The Man Who Polled the World, aka DAVID BOWIE POLL RESULTS

http://youtu.be/0mbfyJ3x_1Q

Let me know if that embeds and I'll scratch it.

Seems fine to me, WmC!

yeah thats why there was talk of the youtu.be link which is just a link to the video on youtube.

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didnt embed, thats fine thank you wmc.

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.

I think it's more if you want to expand the thread

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.

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".

God, I love that kind of floating quality that 'Sons Of The Silent Age' has during the verses.

Sons of the Silent Age is a awesome song to begin a countdown with.

59. Teenage Wildlife (from Scary Monsters) - 206 points/9 votes/1 first-place vote

http://youtu.be/i9pByyFqrFI

Ah, the one where Bowie whines about being influential.

the one where Bowie whines

You guys, I totally forgot to put in the image I created for the opening post! Check the top of the thread now.

Nice jorb!

Sweet

Cool!

But what's Ron Swanson doing there?

Love Teslabowie

'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.

Love the Frippery on Teenage Wildlife, but other than that, I can never quite connect with it.

There's a famous story in which an uncharacteristically ungentlemanlike Bowie destroys Numan on TV.

58. "The Secret Life of Arabia" (from "Heroes") - 211 points/11 votes/0 first-place votes

http://youtu.be/712GnEJHn_Y

Love the Frippery on Teenage Wildlife, but other than that, I can never quite connect with it.

^^^^ My problem with SM generally. I love the sound of the thing but, oof, Bowie's vocals...

There's a famous story in which an uncharacteristically ungentlemanlike Bowie destroys Numan on TV.

Would like to read this story!

well, Numan's a bit freaky, isn't he? not like, uh, Bowie.

oof, Bowie's vocals...

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la8wu7q8Ri1qaaa84o1_500.gif

loooove those glasses

There's a famous story in which an uncharacteristically ungentlemanlike Bowie destroys Numan on TV.

― 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.

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.

I like your photo collage, but now I have to do this:

http://i.imgur.com/T7Jeb.jpg

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.

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57. "Beauty and the Beast" (from "Heroes") - 219 points/11 votes/0 first-place votes

http://youtu.be/RmqcMwD9NSo

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.

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, 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.

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there are 56 better Bowie songs than Beauty and the Beast?

Only 18, according to my ballot.

There was an interview with Bowie once - on MuchMusic, I think - during the 90s - where they asked what "Bowie imitators" he thought were songwriters good and he named Gary Numan. Maybe he softened with age...

I absolutely love the middle 8 in 'Beauty And The Beast'.

Only 7 according to mine. xps

'Beauty And The Beast' didn't even make my ballot! :/

56. "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" (w/Giorgio Moroder; Cat People soundtrack; Let's Dance) - 220 points/10 votes/0 first-place votes

http://youtu.be/YWX_MFNOL_Y

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Polling Out The Fire

I guess it's challops to prefer the Rodgers-produced version...

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I wouldn't call it one of my favourite Bowie songs, but the part where it kicks in after the long intro is a great moment.

This should be the Let's Dance version: http://youtu.be/pRbuxshYvtg

I definitely prefer the Moroder version over the Rodgers version.

55. "Blackout" (from "Heroes") - 229 points/11 votes/1 first-place vote

http://youtu.be/Uz7vhDHPlyk