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Let me fly away with you
For my love is like the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
Give me more than one caress, satisfy this hungriness
Let the wind blow through your heart
For wild is the wind, wild is the wind
You touch me, I hear the sound of mandolins
You kiss me
With your kiss my life begins
You're spring to me, all things to me
Don't you know, you're life itself!
Like the leaf clings to the tree,
Oh, my darling, cling to me
For we're like creatures of the wind, wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
You touch me, I hear the sound of mandolins
You kiss me
With your kiss my life begins
You're spring to me, all things to me
Don't you know, you're life itself!
Like the leaf clings to the tree,
Oh, my darling, cling to me
For we're like creatures in the wind, and wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
"Wild Is the Wind" is a song written by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington for the 1957 film Wild Is the Wind. Johnny Mathis recorded the song for the film and released it as a single in November 1957. Mathis' version reached No. 22 on the Billboard chart. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song in 1958, but lost to "All the Way" by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn from The Joker is Wild.[1] The song has been recorded many times, by many performers. The best known versions are those recorded by Nina Simone (from her 1966 album of the same name) and by David Bowie (from his 1976 album Station to Station).[2]
I think the overwrought vocals are what make this version great.
I agree, although I wouldn't go so far as to call the vocals "overwrought". "Passionate" or "emotional" maybe. Excellent, in any case.
Never heard before . Amazing.
Like this.
Bowie has many, many exceptional tunes in his catalog, but this ain't one of them!
I beg to differ....I guess I am just a creature in the wind
Only Bowie could get away this this. Both wonderful and terrible at the same time. Both a 1 and a 10 at once.
Apparently he was completely off his tits when he sang this. Which may be why it is both wonderful and terrible at the same time ... that said, a great song off a great album.
A fan of quantum mechanics?
Heisenberg would be proud
You are a fan of renormalization.
A fan of quantum mechanics?
Hmmm, yes, rather schmaltzy, isn't it? Because it's Bowie, I listen, but with some hesitation. And I used to have tons of Bowie posters on my walls!! Wish I still had them, actually.
You're bang on, except for the "terrible"
and the "1". ; )
He's definitely channeling her quiet desperation.
awesome song (especially wicked music in this version : )
I heard at David Bowie and Iman's wedding there was:
Yoko Ono
Bono
Joey Bowie
No bonobos
Zowie!
I heard at David Bowie and Iman's wedding there was:
Yoko Ono
Bono
Joey Bowie
No bonobos
push PSD then
I will enjoy this one every time it's on the air
Wow. How many people change your world the way he did?
Oh my TVC15
Wow. How many people change your world the way he did?
Thanks for that suggestion. Stay is my all-time favorite.
What a rotten year for music lovers.
Wow. Nice...
You sound like a wonderful person.
Gotta agree with jnesser on this one. A crooner he weren't.
Sublime
Equal to Nina's
❤
let the Gentleman do his thing
Agree!
Ahh yes the human chameleon. Still with us you just can't see him.
How do you know what I need to hear?
"Were are you!?!" (as she looks to the rafters)
... nicht weinen, weil sie vergangen;
sondern lächeln, daß sie gewesen.
Yes. DB was always more a rock performer than a crooner. An ever-out-of-key singing superstar, and this track more off-key than his others. Annoying. C'est la vie.
Wow. Nice...
You sound like a wonderful person.
The list of people and things that Bowie introduced me to is massive.
A major cultural influence on the Western World - and on my life.
RIP
Farewell to a true icon.
After watching the video Lazarus, David Bowie departed this earth as a true artist
Agree!
As for me I remain in the same mood as when I rated this version with 1. Awful vocal...
Yes. DB was always more a rock performer than a crooner. An ever-out-of-key singing superstar, and this track more off-key than his others. Annoying. C'est la vie.
After watching the video Lazarus, David Bowie departed this earth as a true artist
He's definitely channeling her quiet desperation.
As for me I remain in the same mood as when I rated this version with 1. Awful vocal...
Yargh; falsely accused! Please re-read my original post.
I love this song (and album)!
I was referring to "We Built This City" by Starship as worst song ever.
Thanks Beach - I knew I must have gotten it wrong. And I second your worst ever vote on "We Built This City"
*bump* Don't understand why this is dissed by some RPer's? I can get indifference or dislike, but —-worst song ever?
But Beach (Neil Young guy) - how can you? bowie and Neil have a mutual admiration society going on. An Neil is my all time # 5 - David my #2
Hard pressed to see how anyone could not like this song. Or Bowie in general.
But Beach (Neil Young guy) - how can you? bowie and Neil have a mutual admiration society going on. An Neil is my all time # 5 - David my #2
Yargh; falsely accused! Please re-read my original post.
I love this song (and album)!
I was referring to "We Built This City" by Starship as worst song ever.
But Beach (Neil Young guy) - how can you? bowie and Neil have a mutual admiration society going on. An Neil is my all time # 5 - David my #2
Wow... you must be a _really_ old fart.
possibly some hormones are in order
Wow... you must be a _really_ old fart.
On_The_Beach wrote:
Yep, that one generally gets my vote as worst song ever. Unbearable.
Agreed... We Built This City is a bad song and worthy of its infamy.
It is interesting to note, however, that the Bernie Taupin and Peter Wolf have song writing credits on the track AND it posted #1 in the US, Canada, Australia, went platinum, was nominated for a Grammy, and appears on several movie soundtracks.
Yep, that one generally gets my vote as worst song ever. Unbearable.
My worsts, in no particular order:
Muskrat Love by The Captain and Tenille
Loving You by Minnie Riperton
Most of Yoko Ono's solo music. Who buys her work? Honestly, I'm not trying to be snarky here.
Party All the Time by Eddie Murphy (yes, that Eddie Murphy).
Someone else pointed me to PopaZão by K-Fed, but technically it's not music. Don't ask me why, it sucks too much to analyze.
Oh and "We Built This City" was performed by Starship--the bitter, rancid remnant of Jefferson Airplane. I think everyone named Jefferson (first or last name) entered into a class-action lawsuit and forced the band to go by one word.
Loved Bowie's version - still do - and Nina's is very special,
No, that is the Police and "Roxanne." But this is certainly bucking for worst song ever by Bowie. . . .
Personally, whilst I can't profess to blindly like everything Bowie has produced there is absolutely no denying that the man is a genius and his catalogue of music which spans six decades is full of brilliance.
oldfart48 wrote:
I think the overwrought vocals are what make this version great.
I think the song's great!
No, this is Bowie just a little too deep into his idiom. I gave it a 6. If it runs any longer I'll drop that to a 5.
Ditto, horrifying to put it mildly
Yep, his 'music' is horrible.
Ditto, horrifying to put it mildly
And I'm a fan.
I recant my previous judgement because tonight it is working.
Whatever. I'm there. Love this.
I'll have to take your word for it for now...its got a long way to go from how I feel about it after my first listen.
That would be "We Built This City" by Jefferson Starship.
Ahem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clg9AziTfI4
That would be "We Built This City" by Jefferson Starship.