Bowie does prog

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I would say that his Alladin Sane is quite progressive as is Diamond Dogs, mostly because the music is out there, and it was quite strong at the time.

His experimental period with Eno was also centered around the time he did "The Man Who Fell To Earth" for which some of his music was also used. If you have never seen that film, it is an excellent film, and David is very good.

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moshkito Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 17777	Posted: November 01 2010 at 14:16
	Hi, I would say that his Alladin Sane is quite progressive as is Diamond Dogs, mostly because the music is out there, and it was quite strong at the time. His experimental period with Eno was also centered around the time he did "The Man Who Fell To Earth" for which some of his music was also used. If you have never seen that film, it is an excellent film, and David is very good.
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	It's a great album
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Nakatira Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 31 2005 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 178	Posted: October 31 2010 at 20:22
	Life on Mars is prog

The Truth Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 19 2009 Location: Kansas Status: Offline Points: 21795	Posted: October 29 2010 at 21:59
	I'm a fairly big fan of The Running Gun Blues although it's not really a progressive track.


Dean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575	Posted: October 29 2010 at 21:18
	I would have picked Width Of A Circle as being the more Progressive Rock, then Wild Eye Boy From Freecloud, Cygnet Comittee and Memory of a Free Festival from the previous album were Prog too.
	What?

thechrisl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: April 23 2010 Status: Offline Points: 88	Posted: October 29 2010 at 19:54
	Cheesy in the absolute best way. Madmen is certainly cheesy and pretentious in places but again, great! Yes he did a lot of genre hopping (& prog has a lot of sub-genres) but nothing I've heard him do sounds like this. Dated but timeless. Covering a Nirvana song 20 odd years before they did, brilliant...

Slartibartfast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630	Posted: October 29 2010 at 19:27
	Eh, first of all I have to take exception to the song being cheesy. Second of all he's drifted in and out of prog several times after that. But hey, we can agree to disagree. v v v Yeah, isn't that strange? Edited by Slartibartfast - October 29 2010 at 20:32
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thechrisl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: April 23 2010 Status: Offline Points: 88	Posted: October 29 2010 at 18:46
	"The Man Who Sold The World" Loving this one lately! So heavy, so cheesy! Sounds strange but I'm hearing a lot of similarities with some of the lesser known prog acts from the same time period (like New Trolls, Kyrie Eleison, VDGG) and of course heavy doses of Sabbath, Queen, Zeppelin, Spinal Tap.... I'd have to research as to who was copying who but can guess. Anyway, it seems like he just "went there" briefly and quickly moved on to the next thing, glam, etc... All The Madmen...