Compiling a Deep Cuts list for David Bowie might seem like a daunting task. The man’s had so many albums and so many great non-single album tracks that it’s undoubtedly impossible to create a list which every fan will agree with. Just look at the number of official compilations Bowie’s already issued and you’ll begin to get the picture (for my money, the best single disc collection remains Rykodisc’s Changesbowie which collects most of Bowie’s hit singles starting with “Space Oddity” and ending with “Blue Jean”). There’s just so much to work with in the man’s catalogue that it can be perplexing, even for record companies to put together something for the fans.
At any rate, please enjoy exploring through the Deep Cuts of David Bowie. If you’re a new fan, or are familiar with most everything the man has released, you’ll undoubtedly find something worthy of discussion.
What? No “Laughing Gnome”? Heresy.
No, just kidding. Great list. Particularly liked the inclusion of “The Gospel According to Tony Day.”
Well since “The Laughing Gnome” became a belated single after Bowie got big with Ziggy (and much to his own embarrassment), it had to be DQd. An incredibly terrible song at any rate, though.
You’ll surely call this blasphemy, but I actually like Def Leppard’s version of “Drive-In Saturday” better than Bowie’s. And while I would take you to task for not including “Loving the Alien,” I know you only did that because it was a single, and therefore ineligible…right?
You’re dead right about “Fame ’90,” though. Blows the original out of the water.
Yeah, the only time I included singles was when they were in remixed fashion, as in “Cool World” and “Jump They Say” and “Fame.” I’ve not heard the Def Leppard cover, so I can’t call blasphemy just yet. But hey, I have often thought the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ cover tunes were better than the originals, so there ya go.
LOVE “Real Cool World,” btw, and your choices from Black Tie White Noise were spot on.