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The Return of the Thin White Top Ten

For this, my top ten Bowie songs picks, it’s my third rodeo! As the blog’s made a bit of a comeback (for now, who knows?!), it seemed like a fun thing to reprise.

I did this the first time on November 9th 2003. I took a second shot on August 20th 2013.

But first, a pic. That’s how we do it, isn’t it?!

David Bowie headshot

And here’s the list…
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Best of Bowie (Ten Years On)

I am aghast to realise it was ten years ago (almost) that I tried to make a Bowie Top Ten list.

Thought I’d try similar, with the same reckless abandon, and see what comes out.

Oh, okay. A pic of Bowie first (a la last time).

David Bowie 2013

Nice scarf, Dave. And you do rock the odd gray streak in that awesomely luscious hair. 😉

Here goes the new Top Ten…
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Best of Bowie

Well, not really. I was thinking about the patently impossible task (suggested by David [dead link]) of making a Bowie Top Ten (see my general Favourite Sounds list here). Can’t be done! But I’ll grab ten songs anyway and refuse to stand by them tomorrow, okay?

But first…

Bowie Thursday's Child

Older and craggier, but still a God! Sorry, just wanted to include a photo. Right, here’s my carelessly compiled list…
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Favourite Fiction

Yep, another top ten. Which I might have posted earlier, but I had something to do (more later), plus I didn’t finish writing the list out until around noon. And so:

TOP TEN BOOKS (fiction)

01. The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle, 1887-1927) Fiction’s greatest detective. Over a span of 56 short stories and four novels, the quality is a mixed bag—the worst can be quite dull, the best simply magnificent. Almost all of them have great moments. Doyle was the reluctant creator of a true legend.

Complete Sherlock Holmes
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Favourite Films

A new Monday feature: Top Tens. For the next few weeks, anyway. This week I’ll try to list my…

TOP TEN MOVIES

Only about half of these movies would always make my list, no matter what; the rest is prone to change daily. Listed in no particular order…

01. King Kong (1933) Sentimental choice, of course—the four-year-old me who first saw this was spellbound. Today? It still it has a marvellous sense of wonder.

King Kong (1933)
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