he learned puppet makeup in mime school!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
Last one of the day coming up.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe he is a shark. Speaking of, I have been ogling his old teeth (RIP old teeth).
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgmi11oXWl1qc97xyo1_250.jpg
― Feebs K-Tel (NickB), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l875wn0RSv1qckm0wo1_500.jpg
― Feebs K-Tel (NickB), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
DB's teeth analyisedhttp://www.youtu.be/dtrjZRQ8TzU
― c'est ne pas un car wash (snoball), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
I think my favorite bit of that TOTP performance was the "Love Me Do" quote at the end.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
41. "Wild Is the Wind" (from Station to Station) - 313 points/13 votes/0 first-place votes
studio: http://youtu.be/pMICp0gwZicLive at the Beeb, 2000: http://youtu.be/RT__JxncHEs
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
I hated cutting WitW so I'm glad to see it place.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
Interesting that this one came higher than 'Word On A Wing' in terms of the Station To Station tracks.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
At one point the entire album was on my ballot, but it seemed slight overkill.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
Greatest ILM thread ever: TS: Prince or Bowie?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
Yes.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
'wild is the wind' is one of my favorites
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
i love "kooks" it makes me think of my lil girl at home
― the wild eyed boy from soundcloud (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
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...
― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
sounds good on both counts
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
Rundown sounds good, looling forward to 40-16 tomorrow!
― grandavis, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Tuesday, March 6, 2012 9:58 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
Beginning to regret not including 'Lady Grinning Soul' and 'DJ'...
― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
There are still A LOT of hits to come - actual proper chart sensations. Not sure that cuts like "African Night Flight" will make it.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
^^ 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.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
Not sure that cuts like "African Night Flight" will make it.
In my ballot fwiw. Crazy track.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
that song is great but it did not make my ballot, I did consider it.
― fully formed adult banaka unit (sleeve), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
It is a great song. I didn't even think of it. There are too many.
xp - yeah
― kraudive, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
Gotta get word to Elizabeth's father
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
Best electronic crickets evah...
― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
hats off to whoever's putting the Spotify playlist together. much obliged.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
so Sweet Head won't be making it i guess..
― piscesx, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
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 punchingother people's dads". Didn't vote for it but glad to see it.
― ledge, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
I love kooks, voted for it – something optimistic, beautiful and genuinely moving abt it – inviting your child into the world. And funny.
― woof, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
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 punchingother 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"
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
"Church of man-love"? ha.
― an elk hunt (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
Mostly given as "church of man, love". Is there a definitive lyric, do we know?
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
church of manlove
http://www.incredibletvandmovies.com/dudley.jpg
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
this poll has me looking forward to work tomorrow, well played.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
none from mine! i think!
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 03:58 (twelve years ago) link
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 ballot1. Low2. Station to Station3. "Heroes"4. Lodger5. 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.
― willem, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 10:26 (twelve years ago) link
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 votes59. Teenage Wildlife (from Scary Monsters) - 206 points/9 votes/1 first-place vote58. "The Secret Life of Arabia" (from "Heroes") - 211 points/11 votes/0 first-place votes57. "Beauty and the Beast" (from "Heroes") - 219 points/11 votes/0 first-place votes56. "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (w/Giorgio Moroder; Cat People soundtrack; Let's Dance) - 220 points/10 votes/0 first-place votes55. "Blackout" (from "Heroes") - 229 points/11 votes/1 first-place vote54. "Move On" (from Lodger) - 233 points/10 votes/1 first-place vote53. "Win" (from Young Americans) - 234 points/10 votes/2 first-place votes52. "Cracked Actor" (from Aladdin Sane) - 239 points/10 votes/0 first-place votes51. "Joe the Lion" (from "Heroes") - 251 points/9 votes/1 first-place vote50. "A New Career in a New Town" (from Low) - 251 points/12 votes/0 first-place votes49. "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" (from Scary Monsters) - 258 points/11 votes/0 first-place votes48. "Diamond Dogs" (from Diamond Dogs) - 268 points/13 votes/0 first-place votes47. "What in the World" (from Low) - 275 points/12 votes/1 first-place vote46. "The Bewlay Brothers" (from Hunky Dory) - 284 points/14 votes/0 first-place votes45. "Word on a Wing" (from Station to Station) - 288 points/10votes/1 first-place vote44. "Kooks" (from Hunky Dory) = 290 points/14 votes/0 first-place votes43. "Warszawa" (from Low) - 291 points/13 votes/0 first-place votes42. "Jean Genie" (from Aladdin Sane) - 300 points/14 votes/0 first-place votes41. "Wild Is the Wind" (from Station to Station) - 313 points/13 votes/0 first-place votes
― willem, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 10:33 (twelve years ago) link
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!
― willem, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 10:43 (twelve years ago) link
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"
― willem, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 10:52 (twelve years ago) link
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?
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 10:57 (twelve years ago) link
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
― woof, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 11:23 (twelve years ago) link
That's a terrific idea, linking to all those. Thanks.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 11:30 (twelve years ago) link
I prefer the Johnny Mathis version of Wild is the Wind but this is still Bowie's greatest cover.
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 11:34 (twelve years ago) link
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...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 11:40 (twelve years ago) link