Posted January 16, 20169 yr Over the course of his over half a century long career, David Bowie, born David Robert Jones had 69 top 50 hits, from 1969 to 2016, from Space Oddity to Lazarus. Following the sad news of his death last Sunday, we are remembering him and all of his fantastic songs. But out of the 69 which made it into the top 50, which one is the best? That is what Buzzjack will be deciding over the course of this competition. As a side note, I'm not sure Fame '90, Under Pressure (Rah Mix) should be included as they are remixes of other top 50 hits. Also, Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live), You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll and Baby Universal are included, but those were as part of Tin Machine and not as a solo artist, so I'll let you decide whether they should be included. You can give up to three 11s and up to three -1s (you probably won't need them though) and decimal scores are allowed. No -0.5s or 10.5 however. You have 3 weeks to get in your rates. Closes on 7th February, 18:00. xx The Laughing Gnome xx Space Oddity xx Changes xx Starman xx John, I'm Only Dancing xx The Jean Genie xx Drive-In Saturday xx Life On Mars? xx Sorrow xx Rebel Rebel xx Rock 'n' Roll Suicide xx Diamond Dogs xx Knock On Wood xx Young Americans xx Fame xx Golden Years xx TVC 15 xx Sound And Vision xx Heroes xx Beauty And The Beast xx Boys Keep Swinging xx DJ xx John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) xx Alabama Song xx Ashes To Ashes xx Fashion xx Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) xx Up The Hill Backwards xx Under Pressure (with Queen) xx Wild Is The Wind xx Baal (EP) xx Cat People (Putting Out Fire) xx Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy xx Let's Dance xx China Girl xx Modern Love xx White Light/White Heat xx Blue Jean xx This Is Not America xx Loving The Alien xx Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger) xx Absolute Beginners xx Underground xx When The Wind Blows xx Day-In Day-Out xx Time Will Crawl xx Never Let Me Down xx Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) (as part of Tin Machine) xx Fame '90 xx You Belong In Rock 'n' Roll (as part of Tin Machine) xx Baby Universal (as part of Tin Machine) xx Jump They Say xx Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure) xx Miracle Goodnight xx The Buddha Of Suburbia (with Lenny Kravitz) xx The Hearts Filthy Lesson xx Strangers When We Meet/The Man Who Sold The World (Live) xx Hallo Spaceboy (with the Pet Shop Boys) xx Little Wonder xx Dead Man Walking xx Thursday's Child xx Under Pressure (Rah Mix) xx Survive xx Seven xx Everybody Says 'Hi xx Rebel Never Gets Old xx Arnold Wayne (with David Gilmour) xx Where Are We Now? xx Lazarus Edited January 17, 20169 yr by Taylor Jago
January 17, 20169 yr A great excuse to go back and listen to some of the classics! I'll listen to these tomorrow, some I've not heard in years.
January 17, 20169 yr Oh gosh I will be doing this! I have become obsessed with his magic. Modern Love is my favourite atm
January 17, 20169 yr For anyone interested, I've made a playlist with all the songs on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/joey56/playli...yls4sa8eok64H4a There's a couple I couldn't find including Peace on Earth and1 or 2 at the very end. I've made it collaborative though so if you find them, add them! Mess that Changes never made the top 40?! I would have given that a good score. Also shame Lazarus didn't do it this week, it would have been quite fitting to include it.
January 17, 20169 yr I was just at a tribute night where I heard a lot of tracks that I hadn't heard in a while. I'll be voting in this for sure.
January 17, 20169 yr Cat People (the Giorgio Moroder soundtrack version) is missing..so added in here, and it's Arnold Layne the old Pink Floyd song. I Could nitpick about the 1975 version of John I'm Only Dancing which was the listed first track of the double A side, but the 1972 version double A I think was an alternate version of the original single and that's certainly the version I was charting high not the much less good plastic soul version. I'd also prefer to see classic essentially Bowie top 40 tracks in place of the various remixes though: All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople The Man Who Sold The World - Lulu Changes - David Bowie (part of the appeal of buying the 1969 reissue was it was an EP essentially, with Changes on it) and if we disregard the rubbish streaming charts, this week's actual SALES chart top 40 has Changes and Lazarus in it, so I'd suggest dropping the remix of Under Pressure and Fame in favour of those two. All previous chart positions (bar Where Are We Now) are sales charts, some of them during low-selling periods lower than current downloads. :P Of course I'm biased.... 05 The Laughing Gnome 11 Space Oddity 09 Starman 11 John, I'm Only Dancing 09 The Jean Genie 09 Drive-In Saturday 11 Life On Mars? 08 Sorrow 07 Rebel Rebel 06 Rock 'n' Roll Suicide 03 Diamond Dogs 01 Knock On Wood 08 Young Americans 09 Fame 10 Golden Years 05 TVC 15 10 Sound And Vision 10 Heroes 07 Beauty And The Beast 10 Boys Keep Swinging 07 DJ 04 John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) 07 Alabama Song 10 Ashes To Ashes 08 Fashion 08 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) 08 Up The Hill Backwards 09 Under Pressure (with Queen) 06 Wild Is The Wind 07 Cat People 07 Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy 10 Let's Dance 09 China Girl 08 Modern Love 07 Blue Jean 09 This Is Not America 08 Loving The Alien 04 Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger) 09 Absolute Beginners 07 Underground 07 Day-In Day-Out 08 Time Will Crawl 08 Never Let Me Down 01 Tin Machine/Maggie's Farm (Live) (as part of Tin Machine) 07 Fame '90 05 You Belong In Rock 'n' Roll (as part of Tin Machine) 06 Jump They Say 07 Black Tie White Noise (featuring Al B. Sure) 08 Miracle Goodnight 08 The Buddha Of Suburbia (with Lenny Kravitz) 03 The Hearts Filthy Lesson 03 Strangers When We Meet/The Man Who Sold The World (Live) 10 Hallo Spaceboy (with the Pet Shop Boys) 06 Little Wonder 05 Dead Man Walking 06 Thursday's Child 08 Under Pressure (Rah Mix) 03 Survive 07 Seven 08 Everybody Says 'Hi 06 Arnold Layne (with David Gilmour) 07 Where Are We Now?
January 17, 20169 yr Is there a reason we're not including Baal? Haus is allowed to vote if he would like to. Edited January 17, 20169 yr by dandy*
January 17, 20169 yr All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople The Man Who Sold The World - Lulu Changes - David Bowie (part of the appeal of buying the 1969 reissue was it was an EP essentially, with Changes on it) and if we disregard the rubbish streaming charts, this week's actual SALES chart top 40 has Changes and Lazarus in it, so I'd suggest dropping the remix of Under Pressure and Fame in favour of those two. All previous chart positions (bar Where Are We Now) are sales charts, some of them during low-selling periods lower than current downloads. :P I'd like to include these too! Top 40 is a good cap but these are some of his biggest most iconic songs.
January 17, 20169 yr Author Is there a reason we're not including Baal? Wasn't that a EP? Actually, it peaked at No°29 on the Singles Chart, so I'll include it. As for Changes and Lazarus, I'll just change this to include top 50 hits instead. However, I wouldn't include songs which were only written by David Bowie, or songs which are covers of David Bowie which went in the top 40. Having a writing credit on a song and performing on a song are two different things. Also, do we include the Tin Machine songs, Fame '90 and Under Pressure (Rah Mix) or not?
January 17, 20169 yr Author and if we disregard the rubbish streaming charts, this week's actual SALES chart top 40 has Changes and Lazarus in it, so I'd suggest dropping the remix of Under Pressure and Fame in favour of those two. All previous chart positions (bar Where Are We Now) are sales charts, some of them during low-selling periods lower than current downloads. :P Where Are We Now? was on a sale-only chart. It was at #6 in January 2013.
January 17, 20169 yr OMG - I just noticed that my 11 is not on the list as it didn't chart :( What would it have been? Quite a few of my favourites clearly didn't chart either - especially from Heathen & Reality.
January 17, 20169 yr What would it have been? Quite a few of my favourites clearly didn't chart either - especially from Heathen & Reality. Blackstar :( An astonishing piece
January 17, 20169 yr Was Suffragette City not a single? I don't want to meddle too much but how many singles/key tracks are missing this way? Severin, would you know?
January 17, 20169 yr I do not envy Taylor for having to select and whittle down which tracks to include but it did initially seem like some KEY ones were missing and that's coming from someone who is a recent convert to his music not a longterm fan! 'Suffragete City' probably being the main one now that 'Changes' has been added :o Haus is allowed to vote if he would like to. :kink:
January 17, 20169 yr Wasn't that a EP? Actually, it peaked at No°29 on the Singles Chart, so I'll include it. As for Changes and Lazarus, I'll just change this to include top 50 hits instead. However, I wouldn't include songs which were only written by David Bowie, or songs which are covers of David Bowie which went in the top 40. Having a writing credit on a song and performing on a song are two different things. Also, do we include the Tin Machine songs, Fame '90 and Under Pressure (Rah Mix) or not? I'd say Tin Machine is a band, Bowie was very clear he wanted to work as part of a band. When listing Paul McCartneys greatest hits they tend to include Wings (which had variable Paul McCartney & Wings credits) but not The Beatles. Similarly Genesis and Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel. The Killers and Brandon Flowers etc... Remixes are not entirely Bowie, they are other people's work using Bowie's original (with his blessing), but Loving The Alien could also fall into that category if it is (41 peak). so, Lazarus 09 Changes 09 Baals' Hymn 03 Alabama Song 05 (Ive downgraded!) (both top 40) When The Wind Blows 07 (top 50) any not allowed just ignore :lol:
January 17, 20169 yr The main tracks that are absent for me are... All The Young Dudes Suffragette City Slow Burn New Killer Star Looking For Water Blackstar The Man Who Sold The World The Stars (Are Out Tonight) Love Is Lost (Remix) Shadow Man I'm Afraid Of Americans ...but that's purely because I'm quite fond of them, I can understand if I'm trying to be a little more objective about it why they're not in there...
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