I just burned a CD which includes my all time favourite Bowie songs!
I just love its flow...
I had to leave some songs off because of time limitation - I wanted a single disc compilation... But I think I'll extend it onto two discs with songs like "Loving The Alien", "Heroes", "Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)", "Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family", "It's No Game (Part 1)", "Stay", "Aladdin Sane"...

Here comes the tracklist:

Bring Me The Disco King
Word On A Wing
Sweet Thing
Lady Stardust
Time
Quicksand
The Secret Life Of Arabia
Teenage Wildlife
Strangers When We Meet
Without You
Win
Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
Life On Mars?
Space Oddity
Big Brother
My Death (Live)

total running time: 79'38

So, this is my "Ultimate Bowie Collection"!!!
And I'd really like to see what yours are, Bowie fans!!!
Please, post your single disc compilations!!!
Thanx!!!
[Edited 11/29/05 0:32am]

i don't know if i could do a single disc compilation, because each "era" bowie feels like a whole different world to me. but what the hell, i'll try anyway:

wild-eyed boy from freecloud
eight line poem
queen bitch
life on mars?
quicksand

ARRRGH, see, i'm already including almost half of 'hunky dory'...i can't do it!

It would be pretty short:


All the Young Dudes (Mott)
Under Pressure

New Killer Star
Stay
Always Crashing The Same Car
Look Back in Anger
Screams Like a Baby
China Girl
Thursday's Child
I Have Not Been to Oxford Town
Battle for Britain (The Letter)
The Man Who Sold the World
Life on Mars?
Sons of the Silent Age
Rebel Rebel
You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll
Let Me Sleep Beside You
Space Oddity
Everyone Says Hi
Lady Grinning Soul

Anxiety said:

Thank you for even trying it...

lovemachine said:

NorthernLad said:

Thanx! I do like your compilation!!!

"Stay", "Look Back In Anger", "Scream Like A Baby", "China Girl", "Sons Of The Silent Age" and "Lady Grinning Soul" would make my next Bowie disc!!!

Anxiety said:

Same here. But I could post a big, fabulous expansive 4-disc extravaganza!

GangstaFam said:

Cheek said:

I've just never tried to make a single disc compilation. I've done it for specific eras, but never for his entire career.

I like yours though. Lots of my favorites in there.

GangstaFam said:

I could also make a quadro disc compilation...that's not a challenge at all...

Just wanted to see what you guys come up with...

Okay, post anything you want...

Cheek said:

It was for me!

GangstaFam said:

Damn! I'm acting like a stupid bitch!!!



Of course your 4 disc Extravaganza is well received here!!!
[Edited 11/29/05 2:39am]

GangstaFam said:

that's what i'd have to do, too...though last time i tried, i think it was a 6-disc extravaganza!

Anxiety said:

I'm still in Bowie kindergarten. One of my favorite Orgers (you guys wouldn't know him, he's very quiet ) sent me a massive set that I'm still working my way through bite by delicious bite.

So far, though, my favorites are:

Ashes to Ashes
Breaking Glass
Queen Bitch
Stay
Let's Dance
Young Americans
Under Pressure
Jean Genie
Word on a Wing
Wild is the Wind
Cat People (12 inch = )

...off the top of my head.

somedays, as far is bowie is concerned, i would simply recommend putting the song "stay" on auto-repeat. that song is HOTT.

Anxiety said:

...which is exactly what I did on the day I discovered it. I don't think I'll ever forget that feeling as it was hitting me. It was something like, "wait, what the fuck???"

Cheek said:

Nah.

FunkMistress said:

If all I was able to do with all those discs I sent you was turn you on to that one song, my work is complete.

Fortunately, it sounds like you're digging on lots more and digesting it all slowly. This makes me very happy! Bowie's music is hugely important to me, and I'm always thrilled to share it with someone who can appreciate digging into it for the first time. It's my extreme honor and pleasure to facilitate that.

These days, it would be 80 minutes of the song 'Station to Station' on a loop. I could listen to that track for days on end!!

Axchi696 said:

Really, that entire album is perfection. I'd honestly give all the tracks a perfect 10.

GangstaFam said:

It's my favorite Bowie album by far, but I'd have to say that I'm not such a huge fan of "Word on a Wing". I think the rest of the album is tops, but the song just never caught me the way the rest of the album did.

Axchi696 said:

That's my favorite song on there.

Axchi696 said:

This song makes me wish Bowie would do a whole album of spiritual/religious music. It's utterly beautiful, from the music to the lyrics to the meaning. What a pretty way to describe prayer:

Lord, I kneel and offer you
My word on a wing

not to mention

Just because I believe
Don't mean I don't think as well

Anxiety said:

And you know all I've ever wanted to do is provide you with extreme pleasure.

Seriously, thanks so much. I'm having quite a ride and it's thrilling to have that "new-love" feeling again. It's what I envy new Prince fans for.

I LOVE that line, but I am very picky when it comes to music, and more than just a little anal; the line directly following in the song doesn't seem to fit with it: "Don't have to question everything in heaven or hell". I understand how the line works, but I still just don't think it belongs.

As crazy as it sounds, I have to work really hard not to let somethign like that ruin a song. I almost couldn't listen to 'Shy' by Prince because of that ridiclious "they'll call me a chicken" line.

I guess I'm a freak!

FunkMistress said:

[Edited 11/30/05 9:04am]

Axchi696 said:

I am the same way... there are lines in certain songs that I otherwise love that just drive me bonkers.

Good example: Angel by Eurythmics. The references to Elvis Presley just ruin the song for me.