With the forthcoming expo at the V&A Maybe the greatest artist of all time? Mrs DT and I are having trouble getting them sorted Try and list your top 5 Bowie tracks
I'm an alligator! I'm a mamma papa coming for you! I'm a space invader. I'll be a rock n rollin bitch for you. ....nice shout.
Moonage Daydream was going to be my fifth choice. I wished I put it in now. This song was ahead of it's time. The arrangement of the whole piece is outstanding. The way it begins with his voice and lyric with a basic bass and drum, then the piano and electric guitar syncopated with some distorted distant guitar chops. The chirpy middle section which then drifts into an orchestral string melody, followed by a haunting lead guitar solo. The whole record then comes together with every instrument playing as one for the outro. Actually, I've just decided that, that is my no.1 Bowie track.
Ashes to Ashes Modern Love Space Oddity China Girl Heroes His new single is actually pretty decent too. I think he's very inventive and generally like his stuff but he lacks consistency for me.
1 - Absolute Beginners 2 - Heroes 3 - Suffragette City 4 - Fame 5 - Speed of Life ( purely going on memory ....... haven't heard since about 1979 )
I have always really liked Bowie with his various musical transformations through the years and rather like these selections (and his mint green suit) - this was one of Mick Ronson's last appearances before he died:- The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 1992 Heroes Under Pressure - the story of my life and QPR (orig. Freddie Mercury & Queen + Bowie) here Bowie/Queen + Annie Lennox I rather like this Bowie/Gail Ann Dorsey (his band's fantastic base player) Under Pressure version:-
Let's roll back 41 years everyone:- David Bowie - Starman (1972) HD Interesting commentary:- "i'm 14 and i'd rather listen to david bowie any day that justin beiber and one direction. he's proper music without autotune and is an amazing song writer. it's frustrates me how very few people my age know who he is or appreciate his music."
And now Bowie, today at the ripe old age of 66:- David Bowie - Obstacle (Exclusive iTunes track off 2013 CD "The Next Day") David Bowie - Where Are We Now? extract
With his artistic vision he was light years ahead of his time. He was also helped by having probably the most under-rated lead guitarist of all as his sidekick during his 'golden years', Mick Ronson really could play guitar... Moonage Daydream Jean Genie Under Pressure Sorrow Space Oddity In 1969 I was a fifth year pupil at Tulse Hill School and in the last week of the Summer Term each Year was given their own control of an all-school assembly. Our group was led by an art teacher who was a great Bowie fan way before he was really famous and the theme of our assembly was 'Space Oddity' in the week the Americans landed on the moon. We set up a paper mache 'moonscape' on stage and used a bus stop which around 25 of us were waiting at 'on the moon' and holding a balloon. Space Oddity was played and we all put our hand above our eyes as we were supposed to be looking into space, as the record finished with the chorus of 'can you hear me Major Tom?' we all put our hands to our ears, as if we were trying to hear him. At the end of the record we all walked to the front of the stage and threw our balloons into the well of the hall, this was to signify weightlessness. I think we can trace the demise of education in this country back to that day, but it was great fun...
with all the others posted I may as well put my favourite up [video=youtube_share;v--IqqusnNQ]http://youtu.be/v--IqqusnNQ[/video]
Someone asked me to do the same with Queen during the week which I was going to pose on here, but I got embroiled elsewhere. With Bowie I've got as far as Rock 'N' Roll Suicide, I was equally inept with Queen.
Now this is real tough, and not too sure I've got it right even now - and no way can I put an order to them. But here goes: Five Years (...my brain hurts a lot) Golden Years (Don't let me hear you say, life's taking you nowhere) Rebel Rebel (Hot tramp... I love you so!) Diamond Dogs (are poachers and they hide behind trees) Heroes (We can beat them, just for one day) With back-ups of: Jean Genie; Fame; John, I'm only Dancing; Sufragette City. Not convinced I have this right at all!!!
David Bowie represents early 70's to me with equally superb Mott the Hoople. The best Bowie songs IMHO are: Life on Mars Starman Lady Grinning Soul Jean Genie Space Oddity Just bubbling under: The man who sold the world Rebel Rebel Ziggy Stardust
