Favorite song by David Bowie ??

@Captain Many of the youngers wwren't as exposed to Bowie as we were and would not know, Toad the Wet Sprocket was not as popular as Ziggy, so David took on more of a producer's role and only did the occasional single.

@NativePortlander1970 Agree - he became a celeb really did he.

@Lilymoon Oh Ziggy Stardust. I think the whole album is a bit of a jumble. Starman, Lady Stardust and Ziggy Satrdust tell a story but Five Years doesnt realy fit for me. Then Soul love, Hang onto yourself, and Moonage Daydream are "just" a group of performance songs, but they are all good. I feel that with all Bowie's LPs though, did he ever stick to a theme ? Do you see what I mean, whats your take on it ?

@Captain That album was his masterpiece. He didn't quite match it in the rest of his work.

The thing I liked about it was when I first listened to it I was like "what the hell is this"
And then the more I listened to it the more it grew on me.
Each song has it's own story.
I loved Five Years!

@Lilymoon Yes it was his first big tour success as well, though you have to remeber ti was in effect "ziggy stardust" that was amazing, and he moved on to be "other people" later on. I cam eot think of hin more as a fashion icon than a pop artist. Pop music made it happen for him.

@icedsky That was a good rocking number - very laid back, in the era of Dire Straits and Billy Joel so shuited the zeitgeist. There again, Bowie was always a great one for being in touch with fashion

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout The song invented in 15 minutes in a voluntary jamming session at a Swiss recording studios - love the choice, always though it brought the magic of Queen and the theatre of Bowie and dear old Freddie together in an amazing dazzling singing duet that was more like a dance. echoed in those last lines, "this is our last dance" repeated twice. It is as though the two singers are vocally dancing around each others words, with Freddie's amazing vocal gymnastics as the showy one twriling around while Bowie's mature (by then) powerful assertive style driving in what seem to be one powerufl deliberate direction. Funnily enough I don't find Freddie sounding at all gay in that song ??? Because all 5 had their input it is a typical Queen work of art with so many facets. Each of Bowies songs seemed to be a small project in and of its own - making his albums full of indivual stories loosely themed together. Queen together with Freddie at the helm were creative genius incarnate - JMHO.

@Adogslife I'll give Young Americans and Sufragette City a shout out but I'll sitck with Ziggy Stardust

@Matt85 I agree...

@Gibbon Indeed

@nuddie Was a lovely song - near perfection - but still Ziggy for me

@Captain I like it because he mentions the Norfolk Broads, I live in Norfolk

@nuddie Yeah.... And in the same breath as Ibiza ? Do you think he was sayng different number of travllers but same Emmet and Grockle levels of traffic congestion ?? "The mice in their million hoards"

@slorollin UNder pressur e- great piece of music - for Bowie though - still Ziggy

@dirge Under pressure - great piece of music - bit for Bowieism I stil go for Ziggy

@BuzzedLightyear Yep yoiur choice and mine - I reckon as autobiographical as he got.

@ElwoodBlues Gilmour also picked up a few old backing singer from the pub at a concert.

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@ShenaniganFoodie WOW

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@NativePortlander1970 Fair shout - I always liked it.