{"id":2017863,"date":"2025-09-12T23:23:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T23:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2017863"},"modified":"2025-09-12T23:23:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T23:23:26","slug":"these-were-david-bowies-favourite-songs-according-to-a-note-found-while-amassing-his-new-va-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/these-were-david-bowies-favourite-songs-according-to-a-note-found-while-amassing-his-new-va-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"These were David Bowie&#8217;s favourite songs, according to a note found while amassing his new V&#038;A archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"4f012475-e5da-4643-9e79-0aa66060dee6\">A hand-written list purporting to show <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/david-bowie\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/david-bowie\">David Bowie<\/a>&#8216;s favourite songs has been discovered while organisers were amassing the huge collection of Bowie belongings, memorabilia and souvenirs that are on show at the V&amp;A museum in London.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition, which opens to the public this month, features tens of thousands of items including personal possessions, Bowie&#8217;s own notes and drawings, some of his most famous stage costumes and the iconic Union Jack coat that was designed by Bowie and famed fashion designer Alexander McQueen for the cover of Bowie&#8217;s 1997 album, <em>Earthling<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-base\"\/>\n<p id=\"4f012475-e5da-4643-9e79-0aa66060dee6-2\">Now, it has been revealed that a list of Bowie&#8217;s personal favourite songs, seemingly jotted down by the man himself for a radio show he was due to appear on, has been unearthed for the exhibition. Titled <em>Memo for radio show &#8211; list of favourite records<\/em>, it features cuts from the likes of Miles Davis, Jeff Beck, Little Richard, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/the-beatles\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/the-beatles\">The Beatles<\/a>, Ronnie Spector, Roxy Music and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/sonic-youth\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/sonic-youth\">Sonic Youth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>See the full list of songs picked by Bowie below.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-c65a275f-af3c-4e87-89c7-fe82ac425989\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"david-bowie-s-favourite-song-list-3\">David Bowie&#8217;s favourite song list<\/h2>\n<p id=\"df71af3d-81f2-4db1-a5bf-402b701bc823\">Ralph Vaughan Williams \u2013<em> Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis<\/em><br \/>Richard Strauss \u2013 <em>Four Last Songs<\/em><br \/>Alan Freed and His Rock \u2019N\u2019 Roll Band \u2013 <em>Right Now Right Now<\/em><br \/>Little Richard \u2013 <em>True Fine Mama<\/em><br \/>The Hollywood Argyles \u2013<em> Sho Know a Lot About Love<\/em><br \/>Miles Davis \u2013 <em>Some Day My Prince Will Come<\/em><br \/>Charles Mingus \u2013<em> Ecclusiastics<\/em><br \/>Jeff Beck \u2013 <em>Beck\u2019s Bolero<\/em><br \/>Legendary Stardust Cowboy \u2013<em> I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship<\/em><br \/>The Beatles \u2013 <em>Across the Universe<\/em><br \/>Ronnie Spector \u2013 <em>Try Some, Buy Some<\/em><br \/>Roxy Music \u2013 <em>Mother of Pearl<\/em><br \/>Edgar Froese \u2013 <em>Epsilon in Malaysian Pale<\/em><br \/>The Walker Brothers \u2013 <em>The Electrician<\/em><br \/>Sonic Youth \u2013<em> Tom Violence<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"924611b8-aa5d-4e09-af40-23ce03f4ed92\">Speaking about the exhibition, V&amp;A director Tristram Hunt said: \u201cDavid Bowie was one of the greatest musicians and performers of all time. The V&amp;A is thrilled to become custodians of his incredible archive, and to be able to open it up for the public. Bowie\u2019s radical innovations across music, theatre, film, fashion, and style \u2013 from Berlin to Tokyo to London \u2013 continue to influence design and visual culture and inspire creatives from Janelle Mon\u00e1e to Lady Gaga to Tilda Swinton and Raf Simons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur new collections centre, V&amp;A East Storehouse, is the ideal place to put Bowie\u2019s work in dialogue with the V&amp;A\u2019s collection spanning 5,000 years of art, design, and performance. My deepest thanks go to the David Bowie Estate, Blavatnik Family Foundation and Warner Music Group for helping make this a reality and for providing a new sourcebook for the Bowies of tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-ArpCgUwLT8zUyEVDbPBsCW\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-ArpCgUwLT8zUyEVDbPBsCW slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For more information on the exhibition, head to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/exhibitions\/david-bowie-centre?srsltid=AfmBOoqrlYJ-Z4MUZ-SYoDQ8bZ58KbW2iRg8u5DOmBn7fja5dP6zzV47\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/exhibitions\/david-bowie-centre?srsltid=AfmBOoqrlYJ-Z4MUZ-SYoDQ8bZ58KbW2iRg8u5DOmBn7fja5dP6zzV47\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">official V&amp;A website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.loudersound.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hand-written list purporting to show David Bowie&#8216;s favourite songs has been discovered while organisers were amassing the huge collection of Bowie belongings, memorabilia and souvenirs that are on show at the V&amp;A museum in London. 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