WITH DAVID BOWIE for wonderful peoples

[Svedish_Chef]

WITH DAVID BOWIE

will it ever come?
like it did for you
like it did for you
I kinda heard you singing
oh, I never knew
no, I never knew
my heart skips around
when I hear the sound
I'm never alone
cause you're following me home
I'm falling in love
my walkman and me
with David Bowie
yeah
(you betcha)

with teenage medication
flowing through my veins
I can face the strain and
it's causing a sensation
that I can't explain
yeah, I can't explain
my heart skips around
when I hear the sound
I'm never alone
cause you're following me home
I'm falling in love
my walkman and me
with David Bowie
you want me to sing
I can, I can
you want me to play
I can, I can
you wanna be in a band
I can
I'll never be anything more than I was today
than I was today
(yeah)

and will it ever come?
like it did for you
like it did for you
I kinda heard you singing
oh, I never knew
no, I never knew
my heart skips around
when I hear the sound
I'm never alone
cause you're following me home
I'm falling in love
my best friend and me
with David Bowie
him and me
in a tree
i-n-g
yeah

 

[Weevil]

Am I the only one who thinks that Bowie, for a "legend", has a pretty underwhelming catalog?

 

[Problem Child]

*raises hand*

I told Dilly that Tom Petty had more hits (and better songs as a whole) than Bowie, and he disagreed. Never did actually get around to researching it though.

Although he's a huge talent, I think Bowie made his mark more with his various onstage personas and offstage personality than by cranking out a whole bunch of hit songs.

 

[Weevil]

Although he's a huge talent, I think Bowie made his mark more with his various onstage personas and offstage personality than by cranking out a whole bunch of hit songs.

And all of my friends who rush to his defense point out things like "Rebel, Rebel" and the stuff he wrote with Lennon but that's not what the resume should be of a guy that some folk call "the most influential guy in New Rock"

 

[Svedish_Chef]

Am I the only one who thinks that Bowie, for a "legend", has a pretty underwhelming catalog?

I dont... but hey... how bout Dylan?

 

[Weevil]

I dont... but hey... how bout Dylan?

I'm not a huge Dylan fan but Dylan the Artist I'd agree with you. Dylan the songwriter is where he counts. Dylan the Songwriter is off the charts.

But regardless, nothing Bowie did comes close to Blonde on Blonde.

 

[Problem Child]

let's see...off the top of my head, Bowie's hit songs...

Major tom
Pressure
Rebel, Rebel
fame
young americans
let's dance
china girl
changes
golden years
suffragette city
panic in detroit
ziggy stardust

Not bad, but certainly not in the same league as the Beatles, Zeppelin, or the Stones...or even lowly Tom Petty, IMHO.

I'm sure cheffie will tell me which ones I left out though.

 

[Svedish_Chef]

I'm not a huge Dylan fan but Dylan the Artist I'd agree with you. Dylan the songwriter is where he counts. Dylan the Songwriter is off the charts.

But regardless, nothing Bowie did comes close to Blonde on Blonde.

Ziggy stardust the album


And PC there is more and .... space oddity is the song not "Major Tom"

 

[alexander tzara]

I told Dilly that Tom Petty had more hits (and better songs as a whole) than Bowie, and he disagreed.

What have hits got to do with being influential or cool? Tom Petty's about as cool as a freshly laid elephant turd.

I think the top-5 Bowie albums are:

1) Hunky Dory
2) Scary Monsters And Super Creeps
3) Lodger
4) Low
5) Aladdin Sane

 

[lavender]

 

[Problem Child]

Bowie is an androgynous freak...how's that?

 

[Laurel]

If we're going to judge a musician by hits, then Madonna and Michael Jackson would be at the top of all of our lists. Bowie's definitely a Legend, whatever that means. But as far as influence goes...I think there's a lot more, say, Ramones in modern music than Bowie. When I hear Bowie, it sounds good but dated. When I listen to the Beatles or the Ramones or even Elvis Costello, they still sound fresh. So while I think Bowie had a sound (or sounds, actually), I don't think he was especially influential on the shape of today's music. I could be wrong, though. Name a modern musician whose sound owes a lot to Bowie.

 

[alexander tzara]

Name a modern musician whose sound owes a lot to Bowie.

LOL

~Marilyn Manson (although he sounds more like a cross between Adam and the Ants and Depeche Mode)
~Suede
~Bauhaus
~The New York Dolls
~British punk
~British electronica
~British glam rock
~All those terrible LA Glam bands in the 80s
Even Nirvana - who covered 'The Man Who Fell To Earth'.

 

[Dillinger]

Am I the only one who thinks that Bowie, for a "legend", has a pretty underwhelming catalog?

Yes... you're wrong. Thanks for mentioning it. *lol*

1969 Space Oddity/Man of Words/Man of Music

1969 Space Oddity

1970 The Man Who Sold the World

1972 The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust

1972 Hunky Dory

1973 Aladdin Sane

1973 Pin-Ups

1974 David Live

1974 Diamond Dogs

1975 Young Americans

1976 Station to Station

1976 Changesonebowie

1977 Low

1977 Heroes

1978 Evening with David Bowie

1978 Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf

1978 Stage [live]

1979 Lodger

1980 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

1982 Ziggy Stardust [live]
1982 In Bertolt Brecht's "Baal"

1982 Christian F. Wir Kinder [Original Soundtrack]

1983 Let's Dance

1984 Tonight

1987 Never Let Me Down
1990 Changesbowie

1991 Young Americans [Bonus CD Flipfile]

1991 Bowie Tech Pack [Limited]

1993 Black Tie White Noise

1994 Jump Interactive

1995 Santa Monica '72 [live] Golden Years

1995 Outside

1995 The Buddha of Suburbia

1997 Earthling

1999 Outside [Australia]

1999 Hours

2000 Outside [Import Bonus Tracks] MVP Japan

2000 Earthling [Australia Bonus CD]

That's not counting Tin Machine - albums he's done guest appearances on and albums he's produced. Not counting movies he's been in or the Elephant Man on Broadway.

 

[sexy-girl]

bowie was born in the same town as me ... where i still live so beat that guys hehe

 

[Svedish_Chef]

bowie was born in the same town as me ... where i still live so beat that guys hehe

This is the first time I really call you a bitch.

BITCH!

Now back to the normal topics

Alex how bout placebo????

And I have to say that OUtside and Earthling a great And tweety they are definitely bowie and fresh... when I picked up the chemicals and Underworld from this shop there was something awesome in the background... then he started to sing and I knew it was him... checked with the checkout dude and he's like "yes it is isnt it cool?"

 

[Dillinger]

Uncle Arthur
Sell Me A Coat
Rubber Band
Love You Till Tuesday
There Is A Happy Land
We Are Hungry Men
When I Live Dream
Little Bombardier
Silly Boy Blue
Come And Buy My Toys
Join The Gang
She's Got Medals
Maid Of Bond Street
Please Mr. Gravedigger


Space Oddity
Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed
Don't Sit Down
Letter To Hermione
Cygnet Committee
Janine
An Occasional Dream
The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
God Knows I'm Good
Memory Of A Free Festival


The Width Of A Circle
All The Madmen
Black Country Rock
After All
Running Gun Blues
Saviour Machine
She Shook Me Cold
The Man Who Sold The World
The Supermen

Changes
Oh! You Pretty Things
Eight Line Poem
Life On Mars
Kooks
Quicksand
Fill Your Heart
Andy Warhol
Song For Bob Dylan
Queen Bitch
The Bewlay Brothers


Five Years
Soul Love
Moonage Daydream
Starman
It Ain't Easy
Lady Stardust
Star
Hang On To Yourself
Ziggy Stardust
Suffragette City
Rock 'N' Roll Suicide


Watch That Man
Aladdin Sane
Drive-In Saturday
Panic In Detroit
Cracked Actor
Time
The Prettiest Star
Let's Spend The Night Together
The Jean Genie
Lady Grinning Soul

Future Legend
Diamond Dogs
Sweet Thing-Candidate
Sweet Thing (Reprise)
Rebel Rebel
Rock 'N' Roll With Me
We Are The Dead
1984
Big Brother
Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family

Young Americans
Win
Fascination
Right
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Across The Universe
Can You Hear Me
Fame


Station To Station
Golden Years
Word On A Wing
TVC 15
Stay
Wild is the Wind


Speed Of Life
Breaking Glass
What In The World
Sound And Vision
Always Crashing In The Same Car
Be My Wife
A New Career In A New Town
Warszawa
Art Deco
Weeping Wall
Subteraneans

eauty And The Beast
Joe The Lion
"Heroes"
Sons Of The Silent Age
Blackout
V-2 Schneider
Sense Of Doubt
Moss Garden
Neukoln
The Secret Life Of Arabia

Fantastic Voyage
African Night Flight
Move On
Yassassin
Red Sails
DJ
Look Back In Anger
Boys Keep Swinging
Repetition
Red Money

It's No Game (#1)
Up The Hill Backwards
Scary Monsters
Ashes To Ashes
Fashion
Teenage Wildlife
Scream Like A Baby
Kingdom Come
Because You're Young
It's No Game (#2)

Modern Love
China Girl
Let's Dance
Without You
Ricochet
Criminal World
Cat People
Shake It

Loving The Alien
Don't Look Down
God Only Knows
Tonight
Neighborhood Threat
Blue Jean
I Keep Forgetting
Dancing With The Big Boys

Day-In Day-Out
Time Will Crawl
Beat Of Your Drum
Never Let Me Down
Zeroes
Glass Spider
Shining Star (Makin' My Love)
New York's In Love
'87 And Cry
Too Dizzy
Bang Bang


Heaven's In Here
Tin Machine
Prisoner Of Love
Crack City
I Can't Read
Under The God
Amazing
Working Class Hero
Bus Stop
Pretty Thing
Video Crimes
Run
Sacrifice Yourself
Baby Can Dance

Baby Universal
One Shot
You Belong In Rock 'N' Roll
If There Is Something
Amlapura
Betty Wrong
You Can't Talk
Stateside
Shopping For Girls
A Big Hurt
Sorry
Goodbye Mr. Ed

The Wedding
You've Been Around
I Feel Free
Black Tie White Noise
Jump They Say
Nite Flights
Pallas Athena
Miracle Goodnight
Don't Let Me Down& Down
Looking For Lester
I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
The Wedding Song
Jump They Say (Alternate Mix)
Lucy Can't Dance

Buddha Of Suburbia
Sex And The Church
South Horizon
The Mysteries
Bleed Like A Craze, Dad
Strangers When We Meet
Dead Against It
Untitled No. 1
Ian Fish, UK Heir
Buddha Of Suburbia (featuring Lenny Kravitz)


Leon Takes Us Outside
Outside
The Hearts Filthy Lesson
A Small Plot Of Land
Segue- Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette)
Hallo Spaceboy
The Motel
I Have Not Been To Oxford Town
No Control
Segue- Algeria Touchshriek
The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)
I Am With Name
Wishful Beginnings
We Prick You
Segue- Nathan Adler
I'm Deranged
Thru' These Architects Eyes
Segue- Nathan Adler
Strangers When We Meet

Little Wonder
Looking For Satellites
Battle For Britain (The Letter)
Seven Years In Tibet
Dead Man Walking
Telling Lies
The Last Thing You Should Do
I'm Afraid Of Americans
Law (Earthling On Fire)

Thursday's Child
Something In The Air
Survive
If I'm Dreaming My Life
Seven
What's Really Happening
The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell
New Angels Of Promise
Brilliant Adventure
The Dreamers

 

[sexy-girl]

lol Chef he just lived down the road from where my nan lived


and yeah i guess bowie influenced glam rock and the way people change thier images ... bowie was an is the master of changing his image


musically i dont think he influenced to much because he was too unique

 

[Svedish_Chef]

Where was Sorrow in that list Dilly?

And sexy girl I agree on it insomuch as thats part of being unique...

He produced Iggy and Lou Reed and others ... the brilliant fucker

 

[OUTSIDER]

Very good Grasshopper but a true master knows them all........

"The one" Bowie single they never talk about and the one that makes him blush.



The Laughing Gnome.

 

[Weevil]

A few things.

Mr. Tzara- If you think Bauhaus, New York Dolls and Suede count as "modern" then you need to wake up to the changing of the decades. Also, just because Nirvana covered one of his tunes doesn't really mean they were influenced by him. Pearl Jam covered "Last Kiss" and I wouldn't say do-wop was a major influence on them

On a side issue thinking about Bowie and Nirvana I'd say that Bowie was more of an influence on the Hair metal mainstream that Nirvana broke through then he was on Nirvana.

Bowie= Stage personas and elaborate shows

Nirvana= None of the above

Dill= I know what he's realeased and I'm still underwhelmed. There's no "Rubber Soul" or "My Aim is True" classic album there and the hits he had are pretty underwhelming as songs go.

Also, Tom Petty is ten billion times cooler than Bowie could ever be.

 

[Dillinger]

Dill= I know what he's realeased and I'm still underwhelmed. There's no "Rubber Soul" or "My Aim is True" classic album there and the hits he had are pretty underwhelming as songs go.

Excuse me? Rubber Soul? *lol* No one had hits like Lennon/McCartney - take any band you're hyping, any songwriter and I can give the same response "There's no Rubber Soul" - you go that right - no one has a Rubber Soul.

Elvis Costello - My Aim is True? Love the song. But hell, its not Major Tom is it? Its not Let's Dance, either... or China Girl? I happen to love Elvis Costello btw...

So... what is your point? Just that you have better taste in music than me? Subjective, isn't it? I think I have better taste in music than you. Just as subjective.

Its meaningless to compare apples and oranges. You can say you dislike Bowie all you want and I can't and don't want to change your tastes. I think Tom Petty is pretty useless but enough people like him to make him rich.

But if you want to talk song catalogs and hits - you've got nothing to stand on. Yeah - the Beatles had more hits - they had more hits then anyone. Rubber Soul? *lol*

Elvis Costello? Love Elvis - how many cd's he got out? More hits then Bowie? Count 'em up, dude.

 

[Guest]

Excuse me? Rubber Soul? *lol* No one had hits like Lennon/McCartney - take any band you're hyping, any songwriter and I can give the same response "There's no Rubber Soul" - you go that right - no one has a Rubber Soul.

Elvis Costello - My Aim is True? Love the song. But hell, its not Major Tom is it? Its not Let's Dance, either... or China Girl? I happen to love Elvis Costello btw...

Well, maybe. Regardless the point remains that many people I know put Bowie in that league with the Beatles. And while some people look decent in that comparison(Zepplin or Nirvana) Bowie looks, well, sick and pale. So while I'm not doubting that Bowie has impact he is lacking in terms of being a "legend". The whole point I was trying to make about Bowie is that he is lacking as a giant figure in music, so comparisons to other giants is valid.

Also, someone who really loved Elvis Costello would know that "My Aim is True" is an album, not a song.

 

[Weevil]

That was me.

 

[Svedish_Chef]

Nirvana are not legends EBW... and you wont let bowie in?

Wierd little child you are