Bowie Blowout: Sean’s Top 10

I guess I like David Bowie more than most people? Well, I can’t really speak to that. I can say with certainty I like his music more than Nancy, and most likely more than John or Colin, since they haven’t gone to the trouble of listening to all of his albums. Narrowing everything I’ve heard of his, both in my life and in the last month, down to just 10 songs was a daunting task. To make it a little easier, I disqualified any song that was already on Colin or John’s lists, but that only helped a little. Not that I disagree with their picks, there are just so many songs I like. I mean, there would have to be, to get me through 24 albums.

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Bowie Blowout: John’s Top Ten

Like many children who grew up in the age of video, my introduction to David Bowie came from the 1986 cult classic Labyrinth. In the film, Bowie played the tuneful yet terrifying Jareth the Goblin King. Flashforward to junior high when I come to the realization that Jareth is that guy who sings that song “Changes” that I’d heard on oldies radio. I think that background is important on how I’ve come to view David Bowie, slightly sinister and full of surprises. As for my favorite Bowie songs don’t expect to see much out of the ordinary. Though I was this close to giving “Magic Dance” some much needed love. I’m not lying when I say that song is pretty sweet.

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Bowie Blowout: Colin’s Top Ten

Now that Sean has given us a fairly exhaustive chronicle of David Bowie’s career, I suppose it’s time we move on to writing about something else.  Or at least, that’s what I’d be saying if there were actually some decent movies or albums coming out soon.  But there aren’t, so I guess we’ll just keep the Bowie lovetrain a-rollin’ as each of us (minus Nancy probably) share our top ten songs by Mr. Bowie.

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