man I'd never listened to Live in Santa Monica 72, this thing SMOKES
― the wild eyed boy from soundcloud (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
48. "Diamond Dogs" (from Diamond Dogs) - 268 points/13 votes/0 first-place votes
http://youtu.be/36lWAcY9IXE
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
totally, wild eyed boy--i put width of a circle from that show on my list, but i guess it will get folded into the studio version which is fine by me.
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
I've been trying to coin "Call them the Diamond Hogs!" as the unofficial slogan for the Arkansas Razorback baseball team, but no go.
― pplains, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Bowie is often an abstruse lyricist so the instrumentals were his best chances of finding musical correlatives for his concepts, you know?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, March 6, 2012 7:43 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I agree with this completely. The moments that tend to affect me in some way on Bowie releases are very rarely the lyrics in and of themselves. Rather, they tend to be musical elements for the most part. When it comes to his vocals, most of the time I get more of a buzz out of the way he sings things rather than what he's actually singing, if that makes sense.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
THIS AIN'T ROCK'N'ROLL! THIS IS GENOCIDE!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
I love that -- too bad the idea isn't sticking.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:58 PM (11 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
best line in rock n' roll history
― the wild eyed boy from soundcloud (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
"Scary Monsters" is a song he simply never could've done before his collabs w Eno. The insane Fripp lead, the filter on the bgd vox during the chorus, the careening tempo -- I've always been a very big fan.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
Can't believe 'Win' charted so lowly...my no 1...one of my heartbeat songs...
― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
So I think most of my ballot will be in the top 20 but I will pretend I wasn't a part of this poll if letter to hermione doesn't feat.
― Moka, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
It's interesting, because I'm listening to this song ('Diamond Dogs') straight after listening to 'Scary Monsters', and I've noticed both songs have same kind of dalek effect on the vocals.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
47. "What in the World" (from Low) - 275 points/12 votes/1 first-place vote
http://youtu.be/7SAIVyGTNRM
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
Pacman is trying to eat this song.chavedappelle 2 days ago
― pplains, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
What In the World is a little kooky. I always thought the Eno synth part was mixed so high that it threatened to overwhelm the rest of the song.
Or this.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
Hah, totally
― grandavis, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
Hehehehe... it's definitely not heard the first time someone has referenced Pac Man in regards to this track. There are some tracks from the first half of Low that you can take out of the context of the song order and work equally well as a separate thing: 'Be My Wife' and 'Always Crashing In The Same Car' for example. I feel this is one of those tracks on Low which thrives best as part of the album, but maybe as a standalone thing it doesn't work quite as well. That's not to say that I don't like it, because I like it a great deal.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
Yay, my #2. Hugs to whomever had it as their #1.
― dorsalstop, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
I love the Pacman sounds in this.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Hehehehe... it's definitely not heard the first time someone has referenced Pac Man in regards to this track.
Have I had too my coffee or something? This should read "It's definitely not the first time I've heard someone referencing Pac Man in regards to this track."
Geez. It's not the side effects of the caffeine, folks.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
In making my ballot I made the snap decision to skip all instrumentals. Did anyone else decide to do that?
*raises hand*
(although even right up to the end I was sorely tempted to include Neukoln. I'm sure it will place high w/o my help though)
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
xp:
Too MUCH coffee. Fucksake.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Can't believe 'Win' charted so lowly...my no 1
So you're the other guy with great taste in #1 Bowie songs.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
(hi to dorsalstop btw - long time no see an' all that)
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
46. "The Bewlay Brothers" (from Hunky Dory) - 284 points/14 votes/0 first-place votes
http://youtu.be/8a82arE0JSQ
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
cmon KOOKS
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
Oh come ON, Bewlay Brothers can't be this low
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
Another personal Bowie favourite of mine that didn't make my ballot. Ranks up there with his best album closers for me.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
(Oh, hey Jeff - funny anyone should remember me at all.)
― dorsalstop, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
Bewlay Brothers was my no.5. Another day it'd've been my no.1.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
I'M STARVING FOR ME GRAAAAVYYY!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
I've listened to it several times this week and it just doesn't stick to me for whatever reason.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
"Diamond Dogs" way too low - what an ominous piece of sleaze that is. I intend a compliment.
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
I know not everyone likes that 'gravy' part at the end, but I've always felt it added a nice twist to the track.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
It's perfect, there's really no other way to top the heavy lyrics of that song except with a silly vari-speed ending.
― c'est ne pas un car wash (snoball), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
xxp I'm really surprised Diamond Dogs is - yes, I know - TOO LOW. My No. 4 - I adore it. One of his very best classic singles.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
feel like at least one of the berlin trilogy is going to have the entire tracklist make it into the top 60
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
I have a feeling that all of the tracks from Station To Station will make it. There's only 6 of them!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
45. "Word on a Wing" (from Station to Station) - 288 points/10votes/1 first-place vote
http://youtu.be/DTIAiMeyd7Q
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
Oh come now. My number one.
Really, people?
― kraudive, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
And there we go! I absolutely adore this song. This was my #2.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
The first couple of lines are so awesome that I feel the song doesn't really recover from them. And Bowie's histrionics in the second half are distracting.
― c'est ne pas un car wash (snoball), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
My #9. Treasure of a tune
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
Is anyone spotify playlisting this thing?
― Feebs K-Tel (NickB), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
I left DD off my ballot, but it was one of the hardest cuts.
Bewlay Brothers was my #9. I dunno, I love all Bowie songs that conjure fantastic images, places, people. This one has big sweep and artful wordplay, and touching, telling details so softly offered up... and then that course intrusion at the end, fucking w/ yr expectations.
Word on a Wing doesn't touch me at all.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
Word is one of my faves off StS...can't remember my justification for leaving it off my ballot, but I shouldn't have axed it.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
I thought it was gonna be a top ten. But then. These are all winners.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
I love that guitar lick in the intro, and the "sweet flame you're born once again" backing vocals. A great set of lyrics in here as well. Like everything on Station To Station, it never feels as long as it actually is.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
― Feebs K-Tel (NickB), Tuesday, March 6, 2012 2:43 PM (1 minute ago)
I can start one after I finish with today's tracks (4 more to go), but not til then. If someone else wants to do it, have at it.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
I guess I'm learning I like OTT Bowie more than most - I was surprised Teenage Wildlife was as low also.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link