That Bowie & Cher thing...
― pplains, Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
AYYYYYNGEEEEEL!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
Ahhh bummer. Can guess what will not make it from my ballot now. Really people?
― grandavis, Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
one from the album he doesn't recall making.
― piscesx, Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
Never in doubt. Great song.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 8 March 2012
+ substitute 'Near-perfect' for 'Great'. Was originally low down in my top 10 then I re-listened and bumped it up to #2. There is so much going in the arrangement.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
wow, looks like turrican is right... station to station is going to get full representation. golden years is awesome, although it didn't make it onto my ballot.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
people on the internet have too much time on their hands: http://youtu.be/eJBXKl6OvMY
― pplains, Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
is posting guesses at the top five bad poll etiquette or would that be fun?
I do like it, just not top 10 for me. Or 20 obviously. Almost made it for "AYYYYYNGEEEEEL" alone though.
― grandavis, Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
fuck... no velvet goldmine??? :(
― billstevejim, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
i know waht the top 5 is with 99% confidence so i'm not gonna post it
― ciderpress, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
Not to toot my own horn (well, maybe a little) but I think I got the top 5 right yesterday.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
I think I know... but what order!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, March 8, 2012 5:58 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It didn't make it onto my ballot either. There is a track from Station To Station that DID make it onto my ballot that hasn't been mentioned yet, though! ;)
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
plz no more predictions
― billstevejim, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
is there a spotify playlist? i might just make my own
― billstevejim, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
Elvis saying "I just gotta have a hamburger" at the end of that makes me think this is a fake, but I've heard weirder. That is what he's saying at the end, right?
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
So excited that Don't Sit Down has a shot at the top 5. Everybody....yeah yeah baby yeah.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/user/simon7bond7/playlist/5eB7YOnC2x30Zmt1vWrdVb
― piscesx, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
Don't understand why Panic in Detroit doesn't get nonstop airplay on classic rock radio.
It used to in Detroit, obv (maybe still does)
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
TOP FIVE
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
POINT JUMP
(Elvis & Bowie is fake, though after that Cher clip, I don't blame anyone for wondering.)
― pplains, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
5. "Heroes" (from "Heroes") - 1213 points/48 votes/6 first-place votes Official Video: http://youtu.be/Tgcc5V9Hu3gTop of the Pops, 1977: http://youtu.be/EZlTrFcoHn0Undated performance (looks like early 2000s): http://youtu.be/YYjBQKIOb-w
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
too high!
― piscesx, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
Interesting. For many years the rockist consensus was that compilations best served him.
I've heard so many people say this, "You only need a best-of", it still riles me.
Re: Bowie on classic rock radio, I don't really know about that but the numerous 'rock' bars in my hometown stick rigidly to a Bowie canon which consists of 'Jean Genie', 'Rebel Rebel', 'Let's Dance' and NOTHING else.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
― piscesx, Thursday, March 8, 2012 1:15 PM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
o_O
― horseshoe, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
It took me a long time to really get into this song. Not until I read Bowie in Berlin about how the lyrics were inspired and Fripp's guitar playing did it hit me.
― pplains, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
Hah, yeah, love this song to death. Not even the rash of terrible covers could ruin it for me.
― grandavis, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe this is a little too high, but it still managed to make it onto my ballot at #12.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
WOAH that Elvis clip is so rad, fake as it may be.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
wow, I've assumed all along that "Heroes" would win this. Put it fairly low down on my ballot consequently.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
Heroes is great but i've always found it sort of boring.
folk say that it was Live Aid that made Heroes a well known/ well loved song. it wasn't a big hit amazingly on release.
― piscesx, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
has this site been mentioned yet? it's amazing and his take on "heroes" is worth reading. addresses the weird way it's sometimes taken up, especially if you only hear the single edit and not the full album version.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
For those introduced via the Sound + Vision box set, who initially knew it as "Helden," sung in German:
http://youtu.be/zThrV79Y7ck
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/heroes/
― horseshoe, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Love the perpetual-motion-machine nature of the riff juxtaposed against the eterna-sustain of Fripp's soloing. And DB's vocal progression through the song.
Is there a short breakdown of what inspired the lyrics?
― grandavis, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Bowie pushed it big in Europe, hence 'Helden' (is there a 'Héros'?)
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
^^^would like to thank this man for providing me hours of reading enjoyment
xxp
I tend to play the French version ("Héros") nowadays because it hasn't been played to death by me like "Heroes" and "Helden". I had it low on my ballot but it's undeniable.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
I'll be reading that 'Bowiesongs' site much more thoroughly after this poll is over, definitely.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
seriously, even if you are a crazy person who finds "Heroes" boring check out that bowiesongs blog because it rules!
― horseshoe, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
xp!
:(
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
lol I was almost banned from the website cuz I picked a fight with an idiot who got outraged when I blandly suggested that Phil Collins and Tina Turner made much better pop albums in the eighties than David Jones.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
I'm waiting for the bowiesongs book before I dig in too deep so I can throw some money at him. His work is amazing.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah i read through that blog a bunch last week, haven't made it through "Heroes" yet tho. Wish there was a blog like that for every artist ever. Really amazing work!!!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
"Héros", in case you hadn't heard it:
http://youtu.be/van4ZFqTM3k
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't know he was writing a book! i will buy a hundred copies and hand them out on street corners. he is a marvel, that guy. david bowie, too.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link