Modern Love >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Let's Dance, and I like the latter just fine.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
Always thought the fan in the video who gives him the flowers must have been pissed when he just throws them back into the audience.
― pplains, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
Disappointed that Song for Bob Dylan has not placed, and not expecting to see it now. If Be My Wife dosen't appear I'll sulk badly....
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
Looks like "Little Wonder" didn't place, which I hadn't counted on anyway...
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
Never got Modern Love.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
Nothing from The Man Who Sold The World yet...can't imagine much of it will appear, except (maybe) for the title track.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bthsavQi2TMThis was the night I got really into David Bowie... For some reason people were talking about this in school, and it seemed like a big deal so I taped it. I'm happy the whole thing is on youtube.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
I just don't know of a better intro to a song than "I know when to go out. I know when to stay in, get things done." It's a portrait of someone who knows how to HAVE FUN but is also RESPONSIBLE, ie the perfect person. The perfect song.
yes yes yes!
― sarahell, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Had hoped for something pre-Space Oddity like Let Me Sleep Beside You but I think it's chance came and went in the low 50s. Looks like everything will fall within the 69-83 golden years after all.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, I had "You've Got A Habit Of Leaving" on my ballot.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
I also voted for Time Will Crawl -- the fact that I still remembered the lyrics after 20+ years of having heard it - i felt that meant something. Also, that was my first Bowie album.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
23. "Under Pressure" (Queen/Bowie single, 1981) - 479 points/21 votes/1 first-place vote
Official video: http://youtu.be/xtrEN-YKLBMQueen, Bowie and Annie Lennox at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: http://youtu.be/f9ICO-RfjAUwith Gail Ann Dorsey, live 1997: http://youtu.be/d5nYX-iuUFk
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
"I know when to go out. I know when to stay in, get things done."
hahaha, for like twenty years I've thought this line was "I don't wanna go out... I want to stay in. Get things done." It's all different now!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
Under Pressure would have been my #1 most hated, but I'm not making a slam book of Bowie songs.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
Under Pressure! 23! my birthday number!! i love this song and i am not ashamed of it. my #2.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
xxp the MTV video: Wow, thanks for posting. Bowie is the best example of somebody whose live show was best well after his classic period-- in my opinion, anyway
― an elk hunt (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
I love it too. I also am not ashamed. xp
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
I love "Under Pressure", but similar to cutting instrumentals from my list, I also cut collaborations. Not sure what else would have made it, but figured this song did not need my help. Glad it didn't place higher, as much as I love it.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
It's so romantic and hopeful.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
Love this song so much, no shame. I've been all over the map emotionally the last few weeks, and somehow started leaking at the eyes when I was looking for good performance youtubes.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
what grandavis said
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
I thought it might have an outside chance of winning, glad it didn't. It got more #1s in the 20th century poll iirc.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
Great tune all the same
As a special exercise in not loving Bowie (for me at least), go watch the "Dancing In The Streets" video. I mean, it is funny, but if either of those dudes took that video seriously then I have to believe there is a drug-fueled gap in both guys memories where that video exists.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
xp Under Pressure is way more evocative of early 80s political angst than I used to think - very "don't push me cos I'm close to the edge", in a well-heeled stadium rock way. The Doggett book's very good on the politics of Fantastic Voyage and this must have been recorded not long afterwards.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
lol me too. weird
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
Same. Except I thought the last line was "Good thing it's dark."
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
"Under Pressure" works so well despite Roger Taylor being the world's worst drummer because he's clearly following Freddie's fantastic piano in the verses.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
I always think of it as a charity single even though it wasn't. It feels very proto-Live Aid.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
22. "Stay" (from Station to Station) - 497 points/24 votes/1 first place vote
Album: http://youtu.be/iJVtv9LlK9YBBC Radio Theatre, 2000: http://youtu.be/or1dyvCgzMw
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
\o/
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
c-c-c-c-c-c-c-cocaine
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M9UCLchcDk
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
aggggggggggggggggggggghnooooooooooooooooooooo
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
Y'all post youtubes the non-embedding way, please. youtu.be, etc
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
also flag post if you see robin williams
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
my computer is bleeding now
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
LIFE IS SO VAGUE WHEN IT BRINGS SOMEONE NEW
is so otm
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
21. "TVC15" (from Station to Station) - 514 points/24 votes/0 first-place votes
Album: http://youtu.be/Sn8_UgMONpsLive in Japan, 1978: http://youtu.be/JQPJgu75I7c
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
I always think of it as a charity single even though it wasn't. It feels very proto-Live Aid.― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Wednesday, March 7, 2012 2:58 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark
It wasn't? I'm pretty sure there's a Live Aid logo on the sleeve somewhere.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
xxp for me the killer line it "well you can never really tell when somebody wants the same thing you want to"
― c'est ne pas un car wash (snoball), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.45cat.com/david-bowie-and-mick-jagger-dancing-in-the-street-1985.jpg
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
are they forgiven now?
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
oh wait, you meant "Under Pressure"
"Under Pressure" came out in 1981.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
TVC15 is far too low.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
I give Bowie props for OPENING his Live Aid performance with "TVC 15" instead of, oh, "Blue Jean."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
Stage version of TVC15 is the tits.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
"Queen Bitch" was my #2, crushingly great riff, better than Lou.
― Euler, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
"I'm up on the seventh floor, watching the cruisers below" is a way of life.
― Euler, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link