The Friday Canon: DAME DAVID BOWIE

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

What a lot of singles David Bowie has had! But which are the best? This week's instalment of the canon polls casts a spotlight on the mysterious Pierrot of Pop through the prism of his Top 40 hits, including collaborations and....side projects.

You get NINETEEN ticks to sum up Bowie's style-spanning career.




[Poll #838332]

Comments

Re: Hang on 1x minute again

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's where JLC got the name from.

It was Bowie's alias during his cocaine and krautrock phase in the mid-70s.

Re: Hang on 1x minute again

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh OK. I didn't know it was possible to just nick other people's nicknames wholesale!

Re: Hang on 1x minute again

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

iirc it was appearing on the credits to JLC remixes as 'Thin White DUCK' at least once.

"I didn't know it was possible to just nick other people's nicknames wholesale!"

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

um, there's a columnist for the Financial Times wants a word with you, alex.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

OK, a TEAM of columnists (http://www.ft.com/lex/about)