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tuxon

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Topic: David Bowie
Posted: October 15 2005 at 11:03

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Posted: October 15 2005 at 10:40

Actually now that I think of it, Heroes and Low are basically pure prog records. Both had Brian Eno and some stellar arrangement and experimentation, and Heroes had Doctor Fripp. Good Stuff.

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Posted: September 06 2005 at 20:45

Low is half an instrumental with mostly Brian Eno influences. Awesome stuff.

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Posted: August 29 2005 at 07:40

Heroes does it for me, just nudging out Low and Scary Monsters. Pretty much everything up to Let's Dance is worth owning, but there hasn't been much good stuff since.

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Posted: August 29 2005 at 05:08

Space Oddity and I stop at TMWSTW.

let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

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Posted: August 29 2005 at 03:52

Have to go with Ziggy, with Hunky Dory second and Aladdin Sane third ... my favourite song though is Space Oddity ... what a masterpiece!

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Posted: August 27 2005 at 15:17

ziggy is one of the best albums ever made, period.

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Posted: August 27 2005 at 12:51

space oddity is the best song ever

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Posted: August 27 2005 at 03:33

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Posted: August 27 2005 at 03:22

My favorites are
Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs
although the albums previous to Aladdin have many
great songs, Aladdins best are non radio classics,
Dogs is the last great glimpse at rock n roll Bowie
before the fade to electronics. Scary Monsters being
the peak of electronic/rock/glam. Pinups is a great
deversion.

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Posted: August 27 2005 at 02:32

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Posted: July 20 2005 at 10:17

PIN UPS I JUST LOVE THE WAY BOWIE DOES THOSE CLASSIC SONGS

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Posted: November 20 2004 at 19:13

Well it really depends what you're looking for. Hunky Dory is more laid back and has some of the best lyrics ever, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane are great glam-rock records, Station To Station features an amazing prog track, Low, Heroes and Lodger are weird experimental albums which feature Brian Eno, Scary Monsters is a great harder rocking album, Let's Dance is a fantastic pop record, Earthling is more in the area of techno, Heathen is an outstanding, darker pop-rock record. So no matter what you're looking for, odds are you can find it in Bowie's catalogue.

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Posted: November 20 2004 at 18:54

greenback wrote:

I don't know enough his career

Tsk tsk!

I'd start nearer to the beginning with THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD and ZIGGY STARDUST, then all over the place, but Scary Monsters should also be a priority. Smile Cool

Low & Heroes for "proggier," Lodger for bizaare/fun/Belew. Big smile

Lucky you, GB -- great music to discover!

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Posted: November 20 2004 at 18:42

I don't know enough his career

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Posted: November 20 2004 at 08:11

^ Yes! My wife makes fun of me because every time "China Girl" comes on, I'm compelled to say, "Hey, did you know..." followed by a mention of SRV or Iggy Pop.

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Posted: November 20 2004 at 05:00

I agree with you Peter and there are a few more Bowie albums I could mention. I have two albums he made with when he was in the band, Tin Machine withReeves Gabrel on guitar. The reason I have Let's Dance is becauust the late great Stevie Ray Vaughn plays guitar on it! Many people don't believe me when I mention this!

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Posted: November 20 2004 at 02:28

Vibrationbaby wrote:

The Heroes album with Fripp on guitar and Eno on keys has always been one of my favourite albums. I also love the soundtrack from the German film Christiane F where Bowie makes a cameo and does a part- German version of Heroes.

There -- that wasn't so bad, was it? Wink

I voted with the one I return to most often (I really love LOTS of these albums!): The killer, rockin', Mick Ronson on gee-tar: MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD! Cool

Big smile Put on "The Width of a Circle" and CRANK IT! Check the strumming acoustic intro, thundering bass, and ultra-cool guitar and vox -- Bowie doesn't get any better -- proggish too! (Every song is good, IMO...) Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap

Also: LODGER, with Belew.

ZIGGY, natch.

"Station to Station," on STAGE (what a live album!)

Scary Monsters -- Entire album, but title cut has great Fripp lead, maybe his best... according to Fripp himself!

Low & Heroes were great, especially for Eno fans.

Others too, but I also really like latest REALITY. Killer, essential version of Jonathan Richman's "Pablo Picasso Cool ," as an added bonus.... The Thin White Duke returns! Thumbs Up

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Posted: November 20 2004 at 02:16

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Posted: November 19 2004 at 21:44

http://www.teenagewildlife.com/

no, it's not porn...get your minds out of the gutter! It's my favorite Bowie site on the web. Just about everything you want to know (except the truth behind the Jagger rumour).

I voted for Scary Monsters, but it's an extremely tough call. I had to compromise when I burned my last Bowie compilation becuase there's just way too much good stuff, plus I couldn't bear to separate any of the songs on Ziggy.

Anyone else ever make a connection between Bowie's "Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family", The Dead's "What's Become of the Baby?", and Floyd's "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" ? Probably not. You all seem like relatively sane people...

Poll Question: Preferable Album
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
David Bovie	0	[0.00%]
Space Oddity	8	[18.18%]
The Man Who Sold the World	3	[6.82%]
Hunky Dory	1	[2.27%]
Ziggy Stardust	9	[20.45%]
Alladin Sane	2	[4.55%]
Pin Ups	1	[2.27%]
Diamond Dogs	0	[0.00%]
Young Americans	0	[0.00%]
Station to Station	3	[6.82%]
Low	8	[18.18%]
Heroes	5	[11.36%]
Lodger	0	[0.00%]
Scary Monsters	2	[4.55%]
Let’s Dance	0	[0.00%]
Tonight	2	[4.55%]
Earthling	0	[0.00%]
Hours	0	[0.00%]
Heathen	0	[0.00%]
Reality	0	[0.00%]
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