David Bowie
Wild Is The Wind
Station to Station
(1976)

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Chrisparkle
May 13, 2013 - 08:17
I like Bowie's version but check out Nina Simone singing this - its amazingly different


chyk5
May 13, 2013 - 07:37
bam23 wrote:
Even heard at nearly subliminal levels, this grates like very few pieces I have ever heard. The hybrid warbling/yodeling vocalizations approach painful. Not everything recorded by Bowie is worth a listen, least of all this stuff.


I think the overwrought vocals are what make this version great.


jimhmont
Apr 16, 2013 - 17:46
Oh yeah and Bam23... thanks for playin', but if you don't get it , you don't get it... not EVERYBODY appreciates good music.. Cheers!!


jimhmont
Apr 16, 2013 - 17:37
Idiom?............ Really?.. No offense but THIS is one of Bowies's BEST (at least top 10)... a brilliant take on a Nina Simone song done originally in the early 60's..Admittedly would say this is "only" an 8.5 or 9.0 on the Bowie scale... but, obviously rated by someone who most likely wasn't even alive when the song was actually RECORDED....... This is poetry put to music by one of the the greatest singer/songwriters of the 20th century..... obviously a harshly, dismissive, and unfairly judged portrayal of the Bowie "Idiom" (?!).....Perhaps the next Vampire Weekend album will TRULY inspire you...


Dinges,_the_Dude
Apr 12, 2013 - 01:49
Funny: people seem to like the song or to really hate it.
I think the song's great!


joelbb
Apr 12, 2013 - 01:49
slate_dk wrote:
shocked!!! 6.3!!! this is a solid 9


No, this is Bowie just a little too deep into his idiom. I gave it a 6. If it runs any longer I'll drop that to a 5.




slate_dk
Apr 12, 2013 - 01:47
shocked!!! 6.3!!! this is a solid 9


bam23
Mar 11, 2013 - 15:11
Even heard at nearly subliminal levels, this grates like very few pieces I have ever heard. The hybrid warbling/yodeling vocalizations approach painful. Not everything recorded by Bowie is worth a listen, least of all this stuff.


nagsheadlocal
Feb 08, 2013 - 06:22
I'm normally a fan of David but, wow, this is just terrible.


hollirg1
Feb 08, 2013 - 06:21
Toke wrote:

Ditto, horrifying to put it mildly

Yep, his 'music' is horrible.


Toke
Feb 08, 2013 - 06:18
oldfart48 wrote:
never understood this geeks popularity, no voice, no class and all new dork.

Ditto, horrifying to put it mildly


oldfart48
Jan 07, 2013 - 22:17
never understood this geeks popularity, no voice, no class and all new dork.


JTRox8
Jan 07, 2013 - 22:15
I feel like that last set of 3 was Bill's sexy break or something. Talk Talk- Give It Up, then Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, and Bowie...well done, Bill!


iTuner
Jan 07, 2013 - 22:15
iTuner wrote:
Worst Bowie song ever?

And I'm a fan.




I recant my previous judgement because tonight it is working.
LizK
Jan 07, 2013 - 22:13
Jim_Highfield wrote:
A masterpiece. Takes ages to grow on you, like all good music does.

Whatever. I'm there. Love this.


jt1
Dec 07, 2012 - 13:15
Jim_Highfield wrote:
A masterpiece. Takes ages to grow on you, like all good music does.

I'll have to take your word for it for now...its got a long way to go from how I feel about it after my first listen.


ScottN
Dec 07, 2012 - 13:15
Agreed—- Bowie's reading of this jazz standard (Nina Simone's signature song) re-works the song masterfully.


Jim_Highfield
Nov 06, 2012 - 03:48
A masterpiece. Takes ages to grow on you, like all good music does.


Ag3nt0rang3
Sep 04, 2012 - 05:27
On_The_Beach wrote:

That would be "We Built This City" by Jefferson Starship.

Ahem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clg9AziTfI4


On_The_Beach
Aug 04, 2012 - 00:02
mbwilson wrote:
The worst song ever? by anybody?

That would be "We Built This City" by Jefferson Starship.


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