David Bowie - The Width of a Circle

[Topicarmno]

From David's best year

[64MELTON]

CLASSIC!!!!!!!

[1jonnybgood]

possibly one of the most inventive albums of all time? In my top ten anyway!

[DanBanthorpe]

I've stared at the width of a circle and loved it. Those day are almost over for me now but it doesn't mean that I can't encourage a new breed to look. The rest of the album is bally good also.

[badbrains1037]

Shake junt!  Herman all day

[rekoonsghjkl]

Fucking awesome!

[streetskater7462]

BRYAN HERMAN! FA SHO!



[bakejunt775]

@streetskater7462 g-code!!!

[MTCatman]

Wow! I'm a Bowie fan but don't think I have ever heard this before! Thanks!

[NejraGninal]

Rembrandt on the loose in audio :-))

[CovenantOfLove]

lol interstellar travel...hang on

[LeePritch5]

Im an eighteen year old girl, and when all my friends are listening to their club and dance music, I'm there falling in love with David Bowie. His songs are so good, such an artist :')

[tanpiltanpil]

Wonderful song. now forty seven, first heard it when I was about nine. Still prefer the RCA cover than the original!!!

[stealinglemons]

@tanpiltanpil Can you post a link to to that song, forty seven. I can't find it. 

[redrover327]

@stealinglemons What are you talking about? He's referring about the front cover of the album.

[bluemoonshinya]

Who is KAHLIL GIBRAN ?

[fuzzballzz36]

@bluemoonshinya Kahlil Gibran was a Middle-Eastern writer who wrote The Prophet, a series of poetic essays. It's a great read.

[bluemoonshinya]

@fuzzballzz36 Thank you !

[fuzzballzz36]

@bluemoonshinya You're welcome. :-)

[bluemoonshinya]

fucking great song !

Bowie is genius !

[FreakySapiens]

This song makes me fall in love with Bowies music everytime I hear it! Without a

[SunnyDays951]

Sir Ronson kicking the bejeesus out of the axe. God Bless.

[13hellkaat]

Unnnnnnf.

[edcouyet]

the bass in all of this Lp is just anmazing along with everything else...

[Topicarmno]

God like Guitar.Proper music all time

[MrLuxNoir]

Yes..MICK RONSON! Had the pleasure of having a beer with him in 1979...

[Johnnywhamo]

@MrLuxNoir Lucky bastard! Brilliant guitarist he was!

[mrwiddywoo]

The soundtrack to my youth....

[BaalZobel]

This song woke me up to the fact that songs had meaning. I sung along way back in the 1970's for a year or so until I read what it was about, Well I never sung along to anything in such a dumb manner ever again. A great time when Bowie was young and alive. I said do it again

[JeffreyRBeddow]

I agree about Mick Ronson. I think he wiped away a lot of the "big" names but never truly got the recognition he deserved.

[LestHeBecomeAmonster]

this was the song he did his mime dance to in 72'

[59bdavis]

So you told me Kurt Cobain gave it better

show me/do you know your B'sides/breathing deeply/awaiting your reply

[59bdavis]

So you told me Kurt Cobain gave it better

show me/do you know your B'sides

[sugarkaneandchloe]

Should be an ADORE button<3

[MST3Kfanatic]

the ziggy period is my fave bowie, but everything he touches in artistic endeavor (sp?) turns into solid gold...maleable in shape but never less than gold...bowie is an element!

[MKL991]

tobi fleischer bryan herman ! hall of fame!

[MarqueeMoon95]

I spent most of last summer listening to this song and then Lady Grinning Soul, one after the other and again and again.

[sugarkaneandchloe]

@MarqueeMoon95 Maybe should have stuck some Cracked Actor in there as well, for the perfect mix?? ;)

[MarqueeMoon95]

@sugarkaneandchloe Oh I had that too. And Panic In Detroit. But for some reason the two I mentioned are the ones I remember listening to most...and After All.

[sugarkaneandchloe]

@MarqueeMoon95 You have impeccable taste :)

[gyngerbrede]

Good drunk song

[philipm06]

l've got the original 1970 US album release on Mercury (cowboy with the gun) - ah - the good old days. Mick Ronson was fucking brilliant.

[ronnogold]

Rest in peace, Mick. You are dearly missed back in this world.

[lesterpiglet1]

Ahhhh, my first ever album, what a choice.

[gofindyourmusic]

@lesterpiglet1 , You Have Good Taste! This is the best Bowie next to the Spiders from Mars. Try Brian Eno"s Another Green World and Brian Ferry I can't remember the title , the one with the black cover with Gerry Hall walking a Panther .. with" Do the Strand " Both Just Excelent!

[lesterpiglet1]

@gofindyourmusic Have tried some Eno, good stuff. The other album is actually Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure.

I have most of Roxy's stuff and I would recommend their first four or five albums, after that Bryan Ferry takes over and destroyed them. :(

[4418CARLOU]

@lesterpiglet1 This was my fisrt album too,I still have it (the one with the cowboy cartoon) also got about 15 others of his. I was a 15 year old apprentice when I bought this.

[lesterpiglet1]

@4418CARLOU We must be the same.....aged. :p

[BATMANLIBATMAN]

intro has stolen from a turkish song listen watch?v=Gim0p49Nm_A&feature=re­lated

[jeffthrow6892]

Excellent stuff........

[AliensexKitten000]

Now this is a SONG! kiddos

[experienceads]

This is a killer tune! One of my all time favs!

[Pausaneus]

amazing guitar work!!

[TheScooterboy777]

god himself listens to bowie wid the volume cranked.. yea dawwwg

[Kiwanja]

...Is this song about doing the horizontal mambo with an eldritch abomination?

[grafvonbarnez]

@Kiwanja

Satan, I think, but yeah, that's one interpretation

[randombk82894]

baker 3

[sobredosisdeprimates]

4:43 5:33 Fuck! man ... i start to feel lighter.... amazing guitars!

[favoritefella]

pretty much the best way to start an album.

[fortheloveoftunes]

What a fine groovy-heavy riff!

[skycladeskimo]

absolutely insane guitar work...love it

[dumbrunetteblondes]

Was I born in the wrong era? 13 and in love with a man who's in his sixties :P

[favoritefella]

@dumbrunetteblondes you and me both.. Man I wish I coulda been alive back then!

[AliensexKitten000]

@dumbrunetteblondes damn that sux. haha 13? whooooooo

[hejafish]

@dumbrunetteblondes nah ur born in the right era with an open mind that's all...all music lovers must go through Bowie's 60s/70s albums..it is a rite of passage! :¬) (notice I left out '80s)

[BluDevil93]

Believe me, any of today's intellectual young folk think the same...:P

[onyxcandy]

@dumbrunetteblondes I feel exactly the same

[freakyvengeance]

@dumbrunetteblondes I was 9 when Ziggy Stardust came out and i still have my original vinyl.  He was the first man I loved but he was 27 then! He's cool at any age!

[Xanaseb]

@dumbrunetteblondes oh, plenty of my friends say that I'm middle aged......and I'm only 18 :( but I don't care, its them who are missing out hehe !!!!

[isa77410]

Do it again Do it again

[uclrichard]

amazing album...almost his best, actually. (only stationtostation or low are better, imo - ziggy and hunky are as good - for sure - but this early effort is staggeringly clever - especially as bowie was starving, bored and had almost given up on rock...

[ujean56]

One of my all time favorite Bowie tunes. Thanks David!

[quidnick]

help guys... I'm at 8:12 and the magic stopped!

[sgreen4]

@quidnick Just click 'replay' and relive it :)

[stealinglemons]

baker yupp

[usamathehomie]

HEEEERRRRMMMMDOOOOGGGG......

[Anaris10]

CLASSIC ALBUM!

[yoggysothoth]

this may be my favorite DB song

[LolalynnThomas]

@powdfing Same age, same era. Same desire. Amazing!!!

[Eggs4Eva]

so hard trying to find other young people to enjoy bowie with :(

[HolgerHelfert]

this is his most creative album. and no HIT on it, hehehehehe. so many ideas in each song ....

[uclrichard]

@HolgerHelfert i almost agree - although i think that 'low' and 'stationtostation' are even better - if that's possible.

[adammbowman]

fuuuuuck yes

[moondog50002000]

mick ronson is the most underrated guitarist/songwriter ever !!!!!!! click if you agree !!!!

[sugarkaneandchloe]

@moondog50002000 A THOUSAND clicks from me <3

[mektip]

@moondog50002000 i totally agree s

[clovisr9]

@moondog50002000

With david

[gasss78]

BAKER 3 - Bryan Herman...

[shelbynmemofo]

This track is one of my favorites along with the entire record. I have the original cover with the cartoon character of him sitting on his horse. Cool!

[simonbath]

david's 'a quick one while he's away'

[simonbath]

as rob bryden said, 'there's yur breakfast, lunch and dinner right there.'

[MultiNickDanger]

this song always reminds me of being in my early 20's, doing shitloads of cocaine, and being the only person i knew who was into bowie enough to own this album - great song, waaaay ahead of its time, like all bowie's music

[frank02111]

I thought that the width of a circle is 1./2 pie square ?

[QueenReigns1]

@frank02111

Can't be...pies are round !

[Pausaneus]

@frank02111 .. I know the "area' of a circle is "pie r squared', but as for the width of a cicle, I have no idea, unless the title is meant to confuse us. Knowing Bowie- anything is possible.

[Kiwanja]

@Pausaneus Diameter?

[venten100]

it's actually The Hype David bowies band that plays that song ;)

[venten100]

love this song :D

[a99999z]

I got into Bowie when I was 13. I am 50 now. I think this is one of the greats!

[powdfing]

@a99999z - just like me, bought Hunky Dory back in 72 when i was 13, loved it, so went out and got this album and Ziggy Stardust. Still love him. Pure Genius.

[aqajahua]

Always thought this is the boring piece in the album. Boring starter. But its not. Its just.. different. :-)

[SunnyDays951]

Oh man my first taste of Bowie/Ronsoback in the day in Fullerton, Cal. All the guys I knew were abuzz over this album. Stands THE TEST OF TIME!!! Brilliant. Inspired local band The Mechanics.

[mattu881]

bryan herman you fuckin idiot, not andrew reynolds

[fakecrayonz]

Andrew Reynolds.

[crockrock4]

he was in a movie when he was a kid was just wondering if anyone knew the title

[cousinbill18]

@crockrock4 the labrynth

[Morzerella09]

@crockrock4 Labrinyth :) one of my fav films :D bit sad as im a 14 year old girl and like no one my age knows david bowie D:

[Ownaweasel]

@Morzerella09:

I know the feeling, I got into Bowie when I was 15. I'm 19 now, turning 20 soon, and I don't regret a thing. I even got a few of my friends into him, too!

[randomscience1]

@crockrock4 Before Labrynth he was in "The Man Who Fell to Earth".

[crockrock4]

anyone ever see bowie movie when he was a kid please give title thanks

[AlicexMarilyn]

@crockrock4 Do you mean the image?

[robertpintozzi]

"well I waved hello and I said HALO"

[Vargrrr]

Best album ever!

[dekkerjames]

what a great guitarist Mick Ronson was , rip Mick

[SwordofKahless68]

some tunes are beyond boundaries, hey this is one such occasion as it is with many bowie paintings.

[celebrant9]

Trippy...

[kew4612]

Have absolutely loved this Album since its release, used to play it regularly in my room as a teenager while getting down to business with girlfriends, fond memories.

[gordonbrownsfeet]

Most of the work on this album was Mick Ronson and it shows

[debzpoet]

@gordonbrownsfeet yes you are right ..it's a shame the man didn't have the recognition that he so rightly deserved, his guitar playing was amazing , the trouble was ,because he had such a brilliant frontman he unfortunately blended into the background.. ..looking back this was probably the heaviest album of Bowies ..I still have my original vinyl copy bought all those years ago when it was first released tucked away in my attic with all his other albums

[kenfig]

@debzpoet Whats important is that all the REAL conosurs of music and musicianship recognise Mick full well !. We had the re-issue in 1972 with this black cover in the wake of the success of Ziggy, when i was just 9 years old.Youre right, it is VERY heavy but brilliantly refined, unlike Heavy Metal. I WORSHIP it and on some days it's my favourite of his albums but Hunky and then Ziggy are strong contenders for his best too but theyre all brilliantly different ; a tribute to Bowie's originality !!

[gordonbrownsfeet]

Most of the work on this album was Mick Ronson and it shows

[GIRLANDLAKAIFORLIFE]

G-CODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[kenfig]

Immense album of great vision and style

[ponomar]

Visconti is a beast on bass

[therodski1]

Weird and wonderful :) luv it

[decemberschild1217]

I dug this album so much I bought it when Bowie was with Mercury (cartoon cover) and then again when he signed with RCA (this cover)

[SKATE4LIFEABOMB]

f*ck yeah bryan herman G-CODE!!!

[cflo323]

drums are sick

[SpartanJose777]

What is this song about?

[ziggy95]

@SpartanJose777 oh dear

[ephemerealfox]

@SpartanJose777 he just made love to an incomprehensible god-like being.

[SpartanJose777]

@ephemerealfox David Bowie: So awesome he actually had sex with Cthulhu.

[itzintense]

This song was an amazing pick for a Skate Video....Baker 3!!!!!!!!!!!!

[strangeones4]

If I knew in 1993 how good this entire album Kurt Cobain was trying to display with his cover of "The Man Who Sold The World", I would've bought it years before '93. Mick Ronson was one great guitar player.

[staygold619]

G-Code!!!

[tonyhoward07]

lot of gay references but it ain't that simple,bowies little gender joke,methinks.i can never suss out the melody/harmony acoustic over beginnng.dogs and gods.

[electricburlesque]

@tonyhoward07 It was no joke, as he's made clear 100 times since the interview where he said he it was all a put-on.

[adriankohatsu]

bryan herman!!!!!

[mapsan1]

Thanks - long time since I listened to this Bowie tune...

[mclovinthe0ven]

most people only know this song from hermans part in baker 3

[derek6678421]

Has any one ever read the treasured writings of Kahil Gibrahn/

[JimmyLeeVanDePutte]

@derek6678421 Yes, not much into it though. Bowie wasn't either. :)

[SANITYFADES79]

My favorite song of this album the whole album rocked

[johnmckinlay67]

With the exception of the Tin Machine phase, this is definitely Bowies heaviest album... a gem .

[unfortunatebeam]

this is so wicked wild to me. I got into this whole album hardcore back in 1999 when i was in tenth grade. i remember my friends with me at the mall music store where I bought the album looking at me weird for buying an a cd with a pretty man in a dress on the cover lol

[mepaleoindian]

In the corner of the morning in the past I would sit and blame the master first and last All the roads were straight and narrow And the prayers were small and yellow And the rumour spread that I was aging fast Then I ran across a monster who was sleeping by a tree. And I looked and frowned and the monster was me Well, I said hello and I said hello And I asked Why not? and I replied I don't know Sowe asked a simple black bird, who was happy as can be Andhe laughed insane and quipped KAHLIL GIBRAN

[fer9383]

herman and bowie are both the man

[07berlingo]

The best Bowie's song!!!

[slalomkid77]

baker 3 !!!

[scubaduba23]

he swallowed his pride and puckered his lips! I love this album, this one, black country rock, all the madmen, and she shook me cold are my favs. LONG LIVE BOWIE AND HIS FREAKY SELF.

[dusysoonerable]

@scubaduba23 What about being laid by a young bordello while I was half asleep... love it so much

[dusysoonerable]

@scubaduba23 I was layed by a young bordello while I was vaguely half a sleep... Man I love this.. I was 19

[dusysoonerable]

@scubaduba23 I got layed by a young bordello, who was vaguely half asleep

[Longniddrie]

I thought it was 'the bricks were small and yellow' suggesting he was like Dorothy, not in Kansas anymore. I thought he was supposed to be half asleep and realising he was master of his own destiny.

[royalnash]

great musician but still a fruitcake weirdo typical english man.

[MarqueeMoon95]

@royalnash Not typical in the slightest. Trust me, I'm English and I wish to god more English men were like this.

[margethemouse]

@royalnash what's your basis for comparison?? he seems pretty tame to me...

[chammone5]

Just when i think ive heard the best of Bowie along comes this little gem. 1st time ive heard it. Class

[debzpoet]

@chammone5 I agree ...probably his heavest album from which this track is from ,check out Running gun blues also it's amazing too. Bowie is a legend simple as ..

[Anaris10]

lol,if I had to know what every song I like is about,I wouldn't have such a rich appreciation of the many different types of songs I love..And I've been listening to Bowie{good and bad in my opinion} for over 30 years too...

[brighidbowman]

Love the lyrics and Ronson's heavy handed guitar.

[robertpintozzi]

to be played very loud;)

[WatsAVideo]

ROCK N ROLL!!!!!

[dinkeedee]

need guitar solo sound effect at 2:49 :P

[pffancello]

un grande albun.... é dal 1981 che consumo il mio vinile!!!!

[minutegongcoughs]

Killer track

[manmanguy]

This is one of Bowie's best songs. His last performance with "The Spiders from Mars" filmed by Pennebaker I believe was an even better verson of this song. Way too cool for school.

[gorillabelly1]

First few minutes are good when they're rocking, but I pass on the rest.

[gslik88]

what a great guitar solo and riff!!

[IAMVOL111]

It's basically similar to Station To Station formwise ( two songs joind together ).

[qoakzm2qoakzm]

wizard

[DahSteLad]

stand on the outside look in on your self see if you like who looks back some times its scarey

[ponomar]

If you listen to this song while sober, it sounds about 3x as good as most songs do when high/intoxicated. Again, Bowie makes the world of music crap it's collective pants

[ezramead]

god's a young man too, damn this boy had so many memorable lines

[kjsh987]

what an awesome song from an awesome album by mr bowie. mick did make great solos here and trevor too with his bass

[qoakzm2qoakzm]

@kjsh987 trevor wernt on bass til hunky dory actually, believe this was visconti on bass