David Bowie - which is the best song he did?

[D_Ralph Crammed In]

Brilliant thread........

Heroes (in German) from Christiane F

Young Americans

Modern Love



Thats my top three

Boydie (fur einen tag)

 

[Drifterwood]

I lost my virginity to Changes on repeat play.

I remember every word :redface:

 

[Enid]

The Heart’s Filthy Lesson
Cat People (Putting Out the Fire)
The Man Who Sold the World

 

[D_Kay_Sarah_Sarah]

How the hell did i miss this thread And to say just 1 song is impossible.

Oh! you pretty things
Changes
The loneliest guy
Five years
lets dance
Try some, buy some

Ziggy Stardust

Cant say i am a big fan of Major Tom/Ashes to ashes. And his version of China girl is good, but Iggy's is so much better

 

[D_Kay_Sarah_Sarah]

5 Years or All the Young Dudes

Cant beat Mott The hoople's version of All the young dudes.

 

[D_Kaye Throttlebottom]

Bit late in the day i know, got into David Bowie of late. My fave song is Major Tom. YouTube - David Bowie - Space Oddity (Major Tom version) stereo

Anyone else got a favourite Bowie Song?

you mean Space Oddity (that's the name of the song) - that's one of my favs as well... totally tricked Nubian in to singing it in chat

Ground Control to Major Tom...

 

[cason]

I'd have to agree with 'Life On Mars', but I have a special fondness for 'Kooks'. Takes me back to a great summer of love in 97.

YouTube - David Bowie Kooks

 

[hunkydory]

Cant beat Mott The hoople's version of All the young dudes.

I just heard that for the first time...amazing!

 

[crescendo69]

I once heard him sing a song on SNL about a young gay man who moved to New York City and got into trouble. Anyone know the title?

 

[hunkydory]

Think you are talking about Jean Genie:
YouTube - David Bowie - The Jean Genie

 

[D_Tully Tunnelrat]

I just heard that for the first time...amazing!

I'm dating myself, but saw it live.

My vote goes for Suffragette City.

 

[crescendo69]

"The Jean Genie" is a good song; but this was more of a ballad. Bowie was constantly looking downward and spitting out occasional lines (almost spoken) in a sad ode-like manner.

 

[538969]

Man Who Sold the World. Heartbreaking.

 

[hunkydory]

the only other song that comes to mind like that is Sweet Thing, but now I am curious too.

 

[Ethyl]

It's hard for me to choose a fave. He's a rock god in my book and most can only dream of being so versatile an artist.

That said, I enjoyed his lesser known work almost as much as the widely popular fare. Tin Machine's quirky garage-band-in-3-piece-suits produced a few good songs such as Heaven's in Here.

 

[FleshlightMouth]

Cant beat Mott The hoople's version of All the young dudes.

And the absolute BEST one is the version with David Bowie AND Mott The Hoople together!

Here's a live version of this from the Freddie Mercury memorial concert:

YouTube - All the Young Dudes - Live! - Mott the Hoople, David Bowie

 

[D_Relentless Original]

I once heard him sing a song on SNL about a young gay man who moved to New York City and got into trouble. Anyone know the title?

Hi Cres, could he have done a version of Rod Stewarts Georgie?

YouTube - The Killing of Georgie Rod Stewart Part 1 & 2

 

[crescendo69]

Hi Cres, could he have done a version of Rod Stewarts Georgie?

YouTube - The Killing of Georgie Rod Stewart Part 1 & 2

That's the song; maybe I am just remembering the wrong artist.:redface:

Thank you.

 

[Catchoftheday]

The Laughing Gnome

:biggrin1:

 

[sheerq]

I'm partial to quite a few songs from Scary Monsters, including title track, Fashion, and Ashes to Ashes.

Speaking of Queen/Bowie, and given this is LPSG - it is said that Freddie Mercury had a huge cock.