I'd forgotten we'd done that. Mine would be roughly the same as it was then. Perhaps a different order. If you could only choose 1? For me, Heroes. Definitely. If I put together an album of my all time favourite songs I'd choose Heroes as the fade out track. After that, silence. Nada.
*grumble* This will be wrong in about 5 minutes probably. Also, I'm doing 15 rather than 10. 1. "Heroes" 2. Fame 3. Station to Station 4. Wild is the Wind 5. Lazarus 6. Sound and Vision 7. Golden Years 8. Buddha of Suburbia 9. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide 10. Breaking Glass 11. Quicksand 12. Five Years 13. Where Are We Now? 14. Slow Burn 15. Warszawa
I know that if I did a similar album, my opening track would definitely be Station to Station. Even if it is 10 minutes long. It's ****ing ace. Mine's a double album, 2 LPs. If I had a fade out it would probably be Atmosphere by Joy Division.
They played Bowie songs all night on the Radio 2 Simon Mayo show. He said the most requested track was "The Laughing Nome" at which point I couldn't take hearing such a sacrilege and turned it off. Only forgiven for choosing that track if they were 5 or under at the time released, even Bowie tried to disown it.
That's an odd top fifteen, you've managed to leave off almost all of his early stuff, which was by far his best.
I can't be arsed to sit down and work out a top fifteen, but I suspect if I did, all but one track would have been recorded by 73.
It's all opinion. Obviously I am more into experimental music and you the glam rock. We can at least agree to disagree. The great thing about Bowie is that there is something for nearly everyone, considering how many genres he tackled.
Very good. It's closer to Low Bowie than Ziggy Bowie if you want an idea of the sound. (As previously stated I prefer the more experimental Bowie, so my opinion is somewhat warped) It's a much different listen now than it was on Friday when I bought it. Listening to many of the lyrics it is clearly an album which Bowie knew would be his parting gift. It is very similar to Closer by Joy Division in that aspect. I got the vinyl version, which is on clear vinyl and looks beautiful.
It must be an age thing gents - I'm with Lammie on this one, when Bowie and The Spiders From Mars went their separate ways I lost interest in what he was doing, most, but not all (i.e. Scary Monsters), of the experimental stuff left me pretty cold.
I think it is. Being around at the time does have a big impact. It was the Ziggy stuff that got me into Bowie, and I didn't venture further from it for a while, but the first time I listened to Low I couldn't believe I had left all this work untouched. I still adore all the glam stuff (though I prefer Hunky Dory to Rise and Fall), but the mid to late 70s is my personal jam. I don't think I would've got into a lot of my favourite bands without Bowie, particularly Radiohead, whose more experimental stuff I likely wouldn't have touched if not for Low. As previously said, it's all opinion. Bowie is one of those artists were few fans have the exact same experiences of him.
Probably worth mentioning that the clear vinyl was a limited edition, so it will likely be hard to come by now. There is a normal vinyl too though. Just in case you were wondering.
Most people haven't opened the clear and bought a normal one to play. They probably see it as a decent investment. Though records will be out of fashion again by then. The new album is a wonderful mess of noise and I love it.
