Stages is amazing. I like all the Low and Heroes cuts on it more than their studio versions. However, the Nassau show released a few years ago on the deluxe Station To Station beats it. Might be my absolutely favorite official Bowie release.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
The live "Stay" (from the Nassau show) demolishes the studio version. And I love the studio version.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
That band was smoking.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
My ballot
1. Aladdin Sane2. Hunky Dory3. Station To Station4. Ziggy Stardust5. Low
Aladdin Sane has some clunkers, but 75% of it is just about perfect.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
If we'd done this poll in 1982 then surely Ziggy Stardust would've been #1 (undeservedly).
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
Tracks time! I hope my internet connection doesn't crap out on me -- I've been having dropouts for a few weeks and had a guy from the cable co. out to check it out yesterday.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 4:45 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
and snorting!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
Let me tell you, there were some results that surprised the hell out of me. #teaser #fluffer
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
#bastard
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
60. "Sons of the Silent Age" (from "Heroes") - 200 points/11 votes/0 first-place votes
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
Is "Sound & Vision" going to be the number 1 song then?
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
Happy to see this! (even if WmC had to push it out to 60 spots) Love this tune.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
This one was my #20. One of my favourite tracks from "Heroes".
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
Wait I thought you were at least putting the link to teh youtube w/ the results?
Making me look shit up, pffft.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
I'm glad we posted no YouTubes tbh. I have a powerful work computer but it nearly exploded opening the Jacksons poll thread.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://youtu.be/0mbfyJ3x_1Q
Let me know if that embeds and I'll scratch it.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
Seems fine to me, WmC!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
yeah thats why there was talk of the youtu.be link which is just a link to the video on youtube.
xpost
didnt embed, thats fine thank you wmc.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
its weird that people complain about the youtubes, maybe its whatever browser they use... got a pretty standard 4 year old macbook and it never has a problem with them.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
I think it's more if you want to expand the thread
― iatee, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
I've got all my Bowie albums here on my computer, so I'm just going to listen along whenever a particular track comes up.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
I looked this song up on SongMeanings.net cos I always wondered about it... and now I know:
This song is about abortion. It took me forever to realize but once I did realize that, it is so obvious. Brilliant song and now the chorus means ten times more, knowing that he ACTUALLY means BABY when he says "baby".
― Feebs K-Tel (NickB), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
God, I love that kind of floating quality that 'Sons Of The Silent Age' has during the verses.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
Sons of the Silent Age is a awesome song to begin a countdown with.
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
59. Teenage Wildlife (from Scary Monsters) - 206 points/9 votes/1 first-place vote
http://youtu.be/i9pByyFqrFI
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, the one where Bowie whines about being influential.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
the one where Bowie whines
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
You guys, I totally forgot to put in the image I created for the opening post! Check the top of the thread now.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
Nice jorb!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
Sweet
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
Cool!
But what's Ron Swanson doing there?
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
Love Teslabowie
― an elk hunt (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
'Teenage Wildlife' is about Gary Numan, isn't it? Or at least it's rumoured to be. Reading between the lines, it's almost as if Bowie perceived Numan as some sort of threat at the dawn of the '80s. I guess Numan was outselling him at the time, though. I mean, Numan was massive in the UK in 1980/1981. Numan obviously admired Bowie, but the feeling clearly wasn't mutual.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
Love the Frippery on Teenage Wildlife, but other than that, I can never quite connect with it.
― Feebs K-Tel (NickB), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
There's a famous story in which an uncharacteristically ungentlemanlike Bowie destroys Numan on TV.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
58. "The Secret Life of Arabia" (from "Heroes") - 211 points/11 votes/0 first-place votes
http://youtu.be/712GnEJHn_Y
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
^^^^ My problem with SM generally. I love the sound of the thing but, oof, Bowie's vocals...
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
Would like to read this story!
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
well, Numan's a bit freaky, isn't he? not like, uh, Bowie.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
oof, Bowie's vocals...
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la8wu7q8Ri1qaaa84o1_500.gif
― buzza, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
loooove those glasses
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, March 6, 2012 5:17 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I heard he once got Numan thrown out of a TV studio once... or is that the same story? He certainly wasn't the only person to get agitated with Numan for whatever reason. I mean, Yes doing 'White Car' on Drama for example.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
Meh... 'The Secret Life Of Arabia' = not one of my favourites. I mean, I kinda appreciate it as some kind of lighthearted relief after the ambient part of "Heroes", but I never ever feel like listening to it on its own ever.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
I like your photo collage, but now I have to do this:
http://i.imgur.com/T7Jeb.jpg
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
I LOVE Secret Life of Arabia but on some thread around here so many people were sort of running it down that I balked...and I think the placement at the end of Heroes helps both the song and the album as a whole. I love hearing it after the heavy instrumentals on s2.
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
haha, A+xp
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
57. "Beauty and the Beast" (from "Heroes") - 219 points/11 votes/0 first-place votes
http://youtu.be/RmqcMwD9NSo
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
In 2000 a close friend, a Bowie neophyte, stuck the newly purchased Heroes in his car. As that intro piano and gnarled-distorted Frippery began, I put myself in his place and wondered what the hell was going through his mind.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 5:28 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah. I mean, I understand why it's there, but it's always come across as something of a PS to me. Or like watching a short Bugs Bunny cartoon after watching Schindler's List.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
SECRET SECRET
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link