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Ahhh...
Ahhh...
Doo, doo, doo, do-doh
Doo, doo, doo, do-doh
Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision
Blue, blue, electric blue
That's the color of my room
Where I will live
Blue, blue
Pale blinds drawn all day
Nothing to do, nothing to say
Blue, blue
I will sit right down, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
And I will sing, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
Drifting into my solitude, over my head
Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision
Read more at http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858489244/#J7PFovpSDAqhd7QZ.99
Ahhh...
Doo, doo, doo, do-doh
Doo, doo, doo, do-doh
Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision
Blue, blue, electric blue
That's the color of my room
Where I will live
Blue, blue
Pale blinds drawn all day
Nothing to do, nothing to say
Blue, blue
I will sit right down, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
And I will sing, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
Drifting into my solitude, over my head
Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision
Read more at http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858489244/#J7PFovpSDAqhd7QZ.99
| camatcba (Lumberjack Software Hack Node) | Posted: May 08, 2013 - 19:45  |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 15:20 must have been the herbicide rdo wrote: This was the only Bowie cd I ever bought. Didn'd do anything for me. |
| nszasz (Fukuoka, Japan) | Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 17:39 Nice,,,, now check out Beck's "cover" of this with 160 musicians! http://youtu.be/QnOmrDzRrGQ |
| fantomas (Mexico) | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 19:51 El gran Bowie superando su adicción y renaciendo en Berlín, uno de sus mejores discos  |
| piñata (ibagué) | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 19:50 This song makes me think about you and that afternoon laughing about Bowies looks... do you remember? |
| asilbuch (NoVA) | Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 10:00 This song reminds me of bouncing along in my first car, a baby blue AMC Hornet....hideous vehicle, got me everywhere for 4 years. Loved it! As I seat danced, driving the beltway, my seat back broke and I almost caused a traffic calamity of epic proportion. David Bowie saved me, really he did. |
| PopKombo (Up Against the San Gabriels) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 13:42 This is absolute crap ... I give it a 10 ... because I love it ... God help me! (a conflicted RP Hater) |
| Algis | Posted: Dec 22, 2012 - 12:19 Never heard this before. I like it. Catchy guitar and bass. |
| FrnaZ | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 02:41 Banana split agrees !  |
| hollirg1 | Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 04:46 Just terrible. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Nov 05, 2012 - 17:10 This was the only Bowie cd I ever bought. Didn'd do anything for me. |
| max_p | Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 08:04 short and sweet |
| bluecshells | Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 09:21 |
| yuel (Taka-Tuka-Land) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 08:29 great song from one of his best records.... |
| tonypf (Honolulu) | Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 20:25 indypaul wrote: That's funny! Here I was sitting here thinking "Great, a Nick Lowe song" and then I look at the playlist. OOPS!!! Struck me the same way and I'm a Bowie fan. |
| avatar71 (Sebastopol, CA) | Posted: Aug 18, 2012 - 18:23 Magnificent, joyful riff, exquisite production (the drums!), kind of silly David Bowie-sounding-like-Dracula-singing-about-being-a-shut-in-coke-fiend lyrics but definitely one of life's theme songs... |
| Suso (Spain) | Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 07:06 more than 30 years away and and wee can keep on dancing , i love this song. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 07:05 bill likes it a lot. it gets played pretty regularly. |
| AlienRelic (east of Eden) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 08:07 Well, I think it's one of his best. One of the things about Bowie; it seems to me that his songs are all either excellent or awful, with no middle ground. |
| Lensles (Baton Rouge, LA) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 08:04 This song just makes me feel happy :) |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 08:03 MaryAndrea wrote: Not the best David Bowie, but I like it! 7 for me!  I agree. It feels especially good today though. Thanks RP. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 12:34 Clark_Novato wrote: Fantastic song. This song demonstrates Bowie's master of rhythm and groove. I love that the song is 2/3 over before he starts the vocals. Other song demonstrate his mastery of melody. An incredibly versatile artist. Anybody see the Bowie reference during the Olympics opening ceremonies? I guess he's made into the Pantheon. Excellent reply to our occasionally bewildering German friend. Buy the way though - David's been in the Pantheon since the Berlin trilogy 6th most influential artist as voted by musicians in a VH1 poll |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 10:31 Limpopoking wrote: Define "time"  Well....that gets tricky. One idea is that all of time exists always, and that things that are happening now and things that might happen and things that did happen are just our perspective from where we are in the timeline. Another idea is that time is like a big wall of ice and we slice off a thin layer as we move through it, each layer replaced by the next. There is also a thought that time is not real at all, that as humans, we developed a idea of time that answers a problem we have about stuff, like "when did I last shower?" (I kind of like that one, I don't think my cat has any concept of time) |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 10:27 trissi wrote: I always think this song is Breaking Glass by Nick Lowe.  Nick Lowe's ep Bowi was so-named as a nod to Bowie's Low album. |
| Clark_Novato (Novato, CA) | Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 10:27 Stingray wrote: Among Bowie's worst (I am serious). Where is the melody? Fantastic song. This song demonstrates Bowie's master of rhythm and groove. I love that the song is 2/3 over before he starts the vocals. Other song demonstrate his mastery of melody. An incredibly versatile artist. Anybody see the Bowie reference during the Olympics opening ceremonies? I guess he's made into the Pantheon. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 10:25 This song is weird. It always leaves me wanting more. I love it. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 10:24 i love this tune! so good. |
| Stingray | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 10:34 Among Bowie's worst (I am serious). Where is the melody? |
| Steve_of_Noosa | Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 23:51 Bowie's best! |
| orquidea (Baquería) | Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 04:43 Cheer´s up my monday working morning  |
| JavaJones (San Francisco, CA) | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 00:13 Still love this song, still my ring tone. Still perk up hearing it come on to RP. 9 -> 10! One of the few for me, and I don't even know why... that guitar line, just damn. |
| 24noir | Posted: May 15, 2012 - 23:20 magnific... s+v... exitfest |
| meadowwoods (Dane County, WI) | Posted: May 10, 2012 - 09:41 Great memories, great song, fantastic album! Thanks! |
| indypaul (Indianapolis, IN) | Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 06:41 laup wrote: THOUGHT IT WAS nICK lOWE WHOM YOU JUST PLAYED ,, I LOVE THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS , SORRY FOR YELLING! That's funny! Here I was sitting here thinking "Great, a Nick Lowe song" and then I look at the playlist. OOPS!!! |
| laup (brantford , ontario) | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 10:44 THOUGHT IT WAS nICK lOWE WHOM YOU JUST PLAYED ,, I LOVE THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS , SORRY FOR YELLING! |
| MaryAndrea (Vada (Li) Italy) | Posted: Apr 14, 2012 - 05:52 Not the best David Bowie, but I like it! 7 for me! |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 13:12 GReat and Brilliant tune from my 2nd favorite artist of all time |
| JavaJones (San Francisco, CA) | Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 20:40 Surprisingly, having this as my cell phone ring tone has not diminished its appeal to me in the least.  |
| Byronape ("post-capitalist wreckageville") | Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 03:45 coy wrote: boy are you dumb boy, you are a judgmental prick. I don't like Bowie, and even if I did, I wouldn't insult someone who did. To each their own. |
| GrooVy (Planet Earth, Mainly...) | Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 00:08 Might be 1 of his better songs! |
| marmelock (Frankfurt, Germany, Home of the EAGLES!) | Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 00:06 my favourite bowie song! |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 12:25 Had to quickly Log In to say I'm Off until this Cacophony is done BRB.... |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 12:22 coy wrote: boy are you dumb Agreed...feel pity for them |
| abbey_normal (Behind keyboard) | Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 12:56 The gift of sound and vision. That was on sale at BestBuy on Black Friday, right?
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| mrdak (Middle GA) | Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 12:55 The bass playing makes the song IMO. Killer tone. |
| bluecshells (EARTH) | Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 12:55 AHHHHHH AHHHHHH |
| trissi (allupinya) | Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 04:55 I always think this song is Breaking Glass by Nick Lowe. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 04:46 that hissy lttle splash cymbal makes for QUITE the hook... |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Nov 19, 2011 - 18:36 rdo wrote: lemmoth wrote: Rated 6th most influential by a VH1 poll of musicians. Undoubtedly he was cutting edge at the time this came out and I can see why he was influential. I don't think his music has stood the test of time though. I place him in the "School of Rock" category of artists, which means we'll have to endure him indefinitely. boy are you dumb |
| Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 00:47 rdo wrote: lemmoth wrote: Rated 6th most influential by a VH1 poll of musicians. Undoubtedly he was cutting edge at the time this came out and I can see why he was influential. I don't think his music has stood the test of time though. I place him in the "School of Rock" category of artists, which means we'll have to endure him indefinitely. Define "time" |