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
er, 11th
Stay should've beaten TVC15 (though I love both of them). Stay is a beast of a tune, though; chunky and coked out.
― calumerio, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
20. "John, I'm Only Dancing" (1972 single) - 526 points/24 votes/2 first-place votes
Official video: http://youtu.be/6VrqCBsbeucSingle version: http://youtu.be/pXILmiNEf_k
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
I say "if she says she can do it then she can do it, she don't make false claims" around the house so often that my kids say it too, & they've never heard the song.
― Euler, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
Has there ever been a better song about a hologram television?
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
Oh SHIT I love #20
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
"Drive in Saturday" I love for a number of reasons, one of which is it reminds me of a friend who named her dog Twig the Wonder Kid.
"Quicksand" is just awesome. Chorus has the greatest lyric he ever wrote. One of those songs that makes me jealous I didn't write it.
Yay my picks are all starting to show up!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
The outro of "John I'm Only Dancing" scared me when I was a kid.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
For the longest time, I thought the lyric was "Move me...fuck me" instead of "touch me"!
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
was listening to "John, I'm only dancing" the other day in the kitchen while cooking. My 3 year old son comes running in and just starts dancing. That's when I decided this would be my #1.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
The only canonical Bowie track I more than just dislike. I haven't been able to make it through the whole thing in at least 20 years.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
another i probably put too low on my ballot, but damn, he's got so many "best songs".
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
19. "Look Back in Anger" (from Lodger) - 527 points/23 votes/1 first-place vote
http://youtu.be/bnZx1Aejg1g
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
My #1!
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
My Lodger pick. Glad this has so much support. Love the competing vocals.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't said much, but I love this poll and I'm following the results closely. I didn't vote because I always think I'm ruining the poll results by not being enough of an expert. But of course I wish I would have!
― this is my receipt for your receipt (Z S), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
It sounds like he's duetting with Scott Walker. Incredible drumming too.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
Hah, forgot we were going down to 16 today!
― grandavis, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
"Look Back In Anger" is the Lodger standout to me; I've been waiting so long for the album to click for me but this one's immediate
― Euler, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
Yep, three more today. xp
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
i was the #1 voter for "Under Pressure," fuiud
― some dude, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
"waiting so long"
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
When I first started listening to Bowie, I got my chronology mixed up and thought maybe John Lennon was singing the "waiting so long.." parts.
― pplains, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
I had never heard any of Lodger before this poll, but I am so glad that now I have! Look Back in Anger rules and sounds like flying really fast.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
The Polecats version of John Im Only Dancing is better imho. Still voted for it tho.
― Moka, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
DJ had better show, it's Lodger's standout imo.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
I'm afraid my favorite Lodger track is going to be awol.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
first verse of Look Back in Anger is all-time
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't include it in my ballot, but I've gone from hating John, I'm Only Dancing Part II to loving it!!
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
18. "Starman" (from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars) - 572 points/25 votes/1 first-place vote
Album: http://youtu.be/1eIfjWTtaPwTop of the Pops: http://youtu.be/muMcWMKPEWQ
(The album version, a vinyl rip, didn't show up until the fourth page of results!)
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
My #1. It never fails to make me happy.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
The dancing teenagers on that totp clip are the essence of 70s Britain
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
"Starman" was my #5. Had heard "Suffragette" and "Ziggy" on the radio for years, but after hearing "Starman" I finally ran out and bought the record. Glad I did.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link