Top 10 Songs: David Bowie

[@oolongoolong789]

It's the quantity of the quality that raises David Bowie above most other songwriters. In no particular order here are some of my favourites.... Drive-in Saturday, Golden Years, Young Americans, Fantastic Voyage, Boys Keep Swinging, Heroes, The Secret Life Of Arabia, Fashion, Teenage Wildlife, Ashes To Ashes.

[@markj9742]

I've listened to "Station to Station" so many times and never thought it was over ten minutes. Figured it was around six.

[@lasseheller9863]

Well, the first 2 minutes are the slow buildup to the melody with the train sounds.

[@5tar5z]

Like Stargazer by Rainbow. Doesn’t seem like 8 minutes. Station To Station is a truly brilliant song

[@Wolfwolveswolf]

Top ten of Bowie, my mind does a traffic jam.

[@crazyelf62]

Beep Beep. We are the goon squad and we're drivin' to town. Beep Beep

[@russellgentile4719]

As we lost Neil Peart today it really hits home also how sad a loss not to also have Bowie. No one quite like him. The eclectic discography! Listening today to recent masterpieces off his last Album: Lazarus and Blackstar just prove how deep he could still go. Powerful!

[@trevertravis8963]

"Cygnet Committee" would top my list of Bowie songs. Amazing.

[@brentjackson561]

Ten in no particular order I've always loved: Starman, An Occasional Dream, Panic in Detroit, Lady Grinning Soul, Sorrow, Golden Years, Wild is the Wind, Rebel Rebel, Changes and Suffragette City.

[@davidcopson5800]

That's a pretty good list. Great call on 'An Occasional Dream'.

[@mikenicol8618]

Width Of a Circle, agree, Thats when music could tell stories and transport a person to a different place

[@ralphmarrone3130]

That opening riff to Width of a Circle gives me goosebumps just thinking about it. Easily my favorite Bowie song.

[@philatio1744]

I fucking adore it. “All the Madmen” which comes after in the tracklist is also phenomenal.

[@eddonks4293]

Being a huge Bowie fan I find it way too difficult to comprise a top 10 of his songs, but my favourite Bowie moment has got to be on the Diamonds Dogs album. The transition from sweet thing reprise to rebel rebel where it breaks into the two note bass line, muddy percussion and dirty scratchy guitar which finally dives down deep at the end breaking out without a pause into the iconic rebel rebel guitar riff and drum stick clicks which lead into the clean crisp snare slaps. Gives me chills every time

[@michaelhiggs8927]

Ronno is so damn brilliant. His playing on the width of a circle at hammersmith should bring tears to every rock guitar players eyes.

[@rubberneckk]

Check out same song from Santa Monica 1972 (if u haven’t heard it already)..Ronson off the chart on that one..as are Trevor and Woody!

[@michaelhiggs8927]

@@rubberneckk Absolutely! Love how raw that whole record is. I aways love how his guitar goes out of tune from the complete thrashing he gives it on twoac.

[@rubberneckk]

Michael Higgs and hard to believe they could belt out that level of rock after less than a year playing together..phenomenal stuff

[@michaelhiggs8927]

@@rubberneckk They were incredibly talented and inventive musicians with chemistry which is hard to come by. Utterly brilliant!

[@rubberneckk]

Michael Higgs and they were from Hull..hard as nails..rock on!

[@denphillips3402]

Great stuff Pete. Another great post. I was never a fan of DB, somehow completely missed him through the '70s. I was mad on Glam rock, so this is one of the mysteries of the world. Listened a lot in more recent years, more a fair weather fan if I'm honest. 10. Star Man 9. Sorrow 8. Criminal World 7. Changes 6. Space Oddity 5. Ziggy Stardust 4. Cat People (Putting out Fire) 3. Life on Mars 2. Jean Genie 1. Rebel Rebel I feel sorry for the hardened fan. This has been tough & I know very little of this amazing man (RIP) ...

[@eduardocalvo9631]

Long overdue. Bravo Pete! Before I watch it, my list (nothing after 1977): 1. Moonage Daydream 2. Space Oddity 3. Life on Mars? 4. Heroes 5. Rock n' Roll Suicide 6. Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud 7. Quicksand 8. Warszawa 9. Diamond Dogs 10. The Man Who Sold the World

[@CousinCreepy]

Love the acoustic "Quicksand"

[@ranica47]

Yes! I adore that version. No key change. His voice is just so fragile, just him and a 12 string.

[@johnstucky2168]

Nice job once again Pete! Since you have a real appreciation for jazz, I think you’d really dig the Blackstar album. Haunting.

[@sherryraisbeck9547]

David was a kaleidoscope.. Rebel Rebel Slow burn Lady grinning soul Starman Moonage daydream The width of a circle Changes Life on mars Dollar days Stay The jean genie China girl Absolute beginners All the young dudes..... Great list, Pete.....you need a Bowie TEE:)))))))))

[@Steve-vl9ed]

Sherry Raisbeck isn’t Dollar Days beautiful and mesmerizing?

[@freddiemoore3033]

He was one of my first artists I got into so always a big place in my heart 1. Space Oddity 2. Life on Mars? 3. Station to Station (I did once go through a phase when this was the only song I listened too, and I mean ONLY) 4. Rock n Roll Suicide 5. Five Years 6. Cygnet Committee 7. Lazarus 8. All The Young Dudes (Glastonbury version) 9. "Heroes" 10. Ashes to Ashes Not the deepest cuts from his career, but they're my favourites

[@erikberg5363]

You NEED to hear Blackstar ASAP Pete, it's fantastic!! First Bowie album I ever heard and it made me an instant fan. I really think you would dig it.

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

I will do so!

[@erikberg5363]

And the No Plan EP is also worth checking out

[@rushbravado1972]

Completely agree. The title track is intense and the last song is so emotional

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@erikberg5363 Aren't the tracks on the No Plan EP on The Next Day album as bonus tracks?

[@erikberg5363]

@@CB-xr1eg Nope. The song "Lazarus" was included on the Blackstar album, the other 3 are exclusive to the EP.

[@drewsollars2239]

Great list, love the channel! Top 10 Bowie songs, what an impossible challenge! Soul Love from Ziggy is awesome, super mellow and soulful, great sax solo. Bewlay Brothers and Panic in Detroit would have to make my top 10 too. And really about anything from Man Who Sold the World right on through Diamond Dogs. That's Bowie's prime for me, '70-'74.

[@sidneyeubanks2201]

David Bowie has lots of great hits but my favorite is the song he collaborated with Pat Metheny off the movie “The Falcon and Snowman” - This is Not America ! Love that song .

[@tonyjames8665]

I'm having a blast Pete!! Discovered Bowie at 8 yo!!! Aunt, boyfriend, me and 1 brother were at the Tower Theatre when they made David Live!! Top Ten today: 1. 1984 2. Cat People( off of Let's Dance) 3. Panic in Detroit 4. Big Brother 5. Suffragette City 6. Diamond Dogs 7. Look Back In Anger 8.Heroes 9. Kingdom Come 10. White Light White Heat Absolute honorable mention: Pretty Pink Rose!!!! Written for Adrian Belew for his Young Lions album!! Great tune!!!!

[@harrisrosenberg7992]

Going to list my top 10 before I even listen excited to hear what yours are Pete 1. Space oddity 2. Ziggy 3. Starman 4. Moonage daydream 5. Unwashed and slightly dazed 6. Rebel Rebel 7. Scary monsters 8. Ashes to ashes 9. Soul love 10. Heros Now I'm going to listen to your show thank you

[@lorneturner5318]

Great choices Pete and I applaud each and every one of them....what an artist Mr Bowie was.

[@tomgibson1902]

Like your approach to rankings! I've gone back and listened to a lot of albums after watching.

[@jimg6570]

"Stay" is a great call, by the way. One of his very best.

[@vladdrakul7851]

YES indeed. Got me back into Bowie after losing interest during the IMHO over hyped 'glam rock era' (very good but beaten by 'Space Oddity' to 'Hunky Dory' era). 'Station to Station' is my 2nd favorite LP after Hunky Dory, then came the great Eno era through 'Ashes to Ashes'! I love his return on 'Black Tie White Noise' and later 'Space Boy', 'I'm afraid of Americans' and 'New Killer Star'. 'TVC 15' also. 'Sound and Vision'! 'Station to Station' the song reminds me of the reminds me of the Doors 'Soft Parade' perhaps my favorite Doors song along with 'The End' and 'Riders on the Storm'!

[@OutOnTheTiles]

What an album S to S is.

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

RIGHT is even better

[@antarcticorb9197]

The live version of stay is so fucking kickass it's fantastic

[@philatio1744]

Still have to listen to StationtoStation and the whole Berlin trilogy.

[@musicmann1967]

This was cool. As you said, Bowies catalog is so vast, it could easily have been a top twenty. Watching your top albums for each year I realize that we have very very different tastes, but when you talk about artists that are my faves, you generally really do know what you're talking about. I honestly don't know how you do it! I think I have a fairly well rounded extensive knowledge but your general knowledge far surpasses mine, and includes many more artists and styles from all over the spectrum. I don't know how your brain retains all that stuff. My hat is off to you sir. Major kudos!!!

[@painless465]

Great picks by you! I certainly agree with your number #1.

[@gammonbaldy1765]

Freak out in a moonage daydream

[@timbaldwin9951]

Far out.

[@diegogwong76]

In out

[@juliancoquelet2654]

tim baldwin One word : Yes

[@saucerful4351]

Just everything on Hunky Dory.

[@LorriSanga]

Pretty Things!

[@snapdragonfly6652]

Yes 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 My favourite album

[@philatio1744]

I entered college this year and the trip from there to my house is anything from 45 to one hour and twenty minutes in bus, so i would always pop a record on my phone. While I’ve been a Bowie fan for years now, I had never sat down and fully listened to Hunky Dory. I did it during the night and almost everyday before and after school since. It’s in my eyes what a perfect album looks and sounds like.

[@woolydog8576]

Everything on the rise and fall of ziggy stardust as well tbh

[@signordarcy]

"The man who sold the world" is really a great album. One of obscure Bowie's masterpiece, from "Hunky Dory", is "Quicksand", a majestic song.

[@kevinbutler3665]

Man---Bowie-----ten songs, just so hard.ok !. Life On Mars 2. Sweet Thing / Candidate 3.Moonage Daydream 4. Aladdin Sane 5. Loving The Alien 6. Stay 7.Battle For Britain 8. No Control 9. This Architects Eyes 10.Big Brother, Skeleton Dance We do covers albums as well as original and last was a triple disc where we had one artist per disc that we did a triple of. One of the triple artists was Bowie and the tracks we did were Andy Warhol, on to Cracked Actor, onto Bewley Brothers-------Bowie was so cool.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family.

[@diannecarpenter7718]

Thank you for your top 10 David Bowie songs!🎤🎸🎵🥁

[@mikeschrammel1790]

The chameleon of rock, so many great tunes. My top ten are 1 - Wild is the wind, 2 - Starman, 3 - Rebel rebel,4 - FameAshes to ashes 5 - Jean Genie, 6 - Ziggy stardust, 7 - Quicksand 8 TVC15, 9 - Always crashing in the same car, 10 - The man who sold the world. Thank You Pete.

[@xtstevie]

Station to Station is just musical perfection.....

[@lonelyshpee7873]

For me, it'd be >Ashes to Ashes >Heroes >Life on Mars? >Fantastic Voyage >Rock 'n' Roll Suicide >Sound and Vision >Time >Station to Station >Cygnet Committee >All The Madmen Sorry, post-1980 Bowie

[@rogelioatempa1115]

Blackstar?

[@lonelyshpee7873]

@@rogelioatempa1115 I mean, that'd be on my top 15 or top 20 for sure. Heathen and Blackstar are seriously great albums

[@neugey]

Here’s my David Bowie Top 10 + 5 honorable mentions, ALL from different albums. Songs from 5 different decades, for Pete’s sake (no pun intended)! Sorry for the long reading, but David Bowie is so worth it! 10 - Moonage Daydream (Ziggy Stardust, 1972) - This track is just so epic and creative. Such excellent guitar by Ronson with a mind-blowing outro solo. 9 - Time (Aladdin Sane 1973) - The theatrical/musical aspect to this track really makes it stick out. It was hard to get this one into the top 10, but like David himself says, "You are not evicting Time!" 8 - Cat People (Putting out Fire) (Cat People Soundtrack 1982) - Terrific intro and production value throughout this song. The gothic singing by Bowie makes this song unique in his discography. Still sounds so incredible today! 7 - Blackstar (Blackstar 2016) - The profound nature of this song and interesting instrumentation make this one stand out the most from the last album. It is a long epic number and basically two songs interlaced into one. Quite an experience. 6 - Slip Away (Heathen 2002) - This is so anthemic and ethereal and has a post 911 New York vibe to it. It’s probably the most important David Bowie song you may not have heard, check it out. 5 - Space Oddity (Space Oddity 1969) - More than a hit about being lost in space, it has a depth of also being a tale about heartbreak and confusion. 4 - Wild is the Wind (Station to Station 1976) - It was hard to justify putting a cover song on this elite of a list, but God damn it David’s vocal performance is just that good here. Wild is the Wind indeed, this one will cut through you like a hurricane. Especially for a ballad. 3 - The Motel (Outside 1995) - This is a really special cut off of David’s most underrated album of them all. There is excellent grand piano and airy production and the words reminding you “there is no hell like an old hell”. Like a lot of the others on this list, a very haunting number. 2 - Ashes to Ashes (Scary Monsters 1980) - It’s almost impossible to get tired of this song. It is so punchy and hooky throughout with an unusual time signature. Very new wave but has more atmosphere and gets pretty epic. Love it. 1 - Bewlay Brothers (Hunky Dory 1971) - Somehow this folky, poetic and psychedelic jam defied the odds and found it’s way into my heart as #1. I got into this during my college days, when the grunge and alt-rock of that day sometimes disappointed me. This song just really clicked with me and became a true sanctuary song. Honorable mention #1 - Man Who Sold The World (Man Who Sold The World 1970) - Some of David’s most clever lyrics, great music and that wonderful bass part. Quintessential doom rock. Honorable mention #2 - Subterraneans (Low 1977) - One of my all-time favorite instrumentals, with wonderful progression and melody. This is pure synth heaven for me. Honorable mention #3 - Heroes (Heroes 1977) - David Bowie’s most transcendent and endearing hit. If David Bowie were a country, this would be the people’s national anthem. Honorable mention #4 - Look Back in Anger (Lodger 1978) - The fricking drums on this track! This song is a catchy rock and roll banger, certainly the heaviest of anything on this list. Honorable mention #5 - Seven Years in Tibet (Earthling 1997) - One of the best cuts of industrial-phase Bowie. Narrowly beat out some other Earthling cuts; it was hard to select just one of them.

[@HeavyMetal-jy4vj]

Really in depth list thank you! I always thought it was sad how people seem to ignore Bowie's 80s and 90s output. I Am Afraid of Americans, Labrynith, Never Let Me Down... great stuff!

[@hotbuzzard]

The Motel is a great great track. Off a great album. Strangers when we meet is also top notch. Outside is for me, an essential Bowie album

[@ursaminorjim]

Great list - but how could it not be? Of course with a catalogue as deep and varied and astonishing as Bowie's it seems a nearly impossible task to whittle it down to a top ten. Hell, I could give you a top 50 Bowie songs and then a completely different top 50 a week later. But your list knocked it out of the park. Well done. That said, I cannot recommend "Blackstar" highly enough. It's absolutely breathtaking, and start-to-finish great. It's an album I've spent a lot of time with and I still feel like I discover something new with almost every listen. Do yourself a favor and get on it! As for the other gaps you mentioned - "Outside," "Earthling," and "Reality" are all great albums as well, and "The Next Day" is absolutely superb.

[@mikewest1542]

Great top 10 , Station to Station, Moonage Daydream and Width of a Circle spot on !

[@WarpedRecord]

I can’t get enough of “Right” from “Young Americans and “Stay” from Station to Station. Haunting and funky. Love him in every era, though some more than others, and the plastic soul era most of all.

[@greggates1137]

Great picks as usual Pete

[@TheCornishCockney]

Songs for every mood,thats Bowie. I lived two streets away from the house he lived in as a kid in Brixton,South London and he is the ultimate local hero,certainly in London and England. I've seen the Thin White Duke plenty of times,but he did Heroes at a charity gig for Brixton in the middle of summer at the hammersmith odeon in '84 and the band jammed for about 15minutes and of course,the crowd were raising the roof. One of the best concerts i've ever been to and I'm 65 and seen/been to hundreds and hundreds of shows since 1966. Great vid again mate. have you ever done a top 10 of Todd Rundgren?

[@dickiefears5832]

I went myself. Was nearly run over outside by the car Princess Alexandra was in. She was the guest of honour. Was during the Serious Moonlight tour, so was actually 1983 and had to get in quick for tickets as the tour was playing much larger venues than Hammersmith which held around 3000. Tickets were 25 and 50 pounds for this charity gig, which was quite hefty back then.

[@jamescurnick1637]

Great list and love your passion for great music....my fav albums from the amazing Bowie are Hours and Black Star...both got that king crimson feel in parts like hard to listen to but they grow on you. All you mentioned are great and I honestly agree but Hours and Black star are just back to back listeners for me....try em you may just love em too after a few spins!! 😄👍

[@rodrigocarvalho6426]

Cracked Actor.What a badass song. Moonage Daydream. Out of This World. Nothing but love for Bowie

[@plantagenant]

Two of my favaourites too....Mick Ronson absolutely taking no prisoners on those tracks.

[@rodrigocarvalho6426]

@@plantagenant Early 70´s Bowie is the peak of Rock Music. It doesn´t get any better man, except for one or two bands

[@plantagenant]

@@rodrigocarvalho6426 I'm with you on that!

[@sam808tt2]

So glad to hear you like Cat People. It is my favourite tune but so many seem to dislike it or prefer the movie version, which is still great. refreshing to hear it get some love!

[@davidcopson5800]

Some interesting choices there. Fully agree about the album 'cuts'. I'm always doing these lists and I'm a huge 62-year-old Bowie fan (that is huge fan, not huge in build, more like Bowie in that respect). I did my top 20 Bowie songs a few weeks ago. Here's the top ten: 1 Space Oddity, 2 Changes, 3 Moonage Daydream, 4 Life on Mars?, 5 Width of a Circle, 6 The Bewlay Brothers, 7 Fantastic Voyage, 8 5:15, The Angels Have Gone, 9 Something in the Air, 10 Karma Man

[@alexjames7670]

Great list! I agree about Station to Station that it never feels like a ten minute track. My top ten is eclectic as well: 1 Life on Mars? 2 Ashes to Ashes 3 Absolute Beginners 4 Drive-In Saturday 5 Time 6 Ziggy Stardust 7 Slip Away 8 Modern Love 9 Miracle Goodnight 10 Rock 'n' Roll Suicide

[@DavyDredd14]

5) TVC15 4) Be My Wife 3) Heroes 2) Five Years 1) Quicksand

[@bruceh4226]

Wow... David Bowie. One of the first artists I really got into when I moved away from buying "Top 40" 45 singles and into buying LPs in the early/mid 70s. If I were to make a Bowie playlist of favorite songs (as opposed to a top 10 ranking) the casual (aka "just the hits") Bowie fan would be saying "yeah, I don't know this song" quite a bit. Always interesting to see what songs/artists "do it" for you Pete.

[@robertshirley3422]

You got into Bowie not until Let's Dance!!??? OMG!! How old are you?? He's been rocking since '69!!!

[@IYAMNI]

Great list! It's not easy to pick 10 Bowie tracks from his amazing discography. She Shook Me Cold, Stay and TVC15! All nice picks. Look Back In Anger is another fave along the same lines.

[@stephanegosselin2861]

Every songs on Station to Station are amazing!

[@stevenmurano7863]

great list man! bowie being my favorite (and ronson my favorite guitarist ever) it'd be impossible for me to do a top 10. impossible. really liked your list tho ! great to see 'we are the dead' get a shoutout. LOVE that song

[@vincentcarotta3355]

For me, in no particular order: Panic In Detroit Ziggy Stardust Modern Love Life On Mars DJ Heroes Crack City (Tin Machine) Space Oddity Young Americans Suffragette City

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

"Hang On To Yourself" is a great rocker, and was highly influential as the bass line inspired a lot of early punk rock, including particularly the Ramones who obviously loved this song, as they use that bass line in so many of their songs like Loudmouth and I Don't Want To Go Down To The Basement

[@nancymjohnson]

Stay, Station to Station, Heroes and one other you mentioned in your top 10, were played on the station I worked for in Dallas…TheZoo.

[@sydhamelin1265]

Width of a Circle coming in at 3 - what a great pick. Nice diverse list.

[@2kmetalhead]

1) Heathen (My favorite Bowie song of all time) 2) Under The God 3) Rebel Rebel 4) Sunday 5) Ashes To Ashes 6) Fame 7) Fashion 8) China Girl 9) Let's Dance 10) Starman RIP David Bowie.

[@moonspell6759]

10) Slow Burn 9) The Man Who Sold the World 8) John, I'm Only Dancing 7) Moonage Daydream 6) Starman 5) Hang on to Yourself 4) Under Pressure 3) Sweet Head 2) Blue Jean 1) Heroes

[@jonathanqos7472]

10. Ziggy Stardust 9. Station to Station 8. Space Oddity 7. Time 6. Five Years 5. The Bewlay Brothers 4. Ashes to Ashes 3. The Man Who Sold the World 2. Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing (reprise) 1. Lady Grinning Soul. Lady Grinning Soul is EXTREMELY underrated! Give it a listen please.

[@bcuser2]

Lady G S is really an incredible song

[@williamwallace5857]

For what it's worth - my all time favourite Bowie track is 'All The Madmen'.

[@davidcopson5800]

That's crazy!

[@williamwallace5857]

@@davidcopson5800 What is ?

[@davidcopson5800]

@@williamwallace5857 Madmen/crazy? Yeah, got it now?

[@williamwallace5857]

@@davidcopson5800 Yeah, rubbish joke though.

[@davidcopson5800]

@@williamwallace5857 At least you got there.

[@lewiscarter3101]

Great list - "A New Career in A New Town" from "Low" might be favourite Bowie song

[@crisprtalk6963]

I only saw him once, the Lets Dance tour. Loved it.

[@BassGoBomb]

Good selection, Pete ... :-) and a shout out for TMWSTW is always good. I'd have included Shadow Man, Converstion Piece, Bring Me The Disco King ... but as a HUGE Bowie fan since 1971 'it ain't easy' (which he didn't write) ... and how many good covers did he do? inc. It Ain't Easy. I'd agree with those that feel that Kooks and the aforementioned squeezed out good Bwie originals but hey-ho we got the lot anyway ... :-) ... Sweet Head (if it wasn't banned), Velvet Goldmine would have gone on Ziggy just fine, imo. Blackstar is an amazing album btw .. :-)... Thanx for all you do ... love the channel.

[@tondewit2000]

Station to station, so many moods and great lyrics

[@mierezsaturday5855]

I get the 80's vibe isn't for everybody, but the lyrics for Time Will Crawl are devastating. Respectfully.

[@yrlic]

I'm partial to the first side of Never Let Me Down. Zeroes !

[@danielemilegeorges7373]

1. The heart fifthy lesson 2. Where are we now ? 3. Life on mars 4. Diamond dogs 5. Good bye Mr. Ed 6. Little wonder 7. Star man 8. Station to station 9. No control 10. Blackstar

[@neilanderson7669]

DANIEL EMILE GEORGES very nice choices!!

[@MBonfire1]

There are plenty of epic songs out there. Then there's Cygnet Committee.

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

A great one!

[@jamesbonar5927]

Cygnet Committee!!! That brings back soooo many memories, brilliant stuff.

[@clowncarqingdao]

@@jamesbonar5927 I love the recent remix of CC. Freaking awesome.

[@robertshirley3422]

An obscure Golden Nugget!!

[@jazzandrocknroll3235]

Great list Pete, some great picks! I've always thought that Bowie's most underrated songs are "Memory of a Free Festival", "Eight Line Poem", "Lady Stardust", and "Fascination".

[@xaspirate8060]

Fascination is fantastic!

[@jazzandrocknroll3235]

Xaspirate Yeah it's a great funky song, from one of my favorite Bowie albums (Young Americans)

[@GMHG777]

As a massive Bowie fanatic this is almost impossible to narrow such a diverse and genre pushing catalog into just 10 songs but here goes for fun in no particular order because they are all amazing (as are 98% of Bowie’s tracks !!) 1 Diamond Dogs 2 Bewlay Brothers 3 Fame 4 Station to Station 5 Speed of Life 6 Watch that Man 7 It Ain’t Easy 8 Ashes to Ashes 9 I’m Deranged 10 Moonage Daydream Just one honorable mention from the generally awful Never Let me Down album Time Will Crawl, this track has always spoken to me for some reason, had to include it as #11!!! Agree completely on the Berlin trilogy almost impossible to break singular tracks out because they are such amazing albums in their entirety. Could have added probably dozens more as honorable mentions but I would be here forever ... Maybe I missed it but I didn’t hear you mention Outside at all, if you don’t have this one you really should pick it up or check it out Pete, probably his best post classic period album in my opinion. Very experimental, dark, foreboding, heavy, and beautiful at times, exceptionally strong start to Finish !!!

[@neugey]

I give the same endorsement to Outside. Some people don't like the sheer length or the vocal Segue's. But David uses so many different singing styles and voice acting for all those characters and on top of that it's also one of Eno's best efforts, thus I regard that record as probably David's best.

[@Aweso1974]

Great list, Pete. Ten is just too small a number to contain even a portion of Bowie’s best songs. I have a list of my top 30 Bowie songs because my top 10 doesn’t include nearly enough songs I really love from him. Also, quick disclaimer: I haven’t heard everything from him yet. I’ve heard Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Station to Station, Low, “Heroes,” Lodger, Scary Monsters, Let’s Dance, Tonight, and Blackstar. So here’s my Top 30 Bowie songs (of those I’ve heard). 30. It Ain’t Easy 29. Five Years 28. Be My Wife 27. Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing (Reprise) 26. She Shook Me Cold 25. TVC15 24. What in the World 23. Beauty and the Beast 22. Future Legend / Diamond Dogs 21. China Girl 20. Modern Love 19. It’s No Game (No. 1) 18. Breaking Glass 17. Let’s Dance 16. Subterraneans 15. Tumble and Twirl 14. Golden Years 13. Starman 12. Queen Bitch 11. Cracked Actor 10. Loving the Alien 9. The Width of a Circle 8. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) 7. Moonage Daydream 6. Neighborhood Threat 5. Rebel Rebel 4. Cat People (Putting Out Fires) 3. Ziggy Stardust 2. Station to Station 1. Suffragette City And I STILL have tons of honorable mentions. Here we go... All the Madmen Running Gun Blues Black Country Rock Saviour Machine Life On Mars? Andy Warhol Soul Love Lady Stardust Hang On to Yourself Panic in Detroit The Jean Genie Time Lady Grinning Soul 1984 Stay Wild is the Wind Speed of Life Warszawa Sound and Vision Joe the Lion Blackout The Secret Life of Arabia Look Back in Anger D.J. Repetition Because You’re Young Up the Hill Backwards Fashion Scream Like a Baby God Only Knows Blue Jean Dancing with the Big Boys I Keep Forgettin’ Dollar Days I Can’t Give Everything Away

[@xaspirate8060]

Hhheeeyyy, what's the big idea? ya left out that whole Peter and the Wolf thing!!!

[@jeremyjohnson4281]

1. sound and vision 2. station to station 3. cat people 4. modern love 5. Beauty and the beast 6. cracked actor 7. diamond dogs 8. time 9. blackout 10. hang on to yourself Also very great: rock n roll suicide, the width of a circle, something in the air, space oddity, andy warhol

[@rjnuzzi1648]

Slip Away, Lady Grinning Soul, 1984, IN The Heat Of The Morning, No Plan, Time, Buddha Of Suburbia, Rock 'N Roll Suicide, Loving The Alien...

[@Les445]

Life on Mars is my favorite!!! I saw Bowie in the late 70s when he started wearing suits. The lyrics to Life on Mars are very deep.

[@Les445]

@Gauldoth3107 you have to go very deep into the mind.

[@carmenandthedevil2804]

@@Les445 How deep? He wore that suit back in 71.

[@Les445]

@@carmenandthedevil2804 three-piece suits. Get a grip.

[@thebadfella5296]

10. Station to Station 9. Speed of Life 8. Starman 7. Panic in Detroit 6. Life on Mars? 5. Fame 4. Moonage Daydream 3. Rebel Rebel 2. Sound and Vision Honorable Mentions: Cracked Actor, The Jean Genie, Diamond Dogs, Space Oddity (But it goes on the actual list all the time), Boys Keep Swinging, Black Country Rock, Drive-In Saturday 1. Watch That Man Every song on this list, even the HMs, I love with a burning passion

[@crazyelf62]

One song from "The Man Who Sold The World" that I always loved is Savior Machine, which you do mention. The first line of the song is "President Joe once had a dream". He recorded this song in 1970 and here we are now in 2021 with a President Joe, wish Bowie was around to comment on that song. I have searched the web wondering if anyone was going to analyze that song to see if Bowie was a prophet, may be too early to tell. But it is such an obscure song that only deep cut fans know it. But it does not have a pleasant ending story wise. It's about an entity (or something) that is created to save the world but instead it turns on the people who love and depend on it.

[@tonylema5334]

I’ve been a so-so Bowie fan over the years, gotta catch up, thanks for the list

[@davidg3019]

Bowie really is one of the few artists that people can have completely different top ten lists with no crossovers. The Hearts Filthy Lesson is my personal favorite, but Station to Station and TVC-15 are certainly on my list. And please listen to Blackstar. Amazing album.

[@russellgentile4719]

Agree! People need to listen Blackstar too.

[@vladdrakul7851]

@@russellgentile4719 I can't!

[@catsofsherman1316]

I bought Blackstar on release on his birthday 4 years ago so I got to experience it before he died. It was obvious immediately that he had written his own requiem. Fantastic album that I have a hard time returning to. I still haven't gotten over Bowie not being around any more.

[@russellgentile4719]

@@catsofsherman1316 Just awesome what you wrote. Deeply depressing though. It's obvious the Blackstar album is his dirge compilation. Why haven't we heard all about this?

[@vladdrakul7851]

@@russellgentile4719 That's why I can't!

[@glassslide]

Awesome list, great video---totally agree with you about the trilogy--thats my favorite period of Bowie but its hard to pick out individual tracks and a great great album track off Scary Monsters is Kingdom Come.

[@anthonyitzie4652]

My all time favorite artist 1: The Jean Genie 2: Life on Mars 3: Diamond Dogs. 4: Hero’s 5: Suffragette City. 6: Rebel Rebel 7: The Width of a Circle. 8: Queen Bitch 9: Moonage Daydream. 10: Changes

[@kjeldpedersen666]

Hi Pete Kind of obvious from your listing that you’re a heavy metal guy. I understand & respect that and I surely love these tracks too. Like I love most of Bowie’s music, quite unimaginable most of all the 70’s stuff. Bowie was in my eyes for the 1970’s what The Beatles was for the 60’s. Prime mover of musical development, the blueprint of things to come that everyone had to reflect to/towards, whether they liked or hated his music. That’s an achievement... More specifically I totally agree on your no. 1 choice, the title track “Station to Station”. Uhh, we’re up there with the ending suite on The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album if you ask me. A tip; listen to the version on the live album “Blackout” that came a few years ago. Really makes my hair stand up. That’s an achievement too. Don’t have much of it left😉

[@mahogany174]

I’m sorry but I am just going to have to put my Bowie experience down as one I don’t get. A ‘Best of’ compilation is all I need!

[@therealbricker]

David Bowie has played such an important role in my music taste. Loved his songs, loved him as a person. Here's my opinion! 10. Cygnet Committee 9. Suffragette City 8. Sound And Vision 7. Blackstar 6. Underground 5. Golden Years 4. Loving The Alien 3. Cat People (Putting Out Fire) 2. Queen Bitch HM: Starman, Ashes To Ashes, Jump They Say, Little Wonder, The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 1. Station To Station

[@julieraymond482]

Since I missed his first few times child,since Elton John was quite popular here in America for all of the 1970's.I most obviously heard of him then ,but had no idea who he was. Later, in the early '80's, he had "Let's Dance" as a single in my senior year of high school(1983-84),and it was wonderful.Alongside the second wave. of the British Invasion,Duran Duran,Culture Club,Spandau Ballet,Eurhythmics,etc.

[@jakehudson7118]

I have a Bowie playlist with about 120 songs that I like from him, I still have a couple albums left to listen too, this is why its so hard to make a top 10 he has so many good songs.

[@BomberAceF7]

1 - Life on Mars 2 - The Jean Genie 3 - Rebel Rebel 4 - Ashes to Ashes 5 - Young Americans 6 - Suffragette City 7 - Space Oddity 8 - Ziggy Stardust 9 - Let’s Dance 10 - Cat People

[@hatujemeletsplayeryheskyce6460]

No Changes?

[@jenniferc218]

I'm not as fond of his mainstreamers like Let's Dance or Young Americans. My favorites are his Berlin trilogy, among others that aren't on radio.

[@SgtPepperlll]

That's actually a pretty good list. You should really check out the albums "Outside" and "The Next Day. I'd be curious to hear your opinion of "Outside".

[@lucetteketley9114]

Outside is really underrated.

[@askanischerplatz5089]

Just like the Berlin Trilogy! Bowie+Eno=Masterpiece

[@tonyjames8665]

Love Bowie!!! 2nd album I owned was Diamond Dogs!!! 1. 1984 2. Cat People 3. Pretty Pink Rose??????? 4. Panic In Detroit 5. Diamond Dogs 6. Suffragette City 7. Kingdom Come 8. Heroes/Helden 9. Red Sails 10. Scary Monsters( Super Creeps) Honorable Mention: White Light/White Heat FACT: My Aunt took me and my younger brother to see Bowie with her boyfriend & David Live album was recorded at the Tower Theatre!! I'm clapping on that album with bro!!!! Tower Theatre was on 69th St, in Upper Darby actually but close enough to Philly!!!

[@slumdogjay]

Great list.

[@alexjohnston8889]

One of my favourite Bowie albums is Hours it was the album that got me into Bowie saw him perform some of the tracks on a top of the pops special on the BBC and immediately thought I gotta get this album when it's out and the track that really made me take notice of Bowie was The Pretty Things Are going to hell, that must be Bowie's heaviest song ever, also I loved the track Thursday's child great song nice and mellow. I then went out and sought more Bowie, I got an early greatest hits album loved it then got some albums. Glad you picked a ten very different to what I'd pick as there are a few you mentioned that I am gonna go and check out right away that I'm not to familiar with. Another one of my favourite tracks is China girl, you can't beat a bit of Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar, there are just too many good track to mention here in the comments.

[@drummusicinc4027]

Gotta hand it to ya, Pete... That’s tough to narrow down to ten, for any artist you dig a lot.

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

This one was TOUGH!!!

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

'Rebel Rebel' has one of the best, grittiest guitar riffs ever IMO and Bowie played it himself. Another couple of songs that are big favourites of mine are 'Ashes to Ashes' and 'Loving The Alien ' .

[@5tar5z]

Good lord, how can you pick a top 10? I can barely decide his top 10 albums. So good. TVC 15? Interesting pick. Cheers Pete. Great video

[@DpHsHd]

One thing almost guaranteed about Bowie is that no two top ten fave lists will be identical! My personal favorite track (it’s been that way since 1980) is “Fashion.” Noisy, aggressive, catchy as a virulent disease, with atonal, distorted guitars, which is my particular thang. Pete, I think you’d really appreciate Blackstar - it’s deep (probably David’s deepest album), moody, and a keystone of avant-garde rock, if it’s even rock at all by this point.

[@clowncarqingdao]

Fully in agreement. Lazarus is possibly the most compelling song of all time. I recently also gave Lodger a spin and DJ is pretty awesome.

[@jamesbonar5927]

I admire you Pete, i really do. To pick 10 great Bowie songs is impossible for me.

[@jesusarielgonzalez7775]

Pete you should do the ranking of all his discography!!! It would be great

[@YamesuTankosi]

I am overjoyed that you chose The Width of A Circle and Moonage Daydream in your top 3. Those are in my top 3 as well!

[@kevinjones810]

I’m a huge Bowie fan, and I find it funny how vastly I differ from other Bowie fans. I only shared 1 song with you (#1). I’m glad you mentioned bombers though, not too many people like it

[@conshea7382]

You can have your Queen but my favorite memory of Liveaid is Bowie rocking it with TVC 15

[@CB-xr1eg]

I could never do this with David Bowie songs. There are so many I like, it would be impossible to narrow it down to 20 never mind 10. I was listening to the Aladdin Sane album yesterday and I had forgotten just what a great track Cracked Actor is, then there's Lady Grinning Soul, Time...I could go on about this album or the Ziggy Stardust album, The Man Who Sold The World, Blackstar, The Next Day...ad infinitum... Pete. Listen to Blackstar, its an amazing album and like you said about his other albums, its different to anything that went before it.

[@findmusic8797]

Bowie is quite a challenge. You did very well with picking deep cuts. Me, not as deep (18 cuz it fits on one CD): 1. Moonage Daydream 2. Ziggy Stardust 3. Sufferagettte City 4. Hang On To Yourself 5. Jean Genie 6. Panic In Detroit 7. Rebel Rebel 8. I'm Afraid Of Americans 9. Rosalyn 10. Fame 11. Fashion 12. Sorrow 13. Word On A Wing 14. Wild Is The Wind 15. Stay 16. Heroes 17. Aladdin Sane 18. What In The World

[@annakermode6646]

Love that u chose Station to Station at the top. Completely agree with the fastest ten minutes thing.

[@CraigCairney83]

A few favourites include ... Velvet Goldmine, Suffragette City, Drive In Saturday, Moonage Daydream, Life On Mars, Kooks, Diamond Dogs, Queen Bitch, Rock N Roll Suicide, 5 Years.

[@wpollock1]

There are the generally more commercial Bowie and then some of the obscure Bowie as you mention. Instead of listing the top 10, here is a list of the less appreciated Bowie that the casual listener should check out. Obviously, some you mention. Your list is very good. Stay (as you mention - killer track) Quicksand Width of a Circle (especially the David Live version) Sweet Thing / Candidate We Are The Dead Aladdin Sane (Garson on piano - best piano solo in rock history) Lady Grinning Soul Somebody Up There Like Me (David Sanborn....) Rock n Roll Suicide Sound and Vision Five Years Bewley Brothers Cat People (album version with SRV) Bonus: the entire David Live album....was panned by critics, but that album is so strong. Garson / Sanborn / Slick

[@marcotron7288]

We are the dead 👌👌