After four amazing years of podcasting, our show has reached its completion. Join us in our final episode as we count down our top 100 David Bowie songs. We want to thank our listeners from the bottom of our hearts for joining us on this truly fantastic voyage through the career and life of David Bowie. Godspeed and good health.
Jesse and John reveal their combined ranking of Bowie's studio albums!
Our final season finale! Join us as we struggle to pare our favourites down to fifteen tracks. We also briefly touch on The Next Day EP and No Plan.
The end is near. Join us as we continue our Blackstar discussion in our final album episode. SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) Girl Loves Me Dollar Days I Can't Give Everything Away
This is it. Bowie's final studio LP and parting gift to the world. A masterpiece released two days before his death. Join us as we head back to late 2015/early 2016 and discuss the first half of " ★" SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: ★ 'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore Lazarus
Continued Next Day discussion including the album art, Tumble and Twirl award pick and mailbag. SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: If You Can See Me I'd Rather Be High Boss of Me Dancing Out in Space How Does the Grass Grow? (You Will) Set the World on Fire You Feel So Lonely You Could Die Heat
After disappearing from the public eye for a decade, Bowie surprises the world. SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: The Next Day Dirty Boys The Stars (Are Out Tonight) Love Is Lost Where Are We Now? Valentine's Day
We've arrived at Bowie's final tour. The 112-show Reality Tour - and to think it was cut short! We're joined by frequent guest Justin Waterman who shares his first hand account of the Winnipeg show from April 2004, and we discuss everything else from DB's health scare to lollipops to travelling pink bunnies. Recommended viewing: A Reality Tour DVD, David Bowie Reality Live at Hammersmith Riverside
Continued "Reality" discussion with Myles Malloy. One of us loves the album art, find out who you're throwing tomatoes at, and more! Myles makes music under the name Monosonder, check it out wherever you stream your tunes! (Spotify link below) https://open.spotify.com/artist/1LtWTY3ef6oap3DnVynwEl?si=ybrj_tZWSHSkPTduG29GWw SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: Days Fall Dog Bombs the Moon Try Some, Buy Some Reality Bring Me the Disco King...
We welcome back Myles Malloy to discuss Bowie's 2003 LP Reality. Myles makes music under the name Monosonder, check it out wherever you stream your tunes! (Spotify link below) https://open.spotify.com/artist/1LtWTY3ef6oap3DnVynwEl?si=ybrj_tZWSHSkPTduG29GWw SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: New Killer Star Pablo Picasso Never Get Old The Loneliest Guy Looking for Water She'll Drive the Big Car
Join us as we finish our Heathen discussion with side b, cover art, Tumble & Twirl™ award and our mailbag segment! SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: I Would Be Your Slave I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship 5:15 Angels Have Gone Everyone Says 'Hi' A Better Future Heathen (The Rays)
Dubbed by many as “best since Scary Monsters”, independent artist David Bowie released Heathen in 2002 under his new label ISO records. Join us as we begin our discussion on his first LP release of the new millennium. SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: Sunday Cactus Slip Away Slow Burn Afraid I’ve Been Waiting for You
Fantastic Voyage's eighth and final season begins with the unreleased Toy album from 2000. We spent a beautiful summer evening outdoors, as we tend to do to kick off a season, discussing the album, the box set, the unplugged and somewhat slightly electric versions, the leak, and yes... the album cover!
We touch on a few also rans and hash out our top 15 Bowie songs of the decade.
We spent a couple hours talking about this album. Here's the second half of our conversation including the album art and mailbag segments. SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: What's Really Happening? The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell New Angels of Promise Brilliant Adventure The Dreamers
Bowie's music takes another drastic turn with 1999's 'hours...' SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: Thursday's Child Something in the Air Survive If I'm Dreaming My Life Seven
Bowie celebrates his 50th birthday and then kicks off one of his heaviest of all tours. Recommended viewing/listening: Bowie's 50th Birthday at Madison Square Garden (YouTube) LiveAndWell.com (1999) (2021 re-release) Look at the Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97) (2021)
Continued EART HL I NG discussion. Plus our Tumble and Twirl award and mailbag segment. SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: Dead Man Walking Telling Lies The Last Thing You Should Do I'm Afraid of Americans Law (Earthlings on Fire)
Bowie and company enter the digital age in what becomes a jam packed album both musically and lyrically. So much to unpack! Special thanks to Jesse's wife Sarah for playing guitar on the Earthling episodes outro! SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: Little Wonder Looking for Satellites Battle for Britain (The Letter) Seven Years in Tibet
Bowie touts much of his new album and hand picks some fitting tunes from his vault in one of his most interesting tours to date. 99 shows between September '95 and October '96. Recommended viewing/listening: Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95) No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95) Rockpalast (Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfVR7Gw6ymg...
Continued Outside discussion with special guest Teenage Waitress including cover art, sides C & D tracks and our mailbag segment. Also check out the new Teenage Waitress album "Your Cuckoo" (2023) across streaming platforms now! An amazing bunch of songs that keeps you wondering where he's going next. We promise it will not bore you ;) SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: No Control Segue - Algeria Touchshriek The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (As Beauty) Segue - Ramona A. Stone/I Am with Name Wishful Begin...
Bowie reunites with some of his most important and influential collaborators, including Brian Eno, Mike Garson, Carlos Alomar, Reeves Gabrels for this ambitious project. We welcome the incredibly creative and talented musician Teenage Waitress to the show to help us tackle this horrifying masterpiece. SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: Leon Takes Us Outside Outside The Heart's Filthy Lesson A Small Plot of Land Segue - Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette) Hallo Spaceboy The Motel I Have Not Been to Oxford Town...
Jesse, John, and Myles continue their Buddha of Suburbia discussion in what ends up being our longest episode to date! We think Bowie would have liked that :) Stick around for the mailbag and Tumble & Twirl Award pick. SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: Strangers When We Meet Dead Against It Untitled No. 1 Ian Fish, U.K. Heir Buddha of Suburbia (Rock Version)
We're joined by our cousin, fellow podcast host, and fellow Bowie fanatic Myles Malloy as we talk about Bowie's great "lost" album! SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: Buddha of Suburbia Sex and the Church South Horizon The Mysteries Bleed Like a Craze, Dad Special thanks to Myles for his guitar work on the episode outro. Are you a fan of Rush? Or just a fan of listening to people talk about music? Check out Myles' podcast "Anthems" which covers the great Canadian band. Streaming across all the usual platfor...
What an eclectic bunch of songs on the second half of this album! Plus stick around for the mailbag segment. SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: Pallas Athena Miracle Goodnight Don't Let Me Down & Down Looking for Lester I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday The Wedding Song
Bowie's back with his first solo album in over half a decade. Join us as we discuss yet another one of his leaps of faith into another artistic direction in Black Tie White Noise, the bedrock of his Nineties output. SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: The Wedding You've Been Around I Feel Free Black Tie White Noise Jump They Say Nite Flights
We wrap up our sixth season with a top ten Tin Machine tracks list.
We lump together the "Tin Machine Tour" ('89) and the "It's My Life Tour" ('91-'92) in this episode. Recommended viewing/listening: Video: Live at the Docks - Hamburg 1991 (1992) Album: Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby (1992) Album: Live at La Cigale Paris, 25th June, 1989 (2019)
Some heavy songs on this side, and a couple of notorious ones too. Let's put out a hot take alert for this episode, tune in to find out why! SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: You Can't Talk Stateside Shopping for Girls A Big Hurt Sorry Goodbye Mr. Ed
It took getting through a tour, a solo world tour, filming a movie, and a record label change, but Tin Machine II was finally released in the fall of 1991. Here's our discussion on side a of TM's sophomore offering. SONGS IN THIS EPISODE: Baby Universal One Shot You Belong in Rock n Roll If There Is Something Amlapura Betty Wrong
