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What are your favourite David Bowie songs ?

213 replies

WildRosie · 15/03/2023 19:39

Just to pass the time. As many as you like. In no particular order. I've reduced mine to three but there's a few more I could list:

Starman
Golden Years
Sound and Vision.

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Batcountry8 · 15/03/2023 22:24

TwoMonthsOff · 15/03/2023 22:21

@Batcountry8
there is a lovely doc on sky arts with Gary kemp who adores him, he tracks down one if his guitars and plays it, it’s brilliant if you have not seen it will try and link it, I’d love to watch it again. I think the owner of the guitar lives in France or Switzerland, an avid fan also

Thanks I have it recorded and keep forgetting 😊

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WobblyLondoner · 15/03/2023 22:27

valadon68 · 15/03/2023 19:53

TVC15
Teenage Wildlife
John, I'm Only Dancing

Did anyone else have a weird obsession with Christiane F as a teen?

Yes, me. Very weird. I still have a soft spot for the live version of Station to station - I think they had that in the film version.

TwoMonthsOff · 15/03/2023 22:27

@PopGoesTheProsecco
www.davidbowienews.com/2017/04/passions-mick-ronson-by-gary-kemp-documentary-2017/

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PopGoesTheProsecco · 15/03/2023 22:31

TwoMonthsOff · 15/03/2023 22:22

@PopGoesTheProsecco
thinking …paper and our damp climate 😢

Worried now. Will check at the weekend. I’ve also got promo packages (like a cardboard mobile when the Sound and Vision compilation came out - on clear vinyl).

TwoMonthsOff · 15/03/2023 22:31

@valadon68
i forgot about TVC15 ❤️

TwoMonthsOff · 15/03/2023 22:32

PopGoesTheProsecco · 15/03/2023 22:31

Worried now. Will check at the weekend. I’ve also got promo packages (like a cardboard mobile when the Sound and Vision compilation came out - on clear vinyl).

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Oh sorry I didn’t want to worry you

TwoMonthsOff · 15/03/2023 22:33

@PopGoesTheProsecco seems collectible rare items too

ClaireStandishsLipstick · 15/03/2023 22:34

Gobolino80 · 15/03/2023 20:23

Has anyone seen Moonage Daydream? There's some amazing archive footage of concerts from the 70's. The entire film is magical, I felt like I'd been in a different world for a couple of hours when I left the cinema.

Blew my mind, loved it.

PopGoesTheProsecco · 15/03/2023 22:35

TwoMonthsOff · 15/03/2023 22:32

Oh sorry I didn’t want to worry you

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No - thank you for reminding me to check up on things! I’ve not thought about these things for years.

PopGoesTheProsecco · 15/03/2023 22:37

TwoMonthsOff · 15/03/2023 22:27

Than you!

Samcro · 15/03/2023 22:38

Star man
time
there was a really good documentary about mick ronson on a couple of weeks ago

RocketIceLollie · 15/03/2023 22:40

Starman is my fav.

I also like

Golden Years
Ashes to Ashes
Let's Dance
China Girl
New Killer Star

ClaireStandishsLipstick · 15/03/2023 22:41

Where are we now
Absolute beginners
Magic dance
Modern love
Space oddity

MaidOfSteel · 15/03/2023 22:41

Young Americans.
Thursday's Child.
Suffragette City.
Absolute Beginners.
This Is Not America & Under Pressure - if collaborations are allowed!

faketanthursdays · 15/03/2023 22:42

Life on Mars
Oh you pretty things
Modern Love
Ziggy Stardust

Mangolist · 15/03/2023 22:43

Sorrow, Valentine, Everyone Says 'Hi', Five Years

PopGoesTheProsecco · 15/03/2023 22:45

Mangolist · 15/03/2023 22:43

Sorrow, Valentine, Everyone Says 'Hi', Five Years

Loved Sorrow!

This is such a lovely thread as there are so many amazing Bowie songs.

ThePoshUns · 15/03/2023 22:47

Golden years

GrouchyKiwi · 15/03/2023 22:50

Golden Years. DH has just shocked me by saying he's "neutral" on that song.

Also
Absolute Beginners
Kooks
Life on Mars

Jemaine from Flight of the Conchords said they found it almost impossible to write a song in the style of Bowie because he was so musically adventurous and replicating it was too hard. I do love their Bowie song, though.

WobblyLondoner · 15/03/2023 22:51

I've recently had an obsession with Alladin Sane. Gorgeous.

PopGoesTheProsecco · 15/03/2023 22:51

TwoMonthsOff · 15/03/2023 22:10

Can I say a special shout to Mick Ronson ? Is that allowed

Oh Mick was brilliant. But in the day wasn’t he dismissed as ‘the Hull Municipal Gardener’. Very unfair.

PopGoesTheProsecco · 15/03/2023 22:52

WobblyLondoner · 15/03/2023 22:51

I've recently had an obsession with Alladin Sane. Gorgeous.

My absolute favourite album. Every song is amazing!

TwoMonthsOff · 15/03/2023 22:54

@PopGoesTheProsecco it’s brilliant watching it now,shed a couple tears already . Gary is so genuinely passionate

Eranzer · 15/03/2023 22:55

This is very difficult to choose.

Starman
Life on Mars
As the World Falls Down... my god that song is amazing, it gives me shivers just thinking about it.

I've made a mental note to blast some Bowie tomorrow!

nicetoseetgesunsout · 15/03/2023 22:59

Heroes