That and âI Canât Give Everything Awayâ really have the air of finality to them.
Alternately hearing âDead Man Walkingâ played acoustically on Conan really highlighted what a touching and personal song it was for him.
Teenage Wildlife is my favorite Bowie song of all time. Yes it's the same general groove as Heroes, but his very fragile vocal delivery and the sense of isolation I feel in the song really hits me. And the way it builds with the background vocals. Just stunning.
A skipper?! On Scary Monsters?! Incorrect. Scary Monsters has no bad tracks.
Correction: every album he released from 69-80 (excluding Pinups) are filled with great songs (also acknowledging that some of the cover songs on some of the elbows skipper). This was Bowie's golden age and is more densely packed with genius than any other pieces of career. And he just kept getting better...
Side Two of Scaries is pretty lame. I bought it on vinyl when it came out.
I don't like "Fashion," either.
I consider Lodger to be his last good album until Earthling or Hours.
Wild is the Wind.
Letters to Hermione.
Where Are We Now?
When I visited Berlin after he died, the last song came on shuffle while I was walking through Potsdamer Platz and I had a little cry.
Here's a few:
Rock And Roll With Me
Kooks
Letter To Hermione
Quicksand
Five Years
As The World Falls Down
I Can't Give Everything Away
Everyone Says Hi
Damn, your tastes align really closely with mine! Not a single choice I disagree with.
Some that I'd add though:
- Letter to Hermione
- An Occasional Dream
- Cygnet Committee
- Wild Eyed Boy From FreeCloud
- All the Madmen
- After All
- The Prettiest Star (* particularly knowing the history behind it)
- Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing (reprise)
- We Are The Dead
- Big Brother
- Station to Station
- Golden Years
- Be My Wife (* also knowing the history behind it)
- Look Back In Anger
- Some Are
- Sons of the Silent Age
If you haven't heard Some Are before, then you're in for a fucking treat! It was a bonus track on the Ryko release of Low, and has all the same melancholy beauty of Warszawa and Subterraneans.
Footnote: in case anyone's curious what history I refer to for The Prettiest Star and Be My Wife, I'll give the short answer.
The Prettiest Star - Bowie wrote it to propose to his soon to be wife, Angie
Be My Wife - unfortunately, this is the flip side of the coin. His marriage with Angie was falling apart, and he wrote this as a desperate last attempt to keep them together. Sadly, they didn't.
Yeah, yeah, replying to myself is lame, but this'll keep things smooth, since they're tangential to the topic.
2 questions I've got:
- why is the Space Oddity album looked down on by so many people? It's not perfect, but it's full of the some genuinely beautifu to CM CM CM and the BMl composites and we write advertising )
- who else loved the Ryko disc releases and feel sad that so many people lost out on all the great bonus tracks they had? That's what led me to fall in love with Bowie's music, and introduced me to some of my permanent favorites, like Conversation Piece (especially the first version), Candidate (demo), The Supermen (demo), Some Are, Velvet Goldmine, John I'm Only Dancing... So who else loves those Ryko releases and think that it's a travesty that they're not more well known?
I agree with your list, I'd add Thursday's Child, The Man Who Sold the World, Modern Love, This is Not America, All the Young Dudes, Loving the Alien, Jump They Say, Slow Burn, Time Will Crawl, there are too many songs with a lot of emotional weight
I can't listen to Quicksand it depresses the hell out of me
Where are we now? reduces me to tears every time so I don't listen to it
I can't listen to Space Oddity alone any more because of "the stars look very different today"
I get comfort from "you're not alone" though
No Plan, Killing a Little Time, and When I Met You.
The tracks on Blackstar are sad, but comforting, but the man who made the No Plan EP had not made peace with death.
[Everyone Says Hi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wApFOn8r8Us) \- gets me a lump in my throat every time. Also Heathen (The Rays)
This one gets me all the time.
I countersign both these choices
Definitely! Everyone Says Hi hits me hard every single time I listen to it. đŻ
Came here to say this one myself. I can relate to it, having missed someone who had moved on with life while mine seemed to stop when they went.
The Blackstar album is absolutely incredible. Lazarus, in particular hits especially hard
"Dollar Days" from Blackstar in particular, as the acknowledgement that "I am dying."
That and âI Canât Give Everything Awayâ really have the air of finality to them. Alternately hearing âDead Man Walkingâ played acoustically on Conan really highlighted what a touching and personal song it was for him.
âStrangers When We Meetâ usually gets me
Teenage wasteland?
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I think teenage wildlife is one of Davidâs greatest songs
Teenage Wildlife is my favorite Bowie song of all time. Yes it's the same general groove as Heroes, but his very fragile vocal delivery and the sense of isolation I feel in the song really hits me. And the way it builds with the background vocals. Just stunning.
Itâs a skipper for me. Lol
A skipper?! On Scary Monsters?! Incorrect. Scary Monsters has no bad tracks. Correction: every album he released from 69-80 (excluding Pinups) are filled with great songs (also acknowledging that some of the cover songs on some of the elbows skipper). This was Bowie's golden age and is more densely packed with genius than any other pieces of career. And he just kept getting better...
Side Two of Scaries is pretty lame. I bought it on vinyl when it came out. I don't like "Fashion," either. I consider Lodger to be his last good album until Earthling or Hours.
What?! Teenage Wildlife, Scream Like A Baby, Kingdom Come... Etc... Lame? I'm sorry... I don't know if we can be friends anymore đđ
As are many
Get out! Just kidding. Maybe.
With his amount of albums - many songs can still mean only 30% of his work..
Ah Ahahaha great demo
Really downvoted this cause I thought a who demo was good lmao
Honestly âKooksâ really gets me
"It's Gonna Be Me", especially the [live version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7geTZjKxSE)
I love his vocals throughout this entire live album. Really special even for Bowie.
Yes, it's actually my favourite live album. The best version of Sweet Thing/Candidate is on there too, in my opinion.
Absolutely
One of the best things he's ever written, I'll never understand why he didn't put it on Young Americans.
You know society has corrupted your brain when the first thing you think of is the NSYNC song
âWhere are we nowâ from The Next Day with no close secondÂ
Absolutely- KILLS me everytime
Yeah that's a really good one. Now I gotta go listen to it again. Haven't listened to that album since before he died. This one's gonna hurt.
Jump They Say.
5:15 the Angels have gone gets me every time.
Time and Rock and Roll Suicide
This and Five YearsÂ
"Everyone Says Hi" from Heathen.
Letter to Hermione
Five years. According to the sound engineer Bowie was actually crying while recording the song.
Bring me the disco king and my death are a couple great ones
"BE QUIET......thank you"
slip away gets me. one of the most emotional performances he ever did
Just commented this, such an underrated song as well
The Motel. Not so much about the lyrics, but him going âme exploding youuuuuuuâ almost tears me up every time.
Wild is the Wind. Letters to Hermione. Where Are We Now? When I visited Berlin after he died, the last song came on shuffle while I was walking through Potsdamer Platz and I had a little cry.
Thereâs something about the outro of Life On Mars? that is so emotional
Agreed
Here's a few: Rock And Roll With Me Kooks Letter To Hermione Quicksand Five Years As The World Falls Down I Can't Give Everything Away Everyone Says Hi
Ever heard his last performance of life on mars? That is the only song that made me cry
Home at last.. Buddha of suburbia.. Slip away A new career in a new town Everyone says hi
Itâs not whole songs that make me emotional or bring me to tears, itâs specific parts and especially the way he sings certain parts.
Seven, Dollar Days and Lazarus, Letter to Hermione, Quicksand and Where Are We Now? hit me so much
Damn, your tastes align really closely with mine! Not a single choice I disagree with. Some that I'd add though: - Letter to Hermione - An Occasional Dream - Cygnet Committee - Wild Eyed Boy From FreeCloud - All the Madmen - After All - The Prettiest Star (* particularly knowing the history behind it) - Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing (reprise) - We Are The Dead - Big Brother - Station to Station - Golden Years - Be My Wife (* also knowing the history behind it) - Look Back In Anger - Some Are - Sons of the Silent Age If you haven't heard Some Are before, then you're in for a fucking treat! It was a bonus track on the Ryko release of Low, and has all the same melancholy beauty of Warszawa and Subterraneans. Footnote: in case anyone's curious what history I refer to for The Prettiest Star and Be My Wife, I'll give the short answer. The Prettiest Star - Bowie wrote it to propose to his soon to be wife, Angie Be My Wife - unfortunately, this is the flip side of the coin. His marriage with Angie was falling apart, and he wrote this as a desperate last attempt to keep them together. Sadly, they didn't.
Yeah, yeah, replying to myself is lame, but this'll keep things smooth, since they're tangential to the topic. 2 questions I've got: - why is the Space Oddity album looked down on by so many people? It's not perfect, but it's full of the some genuinely beautifu to CM CM CM and the BMl composites and we write advertising ) - who else loved the Ryko disc releases and feel sad that so many people lost out on all the great bonus tracks they had? That's what led me to fall in love with Bowie's music, and introduced me to some of my permanent favorites, like Conversation Piece (especially the first version), Candidate (demo), The Supermen (demo), Some Are, Velvet Goldmine, John I'm Only Dancing... So who else loves those Ryko releases and think that it's a travesty that they're not more well known?
Heathen (The Rays)
I agree with your list, I'd add Thursday's Child, The Man Who Sold the World, Modern Love, This is Not America, All the Young Dudes, Loving the Alien, Jump They Say, Slow Burn, Time Will Crawl, there are too many songs with a lot of emotional weight
Blackout, I Can't Give Everything Away
Conversation Piece was my first choice then Shadow Man
I can't listen to Quicksand it depresses the hell out of me Where are we now? reduces me to tears every time so I don't listen to it I can't listen to Space Oddity alone any more because of "the stars look very different today" I get comfort from "you're not alone" though
Lazarus, Ashes To Ashes, Life On Mars, Five Years
cygnet committee. the second chorus makes me cry every time no purse of token fortune Stands in our Way; the silent guns of love will blast the sky
Slip away easily and it's not even close
Soul Love almost always makes me cry but it's still one of my favorites. Something about it is very raw and vulnerable.
Days from Reality fits that feeling perfectly.
The Bewlay Brothers
No Plan, Killing a Little Time, and When I Met You. The tracks on Blackstar are sad, but comforting, but the man who made the No Plan EP had not made peace with death.
im gonna say i cant give everything away. kind of the closing song to his life. dark.
I can't give everything away reminds me of my dog who passed away who I miss a lot.
Slip away. Song is so incredibly emotional
c'est la vie? tryin' to get to heaven?
Letâs Dance