The Jean Genie David Bowie, This was the first Bowie song I ever listened to and I was completely blown away by the beat and lyrics. It still sounds fresh to this day, even though it is over forty years old.
The Man Who Sold the World David Bowie, Having completely fallen in love with Bowie’s music, I started collecting anything that he had done previous to Aladdin Sane. This track has such a great laidback and mellow feel to it; listen to the lyrics and see where it takes you.
Suffragette City David Bowie This is from one of the ultimate Bowie albums ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mar’ and ‘Suffragette City’ is one of the best rock tracks on it. My Bowie fanaticism had taken off and I was into anything ‘Bowie’ including the clothes, hair and make up.
Right - David Bowie 1975 was the year I moved to London and remember buying the album ‘Young Americans’ and thinking how different it was. Bowie doing soul and funk? But it works and this track ‘Right’ is just full of funk. I just love the complicated middle section that Bowie put together with a young Luther Vandross which you can catch on one of Bowie’s films on ‘You Tube.’
The Passenger - Iggy Pop David Bowie collaborated with and wrote for a lot of different music names and none more influential in the punk world than Iggy Pop. ‘The Passenger’ seems quite tame compared to the on-stage antics that Pop and his band ‘The Stooges’ got up to.
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Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed Lou Reed has always been a favourite of mine, ever since Bowie, together with Mick Ronson, produced Lou Reed’s ‘Transformer.’ ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ is, to my mind, one of Reed’s masterpieces of story-telling about one of the characters that were involved in Andy Warhol’s New York studio ‘The Factory.’
All the Young Dudes Mott the Hoople David Bowie wrote this song for Ian Hunter’s band, ‘Mott the Hoople’ in 1972. This version has Bowie singing along with Ian Hunter. It is regarded as one of Glam Rock’s anthems and is definitely a great singalong tune.
Children of the Revolution Marc Bolan and T. Rex This wonderfully cool tune with Bolan’s smooth voice just makes you want to strut your stuff down the road without a care in the world. A classic glam rock track. Bowie, a friend and musical rival of Marc Bolan, appeared on his TV show called ‘Marc’ shortly before Bolan lost his life in a car accident in 1977. www.vivamanchester.co.u k | VIVA | 89