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Psychedelic Paul
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Tonight, it's time to pay tribute to one of our all-time musical Heroes - the much-missed David Bowie. Who could forget him in his first starring film role as the bewildered alien in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), where he was regarded as something of a Space Oddity by humans. The Reality is that it's the Earthlings who are the real Scary Monsters in the movie though, at least from Bowie's point of view, as government scientists are wanting to keep Bowie in captivity to perform experiments on him. He reaches a new Low point when he becomes addicted to the earthly vice of alcohol and discovers the "prison" he's been kept in for Hours on end as a Lodger is actually unlocked and he's able to wander Outside its walls. At the sad conclusion of the film, he's discovered The Next Day slumped in a drunken stupor outside a restaurant, so I'm afraid there's no Hunky Dory happy ending for our alien friend. Simply list your Top 7 David Bowie albums in order of preference and then I'll assign the usual system of points to your listings:- 1st album - 12 points 2nd album - 8 points 3rd album - 6 points 4th album - 4 points 5th album - 3 points 6th album - 2 points 7th album - 1 point Here's my Top 7 to get the poll underway:- 1. Ziggy Stardust (12 points) 2. Let's Dance (8 points) 3. Space Oddity (6 points) 4. Hunky Dory (4 points) 5. The Man Who Sold the World (3 points) 6. Aladdin Sane (2 points) 7. Pin Ups (1 point) David Bowie Albums & Concert Tours 1967: David Bowie - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Luz06F1FIU0o_OnA3P3q7wH 1969: Space Oddity - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvdlfpCv1lzEjXh5i0NQAXE 1970: The Man Who Sold the World - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lv_Lz_WRj0hXvwZR5a91A5r 1971: Hunky Dory - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtfNtZ4AvgTeujMC0jPn0zt 1972: Ziggy Stardust - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lv38wcZDQ4O4hzBslJ-YVCr 1972: Live Santa Monica '72 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsraqmNqEuYhWkcLZ1d_TwL 1973: Aladdin Sane - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuUtOWqy1eJKpejR9QkCoEh 1973: Ziggy Stardust - Live at Hammersmith Odeon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsDBE038jhI_-7Q2coJjQ9B 1973: The 1980 Floor Show - Live at the Marquee - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lv9UBnUqTpPgWtaXvpaj1uL 1974: Diamond Dogs - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuPXApx0OT3if--gMg_euUA 1974: David Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lth1oXUIWg8-G4dqDmdapTh 1974: Cracked Actor - Live Los Angeles '74 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtglNw4r7t7OR4UUF0Jm4pK 1974: I'm Only Dancing - The Soul Tour '74 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lu5LjZVC41Qt0y7IjWRhWyh 1975: Young Americans - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvvfKHi0mSfh_FU2jpjUdlG 1976: Live Nassau Coliseum '76 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuW6s1gK5mEWbL3hoyXau_2 1976: Station to Station - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvaTrR8qSf8igVsMsH5bHPp 1978: Live at Musikladen - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtyG0Rz-4hSx4oiegwo_cJI 1978: Welcome to the Blackout - Live London '78 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtDyXrs1xfMQyKQDksKbgqp 1980: Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtPshigTH5xCu-Xn3qfn8y2 1983: Let's Dance - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtQrsA5dpWneLFmmXhu1jL_ 1983: Serious Moonlight Tour - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ls8QonmINPsTSdDsvPPnZuE 1986: Labyrinth (soundtrack with Trevor Jones) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lt1CiPJy66VDCK3cOygHolK 1987: Never Let Me Down - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtDBiSkc3v9G-x7hFzpMqXC 1987: Glass Spider Tour - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ls7dtN7vqwZNCDqDncGJMPT 1993: Black Tie White Noise - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtQXI-SR0-pevv502cIzMC4 1993: The Buddha of Suburbia (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtmPWUF8rahvPZlstaAYD_C 1995: No Trendy Rechauffe - Live Birmingham '95 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuMT44lVum0rZXp7v3xMeK0 1995: Ouvrez le Chien - Live Dallas '95 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Luf_MiJe_U_qK9iB20FBK17 1997: Earthling - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtF_FtyoqhHrGJjpJosbHRe 1997: Live GQ Awards - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LustLHuSCrinWL3eCGLwWUZ 1999: VH-1 Storytellers - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtQ_z96_zWYAkzd0BdbY8co 1999: Something in the Air - Live Paris '99 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ls-c6CtyGLD2DpwAoE7ZQtg 1999: Live at the Kit Kat Klub, NYC - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvULMJfnJVfYVS30qcxOF-p 2000: Live at Glastonbury - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtEwegPKNGwxv09TsYvE-_r 2000: Bowie at the Beeb - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Ltq_2Ek_6nUUmM-W0W3O8WA 2002: Heathen Tour - Live in Berlin - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsP-gtHLCIy8xNZmxV3xC-s 2004: A Reality Tour - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lt1JMsV93ouK-RhKLh2MLxk 2013: The Next Day - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LumgkzDnfgXVJnlYfvmGweI 2016: Blackstar - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvV5enrtdrsjrV6JPVbZZsl Edited by Psychedelic Paul - December 20 2023 at 16:20 |
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Okay, I'll give it a try as I listed a top ten in my Blackstar topic. Note that I am not as familiar with all of his albums as I feel I should be. Not really altogether sure about the album order, and that could vary somewhat on the day:
Blackstar Hunky Dory Low "Heroes" The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars The Man Who Sold the World Lodger Edited by Logan - September 07 2021 at 17:44 |
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Hmmm...okay, I'll bite.
Ziggy Stardust Aladdin Sane Hunky Dory Diamond Dogs The Man Who Sold the World Low Young Americans |
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1. "Heroes" 2. Low 3. Blackstar 4. Earthling 5. Station To Station 6. Black Tie White Noise 7. The Next Day The first two albums of the Berlin trilogy are things of uncanny beauty and Station To Station is a deserved classic as well, but other than that, barring specific songs that I like a lot, his albums from the 1970s never quite touched me all that much. I think the reception to Bowie's 1990s oeuvre has been rather lukewarm and mixed by comparison but I personally think he managed to adapt to the trends of the time in a successful and inventive way without sacrificing his integrity as an artist. The production style of Earthling is something I look up to very much; it's a beautiful blend of the man's old and new sound pallettes.
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Difficult one. I will give it a try: 1 Low 2 Hunky Dory 3 Heroes 4 Station To Station 5 Ziggy Stardust 6 Blackstar 7 Lodger Honorable mentions: The Man Who Sold the World, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Scary Monsters, Tin Machine, 1. Outside.
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Not a Bowie expert so I don't know why people put "Heroes" in quotes... anyway, here's mine. Blackstar Station to Station Outside Scary Monsters Hunky Dory Heroes Diamond Dogs
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1. Scary Monsters
2. Low 3. Heroes 4. Blackstar 5. Lodger 6. Station to Station 7. Earthling
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See album cover. Edited by Logan - September 07 2021 at 16:49 |
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1. Low
2. Young Americans 3. The Man Who Sold the World 4. Let’s Dance 5. Station to Station 6. Aladdin Sane 7. Blackstar |
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1. Space Oddity
2. Ziggy Stardust 3. Hunky Dory 4. Aladdin Sane 5. Diamond Dogs 6. Scary Monsters 7. The Next Day
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The first Top 7 round-up after nine rounds of voting, with the Low album featuring surprisingly High in the list.
1. Low (48 points) 2. Ziggy Stardust (38 points) 3. Blackstar (37 points) 4. Hunky Dory (35 points) 5. "Heroes" (30 points) 6. Station to Station (20 points) 7. Space Oddity (18 points) 7. Scary Monsters (18 points) 9. Aladdin Sane (16 points) 10. The Man Who Sold the World (14 points) Thanks to everyone who took part in the voting.
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1. Ziggy Stardust 2. Hunky Dory 3. The Man Who Sold the World. 4. Space Oddity 5. Aladdin Sane 6. Pin-Ups 7. Low
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Top 7 update with Progishness' votes added, putting Ziggy Stardust on top where he belongs.
1. Ziggy Stardust (50 points) 1. Low (49 points) 3. Hunky Dory (43 points) 4. Blackstar (37 points) 5. "Heroes" (30 points) 6. Space Oddity (22 points) 7. Station to Station (20 points) 7. The Man Who Sold the World (20 points) 9. Aladdin Sane (19 points) 10. Scary Monsters (18 points) |
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^It's the one Bowie album that will forever be on my 'desert island' list - i.e. one of those special albums that I couldn't bear to live without.
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I was surprised any other album even came close to Ziggy Stardust in the polling. I never expected the Low album to be so High up.
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I have a good friend on Twitter who is a complete Bowie nut - I shall ask her what her favourite seven would be out of curiosity.
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Love Bowie. Currently I'm in a non Bowie listening phase but simply because I've been listening to him for over 40 years and every now and then I take a break from the over familiarity. At any given stage my ranking would change but right now it would be:
1. Low 2. Heroes 3. Hunky Dory 4.Space Oddity 5. Aladdin Sane 6. Blackstar 7. Ziggy Stardust Greatly missed. I wasn't expecting it and I cried when I heard.
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Top 7 update with SeanP's votes added:-
1. Low (61 points) 2. Ziggy Stardust (51 points) 3. Hunky Dory (49 points) 4. Blackstar (39 points) 5. "Heroes" (38 points) 6. Space Oddity (26 points) 7. Aladdin Sane (22 points) 8. Station to Station (20 points) 8. The Man Who Sold the World (20 points) 10. Scary Monsters (18 points) |
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Might put these in different order on another day but here goes: 2. Hunky Dory 3. Low 4. "Heroes" 5. Diamond Dogs 6. Scary Monsters 7. Blackstar |
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I my top three are easy, but I’ll have to think about the rest.
For now: Blackstar 1.Outside The Man Who Sold The World I’ll come back to this, when I’ve given it some more thought. |
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