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Farren 03-13-2008 08:43 PM
David Bowie appreciation thread
 
Inspired by Chuck and Scarlatti depriving ITSOZ of hard won abuse by spamming his spam thread with Bowie, a Bowie appreciation thread.

Anyone who doesn't love at least one Bowie track is ignorant or deaf. Fact.

I had a friend that said she thought Bowie was wierd and his music was strange and unappealing. Then she found out some of her favourite tracks were actually by Bowie. That's the way Bowie is. If you think you can put him in a box, you're wrong. Sometimes his willingness to experiment and write songs, as he told one interviewer, "fridge-magnet" style has produced work of questionable quality, but damn, he's made so much fine music.

Here's some of my (many) favourites:

Absolute Beginners
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Under Pressure (with Queen)
(May Vanilla Ice burn in hell for sampling this in a "song" not fit to lick the dirt from the original's tracks)
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Heroes
(Brings back fond memories of watching "Christiana F" in a run down art cinema at the sleazy end of town as a teenager)
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D. Scarlatti 03-13-2008 09:03 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
You know what Bowie's best record is? This one:

http://media.musictoday.com/store/ba...ium/I5CD08.jpg

Farren 03-13-2008 09:11 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
You had me in a state of fear and confusion until the Google told me Bowie produced, wrote, played and even sang for the album. Can't say I've heard any other track from it apart from the title track that was used in Trainspotting, which is very nice.

lisarea 03-13-2008 09:25 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Farren (Post 508733)
You had me in a state of fear and confusion until the Google told me Bowie produced, wrote, played and even sang for the album. Can't say I've heard any other track from it apart from the title track that was used in Trainspotting, which is very nice.
AKA "The Royal Carribean Theme Song."

Being a dirty furriner, maybe haven't seen these:

ChuckF 03-13-2008 09:27 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
I have only an amateur's knowledge of Bowie's pretty huge output. I didn't get into it beyond Space Oddity until after watching The Life Aquatic. Imma get on iTunes.

Legs 03-13-2008 09:30 PM
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Farren 03-13-2008 09:32 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
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Originally Posted by Farren (Post 508733)
You had me in a state of fear and confusion until the Google told me Bowie produced, wrote, played and even sang for the album. Can't say I've heard any other track from it apart from the title track that was used in Trainspotting, which is very nice.
AKA "The Royal Carribean Theme Song."

Being a dirty furriner, maybe haven't seen these:
I'm way too dirty and foreign to have heard that before.

Love those drums.

D. Scarlatti 03-13-2008 09:33 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
I think my favorite Bowie albums are Scary Monsters, Heroes, and Let's Dance, plus a whole shitload of individual tracks from all over the place, from The Man Who Sold The World to Sound + Vision to Never Let Me Down.

I don't know how you couldn't like David Bowie either.

Love those drums.

Aye. That whole record is great. You must have heard The Passenger somewhere along the way.


(Live [with Bowie, it says] - audio only.)

ChuckF 03-13-2008 09:33 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
And how could anybody not love him after this:

Legs 03-13-2008 09:34 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
* Legs is waiting for Lil' Drummer Boy w/ Bing :waiting:

Farren 03-13-2008 09:45 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by D. Scarlatti (Post 508743)
I think my favorite Bowie albums are Scary Monsters, Heroes, and Let's Dance, plus a whole shitload of individual tracks from all over the place, from The Man Who Sold The World to Sound + Vision to Never Let Me Down.

I don't know how you couldn't like David Bowie either.

Love those drums.

Aye. That whole record is great. You must have heard The Passenger somewhere along the way.

The Passenger

(Live [with Bowie, it says] - audio only.)
Yeah but only heard that version recently for the first time. I used to think it was a Souixie and the Banshees original. Fucking awsome.

Farren 03-13-2008 10:01 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
Life on Mars
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5 Years
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Posted, I must admit, mainly because these are the two Bowie tracks I can reasonably render with a guitar and a bit of wine in me. And of course, Life on Mars is just lovely.

Veritas 03-13-2008 10:53 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
I've only ever owned one Bowie album.

It was Black Tie White Noise.

Do I pass the cool test? Do I? Huh? Huh?

Farren 03-13-2008 10:56 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Veritas (Post 508792)
I've only ever owned one Bowie album.

It was Black Tie White Noise.

Do I pass the cool test? Do I? Huh? Huh?
Have you read Bukowski? Do you use "ennui" in casual conversation? Can you name any Jim Jarmouche movies?

Watser? 03-13-2008 11:03 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
Most of Bowie's great stuff is from the 1970s IMO. In the 1980s it all went downhill.

http://nl.&feature=related
http://nl.
Who knew it was so hard to find anything decent on youtube?

Veritas 03-13-2008 11:06 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Farren (Post 508794)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Veritas (Post 508792)
I've only ever owned one Bowie album.

It was Black Tie White Noise.

Do I pass the cool test? Do I? Huh? Huh?
Have you read Bukowski? Do you use "ennui" in casual conversation? Can you name any Jim Jarmouche movies?
No, yes, who?

lisarea 03-13-2008 11:08 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
I don't like him as much as I did when I was a kid*, but I really kind of like this version of The Man Who Sold the World:


* That's not a burn or anything. I liked him some stupid amount when I was a kid.

Qingdai 03-13-2008 11:10 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
"Please Mr. Gravedigger" - NMETV Latest Music Videos and Clips

Please Mr. Gravedigger.

lisarea 03-13-2008 11:18 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
Oh, OK.

If that's how you're gonna be:


(One of you guys should make a version with that gnome that's terrorizing Argentina.)

Watser? 03-13-2008 11:28 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
What gnome is it you are talking about? :?

Farren 03-13-2008 11:34 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
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Originally Posted by Watser? (Post 508796)
Most of Bowie's great stuff is from the 1970s IMO. In the 1980s it all went downhill.
Wut???

As the world falls down
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Wild is the wind
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When the wind blows
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Qingdai 03-13-2008 11:34 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 

Scary still. This song reminds me more of Heros.

Farren 03-13-2008 11:39 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Veritas (Post 508797)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Farren (Post 508794)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Veritas (Post 508792)
I've only ever owned one Bowie album.

It was Black Tie White Noise.

Do I pass the cool test? Do I? Huh? Huh?
Have you read Bukowski? Do you use "ennui" in casual conversation? Can you name any Jim Jarmouche movies?
No, yes, who?
Not cool

Naaaah just messin' witcha. I even spelled Jarmusch wrong, so I'm not cool :blush:

ZEZOZE 03-13-2008 11:40 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 

(blech video)

vremya 03-13-2008 11:40 PM
Re: David Bowie appreciation thread
 
Yeah! Bowie's the man!

Gawd, where to start?

Ashes to Ashes
Life on Mars
Station to Station
Rebel, Rebel
Slowburn
Look Back in Anger
Outside
Breaking Glass
...


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