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Bowie in his heyday. The Sweet had their moments and the Sparks released the best single of them all: This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us.
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1. Roxy Music
2. David Bowie


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Originally posted by Stool Man Stool Man wrote:

Slade and Wizzard were my favourites at the time, but retrospectively I'd say Bowie.
 
About time someone mentioned Slade.  And "See My Baby Jive" is one of the best singles of the glam era.
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Pinch Sparks forgot Sparks doh!
 
 
And possibly SAHB


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I love Bowie, early Eno perhaps even more. I'm not too familiar with Cockney Rebel, and I'm not too crazy over Roxy Music. I also love T.Rex a lot.

But one thing is missing (and they're listed on PA) - Sparks!Cool
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Slade and Wizzard were my favourites at the time, but retrospectively I'd say Bowie.
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Bowie, then Roxy Music, then Mott the Hoople.
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10cc have some glam rock elements

Elton John havr 3 to 4 glam rock albums from Honkey Chateu, Don't Shoot Me. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Caribou, (and Captain Fantastic is a glam concept album)
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Roxy!  With Eno!  Without Eno! 

Bowie's glam period was a gas....and it'd be interesting to see which Bowie records PA folks consider "glam".  Hunky Dory has "glam" all over it; the whole Berlin period is "glam" gone coldly decadent; even his latest albums are spun off from "glammy" themes. 
 
I guess the question would be - what's "glam"?  I'd like to think it isn't just high heeled boys prancing about in glittery pants and a blouse.....and I'd also like to think it didn't simply spawn hair metal and those cheesy synth-rock ballads.  I mean, what to make of Mott the Hoople or the New York Dolls...."glam" or Stonesy hard rock?  Or that cabaret crooner vibe that Ferry and Bowie dug so much, from Bing and Piaff to Walker and Brell....would that make Liza and Streisand "glam" (they loved "glamming" things up by doing the latest pop-rock hits....ever hear LIza singing "Space Oddity"....or Shatner, for that matter)? 
 
Anyway,.....yes to Sparks!  Just picked up the Beethoven CD and, though different, it's definitely Sparks....good stuff!
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Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

David Bowie is easily the best of all, and certainly the most influential.
 
If you are into Bowie, make sure to check Jobriath and Cuddly Toys.


I checked Jobriath a few years ago: nice tunes, but his vocals were just... awful.

By the way, nobody to talk about the Sparks? Shocked
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Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

I'm voting for Roxy Music because Bowie's best albums aren't glam.
 
Agree. His earlier "pre-glam" albums (Man who sold the world, Hunky Dory...) and later "post-glam" albums (Low, Scary Monsters...) are both way better than his glam period IMO.
Not that i dislike any of his albums that i've heard so far.


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Points: 36317 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 08 2012 at 19:33
Don't really know Cockney Rebel so I won't vote, but I like David Bowie muchly and Eno music.  That said, I like Bowie's Krautrock influenced Berlin trilogy albums the most (which was done with Brian Eno), and I like Eno particularly for the collaborations Harmonia & Eno/ Cluster & Eno.  So I'm more into the Krautrockish/ Kosmische sides than the glam sides.
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Bowie, head and shoulders above the rest on the list.

Honourable mention to Eno for his ambient records. The rest I never cared for.


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Roxy Music, with Eno in second, though I wouldn't consider him glam. In fact, the term "glam" has a slightly perjorative air to it, as if the fashion was more important than the music, when in the best bands that wasn't the case.

Bowie has never really struck me as all that great. Some great songs and 2-3 great albums. Not bad at all, but not in the Elite area many people put him.
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I'm voting for Roxy Music because Bowie's best albums aren't glam.
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