THE BEST OF DAVID BOWIE

woohoo!

UB 40!!!!!!

i like bowie, but i'm not that excited about this release for two reasons:
1. don't we already have plenty of "greatest hits"-esque releases from bowie.....i guess he's still a big enough cash-cow for the powers-that-be to justify one more.
2. correct me if i'm wrong, but 80's era bowie just doesn't do it for me. with all the great material he released in the 70's (ziggy, diamond dogs, aladdin sane, berlin trilogy, etc.), why do we need an 80's greatest hits disc......with or without some videos

Funny story about a Bowie show...

I'm sitting in the Dean Smith Dome, in Chapel Hill, at a Glass Spiders Tour show, in 1987 or 88. Frampton was the lead guitarist for the tour, and Bowie made a tongue-in-cheek show of cutting him off each time he'd go into a "Do You Feel" solo snippet.

Everything being played in the first set seemed to be only about two years old, and you could tell the crowd ACHED for some Ziggy stuff.

After teasing a bit of Diamond Dogs, and whipping the SEATED listeners into a bit of a frenzy, the band broke into China Doll, raising an audible mass groan. With perfect timing, a 20-year-old girl jumped up in front of me, clapped her hands together at the first sound of China Doll's lyrics, and actually said, "I'm SOOOO happy they're playing the old stuff."

Sadly, the 80's represent, to some, Bowie's best days. I'm certainly not one of those people, but they're out there and they have money.

Check out the Providence Bowie - 12-29-94. It'll blow yer brain!

Yeah the 80's shit sucks.

Come on Let's Dance is classic.

I saw Bowie just a few years ago and he did lots of very old stuff, including Man Who Sold the World, Ziggy Stardust, Life On Mars? and Hang On To Yourself. He surprised me...not quite the same as when I saw him in '79, but who is? By the way...Polyphonic Spree opened. What a trippy choir. Very happy music.

Bowie is the mack daddy ! The guy is super prolific and and you all wish you could be a third as cool as the man. F that cloak and dagger whitey on the moon shite. Respeck.

Yo, right on OOOMMM....you as usual are preaching the gospel. Keep on keeping on Bowie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Respeck!!!

I like David Bowie, and I do agree that his stuff from the 70s is much better. Nonetheless, when I think of David Bowie, I think of Phish...apparently I'm not the only one(thanks frogbrigade22).

yeah gotta agree this is not wow factor stuff , i already have all these songs for sure. i am a huge bowie fan , especially of the ziggy stuff.
overall - that is a pretty funny story about a bowie show , mostly since he apparently did a cover of china doll!!! wow that must have been wild?!?

the providence bowie is sick lassie come home.... but I dont see what that has to do with this

i think he meant "china girl" not "china doll".....however, bowie covering the gd would be interesting to hear

pickup your china girl , shes only broken

I'm not a fan of the 80's bowie either. I love The Man Who Sold The World and Ziggy Star Dust. His live from pilly release is really good too. Three starts only for 80's era Bowie

Tesla!

One of my ex-girlfriends had a shirt that read "I FUCKED DAVID BOWIE" and had a picture of mic jager on it ...hilarious

So goes the song Angie.

When I think of David Bowie only four things really come to mind...Phish, Ziggy Stardust, the big ass deal that was made about the China Doll video (have to be kind of old to remember that, kids), and of course Bowie's involvement in helping bring the legend SRV to the masses. For that last thing mentioned, my thanks to you Mr. Bowie.

I said China Doll, too.....Jerry is never far away....China Girl. China Girl.

Call me crazy, but wouldn't a 70s Bowie "best of" be a hell of a lot cooler. Some unreleased performances of his 70s material would be awesome. Have some bootlegs from that era that are fuckin nice. David Bowie....a-b-c#m....UB40!