siandbeth
(Santa Cruz California) | | Posted: Oct 10, 2007 - 14:44 | |
Ahh... after "Vertical Horizon" this is soul soothing. thanks!
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CafeRacer
(Still Waiting To Wake Up, Indiana) | | Posted: Oct 10, 2007 - 14:44 | |
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dezebel
(Toronto) | | Posted: Sep 09, 2007 - 09:57 | |
Zep wrote:
Damn - all this time I thought it was "JAP" girls...
So whassa "chap girl?"
You're right Zep, it is jap girls. Given that the lyrics on 'It's No Game' - the first track on 'Scary Monsters' - are sung partially in Japanese, I've always figured maybe David's establishing some kind of theme? |
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Wuddi
(Outer Space) | | Posted: Sep 09, 2007 - 04:49 | |
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ThePoose
| | Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 12:32 | |
nate917 wrote:
No, he wasn't. I think Tower of Power was. After all, they knew what was hip.
In fact, according to Wikipedia, TOP was never on the show. And David Bowie was beaten to the punch as a white artist on ST by a few months early in 1975:
1. Gino Vanelli (my homeboy from Montréal)
2. Elton John
3. Average White Band |
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Wizzuvvoz
(middle of the road in the groin of America) | | Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 12:27 | |
Nabla wrote:I am waiting for Major Tom...  I was just thinking this is a nice alternative to major Tom. "Scary Monsters" would also be good, maybe |
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harmaton
| | Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 12:27 | |
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ThePoose
| | Posted: Aug 24, 2007 - 12:26 | |
Nabla wrote:I am waiting for Major Tom... But we all knew he was a junkie. Spaced out all the time. |
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nate917
| | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 10:44 | |
As for being funky, never forget that ole Davy Jones was the first white musician to be invited to play on Soul Train.
No, he wasn't. I think Tower of Power was. After all, they knew what was hip. |
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imille
(Houston, TX) | | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 10:30 | |
Nabla wrote:I am waiting for Major Tom... I second that!!!
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Nabla
(Ver-Cork-st (Ireland)) | | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 10:28 | |
I am waiting for Major Tom... |
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ThePoose
| | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 10:28 | |
beelzebubba wrote:I remember getting my first stereo at age 15 (one of the all-in-one-jobs with turntable, cassette, radio) and listening to this to this every night as I fell asleep on warm summer nights..... :D
And where is warm summer nights now? You still write her? |
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youngj
(Canton, GA) | | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 10:28 | |
http://youtube.com/watch?v=agj0AIVDuA8
That's all I can think of when I hear a Bowie song.">(click here)
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ThePoose
| | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 10:25 | |
As for being funky, never forget that ole Davy Jones was the first white musician to be invited to play on Soul Train.
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bfandreas
(Euphoria, Germany) | | Posted: Aug 10, 2007 - 17:56 | |
One flash of light but no smoking pistol.
Indeed!  |
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jenakle
(Tallahassee, FL) | | Posted: May 22, 2007 - 05:39 | |
snowcat wrote:Believe it or not, Tears For Fears did a very respectable cover of this song. It's on their Saturnine Martial & Lunatic CD.
someone gave me what they said was TOOL/APC covering this song in concert (crappy bootleg phone recording)
anyone know if this is valid? |
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Alifreckles50
(Frederick, MD) | | Posted: Apr 20, 2007 - 17:39 | |
I wish I liked Bowie more than I do.....I always missed the boat on this guy. the glitter/glam thing didn't impress me at all. guess I'm just a rock n roller at heart....
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FAY
| | Posted: Mar 20, 2007 - 09:05 | |
Krispian wrote:Best Bowie song EVER!
I agree. Best video too.
Then there's Heroes...Station to Station... Some many 'best' Bowie songs. |
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Bocephus
(Boulder, CO) | | Posted: Mar 20, 2007 - 09:04 | |
ksb wrote:I have to admit that I never knew that 'Space Oddity' was about a herion overdose until this song came out...
Yup...Major Tom is supposedly slang for Heroin in UK--
"I'm stuck with a valuable friend" = "expensive habit" |
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snowcat
(Another Minnesoter) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2007 - 16:33 | |
Believe it or not, Tears For Fears did a very respectable cover of this song. It's on their Saturnine Martial & Lunatic CD.
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BoFiS
(Springfield, NJ) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2007 - 00:58 | |
I had never seen the music video for this, until recently on TheTube, my new favorite TV station as it actually plays music videos, and has this in rotation  |
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oppositelock
(Centennial, CO) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2007 - 10:16 | |
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MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2007 - 10:14 | |
ecocommie wrote:If I remember correctly, that's Thomas Dolby on the synthesizer?...absolutely amazing
Don't know, but one things fer sure, it was recorded in dubly. |
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Diamond_Dog
(round equatorial pound) | | Posted: Jan 03, 2007 - 20:17 | |
Making my day old chap, with thanks.
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HazzeSwede
(Stockholm) | | Posted: Dec 20, 2006 - 08:09 | |
Not one of B.s best but suits my desktop,curently plaet Mars,mac users only...OSXplanet,if you are a Macie you have probebly already found it.
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cattgirl813
(All over the place and staying put) | | Posted: Dec 20, 2006 - 08:05 | |
mojoman wrote:
Martha Quinn was interviewing someone--I can't remember who--at the MTV Video Awards one year when that musician made a reference to Thelonius Monk. Poor little Martha asked, "Who's the lonliest monk?"
I'm going to have to start using that line. It's too hilarious to pass up. |
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Coastwise
| | Posted: Dec 05, 2006 - 18:27 | |
"containing more messages per minute" than any single released in 1980 Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). "Bowie: An Illustrated Record"
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ecocommie
(Hillsboro, OR) | | Posted: Nov 06, 2006 - 13:49 | |
If I remember correctly, that's Thomas Dolby on the synthesizer?...absolutely amazing
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MCKY
(PEI, Great White North) | | Posted: Oct 08, 2006 - 06:53 | |
A wonderful album-second only to Hunky Dory
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Krispian
(Vancouver, BC) | | Posted: Sep 08, 2006 - 23:53 | |
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