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what is your favourite david bowie song, and why
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Life On Mars? It's a god-awful small affair To the girl with the mousy hair But her mummy is yelling "No" And her daddy has told her to go But her friend is nowhere to be seen Now she walks through her sunken dream To the seat with the clearest view And she's hooked to the silver screen But the film is a saddening bore For she's lived it ten times or more She could spit in the eyes of fools As they ask her to focus on Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man! Look at those cavemen go It's the freakiest show Take a look at the Lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show Is there life on Mars? It's on Amerika's tortured brow That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow Now the workers have struck for fame 'Cause Lennon's on sale again See the mice in their million hordes From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads Rule Britannia is out of bounds To my mother, my dog, and clowns But the film is a saddening bore 'Cause I wrote it ten times or more It's about to be writ again As I ask you to focus on Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man! Look at those cavemen go It's the freakiest show Take a look at the Lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show Is there life on Mars? |
Just thinking of the lead-in to the chorus gives me goosebumps.
I could post about ten or fifteen Bowie songs, including most of "Hunky Dory", all of which would be my favorite, depending on the day.
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Originally posted by wdlove: I will admit that I have heard of the name David Bowie, but couldn't name one of his songs. |
you are either 12 years old or you might be a bubble boy. how could you have never heard a david bowie song?
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i think i am one of the few people who loved the Outside album.
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Originally posted by wdlove: I will admit that I have heard of the name David Bowie, but couldn't name one of his songs. |
"Ch-ch-ch-ch-CHAN-GES" is one you cannot have missed. It was used on a number of commercials, including (i believe) Swatch.
"Under Pressure" (with Queen) is most likely familiar.
"China Girl" has a hookline that you're sure to know.
So does "Ashes to Ashes".
(Reminds me of when I first heard an Elton John Greatest Hits compilation: I knew every. single. song. but only associated about four with the name.)
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Bus Stop, from the Tin Machine years.
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There's a cry that is heard in the city From Vivian at Pentecost Lane A shriekin' and dancing till 4 a.m. Another night of muscles and pain I love you despite your convictions That God never laughs at my jokes I'm a young man at odds with the Bible But I don't pretend faith never works When we're down on our knees Prayin' at the bus stop Now Jesus he came in a vision And offered you redemption from sin I'm not sayin' that I don't believe you But are you sure that it really was him I've been told that it couldn've been blue cheese Or the meal that we ate down the road I'm a young man at odds with the Bible But I don't pretend faith never works When we're down on our knees Prayin' at the bus stop |
Andy Wahol - It just sounds so freaking cool.
My wife's is "Is there life on Mars"?
We listen to a lot bowie around here. its hard to say what our favorite song is.
ThisGuy: I just listened to Outside today very loud for the first time in a while. I loved it. Heart's Filthy Lesson is one of his best.
My wife's is "Is there life on Mars"?
We listen to a lot bowie around here. its hard to say what our favorite song is.
ThisGuy: I just listened to Outside today very loud for the first time in a while. I loved it. Heart's Filthy Lesson is one of his best.
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Originally posted by andi*pandi: he covered walk this way with public enemy? 
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There were a few jokes in my post. Run-DMC's cover of Walk This Way (with Aerosmith) is often credited as the first rap metal song. Anthrax's cover of Bring the Noise (with Public Enemy) is also often credited as the first rap metal song.
Neither one was. That credit goes to Anthrax's - it was supposed to be Anthrax and the then punk band Beastie Boys but the guys in Anthrax took all the lines for themselves - I'm the Man.
In other words, I put a few pieces of rap metal minutiae together and replaced a punk band with a different punk star.
It was funny to me...
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Originally posted by - - e r i k - -: Am I the only one that likes "Little wonder"? 
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He also did "Little Wonder" with Tin Machine earlier, though, didn't he?
Oh, and for interested parties:
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Bowie recovers from heart surgery Music legend David Bowie is recovering at home in New York after undergoing emergency heart surgery. Bowie, 57, underwent surgery last month in Germany - where he was on tour - to treat "an acutely blocked artery", his spokesman said. He left hospital earlier this week and is convalescing at home in New York, the spokesman added. The star's cancellation last month of 11 European dates was originally attributed to a shoulder injury. The spokesman said Bowie sought treatment for what was thought to a be a pinched nerve in his shoulder after performing at a festival in the north-western German town of Scheessel. [Continues...] |
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Originally posted by OH-N'omac: Bus Stop, from the Tin Machine years. |
I'm amazed anyone can even name a song from the Tin Machine years. I thought those traumatic memories had been collectively suppressed long ago.
For me: Ziggy Stardust and Lady Stardust (though Hunky Dory is favourite album).