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The Top Five Songs of... David Bowie

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  • NorthStandUltra
    NorthStandUltra Posts: 2,542
    ken_shabby said:

    Very straight five from me. I'm sat here listening to it as I write.

    1 - Ashes to Ashes
    2 - Space Oddity
    3 - The man who sold the world
    4 - Heroes
    5 - Modern Love

    And a special mention for Under Pressure with Queen.

    Man who sold the World should be on my list too, Kurt Cobain's version is also excellent on the Nirvana Unplugged album - won't mention Lulu......
  • david sylvian
    david sylvian Posts: 82
    1. Station to Station
    2. Young Americans
    3. Heroes
    4. Wild is the Wind
    5. Boys Keep Swinging

    although it'd be easier to make a list of the top 50
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,801
    Life on Mars
    Queen Bitch
    Man Who Sold the World
    Starman
    Ashes to Ashes
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/leisure/latest/14195175.MAP__18_south_east_London_places_where_David_Bowie_lived__learned_and_played/?ref=eb
  • Jensenwasclass
    Jensenwasclass Posts: 835
    1. The Jean Genie
    2. Sound and Vision
    3. Starman
    4. Panic in Detroit
    5. John I'm only dancing
  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    Starman
    Jean Genie
    Life on Mars
    Modern Love
    Space Oddity

    I also love The Laughing Gnome!
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,425
    I was always hooked by fantastic opening lines:

    I'm an alligator, I'm a mamapapa coming for you

    She's a tongue twisting storm coming to the show tonight praying to the light machine

    Pushing through the market square, so many mother crying

    Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth

    Still don't know what I was waiting for and my mind was running wild, a million dead-end streets

    Didn't know what time it was, lights were low.

    I'm up on the eleventh floor and I'm watching the cruisers below.

    Do you remember a guy that's been in such an early song


    etc etc etc

    What a talent.
  • Dugdaleclass
    Dugdaleclass Posts: 565
    The opening riff of The Man Who Sold the World does it for me.
  • ken from bexley
    ken from bexley Posts: 5,120
    In no particular order. Starman. This performance on TOTP to me was simply 'iconic'
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B5zmDz4vR4
    Life on Mars.....Is he wearing make up?......
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v--IqqusnNQ
    Young Americans
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydLcs4VrjZQ
    Do you remember President Nixon?.......
    Sweet thing.....Live
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiydgQymvTE
    Wild is the wind....... Thin white Duke.....
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THbYFOsl-LM
    OGWT performance...... too 10 years before it was safe to release?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBQ-S6njQQw


  • daveaddick
    daveaddick Posts: 1,926
    Hard to pick but:

    1) Jean Genie
    2) Ziggy Stardust
    3) China Girl
    4) Life on Mars
    5) Modern Love

    But tomorrow it could be a different five as I haven't included Starman or Heroes, let alone all the others

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  • church-lane
    church-lane Posts: 943
    Life on Mars
    Kooks
    Heroes
    Ashes To Ashes
    John, I'm only dancing
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,493
    Valiantphil said:

    I was always hooked by fantastic opening lines:

    I'm an alligator, I'm a mamapapa coming for you

    She's a tongue twisting storm coming to the show tonight praying to the light machine

    Pushing through the market square, so many mother crying

    Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth

    Still don't know what I was waiting for and my mind was running wild, a million dead-end streets

    Didn't know what time it was, lights were low.

    I'm up on the eleventh floor and I'm watching the cruisers below.

    Do you remember a guy that's been in such an early song


    etc etc etc

    What a talent.

    Me too.

    The hand that wrote this letter sweeps the pillow clean.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,937
    too difficult to choose but I've just listened to Rock n Roll Suicide after not hearing it for a long time-absolute classic.
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,972
    Also produced Lou Reeds Transformer with Mick Ronson. Classic.

    Not a massive fan but like some of his mainstream stuff and these are my top 5 -

    Young Americans
    Sound and Vision
    The Man Who Sold The World ( as mentioned before covered brilliantly by Nirvana and didn't know then it was a Bowie song )
    Starman
    Changes
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,152
    You could pick a different one every day, but for today:-
    Ashes to Ashes
    Life on Mars
    Station to Station
    Somebody up there likes me
    The Bewley Brothers
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Bing & Bowie - Peace on Earth/Little Drummer is one of me fav Christmas songs
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,491
    1. Space Oddity
    2. Life on Mars
    3. Starman

    Funnily enough, I've never been been a huge fan of Heroes
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    edited January 2016
    It's not difficult to choose your favourite 5 Bowie songs, it's impossible!
    Here are my favourite 5 albums,

    Hunky Dory
    Aladdin Sane
    Diamond Dogs
    Young Americans
    Low
    Scary Monsters

    Couldn't keep it to five.

    And Stage as a Live album is absolutely brilliant, especially compared to the atrocious David Live.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,352
    Lady Grinning Soul
    Drive In Saturday
    The Man Who Sold The World
    Rock 'n Roll Suicide
    Suffragette City
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,219
    Teenage Wildlife for me.

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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,187
    edited January 2016
    Impossible to name 5, so I've managed to whittle it down to 30.

    Rock n Roll Suicide
    Ashes to Ashes
    Life on Mars
    Heroes
    Changes
    Suffragette City
    Space Oddity
    Ziggy Stardust
    Starman
    Be My Wife
    Rebel Rebel
    Fame
    John I'm Only Dancing
    Panic In Detroit
    The Jean Genie
    Diamond Dogs
    Golden Years
    Young Americans
    Sound and Vision
    Always Crashing in The Same Car
    Sorrow
    Boys Keep Swinging
    Watch That Man
    China Girl
    Let's Dance
    Five Years
    Moonage Daydream
    Lady Stardust
    Aladdin Sane
    Breaking Glass

    (No Tin Machine lol)
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Wow , just too many that were absolutely brilliant, but here goes....

    Let's Dance
    Diamond Dogs
    China Girl
    Ashed to Ashes
    Heroes

    ChchchchChanges in there too, and Young Americans and Sound and Vision and RocknRoll Suicide and Space Oddity and.....the list goes on and on.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,812
    1) Space Oddity
    2) Life on Mars
    3) Ashes to Ashes
    4) Starman
    5) I must admit, I loved his version of Nature Boy too

    R.I.P. Genuine genius.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    My Top 5 Bowie Tracks
    1. Heroes
    2. Fashion
    3. Rebel Rebel
    4. Jean Genie
    5. Ziggy Stardust
    Listening to some of his great albums tonight!
    R.I.P
  • Tutt-Tutt
    Tutt-Tutt Posts: 3,293
    Starman
    Changes
    Queen Bitch
    Space Oddity
    Heroes
  • Lewis Coaches
    Lewis Coaches Posts: 5,434
    kooks ,without question my no1
    Rock n Roll Suicide
    Love You Till Tuesday
    Drive in Saturday
    Space Oddity
    The early years when i was young left amark on me,we would play this very late on Friday night before catching a bus in Keston to travel to away games.Loved those nights ,Tony Denton thanks for the goodtimes we had together.
    RIP Mr Starman.
  • ct_addick
    ct_addick Posts: 4,378
    1. Heroes
    2. Space Oddity
    3. Sound and Vision
    4. Fame
    5. Young American
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited January 2016
    Starman,
    Golden Years
    Changes
    Ziggy Stardust
    Kooks
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,258
    I guess we are all doing the same and playing his stuff right now.

    So I started with Memories of a Free Festival, because when I was at school and wondering whether he had more than Space Oddity somebody brought in what I remember was an Island compilation (but the obit. I read today never mentioned him being on Island.

    And right now Strangers when we Meet, which I think is my favourite, seamless, effortless class.
  • favershamaddick
    favershamaddick Posts: 231
    1)Sound and Vision

    2) Jean Genie

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