo is one of only a handful of essential extras on those Rykos ("Sweet Head," "Velvet Goldmine," and two of the YA outtakes are the others).

is that the outtake where "inside every girl is a fountain / inside every boy is a mountain" or is that the ultra-rare "Zion"...that's quite a lyric!

yep

to the first part

It's "Inside every pair of pants is a mountain" iirc; not my favourite line. There are a couple of clunkers in that demo (another line about predicting a monsoon?) but still one of my favourites.

@ Alfred, true, lots of filler. I like the demo versions, "Crystal Japan", and actually "Some are" is one of my favourite Berlin-era tracks