Hi all, I've been on a huge David Bowie kick lately so I decided to make a thread since all other bowie threads are dead.

Answer the following three questions:

1) Favorite Bowie period (i.e., 69-73, 74-76, 76-79, 80s, 90s)
2) Top five favorite Bowie albums
3) Top five favorite Bowie songs

2/11/2009 6:30:23 PM

Nice timing on this one, I've been listening to some Bowie lately too but I've only been a Greatest Hits guy... need some recommendations

oh and I'm Waiting For The Man is probably my favorite Bowie tune - even though I was not a fan of Almost Famous, at least it introduced me to that one

[Edited on February 11, 2009 at 6:33 PM. Reason : .]

2/11/2009 6:31:36 PM

I'll get things started

76-79 hands down

1. Low
2. Ziggy Stardust
3. Station to Station
4. Heroes
5. Hunky Dory

1. Heroes
2. Starman
3. Life on Mars
4. Sound and vision
5. Station to station

[Edited on February 11, 2009 at 6:34 PM. Reason : b]

2/11/2009 6:33:50 PM

oh and yes I know it's not a Bowie original before somebody says it

I've always liked Ziggy Stardust

2/11/2009 6:37:06 PM

^^ If you're new to his work, I would definitely start with Ziggy Stardust, then go to Hunky Dory, then Low or Heroes

2/11/2009 6:37:16 PM

i've got the

Hunky Dory
Aladdin Sane
The Man Who Sold the World
Low

albums in pretty constant rotation in my itunes

i listen to "The Width of a Circle" over and over

2/11/2009 6:46:03 PM

i had a dream that radiohead did a cover of "space oddity"

2/11/2009 7:22:52 PM

69-73

1) Ziggy Stardust
2) Hunky Dory
3) Aladdin Sane
4) Heroes

1) Life On Mars?
2) Ziggy Stardust
3) Queen Bitch
4) Starman
5) Rock 'N' Roll Suicide

i HIGHLY recommend Live In Santa Monica '72 if you don't already have it (which i'm sure most of you do)

2/11/2009 8:11:20 PM

1) Young American

2/11/2009 10:59:32 PM

Ground Control to Major Tom...

69-73 & 74-76

Hunky Dory
Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust
Station to Station
Young Americans
Diamond Dogs

Golden Years
Space Oddity
Heroes
The Man Who Sold the World
Rebel Rebel

take your protein pills and put your helmet on...

2/12/2009 9:26:34 AM

1) Thin White Duke period

2) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Low
Heathen
Diamond Dogs
Labyrinth Soundtrack

3) Rock and Roll Suicide
Five Years
5:15 The Angels Have Gone
Within You
Rebel Rebel

2/12/2009 10:41:03 AM

1) 69-73

2) Low
Aladdin Sane
Station to Station
Hunky Dory
David Bowie (1967)

3) Time
Station to Station
Heroes
Life on Mars?
Art Decade

Hon. Mention: Magic Dance

[Edited on March 30, 2009 at 11:09 PM. Reason : space oddity is a given]

3/30/2009 11:06:10 PM

im a gigantic bowie fan, but i enjoy his entire catalogue (minus tin machine) too much to whittle it down like this.

i will say that 'david live' is tremendously underrated and one of my favorite live albums of all-time. the soulful versions of 'sweething - candidate," "aladdin sane" and "cracked actor" are just incredible.

3/31/2009 5:43:48 PM

nirvana cover of The Man Who Sold the World sounds better IMO

3/31/2009 6:18:12 PM

Quote :

"Bowie bemoaned the fact that when he performed the number himself he would encounter "kids that come up afterwards and say, 'It's cool you're doing a Nirvana song.' And I think, 'Fuck you, you little tosser!'""

3/31/2009 10:40:05 PM

everyone says hi was fun on amplitude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBXnheNvTGA

3/31/2009 10:43:27 PM

4/1/2009 3:06:02 AM

1) Life On Mars?

4/1/2009 9:46:00 AM

You remind me of the babe

4/1/2009 9:48:58 AM

what babe?

4/1/2009 9:59:20 AM

Just picked up Diamond Dogs on vinyl. I've never listened to this one all that much, but I discovering that it's one of my favorites.

I've also been listening to later-era Bowie, and a couple songs that stand out are 'Seven' and 'Strangers when we meet'

4/1/2009 11:29:12 AM