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My own Best of Bowie In the long-standing tradition of my glorious tracklisting threads, I present to you yet another. When you've been into an artist for several years, it's important to find new ways to make their old music fresh again. CD-R's are the best for this. And I recently bought some 100 minute ones to expand the possibilities. Compiling Bowie is a tough task and no compilation has ever gotten it quite right. He's got so many styles and eras to his career that sometimes, things don't mesh well together or important songs get overlooked. I think the closest they've gotten to getting it right was Virgin's The Best Of David Bowie 1969/1974. I'm all for edits on a compilation as well, as they're only an overview, cliffnotes of sorts. I've only covered the classic era as those Virgin comps did. Here's what I've got so far.
Best of Bowie 1969/1974: 1. Ziggy Stardust 2. Space Oddity (edit) 3. Starman 4. The Jean Genie 5. John, I'm Only Dancing (sax version) 6. Queen Bitch 7. Rebel Rebel 8. Let's Spend The Night Together 9. Suffragette City 10. Oh! You Pretty Things 11. Velvet Goldmine 12. Holy Holy 13. Drive-In Saturday 14. Diamond Dogs 15. Changes 16. Sorrow 17. The Prettiest Star 18. Life On Mars? 19. Aladdin Sane 20. 1984 21. Moonage Daydream 22. The Man Who Sold The World 23. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide 24. All The Young Dudes 25. Time (edit) I really like how they mixed it up on the released version, so I kept the running order mostly intact with a few new inclusions to flesh it out. Anyone that can help me with edits of 'Diamond Dogs', 'Starman', 'Drive-In Saturday' would be much appreciated. Now the companion disc from 1974/1979 by Virgin left a lot to be desired, imo. It was too short. 'Knock On Wood' sucks and is live. There was no 'Be My Wife' and they should've gone up through 1980 for it, that way each compilation would cover 5 years and 6 main studio albums each. Balance people. And their order kinda sucked. Here's what I did with it: Best of Bowie 1975/1980: 1. Sound And Vision 2. Golden Years (edit) 3. Fame 4. Fashion (edit) 5. DJ (edit) 6. John, I'm Only Dancing Again (edit) 7. Young Americans (edit) 8. Boys Keep Swinging 9. Up The Hill Backwards 10. It's So Hard To Be A Saint In The City 11. Can You Hear Me? 12. Wild Is The Wind (edit) 13. What In The World? 14. Joe The Lion 15. TVC15 (edit) 16. Breaking Glass 17. Beauty And The Beast 18. Scary Monsters (edit) 19. Fascination 20. The Secret Life Of Arabia 21. Fantastic Voyage 22. Word On A Wing (edit) 23. Ashes To Ashes (edit) 24. Look Back In Anger 25. Stay (edit) 26. Be My Wife 27. Heroes (edit) There are a few bugs in there that I still have to work out. Like the transition from 'Wild Is The Wind' to 'What In The World'. But I like how this works much better than the released version. The overall flow of the disc goes from uplifting to crazed to desperate by the end. That's how I decided what went where. And always what's going to sound good back to back. Anyone that knows of a 'Fascination' or 'Can You Hear Me?' edit wins a special prize. Tell me what you think. | |
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Nate, these are EXCELLENT track listings!!! You did a damn good job! I miss talking to you, brother! I hope to see you at the Madonna party at Menjo's next month!!! | |
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DudeDrops said: Nate, these are EXCELLENT track listings!!! You did a damn good job! I miss talking to you, brother! I hope to see you at the Madonna party at Menjo's next month!!!
Thanks! Is it for her birthday? What are the details? | |
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Details? Hmmm...I know it's on her birthday, and they'll be spinning nonstop Madonna music all night long. I'll try and find out more.
You must go! I'd REALLY like to meet you! | |
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DudeDrops said: Details? Hmmm...I know it's on her birthday, and they'll be spinning nonstop Madonna music all night long. I'll try and find out more.
You must go! I'd REALLY like to meet you! I'll see what I can do. What is her birthday again? I might be out of town if it's when I think it is. I've got a Liz Phair concert on the 25th and Bjork in Toronto on the 26th. | |
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TRON said: DudeDrops said: Details? Hmmm...I know it's on her birthday, and they'll be spinning nonstop Madonna music all night long. I'll try and find out more.
You must go! I'd REALLY like to meet you! I'll see what I can do. What is her birthday again? I might be out of town if it's when I think it is. I've got a Liz Phair concert on the 25th and Bjork in Toronto on the 26th. You're seeing both Liz and Bjork??? You better hope I don't see you--I'm gonna kick your ass from jealousy!!! Have fun, buddy! | |
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DudeDrops said: You're seeing both Liz and Bjork??? You better hope I don't see you--I'm gonna kick your ass from jealousy!!! Have fun, buddy! You should go then! I think there are still tickets available for both. | |
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Nah, I can't. Money's REALLY tight right now. Still, have fun! Did you move to Farmington Hills yet? | |
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DudeDrops said: Nah, I can't. Money's REALLY tight right now. Still, have fun! Did you move to Farmington Hills yet?
LOL. No. Is that where you're at? I'm still thinking about moving. But closer to Detroit rather than further. btw, Liz is only $15. | |
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TRON said: I've got a Liz Phair concert on the 25th and Bjork in Toronto on the 26th.
uggh..you're killing me, Tron! I need to find some serious money, QUICK | |
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endorphin74 said: TRON said: I've got a Liz Phair concert on the 25th and Bjork in Toronto on the 26th.
uggh..you're killing me, Tron! I need to find some serious money, QUICK Anyone care to boost Darin's out of town concert fund? The poor man is desperate! | |
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I have a collection of Bowie's that I think is a fairly good compilation
It is a rykodisc 2-CD release of all of his singles from 1969 - 1993, remastered. Misses some non-singles of course, but it's still very thorough. And, it is chronological, so we can hear his progression through music. "Knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring faith. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal" - Carl Sagan | |
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Hi Tron/Nate?
That looks pretty goopd to me man I've been thinking of doing a similar thing, but with db outtakes, and making it a killer 1cd on a 99min cdr You may have inspired me to give it a go when I have a few hours spare one calm day TheLodger | |
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TheLodger said: Hi Tron/Nate?
That looks pretty goopd to me man I've been thinking of doing a similar thing, but with db outtakes, and making it a killer 1cd on a 99min cdr You may have inspired me to give it a go when I have a few hours spare one calm day TheLodger Let me know how it turns out and what you include. | |
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TRON [/quote]
Let me know how it turns out and what you include. [/quote] Will do, I'll try and remember to post it on this forum actually TheLodger | |
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Sounds great! Where's the art? "Life on Mars?" to the end of that disc is particularly great. | |
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Be My Wife is my all-time favorite Bowie song. At least, at this very moment.
OK, see, now it's Drive-In Saturday... No confusion, no tears. No enemies, no fear. No sorrow, no pain. No ball, no chain.
Sex is not love. Love is not sex. Putting words in other people's mouths will only get you elected. Need more sleep than coke or methamphetamine. | |
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theblueangel said: Be My Wife is my all-time favorite Bowie song. At least, at this very moment.
Me too! And video. [This message was edited Wed Jul 23 6:20:13 PDT 2003 by TRON] | |
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