@@vicprovost2561 Boy you said it! I heard Bowie say he changed because The Spiders was kind of a flop, if you can believe that!?? He said he never really "made it" until the Let's dance stuff...I was amazed to hear this!
@@mr.snicker-doodles7081 Ziggy Stardust tour concert video is one of the best live gigs ever, Bowie in peak mode and Mick Ronson is a beast! Moonage Daydream and Width of a Circle are epic! 🎸
David Bowie was a chameleon, always changing and innovating and yes he can sing. He was my first concert experience at 13 and it was fantastic. He has a huge catalog of great music that is very diverse.
Five weeks after Bowie died, the BRIT Awards paid tribute to him. THIS is the song Lourdes sang, and knocked it out of the park. One show, one career, and one song -- and it was THIS one. The one the Brits picked.
Every song on Hunky Dory is a gem. This is his last album as a long-haired folk rocker, the last album before the personas became his signature. The song "Changes" from this record, one of his biggest early hits, presages all that was to follow.
One of my favorite, if not my favorite, tracks from Bowie. From songfacts: The lyricism is very abstract, though the basis of this song is about a girl who goes to watch a movie after an argument with her parents. The film ends with the line "Is there life on Mars?" Bowie has labeled the song "a sensitive young girl's reaction to the media" and added, "I think she finds herself disappointed with reality... that although she's living in the doldrums of reality, she's being told that there's a far greater life somewhere, and she's bitterly disappointed that she doesn't have access to it." The lyrics also contain imagery suggesting the futility of man's existence, a topic Bowie used frequently on his early albums. >> Bowie came up with this after he was asked to put English lyrics to a French song called "Comme d'habitude." Paul Anka ultimately bought the rights to the original French song and rewrote it in English as "My Way," later made famous by Frank Sinatra. "Life On Mars?" uses practically the same chords as "My Way" and the Hunky Dory linear notes state that the song is "inspired by Frankie." In 2008, Bowie recalled writing this song to the Mail on Sunday: "This song was so easy. Being young was easy. A really beautiful day in the park, sitting on the steps of the bandstand. 'Sailors bap-bap-bap-bap-baaa-bap.' An anomic (not a 'gnomic') heroine. Middle-class ecstasy. I took a walk to Beckenham High Street to catch a bus to Lewisham to buy shoes and shirts but couldn't get the riff out of my head. Jumped off two stops into the ride and more or less loped back to the house up on Southend Road. Workspace was a big empty room with a chaise lounge; a bargain-price art nouveau screen ('William Morris,' so I told anyone who asked); a huge overflowing freestanding ashtray and a grand piano. Little else. I started working it out on the piano and had the whole lyric and melody finished by late afternoon. Nice. Rick Wakeman [of prog band, Yes] came over a couple of weeks later and embellished the piano part and guitarist Mick Ronson created one of his first and best string parts for this song which now has become something of a fixture in my live shows."
Bowie's style changed pretty much every album, so you gotta listen to more of him to fully comprehend his genius. If you want another showcase of his singing skills, listen to the Sweet Thing suite!
His best song - ever! And he was a genius in all genres. It is his attempt to write and sing his "My Way". Trevor Bolder on bass, Wakeman on Piano and Bowie singing like never before or after. The lyrics are weird but with a lot of pop culture references from Alley Oop to Disney to Lennon, and British holiday paradise Ibiza.
The greatest of all time, Fell in love with him at age 13. I am now 63. Never a dull moment or repetitiveness. A genius. His range is off the charts. Listen to Lady Grinning Soul.
It’s not about hitting lots of notes. One of the reasons why David Bowie was so great is cause he’s a vocal stylist. He he moans his screeches he gets operatic he gets theatrical, but mainly he sings like he’s doing theater so when you say he’s singing monotone and you gotta understand he’s performing very different and just hauling off and singing.That’s what makes them great.
I have loved Bowie since '73, one of my first LPs was Aladdin Sane, my favorite song is Time, I am lucky to have seen Bowie live on almost all of his tours
I never thought much of this song until my daughter when she was about 15yrs old explained to me what he was singing about, and the metaphors he was using...It took a child to make me appreciate what this art was about. She is so much smarter than I am.
This is from Hunky Dory '71-'72, the album before Ziggy (his break through album). Same backing band. It has a folk - rock feel in parts (lots of 12 string guitar) and influenced by Dylan. It is a block buster and regularly comes out on top of polling of fans. Personally, it competes with Station to Station as his best album, though ziggy is in the mix. P.S. Bowie is a wonderful vocalist!
This is my favorite Bowie song. Love the arrangement & Bowie's voice. The man is an alien who we were lucky enough to bask in his presence for almost 70 years. This song is also the badus for an English cop show of the same name. This is early Bowie, but Bowie always changed it up about every 5 years. Don't pay attention to the haters, Bowie can sing, but he does have songs where he is more into the art than sounding like a brilliant singer.
Yes bowie can SING. and yes he changed often…but he didn’t (usually) just do what was happening at the time. He often dictated what was happening at the time. His voice definitely changed…noticeably around Diamond Dogs it started getting deeper. Anyway, you want to hear some masterful bowie vocals….Lady Grinning Soul, Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet thing, Wild is the Wind, Fantastic Voyage. I always tell those new to bowie that they should start at the beginning and listen chronologically so you get the full effect of how he constantly changed and moved…
1971 guys, from Hunky Dory album. Love your reaction! Every Bowie album is extremly different, he was a restless creative soul never staying in one spot for long, allways curious to explore new paths. There is no one like him, simply put
The piano in this song is an 1898 Bechstein, and it was the house piano at Trident Studios. Played by the famous keyboardist Rick Wakeman, this song is a true masterpiece - not the least of reasons being the wonderful cinematic string arrangement penned by no less than Mick Ronson. The same piano featured on Hey Jude by The Beatles, as well as You're So Vain by Carly Simon.
🤩 The StarMan! 🤗 Watching him perform was like watching Freddie. 😍 The command he had over an audience was unreal. 😵💫 We all became transfixed & mesmerized from the moment he waltzed on stage. 🤔 This is a hard song to sing because you are literally harmonizing, yet singing in the same key somewhat. But its 1 of my favorites. 🥰🐰
He has so many great songs it's hard to pick a few! I like Panic in Detroit, anything from Ziggy Stardust, Ashes to Ashes, Wild is the Wind, China Girl. I can go on and on.
David Bowie’s music was constantly changing. In fact, with each change he’d also take on a whole new look and a whole new persona. Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Halloween Jack, The Thin White Duke and The Blind Prophet, were the names of his 5 major characters names.
Rick Wakeman, from the band, YES, did the keyboard/piano on this album. He said in an interview that when Bowie played him this song on an acoustic guitar, Wakeman said to him, that is the greatest song I've ever heard [i'm paraphrasing there].
If you want to hear some more Bowie with amazing vocals I recommend "Word on a Wing" or "Lady Grinning Soul". If you want to get back to some funky Bowie then I recommend "Station to Station" or "Fashion". If you want to get back to some hard rock Bowie I recommend listening to "The Jean Jeanie" or "Cracked Actor". But really you should react to the entire Ziggy Stardust album if you haven't done it yet. That's really the album that is one of the greatest ever made, represents his essence and the one that made him a star.
More than any other song, the one I hope you do most is the title track from "Station to Station." It is absolutely epic. So musically adventurous & filled with great lyrics.
It seems Bowie can sing; Who knew?! Me: He has a great, great, great, great voice. I really enjoy your videos comrades. Brilliant song this Rick Wakeman's piano and the orchestral pieces are gorgeous. He has a UK No 1 hit with this 3 years later on in the beginning of Bowie mania (UK version). Got to give respect to the person who dug it out as his next single, from the archives. I'm exactly the right age to be a Bowie nutter. I'd do him as a specialist subject on Mastermind. 2nd round. I anticipate coasting to victory in the first round with Steely Dan,
Cranking on the great stuff. As others have mentioned, it was Wakeman (from Yes) on the piano. Mick Ronson (Bowie’s guitarist) arranged the strings. It was his first time for string arrangement, and he admitted to being nervous as hell, handing it to the professional players from the London classical world. Later on, one of Wakeman’s friends recalled meeting him at a pub when he finished the session, talking about his recording with some guy named David Bowie, and thinking the album would be pretty good.
This IS early Bowie. Off his 3rd album, "Hunky Dory." 1971. A year before he released "Ziggy Stardust," and became a rock superstar. "Mars" is considered by many, myself included, to be his best number. It grows on you.
If I may suggest; “Sweet Thing, Candidate, Sweet Thing (reprise). Best version, imo, is on David Live at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia. Instead of dueling guitar leads; how about guitar and saxophone? I think it came out in 1974. When he became the Thin White Duke. 🖖🍻
If I had to pick a favourite Bowie, this would be it. A pattern I've noticed with 70's musicians since RUclips came along so you can see their old stuff; incredible creativity with kinda weird lyrics in their few albums. The lyrics settle down as they go big time but the musical edge is lost. Can't have it all!
Finally! I have a few select songs I wait eagerly for my favorite reactors to cover! Life on Mars is one. This song is a masterpiece. Please check out his album Hunky Dory. It's my favorite Bowie album! Songs are phenomenal! I love early Bowie tunes! And you're right - he is a brilliant artist!
YOU GUYS SHOULD DO THE ( BING CROSBY / DAVID BOWIE ) CHRISTMAS VIDEO CLIP 😊 BUT YEAH, BOWIE WAS AWESOME AND LIKE I'VE SAID HIM AND ELTON WERE ON TOPPPPP OF THE ROCK WORLD IN THAT ( 71-75 ) BLOCK👍, CONCERTS, CHARACTERS, COSTUMES, ETC ETC, ESPECIALLYYYY ELTON OF COURSE!😊 AND DAVID HAD HIS OWN CHARACTERS THAT HE PLAYED IN CONCERT, R.I.P. ☹ TO A MUSICAL GENIUS AND A GREAT ROCK LEGEND! 💯
Yes, this is very early, but the band, for the most part, is the Spiders From Mars, with notable piano work by Rick Wakeman of Yes. His vocal style changes with each album, I think much of his best work was on Hunky Dory and Space Oddity. Keep listening, Bowie was a true master, and he attracted other great musicians to his stuio recording sessions. This song, by itself, the basic theme and lyrics, was great. Rick Wakeman found a way to make the great even greater!
This was my childhood music,in my bedroom with a little record player that looked like a small briefcase.and my dad shouting at the bottom of the stairs shouting TURN IT DOWN,lol
Bowie had a very theatrical take on musical performance, so different songs by him can have very different vocal delivery. He was kind of a master of many styles.
Ya, Che, your face was like “What is this junk?” I’m with La, I was very worried you weren’t into this. 😂 This is one of his that grows on you even more with time.
@mistersnitty7721 but it wasn't atrocious....no way. I'd like to hear Bowie say that with my own ears. Don't believe what you read...they say he said that but you never hear him actually say it. It works, and if it wasn't for her cover, I never would have re-listened to Bowie's.
David Bowie was his own Genre! Styles changed throughout the years but never heard anyone complaining because if Bowie did it it was gonna be good and his followers were very loyal no matter the Ziggy Starsust period of 1972 up to his final Black Star album at his death. Nice one gentlemen ✌️😎
Great reaction, guys! Although, truth be told, I can't help but notice the Traffic album cover on the wall behind you, and I'm really really hoping to hear some reactions from Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory... "Tragic Magic" is an AMAZING funky song from that album. And "Roll Right Stones" is just about as epic as "Low Spark of High Heel Boys" is...... ( nudge nudge wink wink...)😁✌
Any songwriter will tell you that Bowie is virtually unparalleled in his inventiveness with the pop-rock idiom: his harmonic and melodic genius is on a par with McCartney, easily. Anything Bowie between about 1968-1980 is solid, but 68-75 (before the coke nearly killed him) are the absolute peak years of his songwriting creativity.
For an even pretty early example of his great singing, check out the Ultimate Classic huge hit, Changes. I would additionally point out that I heard a story on the news today that the original scribbled lyrics on something for one of my favorite songs of his, also a hit, suffragette city, was going to go on the market today, and by today's prices not all that crazy, but they thought maybe in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. I wish you guys would react to suffragette City if you haven't already. I watch so many of your actions but I don't remember what you've done of David Bowie
I would suggest to this creative team of Airplay Beats that if they really like Life on Mars, they should also review Quicksand from the same Hunky Dory album. To this day I think it remains Bowie's most beautiful song he ever made.
So many faces to Bowie. One of my favorites his underappreciated role as part of the band Tin Machine. Hard to pick a favorite song, but Under the God stands out.
I could not name all my favorite Bowie songs lol... but here is me trying.... Ziggy Stardust (way too short!) Space Oddity, Starman, Life on Mars, Diamond dogs, Heros, rebel rebels, Panic in Detroit, I am a DJ, Changes..... and so many more... In fact I am off to make a Bowie greatest hit list on Spotify lol
You should check out the song Black Star from his album, also called Black Star, released just after he died. You'll see a ledgend still doing it after 50+ years.
So totally awesome! Rick Wakeman on piano & the BRILLIANT Mick Ronson on Guitar & arrangement. He was the true genius of the Bowie sound..
Mick Ronson was dope, I hated when he broke up the Spiders From Mars but David never stayed in the same place for very long.
@@vicprovost2561 Boy you said it! I heard Bowie say he changed because The Spiders was kind of a flop, if you can believe that!?? He said he never really "made it" until the Let's dance stuff...I was amazed to hear this!
@@mr.snicker-doodles7081 Ziggy Stardust tour concert video is one of the best live gigs ever, Bowie in peak mode and Mick Ronson is a beast! Moonage Daydream and Width of a Circle are epic! 🎸
Rick Wakeman was a pretty good piano player.
What ever happened to him?
@@Lwize Hmm, I think he was maybe in another band but I can't think of their name..:P
David Bowie was a chameleon, always changing and innovating and yes he can sing. He was my first concert experience at 13 and it was fantastic. He has a huge catalog of great music that is very diverse.
Five weeks after Bowie died, the BRIT Awards paid tribute to him. THIS is the song Lourdes sang, and knocked it out of the park. One show, one career, and one song -- and it was THIS one. The one the Brits picked.
Without Bowie there wouldn't be, Roxy Music, TRex, Television, NY Dolls, Lou Reed, he didn't just define the '70's he is a 20th century enigma.
Listen to Wild is the wind ..then you know he can truly sing !
Such a classic. David could ALWAYS saaang: check out his version of "Wild Is the Wind"!! Epic.
"Wild is the Wind" is a rich tour de force, but listen also to the range in "Young Americans"... something like 3+ octaves.
Killer voice, ups & downs, re listen to all and focus on all the great highs & lows, all him. Keep going, this Bowie discography is good, good job
This song is deep on so many levels. David Bowie was a trendsetting legend for over 5 decades.
Bowie was a genre unto himself. Greatest art-pop-cabaret song ever.
Every song on Hunky Dory is a gem. This is his last album as a long-haired folk rocker, the last album before the personas became his signature. The song "Changes" from this record, one of his biggest early hits, presages all that was to follow.
One of my favorite, if not my favorite, tracks from Bowie.
From songfacts:
The lyricism is very abstract, though the basis of this song is about a girl who goes to watch a movie after an argument with her parents. The film ends with the line "Is there life on Mars?"
Bowie has labeled the song "a sensitive young girl's reaction to the media" and added, "I think she finds herself disappointed with reality... that although she's living in the doldrums of reality, she's being told that there's a far greater life somewhere, and she's bitterly disappointed that she doesn't have access to it."
The lyrics also contain imagery suggesting the futility of man's existence, a topic Bowie used frequently on his early albums. >>
Bowie came up with this after he was asked to put English lyrics to a French song called "Comme d'habitude." Paul Anka ultimately bought the rights to the original French song and rewrote it in English as "My Way," later made famous by Frank Sinatra. "Life On Mars?" uses practically the same chords as "My Way" and the Hunky Dory linear notes state that the song is "inspired by Frankie."
In 2008, Bowie recalled writing this song to the Mail on Sunday: "This song was so easy. Being young was easy. A really beautiful day in the park, sitting on the steps of the bandstand. 'Sailors bap-bap-bap-bap-baaa-bap.' An anomic (not a 'gnomic') heroine. Middle-class ecstasy. I took a walk to Beckenham High Street to catch a bus to Lewisham to buy shoes and shirts but couldn't get the riff out of my head. Jumped off two stops into the ride and more or less loped back to the house up on Southend Road. Workspace was a big empty room with a chaise lounge; a bargain-price art nouveau screen ('William Morris,' so I told anyone who asked); a huge overflowing freestanding ashtray and a grand piano. Little else. I started working it out on the piano and had the whole lyric and melody finished by late afternoon. Nice. Rick Wakeman [of prog band, Yes] came over a couple of weeks later and embellished the piano part and guitarist Mick Ronson created one of his first and best string parts for this song which now has become something of a fixture in my live shows."
Thank you for that!
Fascinating analysis!! As a diehard, lifelong Bowie fan, I thank you!!!
Bowie's style changed pretty much every album, so you gotta listen to more of him to fully comprehend his genius. If you want another showcase of his singing skills, listen to the Sweet Thing suite!
One of my absolute fav Bowie tracks. Pure genius
His best song - ever! And he was a genius in all genres. It is his attempt to write and sing his "My Way". Trevor Bolder on bass, Wakeman on Piano and Bowie singing like never before or after. The lyrics are weird but with a lot of pop culture references from Alley Oop to Disney to Lennon, and British holiday paradise Ibiza.
Arguably the greatest artist of all time. PERIOD.. YOU ARE SORELY MISSED.MR.JONES. A fearless rebel and pioneer ...Musically and culturally.
YES!
💯❤️
The greatest of all time, Fell in love with him at age 13. I am now 63. Never a dull moment or repetitiveness. A genius. His range is off the charts. Listen to Lady Grinning Soul.
It’s not about hitting lots of notes. One of the reasons why David Bowie was so great is cause he’s a vocal stylist. He he moans his screeches he gets operatic he gets theatrical, but mainly he sings like he’s doing theater so when you say he’s singing monotone and you gotta understand he’s performing very different and just hauling off and singing.That’s what makes them great.
He was a true GENIUS/LEGEND!!! I was a lucky lady to have seen in concert…late 70’s at MSG! Miss you David!🙏💖🙏
I have loved Bowie since '73, one of my first LPs was Aladdin Sane, my favorite song is Time, I am lucky to have seen Bowie live on almost all of his tours
I never thought much of this song until my daughter when she was about 15yrs old explained to me what he was singing about, and the metaphors he was using...It took a child to make me appreciate what this art was about. She is so much smarter than I am.
My favorite Bowie song. I’m so glad you guys liked it too. ❤
This is from Hunky Dory '71-'72, the album before Ziggy (his break through album). Same backing band. It has a folk - rock feel in parts (lots of 12 string guitar) and influenced by Dylan. It is a block buster and regularly comes out on top of polling of fans. Personally, it competes with Station to Station as his best album, though ziggy is in the mix.
P.S. Bowie is a wonderful vocalist!
Love watching you two. I only pop in once of month,but always look forward to your reactions
This is my favorite Bowie song. Love the arrangement & Bowie's voice. The man is an alien who we were lucky enough to bask in his presence for almost 70 years. This song is also the badus for an English cop show of the same name. This is early Bowie, but Bowie always changed it up about every 5 years. Don't pay attention to the haters, Bowie can sing, but he does have songs where he is more into the art than sounding like a brilliant singer.
Yes bowie can SING. and yes he changed often…but he didn’t (usually) just do what was happening at the time. He often dictated what was happening at the time. His voice definitely changed…noticeably around Diamond Dogs it started getting deeper. Anyway, you want to hear some masterful bowie vocals….Lady Grinning Soul, Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet thing, Wild is the Wind, Fantastic Voyage. I always tell those new to bowie that they should start at the beginning and listen chronologically so you get the full effect of how he constantly changed and moved…
1971 guys, from Hunky Dory album. Love your reaction! Every Bowie album is extremly different, he was a restless creative soul never staying in one spot for long, allways curious to explore new paths. There is no one like him, simply put
Tears in my eyes.. Takes me back to being a youngsters in Liverpool uk 🇬🇧
I love this song! Every bar is a chromatic transfer. And the lyrics moves me. And the video has recorders!
Possibly Bowie's greatest vocal performance
His duet with Bing Crosby...he CAN SING
The piano in this song is an 1898 Bechstein, and it was the house piano at Trident Studios. Played by the famous keyboardist Rick Wakeman, this song is a true masterpiece - not the least of reasons being the wonderful cinematic string arrangement penned by no less than Mick Ronson. The same piano featured on Hey Jude by The Beatles, as well as You're So Vain by Carly Simon.
🤩 The StarMan! 🤗 Watching him perform was like watching Freddie. 😍 The command he had over an audience was unreal. 😵💫 We all became transfixed & mesmerized from the moment he waltzed on stage.
🤔 This is a hard song to sing because you are literally harmonizing, yet singing in the same key somewhat. But its 1 of my favorites. 🥰🐰
Bro is saying that when the style is peeled away, the substance is there!
He has so many great songs it's hard to pick a few! I like Panic in Detroit, anything from Ziggy Stardust, Ashes to Ashes, Wild is the Wind, China Girl. I can go on and on.
And on and on and on and on. Trust me, I feel the same.
David Bowie’s music was constantly changing. In fact, with each change he’d also take on a whole new look and a whole new persona. Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Halloween Jack, The Thin White Duke and The Blind Prophet, were the names of his 5 major characters names.
Rick Wakeman, from the band, YES, did the keyboard/piano on this album. He said in an interview that when Bowie played him this song on an acoustic guitar, Wakeman said to him, that is the greatest song I've ever heard [i'm paraphrasing there].
Yes (before Yes) keyboardist Rick Wakeman was the pianist on this masterpiece.
As others said.. Wild Is The Wind.. magnificent vocals.. truly
If you want to hear some more Bowie with amazing vocals I recommend "Word on a Wing" or "Lady Grinning Soul". If you want to get back to some funky Bowie then I recommend "Station to Station" or "Fashion". If you want to get back to some hard rock Bowie I recommend listening to "The Jean Jeanie" or "Cracked Actor". But really you should react to the entire Ziggy Stardust album if you haven't done it yet. That's really the album that is one of the greatest ever made, represents his essence and the one that made him a star.
Yes 1971 this was back when I was 18 and wow in concert it sounded so good
Yes! He can sing, mostly one takes in the studio and without 'autotune'. Seen him live twice.
I love that David mentions the Norfolk Broads, where I was born.
You guys should watch the concert video of Bowie's "Serious Moonlight" tour. It's the best live concert I've ever seen.
Except for "Stop Making Sense!"
@@marynelson288 and "Live at Pompeii"
This is 1971. He does whatever is going on - that's right. Mostly, he was doing it before it was going on. A trend SETTER!
Epic Materpiece!
This is the epitome of art-rock.
More than any other song, the one I hope you do most is the title track from "Station to Station." It is absolutely epic. So musically adventurous & filled with great lyrics.
Love Station to Station. Especially with the live video from the film Christiane F.
It seems Bowie can sing; Who knew?!
Me: He has a great, great, great, great voice. I really enjoy your videos comrades. Brilliant song this Rick Wakeman's piano and the orchestral pieces are gorgeous. He has a UK No 1 hit with this 3 years later on in the beginning of Bowie mania (UK version). Got to give respect to the person who dug it out as his next single, from the archives. I'm exactly the right age to be a Bowie nutter. I'd do him as a specialist subject on Mastermind. 2nd round. I anticipate coasting to victory in the first round with Steely Dan,
My favorite Bowie song by far!
Cranking on the great stuff. As others have mentioned, it was Wakeman (from Yes) on the piano. Mick Ronson (Bowie’s guitarist) arranged the strings. It was his first time for string arrangement, and he admitted to being nervous as hell, handing it to the professional players from the London classical world.
Later on, one of Wakeman’s friends recalled meeting him at a pub when he finished the session, talking about his recording with some guy named David Bowie, and thinking the album would be pretty good.
This IS early Bowie. Off his 3rd album, "Hunky Dory." 1971. A year before he released "Ziggy Stardust," and became a rock superstar. "Mars" is considered by many, myself included, to be his best number. It grows on you.
Don't forget about his guitarist Mick Ronson, one of the most underrated guitar players ever. The guy ripped!
This is a great period of Bowie!!!
You guys got to do David Bowie live album his vocal range on that record is amazing, best of all Sweet Thing.
If I may suggest; “Sweet Thing, Candidate, Sweet Thing (reprise). Best version, imo, is on David Live at the Tower Theatre, Philadelphia. Instead of dueling guitar leads; how about guitar and saxophone? I think it came out in 1974. When he became the Thin White Duke. 🖖🍻
You want to hear Bowie sing? Try "Word on a Wing" or "Wild is the Wind". Both on the album STATION TO STATION.
If I had to pick a favourite Bowie, this would be it. A pattern I've noticed with 70's musicians since RUclips came along so you can see their old stuff; incredible creativity with kinda weird lyrics in their few albums. The lyrics settle down as they go big time but the musical edge is lost. Can't have it all!
Finally! I have a few select songs I wait eagerly for my favorite reactors to cover! Life on Mars is one. This song is a masterpiece. Please check out his album Hunky Dory. It's my favorite Bowie album! Songs are phenomenal! I love early Bowie tunes! And you're right - he is a brilliant artist!
YOU GUYS SHOULD DO THE ( BING CROSBY / DAVID BOWIE ) CHRISTMAS VIDEO CLIP 😊 BUT YEAH, BOWIE WAS AWESOME AND LIKE I'VE SAID HIM AND ELTON WERE ON TOPPPPP OF THE ROCK WORLD IN THAT ( 71-75 ) BLOCK👍, CONCERTS, CHARACTERS, COSTUMES, ETC ETC, ESPECIALLYYYY ELTON OF COURSE!😊 AND DAVID HAD HIS OWN CHARACTERS THAT HE PLAYED IN CONCERT, R.I.P. ☹ TO A MUSICAL GENIUS AND A GREAT ROCK LEGEND! 💯
Yes, this is very early, but the band, for the most part, is the Spiders From Mars, with notable piano work by Rick Wakeman of Yes. His vocal style changes with each album, I think much of his best work was on Hunky Dory and Space Oddity. Keep listening, Bowie was a true master, and he attracted other great musicians to his stuio recording sessions. This song, by itself, the basic theme and lyrics, was great. Rick Wakeman found a way to make the great even greater!
'Young Americans' will bring you back even more brother x
He had soo many great songs but my favourite is Moonage Daydream - a great showcase for Mick Ronson's guitar too
Awesome in studio and also from the Ziggy Stardust tour concert video. Mick Ronson is a beast! 🎸
He was a genius ❤ changed constantly. Always ahead of everyone else. And yes, he could really sing.
This was my childhood music,in my bedroom with a little record player that looked like a small briefcase.and my dad shouting at the bottom of the stairs shouting TURN IT DOWN,lol
Ziggy ruled in that era of Bowie’s career. So innovative and interesting. This is when I become a fan.
✌🏼😎🇺🇸
Another great song/album (Hunky Dory) from 1971
Bowie based his singing on Anthony Newley, English actor singer, filmmaker
Hunky Dory is such a great album: other great Bowie songs from different eras: Starman, Young Americans, Fame, Ashes to Ashes
Bowie had a very theatrical take on musical performance, so different songs by him can have very different vocal delivery. He was kind of a master of many styles.
David CAN sang. He was unique and groundbreaking in so many ways. A brilliant song with Rick Wakeman on piano.
'The Man Who Sold The World' album is also a masterpiece.
It's fairly early. It's from 1971. And that's Rick VVakeman on piano, before he joined Yes.
You guys really are a joy to watch and listen to! I love love this Bowie period! So good!
Love you guys and the banter - keep up the good work. Bowie is a legend!
Genius is an overused word but he had it in spades. So many great songs, so many changes of character and styles. Try my personal favourite "Heroes".
David Bowie a toujours été en avance sur son temps
Bowie's space alien response to Bridge Over Troubled Water
Great song. One of Bowie’s best songs to me
Ya, Che, your face was like “What is this junk?” I’m with La, I was very worried you weren’t into this. 😂 This is one of his that grows on you even more with time.
There is a great version of this song sung by none other than Barbra Streisand on her 1974 album Butterfly. I highly recommend it.
It's bloody awful. Get your ears syringed. Even Babs admitted later it was a terrible album. Bowie blows her off the stage.
Bowie's comment on Streisand's cover of Life On Mars - "Bloody awful. Sorry Barb, but it was atrocious".
@mistersnitty7721 but it wasn't atrocious....no way. I'd like to hear Bowie say that with my own ears. Don't believe what you read...they say he said that but you never hear him actually say it. It works, and if it wasn't for her cover, I never would have re-listened to Bowie's.
I never liked her songs so I know I would not like it. Bowie was so much better than Barb
@@carol-mariefleming8689 It's a bit late now to HEAR Bowie say it, but that quote comes from a Playboy interview with Cameron Crowe in 1976.
One of my favorite tracks by Bowie!
David Bowie was his own Genre! Styles changed throughout the years but never heard anyone complaining because if Bowie did it it was gonna be good and his followers were very loyal no matter the Ziggy Starsust period of 1972 up to his final Black Star album at his death. Nice one gentlemen
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I love your commentary guys, it's clear you are music lovers.
Bowie is the 20-sided dice of rock/pop/soul, etc. Just depends on the roll.
His vocals on Drive In Saturday off Aladin Sane definitely worth a listen. Hes always been a favorite for me
Great reaction, guys!
Although, truth be told, I can't help but notice the Traffic album cover on the wall behind you, and I'm really really hoping to hear some reactions from Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory...
"Tragic Magic" is an AMAZING funky song from that album.
And "Roll Right Stones" is just about as epic as "Low Spark of High Heel Boys" is......
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Any songwriter will tell you that Bowie is virtually unparalleled in his inventiveness with the pop-rock idiom: his harmonic and melodic genius is on a par with McCartney, easily. Anything Bowie between about 1968-1980 is solid, but 68-75 (before the coke nearly killed him) are the absolute peak years of his songwriting creativity.
Changes, Queen Bitch, Modern Love, and his cover of Dancing in the Streets with Mick Jagger are songs that have good examples of his singing ability.
For an even pretty early example of his great singing, check out the Ultimate Classic huge hit, Changes.
I would additionally point out that I heard a story on the news today that the original scribbled lyrics on something for one of my favorite songs of his, also a hit, suffragette city, was going to go on the market today, and by today's prices not all that crazy, but they thought maybe in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. I wish you guys would react to suffragette City if you haven't already. I watch so many of your actions but I don't remember what you've done of David Bowie
The Hunky Dory album is unique, just like the Alien he was personifying in those days. If you like this, you'll love Kooks off the same album
such a great song
I would suggest to this creative team of Airplay Beats that if they really like Life on Mars, they should also review Quicksand from the same Hunky Dory album. To this day I think it remains Bowie's most beautiful song he ever made.
So many faces to Bowie. One of my favorites his underappreciated role as part of the band Tin Machine. Hard to pick a favorite song, but Under the God stands out.
_Something in the air._
I love this song- always have!
I could not name all my favorite Bowie songs lol... but here is me trying.... Ziggy Stardust (way too short!) Space Oddity, Starman, Life on Mars, Diamond dogs, Heros, rebel rebels, Panic in Detroit, I am a DJ, Changes..... and so many more... In fact I am off to make a Bowie greatest hit list on Spotify lol
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" Superfly" ( title track )
🔥 The best from the soundtrack
You should check out the song Black Star from his album, also called Black Star, released just after he died. You'll see a ledgend still doing it after 50+ years.
Some rate Bowie the best singer of the era,,,,Its a bit subtle sometimes but listen and notice he is doing the right job in the song ,
the greatest song