{"id":46338,"date":"2025-09-11T14:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/david-bowies-15-favorite-songs-revealed-in-unearthed-document\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:41:14","slug":"david-bowies-15-favorite-songs-revealed-in-unearthed-document","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/david-bowies-15-favorite-songs-revealed-in-unearthed-document\/","title":{"rendered":"David Bowie&#8217;s 15 Favorite Songs Revealed in Unearthed Document"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn just two days, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/exhibitions\/david-bowie-centre\">David Bowie Center<\/a> will open at the V&amp;A East Storehouse in London, giving the public access to a vast archive of 90,000 items from the singer\u2019s life and career. One of the more intriguing artifacts is a list of Bowie\u2019s 15 favorite songs from a document entitled \u201cMemo for radio show \u2014 list of favourite records.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Across the Universe (2016 Remaster)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QewCxJydjAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe list contains some unsurprising picks like Roxy Music\u2019s \u201cMother of Pearl,\u201d Sonic Youth\u2019s \u201cTom Violence,\u201d and Jeff Beck\u2019s \u201cBeck\u2019s Bolero.\u201d There are also songs he covered throughout his long career, including the Beatles\u2019 \u201cAcross the Universe,\u201d Ronnie Spector\u2019s \u201cTry Some, Buy Some,\u201d and Legendary Stardust Cowboy\u2019s \u201cI Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship. (The first song appeared on 1975\u2019s <em>Young Americans<\/em>, the second on 2003\u2019s <em>Reality<\/em>, and the third on 2002\u2019s <em>Heathen<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Try Some, Buy Some\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vNKabvzalC4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThere are also 1950s obscurities he likely remembered from childhood, including Alan Freed and His Rock \u2019N\u2019 Roll Band\u2019s \u201cRight Now Right Now\u201d and Little Richard\u2019s \u201cTrue Fine Mama.\u201d The list also touches on jazz numbers like Charlie Mingus\u2019 \u201cEcclusiastics\u201d and \u201cMiles Davis\u2019 \u201cSome Day My Prince Will Come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe final batch of songs are eclectic tunes from multiple eras, including the Hollywood Argyles\u2019 \u201cSho Know a Lot About Love,\u201d Edgar Froese\u2019s \u201cEpsilon in Malaysian Pale,\u201d and Ralph Vaughan Williams\u2019 \u201cFantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-ogaeFVmxok?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhen the public gains access to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/david-bowie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-bowie\" data-tag=\"david-bowie\">David Bowie<\/a> Center, many more tantalizing documents like his are likely to surface. And this week, the 12-disc box set<em> David Bowie 6. I Can\u2019t Give Everything Away (2002 to 2016)<\/em> arrives. It documents the final 14 years of Bowie\u2019s career, and is packed with unheard material along with recordings from his final live appearances in 2005 and 2006.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHere is the complete listing of Bowie\u2019s 15 favorite songs:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tRalph Vaughan Williams \u2013 \u201cFantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis\u201d<br \/>Richard Strauss \u2013 \u201cFour Last Songs\u201d<br \/>Alan Freed and His Rock \u2019N\u2019 Roll Band \u2013 \u201cRight Now Right Now\u201d<br \/>Little Richard \u2013 \u201cTrue Fine Mama\u201d<br \/>The Hollywood Argyles \u2013 \u201cSho Know a Lot About Love\u201d<br \/>Miles Davis \u2013 \u201cSome Day My Prince Will Come\u201d<br \/>Charles Mingus \u2013 \u201cEcclusiastics\u201d<br \/>Jeff Beck \u2013 \u201cBeck\u2019s Bolero\u201d<br \/>Legendary Stardust Cowboy \u2013 \u201cI Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship\u201d<br \/>The Beatles \u2013 \u201cAcross the Universe\u201d<br \/>Ronnie Spector \u2013 \u201cTry Some, Buy Some\u201d<br \/>Roxy Music \u2013 \u201cMother of Pearl\u201d<br \/>Edgar Froese \u2013 \u201cEpsilon in Malaysian Pale\u201d<br \/>The Walker Brothers \u2013 \u201cThe Electrician\u201d<br \/>Sonic Youth \u2013 \u201cTom Violence\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/david-bowies-favorite-songs-list-1235425428\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just two days, the David Bowie Center will open at the V&amp;A East Storehouse in London, giving the public access to a vast&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":46339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}