10 Questions for Bowie Fans!

[Ramsey]

My first copycat thread ever! Feel free to add your own suggestion if you don't see it on the list:

1. Best guitarist? Earl Slick; Carlos Alomar; Stevie Ray Vaughn; Peter Frampton; Reeves Gabrels; Spooky

2. Best Duet?: Under Pressure with Queen; Tonight with Tina Turner; Dancing in the Streets with Mick Jagger; This is Not America with Pat Metheny; Hurt with Trent Reznor

3. Best Song about Space Travel: Space Oddity; Starman; Life on Mars?; Ashes to Ashes; Hallo Spaceboy; I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spacecraft

4. Best Cover by Bowie: Across the Universe; Let's Spend the Night Together; Sorrow; China Girl; God Only Knows; Cactus

5. Best Cover of Bowie by Another Artist: The Man Who Sold the World- Nirvana; Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus; All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople; Life on Mars - Barbra Streisand; Ashes to Ashes - Tears for Fears; Hallo Spaceboy - Versigh (just kidding, that's one by my band :-))

6. Best Movie Role: The Man Who Fell To Earth as Thomas Jerome Newton; Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence as Major Jack Cellars; The Hunger as John Blaylock ; Labyrinth as the Goblin King; Absolute Beginners as Vendice Partners; Last Temptation of Christ as Pontius Pilate; Basquiat as Andy Warhol

7. Best Tour: Ziggy Stardust; Diamond Dogs; Station to Station; Low/Heroes; Serious Moonlight; Glass Spider; Sound and Vision; Outside; Earthling

8. Best Persona: The Mod; The Androgene; Ziggy Stardust; Halloween Jack; Thin White Duke; Lord Byron; Farrah Faucett; Fashonista

9. Best Bowie Website: BowieNet; Teenage Wildlife; Little Wonderworld; Bassman's Bowie Page; Illustrated Bowie Discography; Ziggy Stardust Companion

10. Best Album: Ziggy Stardust; Diamond Dogs; Scary Monsters: Low; Let's Dance; Outside

[grannylib]

1. OK I'll play this one too!

My first copycat thread ever! Feel free to add your own suggestion if you don't see it on the list:

1. Best guitarist? Earl Slick; Carlos Alomar; Stevie Ray Vaughn; Peter Frampton; Reeves Gabrels; Spooky
Stevie Ray Vaughn
2. Best Duet?: Under Pressure with Queen; Tonight with Tina Turner; Dancing in the Streets with Mick Jagger; This is Not America with Pat Metheny; Hurt with Trent Reznor This is not America

3. Best Song about Space Travel: Space Oddity; Starman; Life on Mars?; Ashes to Ashes; Hallo Spaceboy; I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spacecraft Ashes to Ashes

4. Best Cover by Bowie: Across the Universe; Let's Spend the Night Together; Sorrow; China Girl; God Only Knows; Cactus I didn't know China Girl was a cover!

5. Best Cover of Bowie by Another Artist: The Man Who Sold the World- Nirvana; Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus; All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople; Life on Mars - Barbra Streisand; Ashes to Ashes - Tears for Fears; Hallo Spaceboy - Versigh (just kidding, that's one by my band ) All the Young Dudes

6. Best Movie Role: The Man Who Fell To Earth as Thomas Jerome Newton; Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence as Major Jack Cellars; The Hunger as John Blaylock ; Labyrinth as the Goblin King; Absolute Beginners as Vendice Partners; Last Temptation of Christ as Pontius Pilate; Basquiat as Andy Warhol
Goblin King, no doubt!
7. Best Tour: Ziggy Stardust; Diamond Dogs; Station to Station; Low/Heroes; Serious Moonlight; Glass Spider; Sound and Vision; Outside; Earthling I heard the Glass Spider tour was awesome...

8. Best Persona: The Mod; The Androgene; Ziggy Stardust; Halloween Jack; Thin White Duke; Lord Byron; Farrah Faucett; Fashonista Thin White Duke

9. Best Bowie Website: BowieNet; Teenage Wildlife; Little Wonderworld; Bassman's Bowie Page; Illustrated Bowie Discography; Ziggy Stardust Companion Have not seen any of them

10. Best Album: Ziggy Stardust; Diamond Dogs; Scary Monsters: Low; Let's Dance; Outside LOVED Scary Monsters. LOVED it. ALL of it.

[Quantess]

2. Lots o' questions.....

2. Under Pressure (haven't heard some of the choices)
3. Life on MArs
10. Ziggy Stardust, but you didn't mention Hunk Dory (for some reason it's my favorite)

Ooops, I goofed & replied to grannylib. Sorry!

[grannylib]

3. no skin off my nose!

[yorgatron]

4. not enough choices IMHO,but i'll give it a shot.

1. Best guitarist? Earl Slick; Carlos Alomar; Stevie Ray Vaughn; Peter Frampton; Reeves Gabrels; Spooky
a.why isn't Mick Ronson listed here :wtf:

2. Best Duet?: Under Pressure with Queen; Tonight with Tina Turner; Dancing in the Streets with Mick Jagger; This is Not America with Pat Metheny; Hurt with Trent Reznor Under Pressure with Queen
a.Under Pressure with Queen


3. Best Song about Space Travel: Space Oddity; Starman; Life on Mars?; Ashes to Ashes; Hallo Spaceboy; I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spacecraft
A.Space Oddity

4. Best Cover by Bowie: Across the Universe; Let's Spend the Night Together; Sorrow; China Girl; God Only Knows; Cactus
a.China Girl

5. Best Cover of Bowie by Another Artist: The Man Who Sold the World- Nirvana; Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus; All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople; Life on Mars - Barbra Streisand; Ashes to Ashes - Tears for Fears; Hallo Spaceboy - Versigh (just kidding, that's one by my band )
a.All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople

6. Best Movie Role: The Man Who Fell To Earth as Thomas Jerome Newton; Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence as Major Jack Cellars; The Hunger as John Blaylock ; Labyrinth as the Goblin King; Absolute Beginners as Vendice Partners; Last Temptation of Christ as Pontius Pilate; Basquiat as Andy Warhol
a.Basquiat as Andy Warhol

7. Best Tour: Ziggy Stardust; Diamond Dogs; Station to Station; Low/Heroes; Serious Moonlight; Glass Spider; Sound and Vision; Outside; Earthling
a.Serious Moonlight

8. Best Persona: The Mod; The Androgene; Ziggy Stardust; Halloween Jack; Thin White Duke; Lord Byron; Farrah Faucett; Fashonista
a.Thin White Duke

9. Best Bowie Website: BowieNet; Teenage Wildlife; Little Wonderworld; Bassman's Bowie Page; Illustrated Bowie Discography; Ziggy Stardust Companion
a.i'd have to go look at them first

10. Best Album: Ziggy Stardust; Diamond Dogs; Scary Monsters: Low; Let's Dance; Outside
a.Diamond Dogs

[gmoney]

20. Hunky Dory is great

"Andy Warhol" may be my favorite Bowie song...

[sendero]

5. I'm a HUGE Bowie fan from way back..

... but no way could I answer all these questions. I'll give edumukated guesses :)

1 - I like Earl Slick and Carlos Alomar and my favorite was some bit parts played by Ricky Gardiner on Low.

2 - Queen, no question about that one.

3 - Starman. Beautiful song.

4 - China Girl, only because I love Iggy Pop even more

5 - I haven't heard all of them, but probably the Nirvana cover. Captured the song very well.

6 - Haven't seen all of those films either, but I'm partial to The Man Who Fell to Earth

7 - Somehow, I never managed to see him in concert. I think I'll cry now :)

8 - Most folks are going to go with Ziggy, I'll pick the Thin White Duke because he made his best recordings in that time frame.

9 - ????

10 - That one is easy, Low.

on edit: after reading Spider's post below, I'd add Robert Fripp (for Heroes) to number 1. How could I forget that? :)

[begin_within]

6. Best album? Hunky Dory (but mainly the first side.)

Second best album, Ziggy Stardust, followed by Diamond Dogs and then Aladdin Sane

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. 10 answers

1. Best guitarist?

Robert Fripp (on Scary Monsters)

2. Best Duet?:

Hurt

3. Best Song about Space Travel: Space Oddity; Starman; Life on Mars?; Ashes to Ashes; Hallo Spaceboy; I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spacecraft

Life on Mars?

4. Best Cover by Bowie: Across the Universe; Let's Spend the Night Together; Sorrow; China Girl; God Only Knows; Cactus

Sorrow and China Girl

5. Best Cover of Bowie by Another Artist:

Bauhaus, 'Ziggy Stardust'

6. Best Movie Role:

I'll say Pontius Pilate.

7. Best Tour: Ziggy Stardust;

Since most of these were before my time, I'm going to say Outside.

8. Best Persona:

Thin White Duke

9. Best Bowie Website:

No idea

10. Best Album:

Low

[Strawman]

8. Answers. Some different ones.

Questions for Bowie Fans!
My first copycat thread ever! Feel free to add your own suggestion if you don't see it on the list:

1. Best guitarist? Earl Slick; Carlos Alomar; Stevie Ray Vaughn; Peter Frampton; Reeves Gabrels; Spooky
NONE OF THE ABOVE. MICK RONSON.

2. Best Duet?: Under Pressure with Queen; Tonight with Tina Turner; Dancing in the Streets with Mick Jagger; This is Not America with Pat Metheny; Hurt with Trent Reznor
NONE OF THE ABOVE. THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY WITH BING CROSBY

3. Best Song about Space Travel: Space Oddity; Starman; Life on Mars?; Ashes to Ashes; Hallo Spaceboy; I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spacecraft
SPACE ODDITY.

4. Best Cover by Bowie: Across the Universe; Let's Spend the Night Together; Sorrow; China Girl; God Only Knows; Cactus
WORKING CLASS HERO W/TIN MACHINE

5. Best Cover of Bowie by Another Artist: The Man Who Sold the World- Nirvana; Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus; All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople; Life on Mars - Barbra Streisand; Ashes to Ashes - Tears for Fears; Hallo Spaceboy - Versigh (just kidding, that's one by my band )
HEROES BY THE MAGNETIC FIELDS

6. Best Movie Role: The Man Who Fell To Earth as Thomas Jerome Newton; Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence as Major Jack Cellars; The Hunger as John Blaylock ; Labyrinth as the Goblin King; Absolute Beginners as Vendice Partners; Last Temptation of Christ as Pontius Pilate; Basquiat as Andy Warhol
HIMSELF IN ZOOLANDER

7. Best Tour: Ziggy Stardust; Diamond Dogs; Station to Station; Low/Heroes; Serious Moonlight; Glass Spider; Sound and Vision; Outside; Earthling
ZIGGY STARDUST

8. Best Persona: The Mod; The Androgene; Ziggy Stardust; Halloween Jack; Thin White Duke; Lord Byron; Farrah Faucett; Fashonista
ZIGGY STARDUST

9. Best Bowie Website: BowieNet; Teenage Wildlife; Little Wonderworld; Bassman's Bowie Page; Illustrated Bowie Discography; Ziggy Stardust Companion
DUNNO

10. Best Album: Ziggy Stardust; Diamond Dogs; Scary Monsters: Low; Let's Dance; Outside
LOW

[Ramsey]

9. Good additions ot the choices!

Somehow I forgot about Robert Fripp and Mick Ronson- silly me. Although I don't think Mick was such a great guitarist per se. Also, lots of folks seem to love Hunky Dory, although it's never been high on my list of favorite albums, so I didn't think to put it on. And apparently none of you are fanatical enough to hang out at Bowie websites!

I'm a fan that's into Bowie's classic work as well as his most recent work, so my tastes run a little eclectic compared to the typical Bowie fan from the Ziggy/Diamond Dog days. So my answers:
1. Stevie Ray
2. Hurt
3. Hallo Spaceboy
4. China Girl (this song was written by Bowie and Iggy Pop, but was recorded first by Iggy, so maybe it's not a cover in the classic sense)
5. Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus
6. I'm torn on this one, because I think Bowie was brilliant in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, but the film is rather dark and thus doesn't inspire repeated viewings. And TMWFTE is such a fantastic cult film, but a little offbeat. I LOVE The Hunger, and can watch it over and over, so I may have to pick John Blaylock. Bowie was the perfect vampire.
7. I am going to say Earthling only because I got to see about 15 shows on that tour. I never saw any of the classic early tours. The Earthling Tour was a totally rocking show!

8. I am partial to Bowie's recent (late 90's to today) Fashionista look. I especially liked his Alexander McQueen Union Jack coat that he wore on the album cover for Earthling and throughout that tour. Bowie has worn versions of the Union Jack throughout his career, but that was the best version IMHO!! These days he always looks so young and vibrant and so eclectic yet glamorous.

9. The best Bowie website sued to be Teenage Wildlife, webmastered by my good friend Evan Torrie, and it still has a great archive, but it has been a cobweb for new content for about 3 years. So the best site currently is Bowie's own BowieNet, although it is proprietary and requires a small monthly fee to access content.

10. My favorite album, controversially, is 1. Outside. I think it's brilliant, totally underrated and sleekly modern. This is closely followed by Ziggy, Scary Monsters, Low and Diamond Dogs.

[Spider Jerusalem]

11. Yeah, I really liked '1. Outside'...

(what the hell happened to '2. Contamination', anyway?), but then I liked 'Earthling', too.

[RedStateShame]

10. Here goes

1. Mick Ronson. Hands down.

2. Under Pressure.

3. Starman. Let all the the children boogie.

4. China Girl.

5. One you didn't mention was the Polyphonic Spree's cover of "Five Years."

6. John Blaylock.

7. Never saw him play, so I can't answer this one.

8. Ziggy Stardust. He made a mullet cool, for cryin' out loud!!

9. Dunno

10. Ziggy Stardust.

[GalleryGod]

12. One Answer: Ziggy @ The Tower

Whatta night !:bounce: :bounce:

[Ramsey]

13. Bowie played the Tower

About 4 years ago. Did you get to see that show? I was a little too young for Ziggy, sadly.

[GalleryGod]

15. Missed the '02 Show.

But, oh....those Spidermen from Mars !:rofl:

[bbernardini]

14. You forgot Adrian Belew for question #1!!!

I only realized this because I was listening to a pre-FM recording of the "Sound and Vision" broadcast from Milton Keynes in 1990 today.

[Orrex]

17. Self delete -- whoops!

[Orrex]

16. Fine questions!

1. Best Guitarist: Carlos Alomar, though I like Pete Townsend on Scary Monsters, too

2. Best Duet: Under Pressure

3. Best Space Song: Life On Mars? Not sure why, but I've always loved that song. Maybe it's the 2001-ish tympanies at the end.

4. Best Cover by Bowie: See Emily Play, in honor of the recently departed Syd Barrett

5. Best Cover of Bowie: Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus

6. Best Movie Role: I really liked him as Pilate in Last Temptation.

7. Best Tour: I only saw Sound and Vision, but Ziggy Stardust seemed pretty awesome, from what I've seen of it

8. Best Persona: Ziggy Stardust

9. Best website: No idea--never visited any of those

10. Best Album: Ziggy Stardust

[unpossibles]

18. frankly I like almost everything he's done, but...

1. Best guitarist? Mick Ronson

2. Best Duet?: Under Pressure with Queen

3. Best Song about Space Travel: Life on Mars? (tough call though)

4. Best Cover by Bowie: Let's Spend the Night Together

5. Best Cover of Bowie by Another Artist: Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus

6. Best Movie Role: Labyrinth as the Goblin King

7. Best Tour: Ziggy Stardust

8. Best Persona: Ziggy Stardust

9. Best Bowie Website: BowieNet

10. Best Album: damn. um.... Hunky Dory or Man Who Sold The World or Ziggy.


ps - while I was doing this, Changes came up on my pandora.com internet radio! Great song.

[dysfunctional press]

19. what does any of this have to do with hunting knives...?

:shrug: