the last 6 or 7 seem like they all should've been top 20, but I guess he just has that many amazing songs
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
is it any wonder
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
28. "Let's Dance" (from Let's Dance) - 422 points/22 votes/0 first-place votes
Official video: http://youtu.be/N4d7Wp9kKjAAlbum: http://youtu.be/Af6jOq0dWqoLive By Request, 2002: http://youtu.be/c4O6l6O-tgA
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for 3 post LD songs.... two of which were mentioned above, but seems a lost cause at this point.
― smash williams, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
Nothing's a lost cause imo. Up is down. Black is white. Fame is 33.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
when an incongruous group of musicians make music together and it's bad, people just talk about how odd it is that they collaborated at all. when David Bowie, Nile Rodgers and Stevie Ray Vaughan made "Let's Dance," it just sounded so perfect that nobody really cared that much how improbable it was.
― some dude, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
Nile is great on Let's Dance in his book. The incredible sense of freedom he got from being able to throw all this avant-garde playing into the song and, more prosaically, finally as a black dude being able to make a song with 'dance' in the title that that you didn't have to be able to dance to.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
I wish it didn't have the lame twist & shout intro, because otherwise it's nothing but stunning
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
intro is great
― some dude, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
I love the two rehearsal bootlegs of SRV playing old songs for the Serious Moonlight tour. Shame his manager canned his involvement at the last minute.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
♪♫ the serious moonlight ♫♪
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
eeriah oooaaahhh
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
27. "Drive-In Saturday" (from Aladdin Sane) - 441 points/20 votes/0 first-place votes
Album: http://youtu.be/HAqUDDMhfA0LWT, 1973: http://youtu.be/MfsN8UH8p1Q
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
so far, i've only placed "cat people", "all the young dudes", "fashion", "diamond dogs" and "let's dance". should have probably voted for "aladdin sane" and "fame", but didn't. assume all the good songs will be tomorrow?
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
and when you say run, i'll run with youand when you say hide, we'll hiiiiiiiiiiiide hiiiiiiiiiiiiiide hiiiiiiiiiiiiiide hiiiiiiiiiiiiiide
^^ i always wait the whole song for this part
not so much "TREMBLE LIKE A FLOOOOOOOOOWER" but really that's ok too
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
let's dance is all-time great
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
Top 5 prediction:
HeroesAshes to AshesSound and VisionLife on MarsStation To Station
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
that would be a grody top five
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
if neither "rebel rebel" nor "suffragette city" make the top five, then this whole poll is invalid
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
the laughing gnome is surely a lock
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
I love how Bowie also appears with a clipboard as the supervisor in the let's dance video for a .5 second appearance. It's so unnecessary.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
I think Drive-In Saturday was the song that changed from a casual Bowie fan who only owned a greatest hits album to a fan who seeks out all of his albums. The first time I heard it I was like whoa I need to check out what else this guy has done.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
Drive In my number 2. Love sad sci fi Bowie best of all.
― woof, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
Drive-In Saturday is my favorite song of Aladdin Sane. Love his vocals.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
(My wife and I watching this video recently.)
ME: "Hey! This video was filmed in Sydney!"SS: *pause* "So you caught on to that, did you?"
― pplains, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, feeling like "Let's Dance" should have made my ballot. Out-thought myself on that one I think.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
the "Let's Dance" video is better art than the song imo. I'm a sucker for Buñuel adapted for Aussie ends.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
26. "Quicksand" (from Hunky Dory) - 451 points/19 votes/0 first-place votes
http://youtu.be/nrptumUcv8E
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
ooh, didn't expect this one
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
Think my attitude on Let's Dance changed from merely liking the song (as a radio single) to loving it after actually dancing to it (on a crowded dancefloor) with a hot girl I was lusting after.
― Spectrist, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
Pour me out another phoneI'll ring and see if your friends are homePerhaps the strange ones in the domeCan lend us a book we can read up aloneAnd try to get it on like once beforeWhen people stared in Jagger's eyes and scoredLike the video films we saw
poss. my favourite Bowie lyric. But what are these "video films" of which you speak?
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
Trying to do this results stuff and anything else is tricky! Post a result; wash the dishes; post a result; prep the chicken; post a result; mix the marinade; post a result; put the chicken in the marinade; post a result; make some lunch.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
Don't forget to eat the chicken. That's the key, I find.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
"Quicksand" first of mine to place in quite a while. It's possible I heard the J. Mascis cover before the original, but regardless I love this song, such a strange feel to it.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
That's going on the grill this evening, awwwyeah. xp
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
Wish Bowie had done a couple D&D modules, or maybe Gamma World.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
This was my 21st, replaced at the last minute by Bewlay Brothers.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
Space Oddity instead of Sound and Vision and that's probably it
same here. it happened the night before I sent my ballot (which now had Let's Dance as an honorable number 20)
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
I just checked back in on this thread after eating dinner, so I'm late with this, but 'Rock'N'Roll Suicide' was my #1 selection. As a kid I was familiar with DB's early/mid 80's SM/LD/Labyrinth/etc. period, but I didn't know about anything before. Then by chance I heard R'n'RS and was like "WTF was THAT?!?!". The DJ back-announced the title of the track, and the next day I went to the record store to pick up a copy of whatever album it was the track appeared on (ZS of course). I'd been a massive Hendrix fan but pretty much knocked that on the head and started buying all the DB stuff I could get my hands on.
― c'est ne pas un car wash (snoball), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
Also now thinking about how Bowie fandom can lead to more sublime enjoyment of the Church, especially their lyrics.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
25. "Queen Bitch" (from Hunky Dory) - 467 points/21 votes/0 first-place votes
Album: http://youtu.be/S5P63qGTm_gThe Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972: http://youtu.be/O8oGyGo1q-k
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
OH YEAH
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
I know it's kind of a stupid song but it's a really good one for strutting.
My #8!
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
#10 for me
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
so glad "quicksand" made it, one of my very favorite bowie songs, though i ranked it too low on my ballot. "knowledge comes with death's release ah ah ah ah..."
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
Also now thinking about how Bowie fandom can lead to more sublime enjoyment of the Church, especially their lyrics.totally
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno why this has happened to me :(
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
*HASN'T
QB just missed out on mine.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link