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Artist:David Bowie [ more ]
Song:Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
Album:Cat People Original Soundtrack [ info ]
Released:1982
Last Played:Feb 19, 2012 - 15:25
Avg. Rating:6.8  (Total Ratings: 757)
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1 votes: 34 (4.5%)2 votes: 29 (3.8%)3 votes: 39 (5.2%)4 votes: 29 (3.8%)5 votes: 48 (6.3%)6 votes: 59 (7.8%)7 votes: 159 (21%)8 votes: 184 (24%)9 votes: 128 (17%)10 votes: 48 (6.3%)
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ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: Jan 18, 2012 - 21:04 

Like Bowie.....

This one.... Not so much
Dinges,_the_Dude
(under sea-level, N52°22', E4°52')
Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 10:57 

      {#Drummer} 
{#Bananajam}    {#Guitarist}   {#Bananapiano}
{#Dancingbanana}  {#Dancingbanana_2}
Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 10:53 

 kcar wrote:

Pretty much, yeah. 

I saw this when it came out and  was gripped while watching it although the audience laughed a few times when they weren't supposed to. After the lights came up...well, some movies are just two hours of entertainment and nothing more. 

Nastassja was yummy.  
 
I saw this when it premiered as well.  It was nothing great, but it was fun.  Nastassja was yummy in it, so was Annette O'Toole.

jkhandy
(Near the ocean (in my mind))
Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 10:53 

 Byronape wrote:
This song makes me want to light cats on fire. 

Like the wife says...  Never trust anything that walks in it's own poop and then jumps on counters.
 
Dogs not only walk in poop, but they eat it, drink from the toilet, then lick your face.  Gonna light them up too?  {#No}
johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 10:51 

 Byronape wrote:
This song makes me want to light cats on fire. 

Like the wife says...  Never trust anything that walks in it's own poop and then jumps on counters.
  

I'm a bit partial to hot pussy myself
kcar
Posted: Oct 15, 2011 - 21:39 

 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
 Nastassja Kinski and the soundtrack were the only good things about this film.
 
Pretty much, yeah. 

I saw this when it came out and  was gripped while watching it although the audience laughed a few times when they weren't supposed to. After the lights came up...well, some movies are just two hours of entertainment and nothing more. 

Nastassja was yummy.  
EssexTex
(Above and Beyond)
Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 08:11 

I've always enjoyed putting out fires with VASOLINE
Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il)
Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 08:08 

 Nastassja Kinski and the soundtrack were the only good things about this film.

pixelpeda
(very old house on the ancient graveyard)
Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 14:23 

KICK/PUNCH-Version

relevant (except the Synth-Stuff :-/ ).

olivertwist
(Atlanta GA)
Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 14:23 

My favorite part of this song is the soulful backing vocals. Great stuff.

Oh, even better, this is the full-length version. Bowie's double CD greatest hits features the shortened single version of this and a bunch of his other songs, which is annoying.
LaurieinTucson
(Tucson,AZ)
Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 14:21 

 katiediddler wrote:
This version is much weaker than the original. He's managed to put out the fire in this song.
 
This is the original.

Byronape
(Purgatory)
Posted: May 11, 2011 - 07:24 

This song makes me want to light cats on fire. 

Like the wife says...  Never trust anything that walks in it's own poop and then jumps on counters.
katiediddler
(one of the dominoes, hopefully near the back)
Posted: May 11, 2011 - 07:21 

This version is much weaker than the original. He's managed to put out the fire in this song.
Mack
(West London, North of the river.)
Posted: May 11, 2011 - 07:20 

Forgotten about this, not heard it for years, used to listen to it all the time.
Rp Rules.


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Apr 09, 2011 - 17:03 

 EssexTex wrote:
Hi

I'm Smokey the bear and I must point out the importance of NOT attempting to put a fire out using gasoline.

Thanks

Smokey
 

Pearls Before Swine
Umberdog
(Southern Oregon)
Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 04:49 

Most Excellent. 
cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Feb 05, 2011 - 04:13 

Nice kitty!  We Rock On

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Jan 05, 2011 - 14:51 

Is this a recent recording of this song?  Bowie sounds like an old man here - but a really, really, rockin' old man!
rcurrier
(San Juan Capistrano, CA)
Posted: Jan 05, 2011 - 13:58 

 drife wrote:
Always loved this song. Tarantino made good use of it in Inglorious Basterds,
even though it was completely incongruous with the period in which the movie
was set.
 
Yeah, it wrecked what was otherwise an historically accurate bit of cinema.

Me thinks the incongruity was the point. 


linzie
Posted: Aug 31, 2010 - 15:31 

 MinMan wrote:

Unfortunately, this tune doesn't "hold a candle" to anything on "Scary Monsters" or "Low" or "Lodger". Please take it out of rotation.


 

It doesn't need to...and PLEASE leave it in...he knows not what he asks...
linzie
Posted: Aug 31, 2010 - 15:30 

Top five Bowie song for me...

I still see Natasha Kinski naked in the shadows whenever I hear it....I...I...wait...yeah, I gotta turn it off...{#Tongue}


Rafter101
(Davis, California)
Posted: Aug 31, 2010 - 15:26 

David Bowie + Parkinson's = Cat People 
drife
(Golden, CO)
Posted: Aug 31, 2010 - 15:26 

Always loved this song. Tarantino made good use of it in Inglorious Basterds,
even though it was completely incongruous with the period in which the movie
was set.
surfergirlsc
Posted: Jul 30, 2010 - 15:17 

I remember seeing David Bowie on TV when I was a kid around the time this song came out and I was petrified. He was such a striking and strange looking person. I liked the music, and still do, but at the time, I had to change the channel :)

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Jul 30, 2010 - 15:16 

thanks for playing this — one of my all time favorite Bowie tunes  {#Mrgreen}
jcioban
(Between NYC and Boston)
Posted: Jun 28, 2010 - 18:08 

I think people get too caught up in the backstory on Bowie to appreciate the music. GIven when this came out and the times in which it was written, this is some serious sh _ _ . He is one great artisit regardless of what you think about him personally.....
dharma_kid
Posted: Jun 28, 2010 - 18:06 

freaking awesome!! still gives me chills!!!!
linzie
Posted: May 27, 2010 - 22:20 

Im confused, y the negativity?...I think it's one of his better songs, and I like his better songs!! Most of it really...
EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 05:24 

Hi

I'm Smokey the bear and I must point out the importance of NOT attempting to put a fire out using gasoline.

Thanks

Smokey
lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Mar 25, 2010 - 16:34 

 MinMan wrote:

Unfortunately, this tune doesn't "hold a candle" to anything on "Scary Monsters" or "Low" or "Lodger". Please take it out of rotation.


 

you forgot Heroes, Station to Station, Ziggy, Alladin Sane, Hunky Dory, Heathen.....
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