The David Bowie Thread

Solid · January 27th, 2017, 11:43 PM

Just a place to post cool stuff about David Bowie.

First up a great live performance of Drive In Saturday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24367S-PK-4

**countjimmoriarty** · January 28th, 2017, 12:57 PM

Royal Mail issues set of 10 Bowie postage stamps.

http://www.royalmail.com/davidbowiestamps

PatentHappy · August 27th, 2017, 02:00 AM

*birth names of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Elvis Costello

Need to check where Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars ranks in Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums list (or similar). Without looking I'm pretty sure I will deem it not high enough. Or, how about the haunting melancholia of the song, Space Oddity? Between Space Oddity and Always Crashing In The Same Car, Bowie had a knack for simultaneously transcribing and transcending angst.

Reminded me of an old girl friend who borrowed some of my cassette tapes for her car. Her stereo got stolen and all her 'main stream' music...but none of mine (Bowie, Velvet Underground, Television, Tangerine Dream, Iggy Pop, Elvis Costello, Bowie).

You: "You said Bowie."
Me: "Yeah, but it happened twice and Bowie didn't get stolen either time."

Still pleases me that pond scum and I can be portrayed by the Venn Diagram of two circles never touching.

**maildude** · August 27th, 2017, 05:42 AM

Listened to Stardust so much I could sing along every lyric without missing. Not a big fan until college. Always loved The Man Who Sold The World and Life On Mars best. A lot of 90s grunge rockers cited him as their biggest inspiration.
Favorite Bowie moment: The uncomfortable look on Bing Crosby's face when he did a duet with Bowie, singing "Little Drummer Boy" on his Christmas special.
Favorite Bowie video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDWPyVCT0X4

**maildude** · August 27th, 2017, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PatentHappy

Need to check where Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars ranks in Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums list (or similar). Without looking I'm pretty sure I will deem it not high enough.

They ranked it 35th. Not bad.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/li...-mars-20120524

January 27th, 2017, 11:43 PM	#1
Solid Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 200 Thanks: 21,134 Thanked 2,940 Times in 199 Posts	The David Bowie Thread Just a place to post cool stuff about David Bowie. First up a great live performance of Drive In Saturday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24367S-PK-4 Last edited by Solid; January 28th, 2017 at 12:00 PM..

August 27th, 2017, 02:00 AM	#3
PatentHappy Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 129 Thanks: 1,656 Thanked 1,462 Times in 129 Posts	David Jones, James Osterberg, and Declan MacManus* birth names of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Elvis Costello Need to check where Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars* ranks in Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums list (or similar). Without looking I'm pretty sure I will deem it not high enough. Or, how about the haunting melancholia of the song, Space Oddity? Between Space Oddity and Always Crashing In The Same Car, Bowie had a knack for simultaneously transcribing and transcending angst. Reminded me of an old girl friend who borrowed some of my cassette tapes for her car. Her stereo got stolen and all her 'main stream' music...but none of mine (Bowie, Velvet Underground, Television, Tangerine Dream, Iggy Pop, Elvis Costello, Bowie). You: "You said Bowie." Me: "Yeah, but it happened twice and Bowie didn't get stolen either time." Still pleases me that pond scum and I can be portrayed by the Venn Diagram of two circles never touching.

August 27th, 2017, 05:42 AM	#4
maildude Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In postal purgatory Posts: 760 Thanks: 1,162 Thanked 14,112 Times in 748 Posts	Listened to Stardust so much I could sing along every lyric without missing. Not a big fan until college. Always loved The Man Who Sold The World and Life On Mars best. A lot of 90s grunge rockers cited him as their biggest inspiration. Favorite Bowie moment: The uncomfortable look on Bing Crosby's face when he did a duet with Bowie, singing "Little Drummer Boy" on his Christmas special. Favorite Bowie video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDWPyVCT0X4 __________________ LET FREEDOM WAIT

January 28th, 2017, 12:57 PM	#2
countjimmoriarty Vintage Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,982 Thanks: 6,384 Thanked 22,666 Times in 2,911 Posts	Royal Mail issues set of 10 Bowie postage stamps. http://www.royalmail.com/davidbowiestamps