My friends Jeni-Q and Cristin put together their Top 20 Bowie songs over at Jeni-Q’s place. That seemed rather simple enough. So, I thought I’d do it myself. First off, here’s theirs.

For Jeni it was:

• Five Years
• Cygnet Committee
• The London Boys
• I Dig Everything
• Win
• Young Americans
• Let Me Sleep Beside You
• The Gospel According To Tony Day
• Candidate
• Be My Wife
• Breaking Glass
• Fantastic Voyage
• Strangers When We Meet
• Wild Is The Wind
• Black Country Rock
• Moonage Daydream (A. Corns)
• Life On Mars?
• Quicksand
• Boys Keep Swinging
• Station To Station
• Ashes To Ashes
• God Only Knows

For Cristin it was:

• Time
• Watch That Man
• Teenage Wildlife
• Moonage Daydream
• Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)
• Let Me Sleep Beside You
• Strangers When We Meet
• The Secret Life Of Arabia
• A New Career In A New Town
• Red Sails
• The Wedding Song
• Slow Burn
• V-2 Schneider
• Boys Keep Swinging
• Station To Station
• Suffragette City
• See Emily Play
• New Killer Star
• John, I’m Only Dancing

For me it was easy and I rifled off my top 20 in about five minutes:

• Moonage Daydream
• Heroes
• Time
• Silly Boy Blue
• Cygnet Committee
• Alternative Candidate (Demo)
• Quicksand
• Space Oddity
• Sound And Vision
• Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family
• John, I’m Only Dancing
• The Man Who Sold The World
• The Supermen
• Stay
• Station To Station
• The Bewlay Brothers
• Saviour Machine
• Panic In Detroit
• Cat People
• Blue Jean

No, but wait, Breaking Glass has to be on there somewhere. For that matter, Ashes To Ashes has to be on there somewhere. Sheez, All The Young Dudes has to be on there somewhere as well. Dangit, Under Pressure HAS to be on there as well. For that matter, Scary Monsters always makes for a great singing. And, my secret indulgence has always been Absolute Beginners. If I’m frustrated or aggravated, Five Years was always a good release, so maybe it should be on there too? Nah, Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide does that better. Mellow moods always had to have Word On A Wing. Just had to. Feelin raunchy? Gotta have Cracked Actor. Feel like rockin out? Gotta have Suffragette City and Rebel Rebel. Feelin weird? Gotta have Life On Mars?, Memory Of A Free Festival, Sweet Thing/Candidate/Reprise, and The Width Of A Circle. Feeling insightful………

Maybe this ain’t so easy after all……