This is sooooo Funky. S tier for me too. I love it & spin the vinyl 45 often. I was playing it in a soul funk mix & a DJ friend, who does funk, was amazed having never heard it & now includes it in her mixes
Stick with Bread and ABBA. Safer bets for your limited 1970’s music experience lol. It’s okay we don’t expect you to have the same taste as those of us who grew up in the 1970’s. Tool needs supporters too
The 'vocal stylings' of this song are an essential characteristic of Bowie's Thin White Duke persona. A Berlin cabaret performer who feels nothing and cynically croons out romantic lyrics. The Thin White Duke character eventually birthed the Station to Station album, just a remarkable work. It's hard to fully respond to Bowie without taking each of his adopted personalities into consideration. He's really a singer/performance artist. Or maybe just wholly unique in the history of popular music.
Yeah, this feels like the culmination of that persona, and great point that his position in his career is a huge factor in listening to him. Taking in an album like Low, or Station to Station, or even Outside, should all be done with context, just makes it that much more intriguing.
MF DOOM and Eminem both did albums under different personas. Not that they are Bowie or were first. I'm just spitballing ideas of others who did that type of thing.
Yeah, right? I'm surprised too. I liked Golden Years as a kid, and it still holds up. Are there 10 Bowie songs I like better? Sure. But this is still golden.
I remember hearing Golden Years when it was first on the radio and it’s still just as fresh and cool as it was in 1975. Young Americans, Fame, and Golden Years all just seemed to appear at the same time and every time they came on the radio it was like you were hearing something from a different world.
They're crazy in the coconut. This is one of *the* great Bowie songs, it funks, was miles ahead and his voice swoops and soars to brilliant effect. It feels like it could have been on Young Americans. Tres cool.
I dont understand how you guys found this song weird. Its one of Bowies gems, a masterpiece. The lyrics mean alot to me now. The truth is todays computer generated music has lost its soul and sounds weird. Im thankful i grew up when i did. We definitely had the best music.
The one segment where he essentially is rapping (around the 3 minute to 3:30 mark give or take)...before Rap was "known," is amazing. The fact that they play this song on the Classic R&B station on SiriusXM just underlines Bowie's versatility. They don't play Springsteen, Mercury/Queen, Sting on that channel...but they play Bowie...and they play this song. Thanks for sharing this incredible S Tier classic, despite what the boys gave it.
WOW!! Love this song, A+ at least for me, really A++! Proper use of handclaps and whistling! Haha! Bowie's music has been SO inspirational to sci fi!! There's a miniseries Stephen King wrote in 1991 called "Golden Years" and this was the theme song. There are also the great BBC shows Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, etc. Bowie's influence goes in many directions!
Incredible song !! When it was released I would wait all day to hear it multiple times on the radio back in 1976 - Made me a fan - It was one of his biggest hits - released a few months after Fame
This song is familiar if you're a Heath Ledger fan. In the movie "A Knight's Tale" this was the song played at the ball after one of the jousting tournaments. It starts slow, like medieval times, then slowly goes to full blown rock.
I was expecting minium A+ rating. I was 14 when I first heard this one and it's been one of my favorite songs by anyone since then. Shocked that this wouldn't be an S tier for anyone who hears it.
You two have my utmost respect for the thought and reflection you put into your reactions and the way you understand your holding others treasured memories in your hands when you discuss your reaction to any given song !…… so I will take on board what you’ve said , thank you for your opinion and close the door behind me . ( on the other side of the door : Are you Fkn kidding me ? You CANNOT be serious ! What were you thinking guys , you’ve missed out here big time …. Jeez I gotta go and lie down Youve disappointed me massively ) 🎤drop….😭 👍🏴
I was 10 when it came out, loved it immediately. A subtle soulful eargasm groove... and Bowie doing all the different vocal stuff he can do, from high to low. Still gets me in a trance.
I love love love this from Bowie. The vocals are insanely good - the range is incredible. Only Bowie. In my head this matches your reaction to Heart's "Straight On" - I don't know how you do not get lost in the sauce on either.
This is from Bowies greatest album Station to Station. One of my favorite albums ever made. You guys HAVE to listen to the title track. His Magnum Opus in my opinion. It’s 10 minutes but goes by way faster. Edit: Word on a Wing and Stay from this album are standouts too although the whole thing is terrific.
Station to Station was not a greatest hits album. But I do think it was a “distracted” album, from a time when his life was troubled, and he was trying to be and do, too many things.
IN YOUR OPINION !!!!!! Jeez !! IMHO Ziggy is his greatest album !! There is NO Definitive greatest album , only what’s the greatest to you …. 🎤drop 👍🏴
When i was but a wee lad, I thought this song was about living in your golden years,, when you were old. Never listened to the words, BUT whwn all y'all played it, and it's been several years since I've heard the song, i looked up the lyrics. It appears i thought wrong, as is my wont. By my definition, I am well i to my golden years. Im on the older side of 70, but this song is saying the now is the golden years. Enjoy today. Sometimes you just have to live in and enjoy the moment. When my brothers and i get together, we talk about some, at the time, terrible things which happsnrd to us, you know teeage angst type thing, so life destrying at the time, and we laugh about it now. Dang, everyday is a golden day/yezr, even if it sucks.
The production on the song is great. Always been a favorite of mine. The cadence of his vocals along with all of the little nuances and the drums, percussion, pretty much all tracks. It's Bowie doing his typical approach a slightly different than the last great thing he wrote.
You have to hit 'Stay', 'TVC15' and of course 'Station to Station' out of this my favorite Bowie album and probably his most underrated. Those songs are monumental!
STATION TO STATION is my all-time favorite David Bowie album. Every song is a gem. The title track is amazing. Treat yourselves. "Weird" = different, "Weirdness" = creativity, and Bowie was the king of creativity. Nothing wrong with that.
Ooh, I was hoping the other day you'd do Bowie again soon. Thanks!! This is one of my favs, so smooth. Aw, guys, give it another try. Listen to how the backing tracks drive the song forward. Circular, somehow, like train wheels in motion, but subtle. I'm sure it will grow on you.
Guys, just rate the full album, Station to Station. This was an album heavily influenced by soul and funk. Vocally his voice dropped into that vocal register that Alex finds “ weird “. Frankly it’s more mainstream sounding and was a big hit inAmerica….compared to his Ziggy period. Bowie was considered far too weird for the American audience in 1972-73 ( Ziggy period ) Fame did launch him into the mainstream and allowed him to really stretch on Station to Station. It’s a friggin’ masterpiece. Many have already commented. This record and Hunky Dory 1971…pre Ziggy, are my two favorite Bowie records. I hope eventually you’ll get to them both. PS - Hunky Dory features Yes keyboard player Rick Wakeman ( pre- Yes) and Station to Station features Roy Bittan, E Street band pianist. Both major talents.
Everything Bowie did was stellar. I saw him as Ziggy Stardust & The Thin Whire Duke. He was incredible. Such a performer. Loved him since I was 15. 50 year fan. Now I'm in my Golden Years. RIP DAVID🙏🕊✌🌻🌻 Dudes Bowie was one of a kind.
This song is so catchy that as soon as I saw the title, it started playing in my head, that wap, wap, wap just never goes away. It is such a cool song, and production is great. Bowie was absolutely brilliant and with every album, he reinvented himself and always pressed the edges of the envelope. This is a lot different from Ziggy Stardust, Space Odity and anything else in his catalog in just about every way, other then his unique voice. I love the single hard drum beat right before he starts singing the first verse. If you haven't hit it yet, Suffragette City by Bowie is a banger.
yeh the ziggy sufferagette on the radio other kinda like xztop jesus and bus have tolisten to back to back theres a local band from.virginia local does a really.great cover of golden yeara got some local airplay promo cd and shows
YES!!!! MY favorite artist of all time!!!! Thanks so much gor this. David Bowie has so many great songs that dont get much airplay, in fact i like more of his non played songs than the popular ones. This is a gem, as is the whole Station to Station lp!!❤❤
First time I remember hearing this tune was at the beginning of the CBS mini-series called Golden Years. By the time the opening credits ended I didn't care about the show anymore. I just wanted to hear this song again and again and again.
If you haven't seen the movie, A Knights Tale, it's so funny...and this song, among several other classic rock songs are featured. And, if you have seen Bowie in The Labrynth you are missing out. This one, the ranges in his voice are incredible. Appreciate your honesty, though! To me, he's a genius.
Funny you picked this for today because I suggested the title track in response to your poll question Friday with the added twist that I came around to considering it to be one of my favorite songs of all time.
@@stewarthorden9621 Too many people don't know that song exists, and it is one of Bowie's best. Golden Years is a well produced song, but nowhere near the best Bowie song, but it's a song people know and request/recommend. This happens a lot on reaction channels, and it's a shame because if the first impressions are formed on the radio hits that are not the best an artist has to offer, a lot of really good songs get overlooked.
@@guichogf5636 so many artists: e.g., Beatles, Stones, Police/Sting, CSNY: together whether 2, 3, or all 4; or each individually-I can name dozens of artists/groups-have had storied careers over decades-- and those of us, like I, who have listened to them from the beginning on, can really appreciate the growth, changes. To pick a song so randomly can be troublesome. Yes, there’s something to be said for an honest reaction without much knowledge of the artist(s). But omg! when you have watched and listened to them all along their careers as they reflect both the music and politics of those points in history - it’s such a different experience. The information that lives in our heads as we grew/grow along with these artists added/adds SO much to the experience. Btw, I love all of Bowie and have seen him at least once a decade since Ziggy. I love Heroes (and this in a few languages) esp the live version near the Berlin Wall when it came was about to come down in 1989; And off the top of my head (and these are the more popular tunes): Young Americans, This Is Not America, I’m Afraid of Americans; Ricochet, Queen Bitch, Wild Is the Wind, Jump They Say, Cat People, China Girl, Be My Wife, John I’m Only Dancing, Oh You Pretty Things, Starman, Changes, Is There Life On Mars?, 1984 . . . And I LOVE his cover of Springsteen’s It’s So Hard to Be Saint in the City! And as you mentioned Panic in Detroit. I don’t have a favorite song, just a favorite of the day, but every time I hear “Aladdin Sane” I get a lump in my throat.
No Bowie playlist should be without this song. I'd give it an A or A- at lowest. When I'm in that exact mood, maybe borderline S tier. This brings me to what I think is the problem with how Andy and Alex rate things though too: so much of it is trying to compare it to other songs instead of just giving it it's own due. I don't care if I think Bowie has 53 S tier songs, it's not going to stop me from giving song 54 that rating too, even if it's not as standout as 35 of the others. It is what it is regardless of other songs. I mean, am I rating a song or an artist's entire catalog at the same time?
I believe that you haven't hit "Changes" yet, which is one of his biggest songs. I definitely think it's the biggest one that you haven't hit, at least of his pre-1982 songs. So that's where I would go next with Bowie.
I didn't like this song in the 70's. 30 yrs later, it's in a movie with a dance routine. (A Knights Tale) This crazy movie made me love it. And I have ever since. Check it out.😅
I try to think of this from a perspective of today's music and I guess I could see it as a little weird, but it was not weird then. I bet if they listened to it a couple of times they'd like it more. Some songs don't hit you right away but after a couple of listens they're great.
I absolutely love this song. The sad thing about reaction channels is that so much content is needed I doubt the reactors ever personally go back to the same music. Bowie especially needs time to grow on you.
I'm not a huge Bowie fan. To me he is one of those artists who was not blessed with a great voice but he knows how to use his voice very well. I have not heard this track in a while, but I really like and admire it. When Bowie first came out, I thought he was too weird for me. But I do now realize that he is one of the best musical artists of my lifetime.
Wow! I’m usually on the same page. But not this time. This is amongst my favorite Bowie songs. Maybe you guys like ranch on your wings, but I’ll take blue cheese. Different strokes, I guess. Glad you did the song, though.
One of my favorite Bowie songs. Maybe it would grow on you? Maybe it rises in the context of other Bowie tunes? My first exposure to Bowie other than the radio was Changes One. This was definitely near the top of the heap for me on that album.
Back of the bar pool table with jukebox...this was the jam. It's so endearing to hear someone qualify the best Bowie when they haven't heard minimum 50% of his albums. FIRST 3 EVEN?
Station to Staton (maybe his best to me) and TVC 15 (guitars are fricking awesome too !! ) are amazing songs from this album !! Golden Years was on the radio all the time
Ageeed this was Bowies best album. The Thin White Duke, TVC15 written on a cocaine addled binge. Fame written with the help of John Lennon as an “FU” to the music industry as a whole, Word on a Wing, brilliant .. on a personal note the Isolar tour of 1976 in support of the album was the third time myself seeing Bowie in his former persona’s and iterations. By far this was my favorite concert. After a strange avant-garde short film by Picssso showed on a giant screen as the opening act, the wailing guitar start of the song Station to Station got going, sitting in first row, first balcony seats angled perfectly viewing the stage, the balcony started rocking up and down due to all seated there tapping there feet in unison. Carlos Alomar was on fire playing guitar. The tour was commonly called the Thin White Duke tour, and my experience was on March 17th evening, which in Boston as everyone knows St. Patrick’s Day is no small event either. One of my favorite concerts, of the many attended in the 70s. Wish I kept all my ticket stubs, think this concert cost $9.50 😉. True story Most paid back then was 1975 Rolling Stones who commanded $15.50, with Billy Preston on keyboards 😎
Simple yet complex at the same time is a great way to put it. With this and a lot of other Bowie songs, the more you hear it the more you get out of it.
Bowie was definitely a unique, diverse musician. My favorite albums were The Man Who Sold the World, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, and Diamond Dogs. You could do a comparison reaction to Bowie's version of The Man Who Sold the World and the Curt Cobain/Nirvana version. ✌️
Interesting - this is one of Bowie's best songs for me. S tier. One of the best grooves ever put on record.
Agree
The world agreed, at least in USA. It was a top 10 hit when released, with extensive radio play all year in 1975.
This is sooooo Funky. S tier for me too. I love it & spin the vinyl 45 often. I was playing it in a soul funk mix & a DJ friend, who does funk, was amazed having never heard it & now includes it in her mixes
Silly youngsters! This is Bowie at his best!
They're coming off way too jaded lately. I agree, this is a great Bowie song.
Yes. Great Dance Song, that wasn't Disco.
this may be his Best song
Stick with Bread and ABBA. Safer bets for your limited 1970’s music experience lol. It’s okay we don’t expect you to have the same taste as those of us who grew up in the 1970’s. Tool needs supporters too
Best album yes,not best song
I love Bowie tunes from this era: Fame, Golden Years, Stay, Young Americans.
I personally think "Young Americans" is an AMAZING song. As hard to sing as any song ever sung not based on vocal gymnastics/show-off range nonsense.
@hughdalton7622 I was going to say the same exact thing about Golden Years - listen to that melody - extremely advanced!
Stay has a devastating riff.
Yep that would be my list of Bowie favorites too!
I remember having that 45 single , this was the B-side of Fame
The 'vocal stylings' of this song are an essential characteristic of Bowie's Thin White Duke persona. A Berlin cabaret performer who feels nothing and cynically croons out romantic lyrics. The Thin White Duke character eventually birthed the Station to Station album, just a remarkable work. It's hard to fully respond to Bowie without taking each of his adopted personalities into consideration. He's really a singer/performance artist. Or maybe just wholly unique in the history of popular music.
Yeah, this feels like the culmination of that persona, and great point that his position in his career is a huge factor in listening to him. Taking in an album like Low, or Station to Station, or even Outside, should all be done with context, just makes it that much more intriguing.
MF DOOM and Eminem both did albums under different personas. Not that they are Bowie or were first. I'm just spitballing ideas of others who did that type of thing.
The kids are just young and don’t have any experience with living through the evolution of Bowie from Ziggy to Let’s Dance
Actually it reminded me of Zappa, hehe.
@@troyhodges9810 they are callow posers
WHOAAA, you guys threw a curveball there. I LOVE 'Golden Years', one of my favourite Bowies.
Agreed. The guys are jaded.
Mine too.
Great Dance Song.
Sometimes, A&A really show their age, because this is one of Bowie's best. @@bodhisattva3774
Yeah, right? I'm surprised too. I liked Golden Years as a kid, and it still holds up. Are there 10 Bowie songs I like better? Sure. But this is still golden.
these guys are burnt out with bad ears
He was such a natural singer, listen to all his tones and range. This is a vocal masterpiece
One of the most obvious S tiers out of any song you've covered. So smooth, so funky, so perfect.
STAY!
Don't forget Andy gave Duran Duran an S
Maybe they were hungover.
I concur.
I remember hearing Golden Years when it was first on the radio and it’s still just as fresh and cool as it was in 1975.
Young Americans, Fame, and Golden Years all just seemed to appear at the same time and every time they came on the radio it was like you were hearing something from a different world.
Young Americans is one of my faves.
They're crazy in the coconut. This is one of *the* great Bowie songs, it funks, was miles ahead and his voice swoops and soars to brilliant effect. It feels like it could have been on Young Americans. Tres cool.
Bowie wasn't weird, he was a genius
Bowie never followed trends, he set them.
He was Weird and a Genius!
That whistle will Haunt you!
I didn't know they had to be mutually exclusive
Often synonymous
Are you guys kidding!? Such a wonderfully creative and stylish groove! May be my fave Bowie tune!
I dont understand how you guys found this song weird. Its one of Bowies gems, a masterpiece. The lyrics mean alot to me now. The truth is todays computer generated music has lost its soul and sounds weird. Im thankful i grew up when i did. We definitely had the best music.
Bowie at his finest. That run from station to station to scary monsters was everything
start with Young Amercans
The one segment where he essentially is rapping (around the 3 minute to 3:30 mark give or take)...before Rap was "known," is amazing. The fact that they play this song on the Classic R&B station on SiriusXM just underlines Bowie's versatility. They don't play Springsteen, Mercury/Queen, Sting on that channel...but they play Bowie...and they play this song. Thanks for sharing this incredible S Tier classic, despite what the boys gave it.
Absolutely love this song, especially its inclusion in the A Knight’s Tale. Such an underrated movie with an iconic soundtrack lol
I loved the way the court dance morphed into Golden Years! Great scene!!
The whole soundtrack rocks. Worth the watch.
One of the best dance scenes ever!!
@@joelscottarnold3262 I agree!!
Loved watching them dancing to this song!
One of the great songs at the roller rink in the 70’s. The rhythm is just perfect.
Hell yeah!
I’m sure I skated to this!
I feel like if you don't recognize the genius in this, then maybe Bowie is not available to you yet. He is graduate student level music.
Swing and a miss guys. One of the original raps gone down in this tune. Influential even beyond rock and roll.
For me Station to Station is Bowie's absolute BEST. Every song KILLS. One of those rare "perfect" albums. Beautiful music.
Wow! I’m stunned. One of his best, from one of his best albums, imho. I really appreciate even more since I’m now in my golden years.
Yeah! I don't see how they can't appreciate how great this song is!!
I’m older, it’s not one of Bowie’s best.
I feel sad for you guys. I have no idea how you find this song "weird". It's a total groove.
If it's not weird then it's derivative.
It's weird.
@@fuckamericanidiot It's only weird if you like pablum pop. And derivative of what?
Seriously! WTF??????
WOW!! Love this song, A+ at least for me, really A++! Proper use of handclaps and whistling! Haha! Bowie's music has been SO inspirational to sci fi!! There's a miniseries Stephen King wrote in 1991 called "Golden Years" and this was the theme song. There are also the great BBC shows Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, etc. Bowie's influence goes in many directions!
I was going to mention this mini-series but you beat me to it. Great series and a great use of this song.
Amazing track from Bowie. I used to play it as a DJ in the late 70s & early 80s. Quite popular along with some Stones, T-Rex and Queen.
Incredible song !! When it was released I would wait all day to hear it multiple times on the radio back in 1976 - Made me a fan - It was one of his biggest hits - released a few months after Fame
This song is familiar if you're a Heath Ledger fan. In the movie "A Knight's Tale" this was the song played at the ball after one of the jousting tournaments. It starts slow, like medieval times, then slowly goes to full blown rock.
One of my favorite Bowie songs! Y’all definitely missed it on this one. Hit something from Let’s Dance - maybe, Modern Love.
I was expecting minium A+ rating. I was 14 when I first heard this one and it's been one of my favorite songs by anyone since then. Shocked that this wouldn't be an S tier for anyone who hears it.
Agreed. Great song. Lame reaction.
No guitar solo? Is that it?
Funny!
It's not even the best song on "Station to Station". Considering Bowie's talents, this song wasn't his best effort. Their rating is correct.
This is one of my favorite Bowie songs of all time. It's so funky and weird in all the right ways.
This is greatness. Bowie at his best. This lacks the shiny trinkets and bells that holds you guy’s attention.
You two have my utmost respect for the thought and reflection you put into your reactions and the way you understand your holding others treasured memories in your hands when you discuss your reaction to any given song !…… so I will take on board what you’ve said , thank you for your opinion and close the door behind me .
( on the other side of the door : Are you Fkn kidding me ? You CANNOT be serious ! What were you thinking guys , you’ve missed out here big time …. Jeez I gotta go and lie down Youve disappointed me massively ) 🎤drop….😭
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Just when you think these two understand music better than anyone else doing reaction videos, they throw you this curveball.
@user-kv2tj4du8p Same here...
@user-kv2tj4du8p 🤣 quite right my friend
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@@Topnikko it’s a bit like finding your fav politician grabs 🐈⬛ and boasts about it to his mates …. Sad face 😔
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Agree with you 100%! I think maybe it’s a generational thing with these guys. I’d give it at least an A+ or better!
I was 10 when it came out, loved it immediately. A subtle soulful eargasm groove... and Bowie doing all the different vocal stuff he can do, from high to low. Still gets me in a trance.
Yes! It was, and is, epic!
I love love love this from Bowie. The vocals are insanely good - the range is incredible. Only Bowie. In my head this matches your reaction to Heart's "Straight On" - I don't know how you do not get lost in the sauce on either.
I don't understand it, either. I watched this video to see the guys gush over this song. Boy was I surprised.
This is from Bowies greatest album Station to Station. One of my favorite albums ever made. You guys HAVE to listen to the title track. His Magnum Opus in my opinion. It’s 10 minutes but goes by way faster.
Edit: Word on a Wing and Stay from this album are standouts too although the whole thing is terrific.
Station to Station was not a greatest hits album. But I do think it was a “distracted” album, from a time when his life was troubled, and he was trying to be and do, too many things.
@@davidwilkins5932 I didn’t call it a greatest hits album I called it his greatest album.
@@davidwilkins5932 maybe I should’ve used the word best
IN YOUR OPINION !!!!!! Jeez !!
IMHO Ziggy is his greatest album !! There is NO Definitive greatest album , only what’s the greatest to you …. 🎤drop
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I agree there is no definitive Bowie album! He maintained his genius throughout his many incarnations!!@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering
Thanks guys Bowie on a Monday you can't go wrong. Do wop wop wop to you both
When I listen to Bowie I feel like he's coming from a time and space that I will never understand. I just go for the ride and enjoy the creativity.
Wow, did you guys really miss the boat on this one. A truly great piece of work.
One of his best tunes. Complete S-Tier status. Great iconic singer and musician. Not weird, authentic creative artist.
I hope my golden years sound just like this! It’s freakin amazing!!
This was quintessential classic Bowie. Definitely in his top 5 songs. Rare miss for you guys.
One of my fav Bowie tracks! Check out TVC 15 from the same album
I love this song. Bowie was a true original and in the time it came out it was 🔥
A&A are showing their youth on this reaction. Sometimes they don't understand the context or time in which many songs were released.
What she said.
When i was but a wee lad, I thought this song was about living in your golden years,, when you were old. Never listened to the words, BUT whwn all y'all played it, and it's been several years since I've heard the song, i looked up the lyrics. It appears i thought wrong, as is my wont.
By my definition, I am well i to my golden years. Im on the older side of 70, but this song is saying the now is the golden years. Enjoy today. Sometimes you just have to live in and enjoy the moment.
When my brothers and i get together, we talk about some, at the time, terrible things which happsnrd to us, you know teeage angst type thing, so life destrying at the time, and we laugh about it now.
Dang, everyday is a golden day/yezr, even if it sucks.
This is one of my all time favorite songs!!
The production on the song is great. Always been a favorite of mine. The cadence of his vocals along with all of the little nuances and the drums, percussion, pretty much all tracks. It's Bowie doing his typical approach a slightly different than the last great thing he wrote.
This is one of my favorite Bowie tracks. He actually wrote it for Elvis, but the Colonel never let him hear it, I guess.
Cmon you guys HAVE TO hit “Let’s Dance” . Classic Bowie tune with Stevie Ray Vaughan playing lead!!!
One thing about Bowie is you can't say he is the same old one trick pony. You should see and hear him in the 80s. Try China Girl.
You have to hit 'Stay', 'TVC15' and of course 'Station to Station' out of this my favorite Bowie album and probably his most underrated. Those songs are monumental!
this song takes time to get used to and like, it's so sophisticated it requires repeated listens, but once it gets its hook in you, its in for good
Possibly my favourite Bowie song.
Bowie is a fine example of an Artist that doesn't rhyme merely for rhyme's sake. His musical poetry makes his songs epic and well worth the listen!
STATION TO STATION is my all-time favorite David Bowie album. Every song is a gem. The title track is amazing. Treat yourselves.
"Weird" = different, "Weirdness" = creativity, and Bowie was the king of creativity. Nothing wrong with that.
Ooh, I was hoping the other day you'd do Bowie again soon. Thanks!! This is one of my favs, so smooth.
Aw, guys, give it another try. Listen to how the backing tracks drive the song forward. Circular, somehow, like train wheels in motion, but subtle. I'm sure it will grow on you.
" ...run for the shadows...."
gotta b my fav lyrics in this song .
This song snaps, crackles, pops! Definitely "S" Tier. Respectfully, you guys are wrong. Tasty, danceable rhythms. Major hit back in the day!
OH MY GOD I can't believe your reactions! This song is an absolute BANGER
Constantly evolving......Bowie is wonderful at every stage of his career.
Bowie is above and beyond anything. Remember that. Weird? Hardly.
It’s a song for dancing. Not sitting around and judging.
OMG, I can't even relate to the reaction here. This tune is incredible.
Guys, just rate the full album, Station to Station. This was an album heavily influenced by soul and funk. Vocally his voice dropped into that vocal register that Alex finds “ weird “. Frankly it’s more mainstream sounding and was a big hit inAmerica….compared to his Ziggy period. Bowie was considered far too weird for the American audience in 1972-73 ( Ziggy period )
Fame did launch him into the mainstream and allowed him to really stretch on Station to Station. It’s a friggin’ masterpiece. Many have already commented. This record and Hunky Dory 1971…pre Ziggy, are my two favorite Bowie records. I hope eventually you’ll get to them both.
PS - Hunky Dory features Yes keyboard player Rick Wakeman ( pre- Yes) and Station to Station features Roy Bittan, E Street band pianist. Both major talents.
Everything Bowie did was stellar. I saw him as Ziggy Stardust & The Thin Whire Duke. He was incredible. Such a performer. Loved him since I was 15. 50 year fan. Now I'm in my Golden Years. RIP DAVID🙏🕊✌🌻🌻 Dudes Bowie was one of a kind.
This song is so catchy that as soon as I saw the title, it started playing in my head, that wap, wap, wap just never goes away. It is such a cool song, and production is great. Bowie was absolutely brilliant and with every album, he reinvented himself and always pressed the edges of the envelope. This is a lot different from Ziggy Stardust, Space Odity and anything else in his catalog in just about every way, other then his unique voice. I love the single hard drum beat right before he starts singing the first verse. If you haven't hit it yet, Suffragette City by Bowie is a banger.
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A+. Great production, and an awesome capturing of a time in all our lives.
YES!!!! MY favorite artist of all time!!!! Thanks so much gor this. David Bowie has so many great songs that dont get much airplay, in fact i like more of his non played songs than the popular ones. This is a gem, as is the whole Station to Station lp!!❤❤
David Bowie love❤❤❤ one my favorite singer songwriter. You've to listen to I'm deranged a soundtrack from the movie Lost Highway.
A&A, you'll love his "Modern Love", "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" and "Changes"!!! Stevie Ray Vaughn on guitar for "Modern Love"!
The way he treated Stevie Ray Vaughan wasn't Bowie's finest moment.
Wow very surprised at your reaction. Great Bowie song.
Love him or not, Bowie made some very interesting music throughout his career. Completely unafraid to take risks. I admire that.
Ahemmm "Golden Years" is one of his best songs. Listen to it again.
I dont get it. If this song came on the radio and I didnt know who it was I would be floored. So cool.
First time I remember hearing this tune was at the beginning of the CBS mini-series called Golden Years. By the time the opening credits ended I didn't care about the show anymore. I just wanted to hear this song again and again and again.
If you haven't seen the movie, A Knights Tale, it's so funny...and this song, among several other classic rock songs are featured.
And, if you have seen Bowie in The Labrynth you are missing out.
This one, the ranges in his voice are incredible. Appreciate your honesty, though!
To me, he's a genius.
Funny you picked this for today because I suggested the title track in response to your poll question Friday with the added twist that I came around to considering it to be one of my favorite songs of all time.
Station to Station will still be listened to in 100 years, one of the greatest albums of the 20th century, six superb songs.
The whole Aladdin Sane album is excellent, Lady Grinning Soul, Panic in Detroit and Aladdin Sane, excellent music. Bowie has incredible musical range.
Much appreciated for the recognition of this wonderful creative masterpiece, Lady Grinning Soul is to die for...Man that piano.
@@stewarthorden9621 Too many people don't know that song exists, and it is one of Bowie's best. Golden Years is a well produced song, but nowhere near the best Bowie song, but it's a song people know and request/recommend. This happens a lot on reaction channels, and it's a shame because if the first impressions are formed on the radio hits that are not the best an artist has to offer, a lot of really good songs get overlooked.
@@guichogf5636 so many artists: e.g., Beatles, Stones, Police/Sting, CSNY: together whether 2, 3, or all 4; or each individually-I can name dozens of artists/groups-have had storied careers over decades-- and those of us, like I, who have listened to them from the beginning on, can really appreciate the growth, changes.
To pick a song so randomly can be troublesome. Yes, there’s something to be said for an honest reaction without much knowledge of the artist(s). But omg! when you have watched and listened to them all along their careers as they reflect both the music and politics of those points in history -
it’s such a different experience. The information that lives in our heads as we grew/grow along with these artists added/adds SO much to the experience.
Btw, I love all of Bowie and have seen him at least once a decade since Ziggy. I love Heroes (and this in a few languages) esp the live version near the Berlin Wall when it came was about to come down in 1989; And off the top of my head (and these are the more popular tunes): Young Americans, This Is Not America, I’m Afraid of Americans; Ricochet, Queen Bitch, Wild Is the Wind, Jump They Say, Cat People, China Girl, Be My Wife, John I’m Only Dancing, Oh You Pretty Things, Starman, Changes, Is There Life On Mars?, 1984 . . .
And I LOVE his cover of Springsteen’s It’s So Hard to Be Saint in the City!
And as you mentioned Panic in Detroit. I don’t have a favorite song, just a favorite of the day, but every time I hear “Aladdin Sane” I get a lump in my throat.
Friends..this is such a cool song…
This is a song that grows on you after several listens.
My favorite Bowie song. Loved how they used it in A Knight's Tale. Such a fricking groove.
I miss David Bowie 😢
It's ok honey, Bowie didn't die, he just returned to his home planet.
A+ for me. the more you hear it, the better it sounds. Cant judge it on just one listen....it's true!
No Bowie playlist should be without this song. I'd give it an A or A- at lowest. When I'm in that exact mood, maybe borderline S tier. This brings me to what I think is the problem with how Andy and Alex rate things though too: so much of it is trying to compare it to other songs instead of just giving it it's own due. I don't care if I think Bowie has 53 S tier songs, it's not going to stop me from giving song 54 that rating too, even if it's not as standout as 35 of the others. It is what it is regardless of other songs. I mean, am I rating a song or an artist's entire catalog at the same time?
I believe that you haven't hit "Changes" yet, which is one of his biggest songs. I definitely think it's the biggest one that you haven't hit, at least of his pre-1982 songs. So that's where I would go next with Bowie.
Definitely my favorite Bowie song.
Agree. My favorite from him.
Quintessential Bowie!
I didn't like this song in the 70's. 30 yrs later, it's in a movie with a dance routine. (A Knights Tale) This crazy movie made me love it. And I have ever since. Check it out.😅
I loved it when it came out. Now 30 years later I don't love it as much as I did then.
I try to think of this from a perspective of today's music and I guess I could see it as a little weird, but it was not weird then. I bet if they listened to it a couple of times they'd like it more. Some songs don't hit you right away but after a couple of listens they're great.
I absolutely love this song. The sad thing about reaction channels is that so much content is needed I doubt the reactors ever personally go back to the same music. Bowie especially needs time to grow on you.
"Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day, I believe Oh Lord, I believe all the way"
I'm not a huge Bowie fan. To me he is one of those artists who was not blessed with a great voice but he knows how to use his voice very well. I have not heard this track in a while, but I really like and admire it. When Bowie first came out, I thought he was too weird for me. But I do now realize that he is one of the best musical artists of my lifetime.
GREAT song! Put yer headphones back on and spin it a few more times
David Bowie was so coked up recording this that he couldn't remember it
Pretty sure it was the whole year he blanked out on.
Wow! I’m usually on the same page. But not this time. This is amongst my favorite Bowie songs. Maybe you guys like ranch on your wings, but I’ll take blue cheese. Different strokes, I guess. Glad you did the song, though.
One of my favorite Bowie songs. Maybe it would grow on you? Maybe it rises in the context of other Bowie tunes? My first exposure to Bowie other than the radio was Changes One. This was definitely near the top of the heap for me on that album.
Back of the bar pool table with jukebox...this was the jam. It's so endearing to hear someone qualify the best Bowie when they haven't heard minimum 50% of his albums. FIRST 3 EVEN?
Station to Staton (maybe his best to me) and TVC 15 (guitars are fricking awesome too !! ) are amazing songs from this album !! Golden Years was on the radio all the time
Ageeed this was Bowies best album. The Thin White Duke, TVC15 written on a cocaine addled binge. Fame written with the help of John Lennon as an “FU” to the music industry as a whole, Word on a Wing, brilliant .. on a personal note the Isolar tour of 1976 in support of the album was the third time myself seeing Bowie in his former persona’s and iterations. By far this was my favorite concert. After a strange avant-garde short film by Picssso showed on a giant screen as the opening act, the wailing guitar start of the song Station to Station got going, sitting in first row, first balcony seats angled perfectly viewing the stage, the balcony started rocking up and down due to all seated there tapping there feet in unison.
Carlos Alomar was on fire playing guitar. The tour was commonly called the Thin White Duke tour, and my experience was on March 17th evening, which in Boston as everyone knows St. Patrick’s Day is no small event either.
One of my favorite concerts, of the many attended in the 70s.
Wish I kept all my ticket stubs, think this concert cost $9.50 😉. True story
Most paid back then was 1975 Rolling Stones who commanded $15.50, with Billy Preston on keyboards 😎
I guess you just don’t get Bowie because this is so simple and complex at the same time. Such a creative record.
Simple yet complex at the same time is a great way to put it. With this and a lot of other Bowie songs, the more you hear it the more you get out of it.
This song always reminds me of 'A Knight's Tale'. One of my favorite movies.
Bowie was definitely a unique, diverse musician. My favorite albums were The Man Who Sold the World, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, and Diamond Dogs. You could do a comparison reaction to Bowie's version of The Man Who Sold the World and the Curt Cobain/Nirvana version. ✌️
I think you need to smoke a doob and listen to it again 😂
I remember watching him perform this song on soul train ✌️r
And "Fame"!! That's when you knew he was cool! Hahaha!
At 14 years old when this song came out, it took a couple of listens before it really started to grow on me, now it's one of my favorites.
"Sound and Vision" is great; "Changes".
Changes is seconded here