For me it has to be "The Man Who Sold the World". The track fascinates now as it did all those years ago...timeless.



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"Humming Rheingold
We scavenge up our clothes"
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that's a hard one. Probably the title track followed by Madmen.

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"Suspected of being a shoulder surfer
But he didn't know from shit
About challenge response systems"

Saviour Machine!!! - such energy and some powerful vocals, too!...and quite a truism

I'd have to go with the title track as well. Absolutely timeless.



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Very powerful images indeed. Rarely does a title fit so well. For me it's After All"...followed by the title track.

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"Memories seen are all dark in the past"

Ahh found the '79 version

David Bowie & Klaus Nomi - The Man Who Sold The World from André Goldvasser on Vimeo.

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A toss up between After All and All the Madmen. But I adore the Bolanesque singing as well.....


After All............

great album...title track, after all


i'm gonna listen to it now...


width of a circle is pretty important. lightning frightening is pretty important while we're on the subject (why do ryko fade it it in though?)

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Come here mama....and dig this crazy scene
He's not too fancy....but his line is pretty clean

not even half way through but loving it. such an important bowie album. running gun blues is super (haven't even heard saviour machine yet).


after all -- a pre-hunky crowley reference:

live til our rebith and do what you will!

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Come here mama....and dig this crazy scene
He's not too fancy....but his line is pretty clean

This album and Ziggy were the first ones I heard (a friend owned them) - cant remember which one first. Hooked from then on. Its underrated and very good with some great playing by Ronno.

All of it !!!!

Wok - apparently Lightnin' Frightnin' is faded in alledgedly becaause of damage to the master tape right at the beginning. Nice that what there is of it is remastered though. I have a downloaded mp3 of the complete thing but it is less good in quality.

"Ahh found the '79 version "


Love that performance, thanks doc.

Is that on BOB as a easter egg? I forget now

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"Humming Rheingold
We scavenge up our clothes"
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Unfortunately not Ant.

The three tracks are on a US DVD of Saturday Night Live but I wouldn't want to buy all the other crap on there.

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"Unfortunately not Ant."

Damn!!!

I think it's time for a BOB 2 including that footage for sure.

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"Humming Rheingold
We scavenge up our clothes"
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The way things are I think we'd be lucky to get the snot of his nose Ant!

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LOL! My face aches from laughing now

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"Humming Rheingold
We scavenge up our clothes"
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what a gem of an album, bowie's best.
i want a super deluxe reissue of this more than any other.
it blows me away every time i listen to this which is often, more often than any other bowie album.
this is the work of a genius.
i love its mystery and darkness and lyrically it has never been bettered.
every track is a killer, if i really had to choose one it would probably be saviour machine.

after all, all the madmen, title, black country rock, savior machine



width, she shook me cold, were two of the last songs for me to like....anyone here catch 'the supermen' in concert at all?....he did it on some reality shows i think.....he didn't play it here in nyc...

the man who sold the world

best vocal outro ever imo

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what a beautiful thread, tell the others.

Width-one of the all time greats.Love the Ziggy OST version,particularly the mesmerising guitar break.

2nd best-All the Madmen.

she shook me cold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RBe3I9dkN0

brave choice norman going for she shook me cold.
personally i really like it, as i do the whole album, but most will probably tell you its the weakest song on the album. thats why it's so good you have chosen it, just shows how strong this album really is and that theres not a bad track on the album.

I used to love Black Country Rock, but gave it a listen the other day and it dawned on me it is bloody awful.

How about Saviour Machine? Glorious and nuts. Elsewhere the rubbery bass heavy mix ruins much of the album for me.

Has to be "The Man Who Sold The World" but the whole album is excellent.
I keep hoping for de-luxe editions of this and Hunky Dory to "fill the gap".
Then we could look forward to a lovely boxed set of Low, Heroes and Lodger.....

hm i love saviour machine my favourite,and i also love black country rock, what a fantastic riff, short on lyrics but it does'nt take anything away from it.
i want a special edition of this album more than any other.
wonder if it will be given to visconti to remaster and remix it?, i should imagine it will be.

Width Of A Circle.

The title track is fantastic of course it is, but I have always slightly preferred the Lu Lu version with Bowie on backing vocals.

yeah! I know I probably deserve to be shot

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REALITY bites
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I see no joy I see only sorrow, I see no future of your bright new tomorrow, so stand down Condems stand down please so stand down Condems.
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i also really like lulu's version.
love those backing vocals,sax and ronnos guitar.
not so sure i would put it above bowie's own version, but as cover versions go of bowie songs, its probably the best.

I also like the Lu lu version of Watch That Man as well.

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this was always a hard album for me to get into...since i been on this message board i now have it on cd....so i listen to it alot more...

saviour machine
after all
black country rock
man who sold the world
all the madmen
running gun blues
she shook me cold
the supermen
width of a circle

this list more than most could change very often....

actually it's my cover lol...Ive been slipping them in. no one's noticed. I've done the whole album.

all the madmen ... closely followed by width of a circle.

the madmen

T.M.W.S.T.W or Madmen

He looked a lot like Che Guevara
Drove a diesel van

it's sad that only 4 of these tracks have ever been performed live.
not one track was even performed on the sound and vision tour.
seems that even bowie overlooks this album, i wonder why?
maybe he does'nt see it as his own album and more of a collaborative effort.
would have loved to see this album more than any other performed live in it's entirety.

After all

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Man Who Sold The World

with a close second in "After All."

Just think of how "The Man Who Saved The World" has always come to David's aid when he's needed it. It completed the 1970 album as it was recorded near the end of the sessions, it was revitalized in 1979, it brought in a whole new audience in 1994 and I say even the 1995 re-recording is insightful.

The Man Who Sold The World

difficult to choose between the madmen and TMWSTW.

TMWSTW - what could have been the world without this one ?

All The Madmen

tHe Supermen

All The Madmen

The Width of a Circle

Boy, you're really hooked on water, aren't you?

I agree with you.

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Sam Therapy

running gun blues

The Width Of A Circle






Listening to Sketch Show - Loophole

All The Madmen

Mine would be Title track. Classic Rock God status assured from this point.

The Width Of A Circle

The Supermen.

After All . . .

The Man Who Sold The World...

'THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD'

1. THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD { 15 VOTES }

2. WIDTH OF A CIRCLE { 6 VOTES }

3. SAVIOUR MACHINE & ALL THE MADMEN { 5 VOTES EACH }

4. OTHERS { 8 VOTES IN TOTAL }



39 VOTES WERE CAST IN TOTAL.


WELL I SUPPOSE IT'S NO SURPRISE REALLY THAT THE TITLE TRACK PISSED IT WITH WIDTH OF A CIRCLE AS RUNNER UP.I WENT FOR SAVIOUR MACHINE WHICH PUT IN QUITE A GOOD SHOWING TO BE HONEST.I DID THINK AFTER ALL MAY HAVE PERFORMED BETTER, THAT ACTUALLY CAM 4TH WITH 4 VOTES.EVEN SHE SHOOK ME COLD TOOK A VOTE BUT I'M NOT 100% SURE IT WAS GENUINE I HOPE SO.
THE ONLY SONG NOT VOTED FOR SURPRISINGLY WAS BLACK COUNTRY ROCK THO IT WAS MENTIONED BUT ONLY IN A NEGATIVE WAY.


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