Tekel Towers » Tell Towers - Best Bowie Song

Tek · 03/2/2016 7:53 pm

4 numbers from 1 to 36 please.

lifesanocean · 03/2/2016 8:28 pm

19, 20, 21, 22 please TEK.

arabugsy · 03/2/2016 8:29 pm

Too late.

Last edited by arabugsy (03/2/2016 8:30 pm)

lifesanocean · 03/2/2016 8:39 pm

arabugsy wrote:
Too late.

Early bird catches the worm

arabugsy · 03/2/2016 9:56 pm

lifesanocean wrote:
arabugsy wrote:
Too late.
Early bird catches the worm

Old, slow fingers.

Tek · 03/2/2016 11:30 pm

Thank You Gents.LAO just got in there first so we'll go with his numbers.

The 7th game of Round 1 witnessed victory registered for Bowie's track 'Drive In Saturday' off of the 'Aladdin Sane' Album.It will now progress through to the 2nd Round after defeating the (now eliminated) 3 tracks 'Golden Years', 'Seven' and 'Where Are We Now?' respectively.For the first time in the competition ALL tracks received at least one vote each.

Round 1/Game 8 -

David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul

Released - 13th April 1973
Chart Position - *Album Track Only*
Written By - David Bowie
Produced By - David Bowie,Ken Scott
Album - Aladdin Sane

V's

David Bowie - The Loneliest Guy

Released - 16th September 2003
Chart Position - *Album Track Only*
Written By - David Bowie
Produced By - David Bowie,Tony Visconti
Album - Reality

V's

David Bowie - Dancing In The Street

Released - 12th August 1985
Chart Position - 1 (UK)
Written by - Marvin Gaye,William Stevenson,Ivy Jo Hunter
Produced By - Alan Winstanley,Clive Langer
Album - *Single Release Only*

V's

David Bowie - Fame

Released - 25th July 1975
Chart Position - 1 (US) + 17 (UK)
Written By - David Bowie,John Lennon,Carlos Alomar
Produced By - David Bowie,Harry Maslin
Album - Young Americans

VOTING CLOSES TOMORROW (Thursday 4th February) AT 9PM
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Songs Through Round 1 -

1.Ziggy Stardust
2.Changes
3.Aladdin Sane
4.The Man Who Sold The World
5.Life On Mars?
6.Heroes
7.Drive In Saturday
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Songs Eliminated In Round 1 -

1.Moonage Daydream
2.The Bewlay Brothers
3.Thursday's Child
4.Starman
5.The Width Of A Circle
6.Young Americans
7.Quicksand
8.Soul Love
9.Valentine's Day
10.Ashes To Ashes
11.Slip Away
12.Song For Bob Dylan
13.Modern Love
14.Under Pressure
15.Suffragette City
16.Rock'n'Roll Suicide
17.Five Years
18.Blue Jean
19.Golden Years
20.Where Are We Now?
21.Seven

doontheroadarab · 03/2/2016 11:39 pm

Fame please.

David_Blunkett · 04/2/2016 2:00 am

Fame

PatReilly · 04/2/2016 9:19 am

It should be Fame, but voting for Dancing in the Street, please, as I think it's Bowie's best collaboration, plus a lot of comedic angles in the video.

Sieb22 · 04/2/2016 10:32 am

VH1 had a documentary about the director of the video David Mallet a few years back, can't find it on YouTube unfortunately, it was very good, they only had one night to film the video and both Jagger and Bowie were very 'hyper' all night, they edited it in the morning and sent it out for the world premiere later that night to raise money for Live Aid. The video actually won an MTV award, and the director has made a few other classics as well such as Bowie's Ashes to Ashes, Radio Ga Ga, I want to break free, Thunderstruck and I don't like Mondays.

lifesanocean · 04/2/2016 3:49 pm

Fame

Tek · 04/2/2016 4:16 pm

Sieb22 wrote:

VH1 had a documentary about the director of the video David Mallet a few years back, can't find it on YouTube unfortunately, it was very good, they only had one night to film the video and both Jagger and Bowie were very 'hyper' all night, they edited it in the morning and sent it out for the world premiere later that night to raise money for Live Aid. The video actually won an MTV award, and the director has made a few other classics as well such as Bowie's Ashes to Ashes, Radio Ga Ga, I want to break free, Thunderstruck and I don't like Mondays.

Is that a vote for 'Dancing In The Street' Siebby?

Sieb22 · 04/2/2016 4:37 pm

No Tek, I like the cheese factor of it but stick me down for 'Fame' as a vote.

I apologise as I haven't heard of the other two songs so its a bit of a skewed vote.

Sieb22 · 04/2/2016 4:39 pm

I'll probably be able to contribute to the competition more in the later rounds, as the songs that are going through are the ones that I do know.

shomac28 · 04/2/2016 5:43 pm

fame

not fucking dancing in the street!!

Tek · 04/2/2016 5:58 pm

Sieb22 wrote:
I'll probably be able to contribute to the competition more in the later rounds, as the songs that are going through are the ones that I do know.

Cool mate.

My vote goes too Lady Grinning Soul...cool as fuck.

Fame has a really cool and catchy hook but it is just like one long jam imo,no real chorus.It also reminds me a bit of 'Cold Turkey' (though not as good as that) maybe it's the Lennon influence.

The Loneliest guy i really like too.Underatted wee gem.

Dancing In The Street is an awful awful cover.

Grantomac · 04/2/2016 7:07 pm

Fame.

On the subject of Dancing in The Street. A terrible cover of a superb song.

Always found this Musicless video hilarious.

04/2/2016 7:20 pm

Have a feeling Fame will win this round but it's Lady Grinning Soul for me

arabugsy · 04/2/2016 7:49 pm

Fame.

arabugsy · 04/2/2016 8:06 pm

Tek wrote:
Thank You Gents.LAO just got in there first so we'll go with his numbers.

The 7th game of Round 1 witnessed victory registered for Bowie's track 'Drive In Saturday' off of the 'Aladdin Sane' Album.It will now progress through to the 2nd Round after defeating the (now eliminated) 3 tracks 'Golden Years', 'Seven' and 'Where Are We Now?' respectively.For the first time in the competition ALL tracks received at least one vote each.

Round 1/Game 8 -

David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul

Released - 13th April 1973
Chart Position - *Album Track Only*
Written By - David Bowie
Produced By - David Bowie,Ken Scott
Album - Aladdin Sane

V's

David Bowie - The Loneliest Guy

Released - 16th September 2003
Chart Position - *Album Track Only*
Written By - David Bowie
Produced By - David Bowie,Tony Visconti
Album - Reality

V's

David Bowie - Dancing In The Street

Released - 12th August 1985
Chart Position - 1 (UK)
Written by - Marvin Gaye,William Stevenson,Ivy Jo Hunter
Produced By - Alan Winstanley,Clive Langer
Album - *Single Release Only*

V's

David Bowie - Fame

Released - 25th July 1975
Chart Position - 1 (US) + 17 (UK)
Written By - David Bowie,John Lennon,Carlos Alomar
Produced By - David Bowie,Harry Maslin
Album - Young Americans

VOTING CLOSES TOMORROW (Thursday 4th February) AT 9PM
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Songs Through Round 1 -

1.Ziggy Stardust
2.Changes
3.Aladdin Sane
4.The Man Who Sold The World
5.Life On Mars?
6.Heroes
7.Drive In Saturday
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Songs Eliminated In Round 1 -

1.Moonage Daydream
2.The Bewlay Brothers
3.Thursday's Child
4.Starman
5.The Width Of A Circle
6.Young Americans
7.Quicksand
8.Soul Love
9.Valentine's Day
10.Ashes To Ashes
11.Slip Away
12.Song For Bob Dylan
13.Modern Love
14.Under Pressure
15.Suffragette City
16.Rock'n'Roll Suicide
17.Five Years
18.Blue Jean
19.Golden Years
20.Where Are We Now?
21.Seven

Can't believe 15, 16 & 17 are out, pretty close to my top 3.

Tek · 04/2/2016 8:09 pm

It's cos it's only one through at a time Bugs. A few big hitters are inevitably gonna fall.

Moonage Daydream was the first to fall and it's one of his best IMO.

Glasgow is tangerine · 04/2/2016 9:23 pm

Fame

Tek · 04/2/2016 9:31 pm

Full Time -

Fame - 8
Lady Grinning Soul - 2
Dancing In The Street - 1
The Loneliest Guy - 0

arabugsy · 05/2/2016 8:36 pm

Tek wrote:
It's cos it's only one through at a time Bugs. A few big hitters are inevitably gonna fall.

Moonage Daydream was the first to fall and it's one of his best IMO.

Not a problem, I'm a democrat.