*These 3 songs (really one song), captures his genius perfectly. His vocal range, his creative lyrics, his musicianship, everything. Definitely the best gem that is never played.*

@belyndamorris2236

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agreed! 💯 💖⚡🎶

@tinajones7293

2 жыл бұрын

My favourite all time song

@Plecco177

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree with you. One of his best ever.

@gregstewart6429

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree mate

@davepowell7168

Жыл бұрын

Skillfully crafted 3 part piece. If you enjoy this in the 21st century look out! You might just be a candidate

In 50 years no-one, even Bowie himself, has ever matched this. Timeless perfection - like so much of this man's work this is where theatre and music collide and when he did it, lt was always greater than both. There are few truly unique and valuable talents but David achieved that and stayed there to the end. So much to be thankful for but God what have we missed with him dying so very young. The man was a shape-shifting Titan and I miss him so much

@jj80808

5 ай бұрын

Its his 'ultimate' work, hjs masterpiece,so to speak. And ive thought so for over a decade now, since getting into him and being blown away hearing this album and this song particularly, it represents all his intrests upto that point as you articulated. Like a camp edgy 1984 rock musical

Bowie is something you dont get over..

@deancaron988

5 ай бұрын

Exactly my feeling.

This has been my funeral song since I was15 , I’m actually a very shy person but I’m gonna make everyone sit through this entire mother fkn masterpiece

@deezmemes126

2 жыл бұрын

Shy, maybe. Taste in music, fucking awesome! If Bowie makes your heart beat, I reckon there isn't anything you couldn't achieve.

@kaori_kanzaki

2 жыл бұрын

@@deezmemes126 Yes he's one of the very few people who manages to change my heart beat rate.

@staywellandstrong4199

2 жыл бұрын

Well Prepared.

@paulfitzpatrick6536

2 жыл бұрын

brilliant xx

@darreng6030

Жыл бұрын

Let them have it! Hopefully in many many many years time :)

Literally one of the best written songs in human history. I don't know where I'd be without David Bowie.

@meaganrutherford463

2 жыл бұрын

Yesss and I feel it’s such a great song as it’s not played very often but should be heard WAY MORE!! David Bowie has really helped me become the person I am today like with the music I’ve found and Confidence I’ve endured by simply listening to his Music like ahhhhhhhhhh would not be where I am today honestly he has helped me with my Anxiety and improved my Mental state ahaha.

@Honeyguts88

2 жыл бұрын

@@meaganrutherford463 you said what I said but better! Couldn't agree more.

@meaganrutherford463

2 жыл бұрын

@@Honeyguts88 Awee thankyouuuu🤗

@darreng6030

Жыл бұрын

I realised how i got through last year when i heard this yesterday. Bowie gives you hope anything is possible. You can go to new highs.

@Honeyguts88

Жыл бұрын

@@darreng6030 It's a sweet thing, sweet thing 😊

The way he sings "Can't you seeeeeeee that I'm scared and lonely........................."

@grahamtaylor8912

7 жыл бұрын

Alexandra Lamb... Yup...

@realitude1562

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, it's "WILL you seeeeeee....." - I think the subtle difference is worth noting...

@mr.stardino5223

5 жыл бұрын

That's just sad.

@dianefox1307

4 жыл бұрын

Chills

@tommypowell1137

3 жыл бұрын

He made love to the moment he was in. He personified his own interpretation of the feeling he was having while presenting the piece. Just pure genius he was.

REST IN PEACE DIAMOND DOG I FUCKING LOVE YOU

@billtaylor4224

8 жыл бұрын

+Savannah K What a great song writer that enriched so many lives. I will always miss him

@charlotteelisabethchristia6356

8 жыл бұрын

+Savannah K He shines on, and always will. He is deeply missed, but Halloween Jack will always be in my heart and mind

@craigmitchell5501

7 жыл бұрын

Its been seven months and im still bummed, love u david

@billtaylor4224

7 жыл бұрын

back again, feeling the pain and joy.

At the beginning of this song, he actually covers three full octaves in his singing ... He was a brilliant singer!

@KnoxBronson

2 жыл бұрын

His guitar and sax work are also incredible on this album. I think his musicianship gets overlooked often.

@cosmicbilly

Жыл бұрын

Can someone please explain what this means? Like 3 different notes at the same time, that are all octaves of eachother? Lol sorry if this is confusing, i struggle with English sometimes 😅

@liamhartmusic

Жыл бұрын

74 likes for this ‘74 album I adore

@annemc62

Жыл бұрын

@@cosmicbilly It means he can sing a note really low, and also can sing that note much higher, up to two octaves higher. Not at the same time.

@cosmicbilly

Жыл бұрын

@@annemc62 ohh i see, thank you for explaining it to me! That's pretty normal is it not? I know some singers that have a 7 octave range. Like the singer from Judas priest(Rob halford) Not my cup of tea personally.

When I was in high school in the seventies everyone listened to "Diamond Dogs." I'm 64 yrs. old and this is still one of my favorite albums

@Fortwentt

2 жыл бұрын

64 here too

@neslihan3771

2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderfull a high scool period. We were listening to 2000's craps

@johngrossi166

2 жыл бұрын

me too and alladine sane,and aqualung,and early sabbath and aerosmith,also lou reed and iggy.....my hs years1970-1974

@deniserambo2236

2 жыл бұрын

63, and same!~!

@cinziazacche1484

Жыл бұрын

Me too

This is the "Advanced Placement" Bowie....the obvious tracks on this album are Rebel Rebel and 1984, but the advanced students go for this one, Big Brother, We Are The Dead and songs like Aladdin Sane, Width of a Circle, Bewley Brothers, Quicksand, Eight Line Poem. For picking this, you get the gold star...... T

"I'm glad you're older than me, makes me feel important and free." Gets me everytime 😢

@mkfloyd9131

6 жыл бұрын

Could not agree more...

@hmmmph3578

6 жыл бұрын

My little sister (she would have been 12 at the time) LOVED that bit....hahaha...

@HetLedie

5 жыл бұрын

This song although re written to touch upon Bowie's bisexuality (to dodge a lawsuit from the Orwell's widow) was originally supposed to be about Julia and Winston's secret love in 1984. I love how almost every lyric is related to the book. "I'm glad that you're older than me Makes me feel important and free Does that make you smile, isn't that me?"= Refers to their big age gap and in this line gives us Julia's perspective of Winston as he was the only man over 30 who shared her political views. "I'm having so much fun with the poisonous people Spreading rumors and lies and stories they made up"= Winston works in the Ministry of Truth rewriting history to destroy written record of a time fore Big Brother "But there's a shop on the corner that's selling paper-mache Making bullet-proof faces"= refers to the tacky paper-mache head of BB that Winston''s coworkers put together for Hate Week "Then let it be, it's all I ever wanted It's a street with a deal, and a taste It's got claws, it's got me, it's got you"= Street with a deal refers to the side street 2nd flooor rented by Julia and Winston for their secret meetings. TASTE of things of things forbidden by brother, loving sex, black market REAL chocolate. The claws of love have worked their way under the skins of both characters and they must now face the consequences Big Brother has instituted for their type of love.

@felipesigne901

5 жыл бұрын

@@HetLedie thanks for this comment! I'm fascinated by diamond dogs for a long time, and always been curious about that 1984 idea underneath it. Where should i go to hear about it in length and details please?

@sushicolors

5 жыл бұрын

@@hmmmph3578 thats really cute

the way he sings 'You see, that I'm scared and I'm lonely"........WHOOOSH!!!

@fuckingmind9013

6 жыл бұрын

HE IS GOD

@yvonnecampbell7036

4 жыл бұрын

@@fuckingmind9013 Well....David was his personal handy work, though ;)

"I'm in your way, and I'll steal every moment." That gets to me every time. The emotion of that one line is amazing.

@mister3566

Жыл бұрын

The little sigh on the LA74 album makes me want to give him a massive hug 😢

fucking crying my eyes out right now. 50 year old man and it killing me to listin to this. a masterpiece.

@terryperring104

6 жыл бұрын

The bit where he sings ...'is it nice in your snowstorm...' is just musically beautiful and classic and....same here. I'm 56...*sniff

@davidrankin7747

6 жыл бұрын

You want it, get it here

@robertrichter6778

3 жыл бұрын

I'm with you brother

@coonagh1

3 жыл бұрын

Totally get it, I’m 53!

@eradeziel

2 жыл бұрын

"...it's all I ever wanted", I love how he sings that. I'm a wee boy of 38, still blew me away years later. Thanks, David!

"we can't stop trying 'til we break up our minds, til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knights who press you on the ground while shaking in fright" what a genius this man was.

When Bowie was Bowie... dangerous, otherworldly, decadent, gorgeous, addicted to unique... this is the real masterpiece in '74... nevermind Ziggy just scary... great stuff, unmatched ever since... Garson excels on keyboard

His vocal range on this classic is....AMAZING. Such a deep start, but then screaming at 1.09

@melizmatea

5 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that! I don't know if he gets enough credit for his voice - it's amazing.

@yvonnecampbell7036

4 жыл бұрын

@@melizmatea He never did :(

@brubarurno

4 жыл бұрын

There's well over two octaves in that transition alone.

@Stormeysmummy

4 жыл бұрын

Agree the Voice is amazing on this!!

@Stormeysmummy

4 жыл бұрын

@@yvonnecampbell7036 He was whole package

One of my favourite Bowie "songs". Always makes me feel like dancing and crying. Too soon to go, Mr Bowie.

@davidburgess6189

8 жыл бұрын

Me and my brother grew up on Bowie, there is no one like him and never will be anyone like. the only one close is also gone his name Ronson

@johnmayor2181

2 жыл бұрын

I'll cry when I finally meet him.😄

bowie fans all over the world, have lost a friend, a hero, a relative, we will remember all the great times , the way he makes you feel when you sing to a track, or dance to a song, or even cry to a track because he gets you, bowie will live in our hearts forever.x

That high note at the end of Sweet Thing reprise...gives me chills. This song is perfection.

@chrisledwidge5989

5 жыл бұрын

My favourite track before I sleep.

Most underrated song by Bowie.

@slimedog

3 ай бұрын

I was also happy to read recently that this was in his personal favorite songs of his. In his top ten.

This song is so fucking beautiful. Rest in peace starman, I hope the stars look beautiful from wherever you are. ★★★

@ruskinyruskiny1611

5 жыл бұрын

who is the prettiest star ?

@desmondsandoz1604

4 жыл бұрын

🚀 🖖

Its a landmark in Rock. For me it's Bowies most imaginative work. This album continues to blow my mind, and stretch my imagination. File under Masterpiece.

That three octave progression in the first part of the song is so incredible.

@tonyhallows6461

7 жыл бұрын

I loved him unconditionally, no greater love than to lose friends who didn't understand

@hippiecheezburger5457

6 жыл бұрын

Tony Hallows Bowie was a part in mankinds soul itself, everybody could relate to that eccentricity

@nicholasdavies6264

5 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Fuller Unique for its time 👍

@ichabodheranow4546

5 жыл бұрын

I guess I didn't have to make my comment above ... you already said it ... Someone told me that he was actually operatically trained ...

@desmondsandoz1604

4 жыл бұрын

I agree ! Great vocal range

This to me is the ultimate Bowie song. I never tire of it, and I learn something new every time I hear it. Decades on, it still seems full of challenges and questions and life and energy and youth (at any age), and isn't that a sweet thing?...

Brilliant composition. Don't understand comment by Marsbella1 that Bowie couldn't sing... based on observation that he always sounded like Bowie. Bonkers. His sense of melody and use of instrumentation was exceptional. He is never given enough credit for his many balladic tours de force where his voice found unique range and tone that sent shivers down the spine. Nobody that I've listened to down the years comes close. Add to that stunning existential lyrics. Cygnet Committee, Bewlay Brothers, Five Years, Rock n Roll Suicide, Aladdin Sane, Lady Grinning Soul, Big Brother, Sweet Thing.., Station to Station. Just some absolutely unique creations in my hopeless opinion. Genius. And incredibly underrated as a vocalist.

@petermullins5738

Жыл бұрын

Well said Paul.

@jock77stuff

5 ай бұрын

Very much agreed

This man is from another planet!!!

And in the death, what a brilliant mind, voice,personality. I feel privileged to have lived on this earth with him.

Possibly my all time favourite Bowie track! Out of this world! Exquisite! Beautifully Eerie!

@cowraolasczyk4076

7 жыл бұрын

Fernando Sotomayor i agree 100%

@Olderwiserheads

7 жыл бұрын

Fully agree.

@steveweve19

7 жыл бұрын

Fernando Sotomayor I agree X

@Honeyguts88

6 жыл бұрын

Amazing it is

@wpollock1

5 жыл бұрын

YES

I'm 48 and a Bowie fan since I was 9 or 10. As a librarian I love cataloging everything, so not surprisingly, I maintain detailed lists and inventories of many things ... including Bowie's albums and songs. While I love many Bowie songs and hold many in very high regard, Sweet Thing is #1 for me. I've loved it since I first heard it in 1975 and I still hear and visualize it the same way I did as a 10 year old boy ... and that, my firends, is a sweet thing!

I still miss him so much. Every day.

@manuelponce9838

6 жыл бұрын

five years

@Honeyguts88

6 жыл бұрын

I think of him constantly

The whole album was light years ahead of it's time. It's sexual and intoxicating and pure fucking genius. Bowie has never recieved the credit he deserves!

@chipperjack8914

Жыл бұрын

He has

Diamond Dogs is such an underrated album, IMO! I have so many "favorite" Bowie albums- "Low" nearly brings me to tears with each listen and "Station To Station" is inseparable from certain periods of my life- yet "Diamond Dogs" still remains the closest to my heart, flaws and all. It always transports me somewhere else with every listen- I wish everyone could appreciate it the way I do!

@paulrees4172

2 жыл бұрын

Many of us do

@markgregory8085

Жыл бұрын

Nine years later, your post rings true.

@terovill7342

Жыл бұрын

@@markgregory8085 hell yeah 👍

@terovill7342

Жыл бұрын

Fukin a!

@morganophelia5963

Жыл бұрын

it's the best

The greatest album. Great song. Bowie was writing about drugs, gays, George Orwell all in one 40 years ago. Is it nice in your snowstorm , freezing your brain. Do you think that your face looks the same? I was 13 when this came out and to me Bowie is a genius .

Always be sweet to those girls when you feel a super moment, they gave you this. Be grateful

My brother and I both loved this album. Bowie on vocals, piano, sax, guitar, melotron.....he was so creative. There is a massive hole in the Rock N Roll world after his passing. Love this whole album.

@thetragicyouth

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Garson on piano, not Bowie.

@wpollock1

7 жыл бұрын

Good catch. Yes....

@moiraclark7862

5 жыл бұрын

David Bowie was more creative than anyone else.

@jaynebeatrup8931

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of his best.

This is the first album I bought. I was much younger. Loved it and played it none stop. It was harder in those years with no internet. Bowie fan all my life. So sad my idol has gone. David will always live through his music....

@CliffordLake

7 жыл бұрын

This was my third album. First two were bought together: Zappa/Mothers - Roxy And Elsewhere along with The Allman Brothers Band Live at the Fillmore East.

Wow. That's all I can put. Is wow. Masterpiece.

@LordBransty

8 жыл бұрын

+Billyshead133 - it is, isn't it! I fucking love it. Goosebumps! Goosebumps!

@channy381

8 жыл бұрын

+LordBransty exactly the same

I'VE LIVED THESE WORDS AND ITS NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF OR BRAG ABOUT! THE FACT I'M STILL HERE 25 YEARS LATER IS THE REAL MIRACLE!

I was 14, when this album was released, and I begged my Daddy to buy it for me, and I still have it ❤

"We'll buy some drugs and watch a band, And jump in a river, holding hands....."

@boobzac

9 жыл бұрын

At the end of this line I was anticipating the sax coming in & got a moment of silence!!! Totally blew it!!!

@5656156516516

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah the silence ruined it

@brubeck1

5 жыл бұрын

with you by my side i should be fine .)

@noahbwalter

5 жыл бұрын

@@boobzac That's why you should listen to this on cd or better yet a record; rather than youtube.

@seansoblixe9711

5 жыл бұрын

screw the drugs man...use your ears

i remember listening to this album in bed with my headphones on and drift into a deep sleep only to be awoke at the very end of the album when bowie shouted ( what i thought was Brian brian brian brian) lol

@johngrossi166

4 жыл бұрын

bro,bro bro,.from what I heard bowie originally wanted it to be brother,brother,brother.but a recording error occurred but after listening to it he liked bro bro bro,so it stayed

@janeeyre1990

4 жыл бұрын

@@johngrossi166 , I thought he was just squawking like a bird. This makes more sense.

A little piece of all who followed this man from those heady days of 1972 died on Monday. I've don't think I've ever felt as numb as when I listened to that breaking news on the early morning bulletin.I sort of always expected you to be a part of my life even though we'd never meet. Thanks Starman -you're music will live forever

@CB-xr1eg

8 жыл бұрын

+John Sunderland " your " not " you're " Beats me why those 2 simple words cause problems for so many.

@Thesixteens68

8 жыл бұрын

+Clive Bindley was that necessary?

@CB-xr1eg

8 жыл бұрын

+Ceri louise Well of course, someone has to point out mistakes to these ill educated morons! You obviously didn't like me doing it so you replied to me, therefore you're saying I was wrong, just like I was saying he is wrong. Comprende'?

@johnsunderland6868

8 жыл бұрын

TWAT. From an ill educated moron.

@CB-xr1eg

8 жыл бұрын

Well thanks, but I didn't need to know your real name.

Crying to this beautiful song. I love you David.

My favourite Bowie 'track'. So beautiful, epic and that sax..

@rklight33

8 жыл бұрын

+Laura Iffy And it's actually Bowie playing the sax...

Oh my gosh... what an amazing song! I've never heard anything like it! So sad I'm only discovering it now, but glad I got to discover it in my lifetime. Rest in peace, David

Absolute masterpiece. It changed my musical life in 1974

@PawtucketPromenade

8 жыл бұрын

+Ziggy Iggy A chef 'oeuvre, as the French would say. And he knocked DD out over the course of just a few months, the winter of '73 to '74. He did his live record in Philly when Nixon was getting ready to resign...

@nicholasdavies6264

5 жыл бұрын

Pale Horse It did the same for me - I was 14yrs old - superb!

@itsikolia

5 жыл бұрын

I'm with you, Boss!

Only my piddly opinion, but Bowie surely soared to his most phenomenal heights with Diamond Dogs and Aladdin Sane. Ever since I was a kid this guy has taken me to another world.

I’m reading Orwell’s 1984 at the moment and I can’t get away from the idea that this album is the musical of that novel which I know has been documented before, but this song for me is written from the perspective of Julia yearning for contact with a man against her indoctrination as a party member. This and ‘we are the dead’ being Winston Smith’s narrative just before they’re arrested by the thought police. Those and ‘1984’ and ‘big brother ‘are the base of an amazing musical of 1984 that someone should make, such a shame the great man isn’t here to perform it, God how I’d love to see him play this album live.

@moiraclark7862

5 жыл бұрын

Diamond Dogs was based on 1984 - but David Bowie had to diversify it a bit, as Mrs Orwell wouldn't give him the rights.

@winterswinters3137

4 жыл бұрын

@@moiraclark7862 Alright, that's a great comment, it's what it's all about...great..

@chengzhou8711

4 жыл бұрын

You got it

@johngrossi166

4 жыл бұрын

pink floyds entire album ''animals'' is based on orwells novella animal farm....it includes pigs on the wing part 1 and 2,dogs,sheep etc....if you love diamond dogs and do not know animals check it out......fyi orwells widow refused to allow bowie to put on a musical based on 1984(who could ask for more)....

@MARSBELLA1

2 жыл бұрын

@wallyho58 Dont SPOIL THE BOOK MAN

So dark, mysterious I visualise I'm living in some post nuclear apolyotic society. No future just doom and gloom. David Bowie could paint many different contrasts through his music. Only he could do that. Rock n roll art. R. I. P. David.

I have played this album so many times that it seems weird when you don't immediately hear the initial crunch of guitar on the next track Rebel Rebel..

@janicescammell8741

3 жыл бұрын

So true

Don’t think I ever got over hearing this haunting masterpiece of David’s for the first time ....I’m 62 now and it’s still with me ....musical nirvana.

This sequence of tracks is so thick with accomplished genius, it is almost a painful joy to listen to. If I start being specific, I'll run out of room before I even get going. I can see why David had to dial it down a bit after this. You can feel the fuses teetering at the edge.

this album takes me back to when me and my best friends were 17 such a great time.

The work of a genius on the edge 🖤

This song was inspired by the book "City of Night" by John Rechhy, and boy does it evoke it well in this sing. Hustlers, junkies, the underbelly...the loneliness, the cold, the dirt, the friendship, the heart. Amazing song, amazing book. One of Bowie's very best. Miss you Starman.

Such a masterpiece, this is crazy

By listening this song I can feel inside my chest, my heart rate is changing slow to fast then goes back to slow. Thanks Mr. Bowie.

His quitar work is distinctive and sharp, even agressive. Sometimes like saxofone.I love it!

Meine erste Bowie Platte. Meine Mutter hat sie mir gekauft. War in der Grundschule. Seitdem bin ich Fan. Diese Platte mag ich von allen am liebsten.

that rising poignant Octave well you see I am scared and I'm lonely never fails to bring tears to my eyes... Just an amazing composition the guy was a genius like Mozart.. Wagner..... etc etc... Just Sublime I miss him so much X

one of his better, least known, songs. heck, the whole album!!

What an awesome song, some things are beyond being brilliant.

This one awed me in 1974, and I find it still has that power. He hits his lowest lows (It's safe in the city...), his highest highs (will you see...), and the range and vision he packs between them is just mind-scrambling. Sure do miss you, bud...

I think Bowie still wanted to be a jazz musician and this was his attempt to bring fusion to the next level. His ear, even 40 years ago, was too sophisticated for his audience. That sax opener in Candidate reminds me of Zoot Sims or at least West Coast Cool jazz. It's why I dig Blackstar--some electro-ballad stuff mixed in with jazz. He made Diamond Dogs, nobody understood it, so he moved on. Whereas for me, the 1st half of the album is probably my favorite Bowie work. Just a year or two ago, Pitchfork had some crap review and gave the album a middling score. Then they put up a new review last week and it's so sycophantic, but there's no specific reference to music--only name checking. They didn't understand the album before when they rejected it and they still don't understand it now that they've lionized it. Maybe they should try listening to some Mingus. Then they might have something intelligent to say about Bowie.

@manuelponce9838

6 жыл бұрын

i think you re dead right

@helenlevasseur294

6 жыл бұрын

Bowie's lyrics are timeless..each of us are able to make them our own..and still do..he guided me thru the 70's and 80's..scary to think if he wasnt there..thank you ....

@hippiecheezburger5457

6 жыл бұрын

Helen Levasseur I know what an icon, of course he was a man but as a performer, musician, songwriter, it feels great to just experience the larger than life characters that Bowie presented to fans of music, especially with eccentricity blending with all the different styles of music if he was influenced by, they'll definitely be making movies about Bowie in the future

@sammygirl6910

5 жыл бұрын

Who is Mingus? Just kidding, this album is in my top three of his. Just stunning.

@jamesrawlings5781

5 жыл бұрын

Aaron Lee: Hi. I'm not trying to be contrary, but when you say 'nobody understood it' what do you mean? It hit number one in the UK and number 5 in the US (his highest album position at the time) and going by wikipedia seemed to get positive reviews - certainly it doesn't mention that it was badly reviewed. I just wondered where you got the idea that no one understood it, whatever that means. I say 'whatever that means' as a) I love this album but am not sure that I 'understand it' (partly coz i'm not sure what that means) and b) it really gets on my nerves when I don't like an album and people suggest that I don't understand it. I'm not really sure what that means. I absolutely adore Beethoven and Mozart, for example, but I'm pretty sure I don't understand a great deal of what's going on musically, culturally etc.

It's more than 2 years later and, still, I dream of Bowie....

@wayward6235

Ай бұрын

Me too, still. It's like a visit from an old friend.

I got super high and listened to this song on a beach in the middle of the night. Made me cry. 10/10 would do it again.

IT'S SAFE IN THE CITY JUST HIS VOICE SENDS A CHILL LITERALLY THROUGH MY BODY I LOVE IT ❤️ RIP DAVID BOWIE YOU BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL MAN XXX ❤️🦋🌈

@matildah7374

2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍🧡

It's hard to believe that David thought he wasn't a very good singer because every time I hear his voice i always get chills...his voice is sexy with a crazy range that most musicians today could never match

@leennette7277

2 жыл бұрын

Well if you ask most people if they think his voice is great, they would probably say no, but to me, his personality and expression in his voice is unrivalled. Not necessarily his tone or pitch although he's not bad in those categories.

@ladycharlesmusic

Жыл бұрын

He is a good singer though, most people who say that he isn't are either hyper-focussing on his early years when his technique was wonky (but his pitch was still decent enough) or don't understand what he's doing, or just have very rigid ideas of what's good singing. By the end of the 70's he had fantastic control (not to be confused by his tendency to deliberately push his voice off key for effect like on Joe the Lion), a really clean transition, absolutely beautiful timbre, and good support. He also had quite the range even by 1974, he had only just started to use better technique here and scales 3 octaves in the first minute then hits an even higher head voice note at the end. He's not Freddie Mercury but he's probably still in the upper tiers for rock vocalists, he just has a pretty unique style with a tendency to 'break the rules' which I think throws some people off. But those chills... that's really all you need to know that he's good.

I wish I could elaborate why this song affects me as much as it does but the Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (reprise) suite always floors me even after years of repeated listens. It's just a perfectly composed piece- simple, beautiful, yet at the same time intensely emotional and heart-wrenching without relying on trite (or even literal) lyrical devices. In a way it thrives in how "simple" of a song it is, no matter how much I love his more experimental work. Truly a masterful musician.

I remember the day he died. I felt so sad and broken. It felt like losing my childhood best friend . I started listening to Bowie around the age of 10. I did have an elder brother who gave me a copy casette with Ziggy and Hunky Dory. I felt asleep listening to hes songs for so many nights. I still love his music.

@floydfanboy2948

Жыл бұрын

Artists of this calibre are exceedingly rare. Greatly missed.

There are so many wonderful comments here in response to this tour de force by Bowie. As a fan since '72, it's lovely to see how much people appreciate him.

Around 7:40 you can feel your heart at the edge of breaking into a sky full of stars, only to come down to earth walking with a tough-cool attitude, and a malicious grin.

@yvonnecampbell7036

4 жыл бұрын

Thinking "If you only knew where I've been....." ;)

Not many artists can combine soul and rock with such conviction as Bowie. Sweet Thing is such a great song from Bowie.

Oh how we miss David. It really was a sweet thing. My son has been living out in Adelaide for the past five years. I get across as often as is possible and always armed with classic albums for his turntable. February this year was Who’s Next and Diamond Dogs. He was well impressed. Whilst over there visited Rerun records in the mall on Rundle. Picked up Machine Head and Volume 4. Two more classics in my humble opinion but then I have been a musician all of my life. Love you son.

Jumping around all the albums - 'Dogs, Ziggy, Station to Station, Hunky D, incredible Aladdin Sane, Scary Monsters, and all the rest, nothing quite beats 'Sweet Thing'. Must have listened to it 100s of times, maybe 1000s, and never get tired of it. For me it's the ultimate Bowie song...epic...visits every musical genre, and moves me every time I hear it, after 30 plus years. What more can we want from music?! 'Is it nice in your snowstorm...?'

His finest hour, so to speak.

Words fail... too exquisite, too emotional, too near the surface of our dreams

Nine minutes which I'm not sure he ever bettered. Certainly up there with the very best of his output. RIP Spaceboy. Much missed. Never forgotten.

Total adoration! - for 30 yrs now i have loved this. Bowie is my Rock God!

one of Mr Bowies best , so lucky to of been in the 70s x

all these years later? Im just floored. such is David Bowie. bravo!

Goodness, Bowie lucked out, didn't he? Ferociously intelligent, beautiful, talented, and hard-working. He may have only had 69 years, but he LIVED practically every moment of them, and left us his wonderful art to cherish and enjoy.

still miss you david. always. always will. the music of my youth. the music of my life. RIP The Thin White Duke

Before my time but this the first album I ever got back when I was a kid, birthday present from my parents. Always loved it, and Bowie.

His best lyrics to a song, amazing is the only word you can describe this masterpiece of a song. Thank you David RIP.

A genius. One of the all time greats. Will never be forgotten

Can we just take a moment to reflect that this polytonal, convoluted, operatic, psycho dramatic,epic was regarded as mainstream popular music bought by TEENAGERS in the seventies, WHERE the hell has artistic creativity gone?

THE MOST INCREDIBLE VOICE OF THE UNIVERSE !

Arguably the best song ever put together, from the tortuous ballad style to oriental sounds, to a mean rock riff at the end. Lovely!

this song is absolutely perfection. and that solo towards the end of sweet thing is just... 💋🤌

I bought this album in America in the 70s Listened to it over and over and over like all the others and am still listening ......

I miss you soo much, and this song is just one of the many, I love the way you sing this, love the words, love the realness, ive loved you for 30 years, and no one, no one, will come close, x

@TootsieB

7 жыл бұрын

Jane, yes no one will ever come close. I still see vividly in my mind when I saw him live in 1978 when I was just 16. compelling and so very memorable. Every day I miss him and think how lucky I am to have had him in my life for such a long time, playing his music every day and hearing something different in it each time. What a treasure he was.

Hands down my favorite 3 songs of Bowie.

I heard this first as a 5 year old back in 1987 and I've played it everyday for 31 years truley the greatest of Bowies work , do you think that your face looks the same then let it be x

The guy had a vision and he ran with it. call it what you want , the man is all that. I was 13 in 1974 and I still listen.

legends never die. Thank you david.

You hit this perfectly. This is the type of song that really lends itself to headphones. There is so much going on in this song and to think that bowie was playing piano, sax, guitar and singing.

THIS SONG BLOWS ME AWAY BEEN LISTENING TO BOWIE ❤️ FROM THE AGE OF THIRTEEN STILL GOT ALL THE ALBUMS THERE IS MUCH IN THIS SONG WHICH MAKES ME LOVE HIM EVEN MORE THE LYRICS ARE TRUELY AMAZING I WONDER WHEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE THINK BUT THEN I THINK IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A MASTERPIECE SLEEP WELL STARMAN MISS YOU ❤️❤️🦋🦋🌈🌈

By God David your vocals are awesome and I've listened to this for 40 odd years and its still the dogs bollocks x