Is David Bowie prog?

Svetonio wrote: The Dark Elf wrote: Dean wrote: Svetonio wrote: His proggy phase is like a cabaret. I don't like a cabaret music, so I prefer his greatest hits - they are much better than that, aren't they?   Fortunately, it's not about what you like. (...) It's rather amusing that we are on a purportedly progressive site and you're touting greatest hits packages. Actually, we are on PA Proto Prog / Prog Related forum. As Dean pointed out - Prog Related IS NOT PROG. So, I did that freely to present with some YouTube samples that my claim that Mr  Bowie's timeless pop hits are much better because they're stronger expression than those cabaret-like song(s) you posted above (with a question adressed on me - 'is this pop', in the spirit of this poll I supposed) from his proggy atempts what was at the time also very fashionable -  nothing less fashionable and mainstreamy than this (...)

Conversely, I am completely disinterested in songs like "China Girl", even if Stevie Ray Vaughan played guitar on the album, and "Fame" was tedious even with John Lennon singing background. I never bought Bowie albums for "pop hits", and I'm quite sure most of the folks here more than likely share the same general view. For me, it was Bowie iconoclastic nature, not the most palatable pieces available for mass consumption.

Svetonio wrote: ^^ Ok, that was pretty enough for PA admins to add him as prog related act as well, but it doesn't mean that this fashionable pop artist was produced progressive rock enough for Crossover section. You would never forget what Dean pointed out: Prog RELATED IS NOT PROG.

Svetonio wrote: I edited my previous post.

*shrug* makes no difference.

The Mystical wrote: I consider "Heroes", "Low" and "Scary Monsters" prog. I also think that all of his 80s pop albums have strong prog influences.

Edited by The.Crimson.King - June 29 2013 at 23:08

Listen to All the Madmen. Recorded I believe in 1970.  For that track ALONE, Bowie is progressive.

someone_else wrote: I'd say No in general, Yes occasionally. Yet most of his work can be called Art Rock.

The most plausible opinion in the whle thread.

cue a cracking version of what I considered to be a so-so 80s bowie single

After a month and a half it's 22 to 12 that he's not prog.

jude111 wrote: dr wu23 wrote: After a month and a half it's 22 to 12 that he's not prog.   And as we know, the minority's usually right

Eh?

Dean wrote: jude111 wrote: dr wu23 wrote: After a month and a half it's 22 to 12 that he's not prog.   And as we know, the minority's usually right Eh?

Okay, it's not enough to say the minority's usually right. (Clearly that's not the case.) Rather, I'll just say the majority's usually, for want of a better word, 'wrong'. Or, 'off'.

Or to quote Mark Twain: "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."