David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:33 pm
Probably the most innovative music artist this country has had. What a sad loss....way too young!
Your favourite Bowie track?
Your favourite Bowie track?
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Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:34 pm
My favourite ...life on Mars
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:35 pm
Too many to choose for me , but I do prefer his earlier stuff
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:36 pm
He’s over rated
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:39 pm
I've had this when I've mentioned my favourite band queen
...if you don't like a band / artist ...don't comment ...bloke is asking for favourite Bowie song ..not whether you like him or not
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:44 pm
Drive-in Saturday/Queen Bitch/Sound and Vision
would be personal favourites.
And many more.
would be personal favourites.
And many more.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:47 pm
Life On Mars has to be one of the very best.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:48 pm
and of course it will be six years since he passed away in two days time.LoveCurryPies wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:33 pmProbably the most innovative music artist this country has had. What a sad loss....way too young!
Your favourite Bowie track?
Favourite track - so many I'm not sure but I still love Time from Aladdin Sane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDP9jLwzh0g
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:03 pm
That’s ok, you stick with the Bee Gees.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:14 pm
Genius & a legend. Life on Mars will always be my favourite but Wild is the Wind and Absolute beginners are very underated
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:30 pm
That first word sums him up for meClaret Till I Die wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:14 pmGenius & a legend. Life on Mars will always be my favourite but Wild is the Wind and Absolute beginners are very underated
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:32 pm
Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:14 pmGenius & a legend. Life on Mars will always be my favourite but Wild is the Wind and Absolute beginners are very underated
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Written by Dimitri Tiomkin in thev 50s, great song.
Bowie's is one of several covers.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:34 pm
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:36 pm
Does a singer/band have to write a track to make it special ?
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:42 pm
Has to be a track from Hunky Dory.....the truly magnificent
'The Bewlay Brothers'
'The Bewlay Brothers'
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:42 pm
Currently watching his Glastonbury performance from 2000 on BBC2 and he's singing Ashes to ashes.
I was 13 when
it came out and I remember it like it was yesterday.
That was the one that made me listen to everything else he had/has done.
Legend.
I was 13 when
it came out and I remember it like it was yesterday.
That was the one that made me listen to everything else he had/has done.
Legend.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:47 pm
I watched that around a week before Christmas having recorded it last summer. I can confirm that I wasn't 13 when Ashes to Ashes came out though.NorthIsCool wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:42 pmCurrently watching his Glastonbury performance from 2000 on BBC2 and he's singing Ashes to ashes.
I was 13 when
it came out and I remember it like it was yesterday.
That was the one that made me listen to everything else he had/has done.
Legend.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:53 pm
Keep your face out of the conversation if you think that then
,no one is intrested there's a good fella.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:54 pm
Age is nothingClaretTony wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:47 pmI watched that around a week before Christmas having recorded it last summer. I can confirm that I wasn't 13 when Ashes to Ashes came out though.
Music is timeless
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:56 pm
The who sold the world
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:29 am
Changes, brilliant timeless piece of work. Also maybe bizarrely Sound and vision.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:25 pm
For me every album from Space Oddity to Scary Monsters is a classic.I personally then thought he lost his way.But I picked up some of his later albums up when I saw them cheap on CD.I never really played them or if I did it was on in the background and I didn't take them in.A few weeks ago for some reason I played Heathen and was took aback how good it was and would say it stands against anything of his golden period
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:33 pm
Five Years/Drive In Saturday/Sound & Vision .....refuse to slim it down any more than that but I could probably pick another 20+tracks from throughout his career which are also absolute beauties. Did someone say over-rated ? Ha ha ha ha ha
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:34 pm
You're right about Heathen . The Next Day and Blackstar are also superb. He really did have a late career renaissance.Ptangyangkipperbang wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:25 pmFor me every album from Space Oddity to Scary Monsters is a classic.I personally then thought he lost his way.But I picked up some of his later albums up when I saw them cheap on CD.I never really played them or if I did it was on in the background and I didn't take them in.A few weeks ago for some reason I played Heathen and was took aback how good it was and would say it stands against anything of his golden period
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:39 pm
Sorrow .
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:22 pm
Lady Grinning Soul from my favourite Bowie album Aladdin Sane is a stand out track, one of many I hasten to add.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:25 pm
I've just listened to Let's Dance. First 3 tracks are great; Modern Love, China Girl, and Let's Dance. Produced by the brilliant Nile Rodgers.
So many different musical styles over the years, a real geniuis. Apart from Dancing in the Streets with Mick Jagger. That was absolutely bobbins.
So many different musical styles over the years, a real geniuis. Apart from Dancing in the Streets with Mick Jagger. That was absolutely bobbins.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:34 pm
The Jean Genie
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:41 pm
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:46 pm
Brilliant songashtonlongsider wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:22 pmLady Grinning Soul from my favourite Bowie album Aladdin Sane is a stand out track, one of many I hasten to add.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:59 pm
So many top quality tunes.
Hard to beat Space Oddity though I reckon.
Hard to beat Space Oddity though I reckon.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:05 pm
heroes, Im afraid of americans, kooks, panic in detroit. blue jean.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:08 pm
Five Years. Pretty pertinent right now I’ve been thinking.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:09 pm
Excellent 2 hour programme on BBC Sounds : Bowie Dancing Out in Space
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000r4cj
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000r4cj
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:29 pm
Ashes to ashes
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:34 pm
He was great at Live Aid with "Heroes". Great suit that day too!
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:35 pm
Nearly opted for Moorage Daydream myself.....Such a great tune and even today it still sounds kind of, well, sci-fi ! It's pretty easy to play to a passable standard on guitar too ! Also love Soul Love...in fact pretty much every song on Ziggy is superb.dougcollins wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:41 pm3rd track from Ziggy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFDj3sh ... BrokenGrin
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:41 pm
Torn between modern love, life on Mars and boys keep swinging, going boys keep swinging. As many have said absolute legend
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:43 pm
mill hill claret wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:39 pm
I've had this when I've mentioned my favourite band queen
...if you don't like a band / artist ...don't comment ...bloke is asking for favourite Bowie song ..not whether you like him or not
Sorry but the OP set the agenda with his opening statement
A comment like that is open to challenge.LoveCurryPies wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:33 pmProbably the most innovative music artist this country has had. What a sad loss....way too young!
He was behind the curve with the whole androgynous thing. He used that to get himself established. Nothing wrong with that, plenty of others did it, but he was by no means the first.
Some of his riffs were very reminiscent of others. Jean Genie and Blockbuster spring to mind, but both probably owed their opening riffs to the Yardbirds.
He also reputedly had a taste for young girls, again he was by no means the first
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 10:10 pm
RubbishChobulous wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:43 pmSorry but the OP set the agenda with his opening statement
A comment like that is open to challenge.
He was behind the curve with the whole androgynous thing. He used that to get himself established. Nothing wrong with that, plenty of others did it, but he was by no means the first.
Some of his riffs were very reminiscent of others. Jean Genie and Blockbuster spring to mind, but both probably owed their opening riffs to the Yardbirds.
He also reputedly had a taste for young girls, again he was by no means the first
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:31 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHC6t13hi0Dark Cloud wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:34 pmHe was great at Live Aid with "Heroes". Great suit that day too!
Bowie was brilliant that day and for me it was one of the best days out ever.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:54 am
great musician, lyricist, style guru, and a great wit. Bowie was phenomenal.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 6:53 am
John, I'm only dancing or Man who sold the world.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:08 am
Station to Station, live is even better
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:57 am
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:05 am
Sounds like you were there and one of the lucky ones CT. I was simply part of the huge TV audience, but a mate of mine from Rawtenstall got a ticket and went and said it was the experience of a lifetime, although when he'd first bought the ticket he wasn't even sure what the event really was or if it would be any good. If memory serves me correctly, tickets were originally freely available and easy to get before the publicity suddenly took off and it was only in the last week or final few days that people realised it was probably going to be something extremely special. At which point tickets became as sought after as gold dust.ClaretTony wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:31 amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHC6t13hi0
Bowie was brilliant that day and for me it was one of the best days out ever.
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 10:04 am
No he isn'tDavid Bowie 75
(I know it's a particularly weird bugbear of mine, but i never get why they come out with "X celebrity would have been Y years old today". Like when does it stop?)
Anyway, carry on
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 10:10 am
Suffragette city and Starman just 2 of many .While he’d done nothing for 30 yrs he was a suberb artist and I even forgave his “ glass spider tour”
Re: David Bowie 75
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 10:28 am
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