too many to choose from but, here we go...
golden years
ashes to ashes
jump they say
moder love
fashion (for the spastic guitar solo)
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I don't actually know that much Bowie apart from the singles
but "Andy Warhol" is the first one that springs to mind. I can't listen to it on headphoens without my jaw dropping.
kooks or queen bitch
I will go for Queen Bitch
I love almost all of Hunky Dory
but "Kooks" always puts my teeth on edge a little bit, I'm not sure why. I think it's a bit too knowingly twee.
TVC 15!
i like rebel rebel
my favourite is
five years, closely followed by queen bitch
lets dance
always crashing in the same car
.
station to station
5 years
subterraneans
heroes (aphex twin remix)
ashes to ashes
oh you pretty things
.
Life on Mars
Golden Years
Suffragette City
I've not heard that Aphex Twin remix
has it been released anywhere?
26 remixes for cash
my answers: basically the first half of low, life on mars, john im only dancing, ashes to ashes, repetition, cracked actors, other stuff
Blue Jean!
The chorus, anyway. If only the verses had been as good as the chorus, it would have been the greatest song ever :(
Ashes To Ashes
Starman
Fame
Fashion
Kooks
Let's Dance
Sound & Vision
Little Wonder (yes, really)
New Killer Star (yes, really)
Laughing Gnome
space oddity
i also like ashes to ashes
I really liked Little Wonder
Heroes
If there is an instrumental version of that anywhere, could someone point it out to me?
I forgot Heroes.
When ironically that is far and away his single best song.
my personal faves are
'Five Years'
'Life On Mars?'
and even though it's a little bit cheesy I love 'Absolute Beginners'.
Modern Love
or John Im Only Dancing
That, itseducational,
is a brilliant list! I guess I'd stick on 'Blackout' from heroes, and probably all of 'Station to Station'. But whoa! Way to go.
wawaweewa!
starman
suffragette city
a new career in a new town <-- ace!
golden years
heroes
and that one off extras
...
Little fat man who sold his soul
Little fat man who sold his dreams
Chubby little loser...
that was brill..he should release it
lol
Cygnet Committee
Such an underrated tune..
erm.
Space Oddity
The Man Who Sold The World
Ziggy Stardust.
John, I'm Only Dancing
Afraid
Re above
the story goes he cried like a baby after recording that...I guess his own song overwhelming him, which would be awfully goddamn pretenious if it were anyone else.
.
Andy Warhol
Heroes
all of StationtoStation
John I'm Only Dancing
Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing
.
Starman
Five Years
Andy Warhol
Kooks
Bring Me The Disco King
Everyone Says 'Hi'
lots more. The whole Low album, which doesn't work so well when you think of it as a collection of individual songs.
bowie top 10 and my bowie connection
1 - My dad was in the same school class as Bowie!
2 - My mum used to work in the newsagents that Bowie's mum used to get her papers from.
3 - I've got Bowie's Seventies teeth!
top 10
1 - Always Crashing in the Same Car
2 - Watch That Man
3 - Black Country Rock
4 - Speed of Life
5 - John Im Only Dancing
6 - Heroes
7 - Suffragette City
8 - Modern Love
9 - I've Been Waiting for You
10 - Station to Station
his seventies teeth???
does he have different ones for each decade?
I bet he was a weird kid.
Everybodys choices are spot on
but doesn't anyone like anything from outside?
I have not been to oxford town and
strangers when we meet
Definitely up there with the best of the rest
other than joeymahone
who picked little wonder of course
Heart's Salty Lesson
innit.
Drive In Saturday
Life On Mars
Time
The Cygnet Committee
Heroes
Some of the Outside tracks are the best live ones
ie Hearts Filthy Lesson, The Motel, Hallo Spaceboy. True. You don't go to the gig thinking that you really want to here them but they blow you away when they come on.
Top3
Cracked Actor
Hallo Spaceboy (original version)
China Girl
I actually like his early stuff
from when he sounded like Anthony Newley. "Laughing Gnome" period, if you like. It's easy to laugh at, but some of the songs are really really charming. And I've got a great video of him doing mime to versions of "Rubber Band" and stuff like that
yeah
i really like please mr gravedigger
I couldn't even start
he's got such an amazing back catalogue
88
no ones said mine yet!
the secret life of arabia
I like Secret Life of Arabia too
as well as New Career in a New Town, TVC15, Sound and Vison, John I'm Only Dancing.
I have a real soft spot for
Modern Love and Sound & Vision.
my faves
All The Madmen
Life On Mars
Five Years
Time
African Night Flight
Look Back In Anger
Five Years in Tibet
and Moonage Daydream