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04-04-2009, 11:46 AM
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Let's make'em Proud.
I say -
1) Off of Station to station - "wild is the wind". this cut can be heard in a couple of motion pictures. I forget which motion pictures (sorry). You gotta love this song , as with all bowie material (most all) IT's TIMELESS.
Facts -
"Wild Is the Wind" is a song written by Dimitri Tiompkin and Ned Washington. The track was originally recorded by Johnny Mathis for the 1956 film Wild Is the Wind, and later covered by Nina Simone on the album Wild Is The Wind (1966).
David Bowie recorded a version of it in 1976 for his album Station to Station. Bowie was an admirer of Simone's style, and after meeting her in Los Angeles was inspired to record the song for Station to Station.
In 1981, an edited version was issued as a single by RCA to promote the compilation ChangesTwoBowie. Despite relations with RCA being at an all-time low (he would only record the Baal EP for the label before signing with EMI in 1983), Bowie consented to appear in a video. This was a simple affair, featuring Bowie and the musicians performing the track in a circle, filmed in monochrome by David Mallet. The single reached #24 in the UK, and Bowie would perform the track on his Serious Moonlight and 2000 tours.
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2) Off of Hunky Dory - "Oh you pretty things".
Been a favorite of mine for a very long time. I had tried to draw the closeness of this song and Paul's "Martha my dear" but found overwhelming evidence that it was no coincidence.
"Oh! You Pretty Things" is a song written by David Bowie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie) in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunky_Dory). It is a pop tune opening with only Rick Wakeman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Wakeman)'s piano and Bowie's vocal, before entering the catchy refrain. The simple piano style is often compared to Paul McCartney (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney)'s "Martha My Dear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_My_Dear)".[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%21_You_Pretty_Things#cite_note-Strange_Fascination-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%21_You_Pretty_Things#cite_note-Bowie:_An_Illustrated_Record-1) Thematically, the song has been seen as reflecting the influence of occultist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occult) Aleister Crowley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley) and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche),[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%21_You_Pretty_Things#cite_note-Strange_Fascination-0)[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%21_You_Pretty_Things#cite_note-2) and heralding "the impending obsolescence of the human race in favour of an alliance between arriving aliens and the youth of the present society".[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%21_You_Pretty_Things#cite_note-Bowie:_An_Illustrated_Record-1)
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3) Released as a b-side to "hang on to yourself" From Ziggy Stardust - John , I'm only Dancing.
"John, I’m Only Dancing" is a single by David Bowie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie), released in September 1972. The song was widely believed to be concerned with a homosexual (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual) relationship, the narrator informing his boyfriend not to worry about the girl he's with because he's "only dancing" with her.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-Strange_Fascination-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-Bowie:_An_Illustrated_Record-1) Bowie had been 'out (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_closet)' since an interview with Melody Maker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Maker) in January 1972, and the subject matter did not affect the single's radio airplay in the UK, where it became his first back-to-back hit, following "Starman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starman_%28song%29)" earlier in the year. However, the original video directed by Mick Rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock), featuring androgynous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgyny) dancers from Lindsay Kemp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Kemp)'s mime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mime_artist) troupe, was banned by Top of the Pops (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops).[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-Strange_Fascination-0)
The single was not released in America, being judged too risqué by RCA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records)[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-The_Complete_David_Bowie-2) (though according to NME (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME) critics Roy Carr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Carr) and Charles Shaar Murray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Shaar_Murray), "it did just great on import in Memphis, Tennessee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee)")[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-Bowie:_An_Illustrated_Record-1) and did not officially appear stateside until it was finally issued on the compilation ChangesOneBowie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChangesOneBowie) in 1976. While the hook ("John, I'm only dancing / She turns me on / But I'm only dancing") has long been considered a gay tease, author Nicholas Pegg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Pegg) points out that the song's narrator "could just as easily be a straight man reassuring the girl's lover".[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-The_Complete_David_Bowie-2)
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4) Staying with Ziggy Stardust we got "Star" at number four.
Its so STRAIGHT FORWARD!!!!!!!!!!
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5) Off of The Man who sold the world - "Black Country Rock".
Although the title track is what drew me to this album , once I found it I could not stop bumping this track over the title track.
"Black Country Rock" is a song written by David Bowie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie) in 1970 for the album The Man Who Sold the World (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World_%28album%29), released in November 1970 in the U.S. and April 1971 in the UK. An upbeat blues-rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues-rock) number, it has been described as a "respite" from the musical and thematical heaviness of the remainder of the album.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Country_Rock#cite_note-0) Its style has been compared to Marc Bolan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bolan)'s contemporary Tyrannosaurus Rex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Rex_%28band%29), down to Bowie's imitative vibrato (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato) in the final verse.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Country_Rock#cite_note-1) According to producer Tony Visconti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Visconti), Bowie had the music ready by the start of the sessions but the words were a last-minute addition in the studio, the singer doing his Bolan impression "spontaneously ... because he ran out of lyrics ... we all thought it was cool, so it stayed."[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Country_Rock#cite_note-The_Complete_David_Bowie-2)
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Thats 5 , stay tuned for the next 5 to complete the top ten Bowie Cuts of all time.
ADD ON WITH YOUR OWN LIST!!!!!!!!!!!1
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-The_Complete_David_Bowie-2)
Let's make'em Proud.
I say -
1) Off of Station to station - "wild is the wind". this cut can be heard in a couple of motion pictures. I forget which motion pictures (sorry). You gotta love this song , as with all bowie material (most all) IT's TIMELESS.
Facts -
"Wild Is the Wind" is a song written by Dimitri Tiompkin and Ned Washington. The track was originally recorded by Johnny Mathis for the 1956 film Wild Is the Wind, and later covered by Nina Simone on the album Wild Is The Wind (1966).
David Bowie recorded a version of it in 1976 for his album Station to Station. Bowie was an admirer of Simone's style, and after meeting her in Los Angeles was inspired to record the song for Station to Station.
In 1981, an edited version was issued as a single by RCA to promote the compilation ChangesTwoBowie. Despite relations with RCA being at an all-time low (he would only record the Baal EP for the label before signing with EMI in 1983), Bowie consented to appear in a video. This was a simple affair, featuring Bowie and the musicians performing the track in a circle, filmed in monochrome by David Mallet. The single reached #24 in the UK, and Bowie would perform the track on his Serious Moonlight and 2000 tours.
90u1IV4dw8o
2) Off of Hunky Dory - "Oh you pretty things".
Been a favorite of mine for a very long time. I had tried to draw the closeness of this song and Paul's "Martha my dear" but found overwhelming evidence that it was no coincidence.
"Oh! You Pretty Things" is a song written by David Bowie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie) in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunky_Dory). It is a pop tune opening with only Rick Wakeman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Wakeman)'s piano and Bowie's vocal, before entering the catchy refrain. The simple piano style is often compared to Paul McCartney (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney)'s "Martha My Dear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_My_Dear)".[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%21_You_Pretty_Things#cite_note-Strange_Fascination-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%21_You_Pretty_Things#cite_note-Bowie:_An_Illustrated_Record-1) Thematically, the song has been seen as reflecting the influence of occultist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occult) Aleister Crowley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley) and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche),[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%21_You_Pretty_Things#cite_note-Strange_Fascination-0)[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%21_You_Pretty_Things#cite_note-2) and heralding "the impending obsolescence of the human race in favour of an alliance between arriving aliens and the youth of the present society".[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%21_You_Pretty_Things#cite_note-Bowie:_An_Illustrated_Record-1)
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3) Released as a b-side to "hang on to yourself" From Ziggy Stardust - John , I'm only Dancing.
"John, I’m Only Dancing" is a single by David Bowie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie), released in September 1972. The song was widely believed to be concerned with a homosexual (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual) relationship, the narrator informing his boyfriend not to worry about the girl he's with because he's "only dancing" with her.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-Strange_Fascination-0)[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-Bowie:_An_Illustrated_Record-1) Bowie had been 'out (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_closet)' since an interview with Melody Maker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Maker) in January 1972, and the subject matter did not affect the single's radio airplay in the UK, where it became his first back-to-back hit, following "Starman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starman_%28song%29)" earlier in the year. However, the original video directed by Mick Rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock), featuring androgynous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgyny) dancers from Lindsay Kemp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Kemp)'s mime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mime_artist) troupe, was banned by Top of the Pops (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops).[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-Strange_Fascination-0)
The single was not released in America, being judged too risqué by RCA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records)[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-The_Complete_David_Bowie-2) (though according to NME (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME) critics Roy Carr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Carr) and Charles Shaar Murray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Shaar_Murray), "it did just great on import in Memphis, Tennessee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee)")[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-Bowie:_An_Illustrated_Record-1) and did not officially appear stateside until it was finally issued on the compilation ChangesOneBowie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChangesOneBowie) in 1976. While the hook ("John, I'm only dancing / She turns me on / But I'm only dancing") has long been considered a gay tease, author Nicholas Pegg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Pegg) points out that the song's narrator "could just as easily be a straight man reassuring the girl's lover".[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-The_Complete_David_Bowie-2)
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4) Staying with Ziggy Stardust we got "Star" at number four.
Its so STRAIGHT FORWARD!!!!!!!!!!
ASL2yIPdj88
5) Off of The Man who sold the world - "Black Country Rock".
Although the title track is what drew me to this album , once I found it I could not stop bumping this track over the title track.
"Black Country Rock" is a song written by David Bowie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie) in 1970 for the album The Man Who Sold the World (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World_%28album%29), released in November 1970 in the U.S. and April 1971 in the UK. An upbeat blues-rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues-rock) number, it has been described as a "respite" from the musical and thematical heaviness of the remainder of the album.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Country_Rock#cite_note-0) Its style has been compared to Marc Bolan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bolan)'s contemporary Tyrannosaurus Rex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Rex_%28band%29), down to Bowie's imitative vibrato (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato) in the final verse.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Country_Rock#cite_note-1) According to producer Tony Visconti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Visconti), Bowie had the music ready by the start of the sessions but the words were a last-minute addition in the studio, the singer doing his Bolan impression "spontaneously ... because he ran out of lyrics ... we all thought it was cool, so it stayed."[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Country_Rock#cite_note-The_Complete_David_Bowie-2)
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Thats 5 , stay tuned for the next 5 to complete the top ten Bowie Cuts of all time.
ADD ON WITH YOUR OWN LIST!!!!!!!!!!!1
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_I%E2%80%99m_Only_Dancing#cite_note-The_Complete_David_Bowie-2)