Watch That Man (track)
by David Bowie

Watch That Man by David Bowie
Year: 1973
From the album Aladdin Sane (track #1)
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From 11/23/2025 10:27 | #311799
Watch the Man has a Great guitar intro from Ronson. A very decent garage “rocker” to kick off the album. I’ve read reference to both the New York Dolls and the Rolling Stones in relation to this track and I get both references.

I think that it’s a very decent track
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From 06/19/2020 17:37 | #253940
Sounds like an outtake from the Stones - Goats Head Soup. Ok but nothing special. The production is messy which works for the Stones but not Bowie.
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From 09/27/2018 23:30 | #221769
It might not be one of his absolute best, but this song is among Bowie's only songs that I find myself wanting to listen to whenever I hear his name. Something about that riff is simply irresistible, it makes me just want to jam out whenever I hear it.
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