Best Bowie opener

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This is actually unpossible.

Could go with "Space Oddity", "Width", "Watch That Man", "Station", "Speed of Life", "Fantastic Voyage" or "It's No Game", so fuck knows tbh.

Strictly if you played fair and went "Future Legend" into "Diamond Dogs" that cd be a proper contender too.

1) young americans.
2) the rest.

Man I need to listen to Diamond Dog now.

This is an interesting one, since few Bowie openers are among my favorites of his. So I'd go with either "Changes," "Five Years" or "Modern Love."

this is so fucking easy, width of a circle

It's too late to be hateful.

I knew this would be a bit fiendish. I am torn between Fantastic Voyage and Five Years, but there are many phenomenal songs here.

Station To Station 4EVA!!!

"Station To Station" by such a large margin the others aren't even visible. And I really like some of the other openers - "Five Years" is a top ten, maybe top five Bowie track for me. This poll reminds me Bowie really new how to sequence an album - he sets the mood of each quite succinctly.

Station to Station's a cracker once it gets going, I just find that build up too looooong I'm afraid.

I like 'Speed of Life' as an opener, rather than 'Young Americans' or 'Station to Station' which I just like as epic songs.

I still get that feeling I got when I was a teenager and first heard "I kiss you, you're beautiful", so it's Five Years for me. I do like a bit of drama.

"Beauty and the Beast" should get at least one vote, so I'll be it.

ch-ch-changes

Changes

It's no game

"changes"

I'm going with Width of a Circle.

Fife Years for me.

same here. who'd of thought declaring an apocalyptic prediction would be such a great way to start off an album.

It's No Game for me, makes me sad that he never really did more songs like that.

Between Station & Young Americans for me, tho I can't decide which one. Might need the coin toss

Heroes should be the best """closer"""

Watch That Man, alternatively Fantastic Voyage.

to be insulted by these fascists, it's so degrading

off topic, but has anyone else ever thought that Roxy Music's Manifesto sounds like a Bowie opener?

Well, in a sense, it's Bryan Ferry's "Station to Station," innit?

I still get that feeling I got when I was a teenager and first heard "I kiss you, you're beautiful", so it's Five Years for me.

^^^definitely this – I can't not sing along with those lines (usually while pumping my fist in the air)

I have a similar thing with "Smiling and waving and looking so fine".

"Space Oddity" wasn't all that much of an album, but as a track, it beats pretty much everything. Although "Station To Station" surely comes close, being the highlight of that album and all.

bump

Toughie, but nothing will ever trump "Future Legend" for me.

...although "Station to Station" comes damn close.

Am I the only person who quite likes Little Wonder? It's certainly got the 'oh no, grandad's listening to jungle' embarrassment factor, but it's actually a pretty good tune.

the retuuuuuuuuuhrn of the thin white duke

(etc.)

XP Nope, I like Little Wonder, it's pretty ridiculous musically and lyrically, but the big heavy 'So Faaar Awaaay' section is really great.

I quite like "Little Wonder" (and Earthling as a whole), but I can't in good conscience vote for it here.

Oh yeah, there's no way I'd vote for it.

Went for Fantastic Voyage in fact.

'oh no, grandad's listening to jungle'

Surprised that Clive Dunn never got in on this.

I love the way in which "Speed of Life" non-announces itself and just before you start picking it up from whatever's going on around you the volume goes up and bam - glorious synths join the harmonizered drums. Awesome. (it sort of does the same thing "Station to Station" does in 1/10 of the time)

Having said that, so many of his openers do great things soundwise, making your ears go 'huh' in the way album openers should.

"Beauty and the Beast" should get at least one vote, so I'll be it.

That's two votes, for me it's his best opener just beating Station to Station. "Heroes" is his best album in my opinion by quite a long way.

"It's No Game" for me

Didn't realise that 'It's No Game' dates back to the Space Oddity era, sounds good in its original take, although a very different vibe to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDCHqejcOfI&feature=related

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Holy shit, "I'm Tired of My Life" just blew my mind!

"Watch that man" as a standalone song, 'cuz stationtostation is just such a complete masterwerk (as a ablum)

"New Killer Star" is a new killer opener too! Best song on the album too.

Wait, I love when he says, "Never say anything nice again, how can I?"

Sunday is also really good

Although there's some better tracks there, "Five Years" serves as the best opener.

SO wanted to vote for Uncle Arthur....

but I went for Speed Of Life instead - Willem OTM.

I am torn between Fantastic Voyage and Five Years

Yes

Although there's some better tracks there, "Five Years" serves as the best opener.

And yes again.

Station to Station's a cracker once it gets going, I just find that build up too looooong I'm afraid.

Thread on opening tracks that are the longest tracks on an album anyone?

Another vote for Speed Of Life here, and willem etc very much OTM

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i didnt vote so consider a tie between 5 years and StS

I didn't either so consider StS winning anyway.

so i'd bring a friend to vote