# Your Favourite Bowie Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904 "2016-01-12T04:44:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/41 "2016-01-12T22:15:43Z")
Def. from _Cat People_ – **Putting Out Fire** ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/42 "2016-01-12T22:33:49Z")
I wouldn’t call it my absolute favorite, but \*Ashes to Ashes \*has been stuck in my head since I read the news Monday morning. Too many great songs to pick a single fave, unless it’s just for one day. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/43 "2016-01-12T23:04:33Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’m surprised no one has mentioned my favorite yet: **Young Americans**. > > Have you have been an un-American? > Just you and your idol singing falsetto 'bout > Leather, leather everywhere, and > Not a myth left from the ghetto > Well, well, well, would you carry a razor > In case, just in case of depression? > Sit on your hands on a bus of survivors > Blushing at all the afro-Sheeners > > A complex, well-crafted song that I never get tired of hearing. > > And I love the way he slyly slipped a Beatles shout out in there. > mmm Another vote for Young Americans. Something about that song reaches inside me and pulls a string that no other song does. Awwwwwwwlllllll Night! ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/44 "2016-01-12T23:10:09Z")
Ain’t there one damn song that can make me break down and cry-yy? ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/45 "2016-01-12T23:22:57Z")
**Rebel, Rebel** will always be #1 with me. It was the soundtrack for the moment in my life In which I was most thunderstruck with love at first sight. 30ish-some years later I can’t hear that song without a flashback to that pretty girl in the short black dress. It was really a magic moment. Sadly, never met her or learned her name. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/46 "2016-01-13T02:02:16Z")
I admit to being a little surprised at all the attention mainstream media has given to Bowie’s death. Reading this thread, though, sets my mind right. He deserves the attention, and more. What a wonderfully talented man he was. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/47 "2016-01-13T03:07:04Z")
Life on mars Under pressure Golden years ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/48 "2016-01-13T03:11:50Z")
My all time favorite David Bowie song is [Breaking Glass](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgdCIAEupNI) from _Low_ (which is also my favorite Bowie album). ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/49 "2016-01-13T03:31:14Z")
Oh, I suppose my favorite album of his, even after all this time, is The Man Who Sold the World, and my favorite song from that album is Width of a Circle. Almost everything everyone has mentioned upthread though are songs I know and love and more importantly, associate with specific periods of my life. The guy provided the soundtrack to my life from high school through middle adulthood. Pretty amazing artist. ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/50 "2016-01-13T04:00:48Z")
The first Bowie I heard and actually paid attention to was the Ziggy Stardust album when I went to pick up a bag and the dude was waiting on a key. He put it on, we sparked up and by the time Moonage Daydream was over I was a fan. Went to the music store on the way home and bought the 8 track. And for me there are certain artists that when asked to pick a favorite piece it’s like asking to pick a favorite child. But if I absolutely had to I guess it would be… Ok I changed this about a dozen times so I’ll have to say the whole Ziggy Stardust album plus… Fame Putting Out Fires Changes Young Americans TVC15 ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/51 "2016-01-13T04:17:22Z")
Like _Tin Machine_, \*The Buddha of Suburbia \* album never seemed to get much attention, but the eponymous [title track](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHfQdUPTt3A) is lovely, and presaged much of the tone of _Heathen_ and _Reality_. And off _Scary Monsters_, there’s [Teenage Wildlife](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_myArN2GO40), with Robert Fripp’s molten silver guitar playing. Just exquisite. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/52 "2016-01-13T04:42:08Z")
And the soundtrack version of [Cat People {Putting Out Fire}](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpdHMaccjw4) is much better than the shrill, tinny and rushed version off _Let’s Dance_, with a far better vocal. ---
**Author:** ![betterlifethroughchemistry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/betterlifethroughchemistry/32/3094_2.png) [@betterlifethroughchemistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betterlifethroughchemistry)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/53 "2016-01-13T04:50:45Z")
Oh You Pretty Things…pop, but dark and eclectic… ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/54 "2016-01-13T05:21:15Z")
> [@betterlifethroughchemistry](#): > > Oh You Pretty Things…pop, but dark and eclectic… Yeah it’s OK but Peter Noone’s version was better. Just messing with you! ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/55 "2016-01-13T06:17:11Z")
Let’s Dance Putting Out Fire Fame But my favorite of all has to be Heroes. I love that song thru tears, every time. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/56 "2016-01-13T07:10:36Z")
Definitely “Heroes” here, as well. When I learned of his death, that’s the song I put on (and introduced my 19 month old daughter to. We have our daddy-daughter music listening parties, but we haven’t gotten to Bowie yet, so this was her introduction.) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/57 "2016-01-13T12:57:00Z")
My favorite song _about_ David Bowie is [Bongwater’s _David Bowie Wants Ideas_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD_lfXj1jRk). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/58 "2016-01-13T20:12:35Z")
[Most popular Bowie songs the day after his death.](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/12/upshot/david-bowie-songs-that-fans-are-listening-most-heroes-starman-major-tom.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0) Pretty interesting. Heroes, Let’s Dance, and Life on Mars were the top 3. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/59 "2016-01-13T20:20:22Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > [Most popular Bowie songs the day after his death.](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/12/upshot/david-bowie-songs-that-fans-are-listening-most-heroes-starman-major-tom.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0) > > Pretty interesting. Heroes, Let’s Dance, and Life on Mars were the top 3. Okay, can I be an idiot? I have never liked Let’s Dance. That’s not quite right - I like the song - it’s cool. But it’s called Let’s _Dance_ and yet the groove isn’t really danceable. And it’s a _Nile Rodgers_ groove - if anyone knows how to lay down a dance groove, it’s Nile fuckin’ Rodgers. But it’s more herky-jerky than funky and dancey. Drives me nuts!! 😉 But, then, Bowie was always about being just outside the comfort zone. And **salinqmind** - yeah Heroes has that effect on me, too. Layers and layers. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904/60 "2016-01-13T23:49:00Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > **TO BE PLAYED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME** > \ > [I’m Afraid of Americans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyLftLzRFRI) (the super noisy live version with Sonic Youth is my favorite) I love the Bowie/NIN version of this. I’d not heard the SY version (until your link). This one is very similar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-bowie-songs/742904.md?page=4)