David Bowie
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Topic: David Bowie
Posted By: ummagumma08
Subject: David Bowie
Date Posted: November 19 2004 at 13:09
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He's made more that 20 albums so I've decided to skip some of his 80's and 90's albums. He's not exactly prog, but nevertheless it would be interesting to see which albums listeners of progressive rock prefer the most… I prefer Low, possibly the most progressive of the above listed Heroes, Lodger & Station to Station aren't unworthy rivals though…
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Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: November 19 2004 at 13:13
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I love Low, a seriously cool and icy listening experience (side two) but I just had to go for Hunky Dory as I think it's his finest songwriting hour, from Bewlay Brothers and Quicksand to the awesome Life On Mars. Plus it's got Wakeman on keys! Top notch! |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: November 19 2004 at 16:45
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If Tonight gets any votes, my head will probably explode. PS. I voted for Ziggy, of course. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: November 19 2004 at 16:47
Psst....look up at the poll there Useful Idiot. |
Useful_Idiot wrote:Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 19 2004 at 17:06
Anyone got pictures of Useful_Idiot's head exploding?
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: November 19 2004 at 17:07
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Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: November 19 2004 at 20:07
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Yeah, Joren clearly found the picture. I am in fact making this post without a head. Way to go Reed... |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: November 19 2004 at 21:44
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http://www.teenagewildlife.com/ - 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... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: November 20 2004 at 02:16
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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. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: November 20 2004 at 02:28
There -- that wasn't so bad, was it?
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!
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 ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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...)
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date 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! |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: November 20 2004 at 08:11
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^ 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. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: November 20 2004 at 18:42
| I don't know enough his career |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: November 20 2004 at 18:54
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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. Low & Heroes for "proggier," Lodger for bizaare/fun/Belew. Lucky you, GB -- great music to discover! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Tsk tsk!
Posted By: Bryan
Date 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. |
Posted By: CRIMSONFROST
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 10:17
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PIN UPS I JUST LOVE THE WAY BOWIE DOES THOSE CLASSIC SONGS ------------- Scott c Wills |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 02:32
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Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 03:22
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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 By: Kohllapse
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 03:33
Outside  ------------- 
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Posted By: Arnold Layne
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 12:51
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space oddity is the best song ever
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Posted By: laztraz
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 15:17
| ziggy is one of the best albums ever made, period. |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 03:52
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Have to go with Ziggy, with Hunky Dory second and Aladdin Sane third ... my favourite song though is Space Oddity ... what a masterpiece! ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 05:08
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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 |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 07:40
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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. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 20:45
| Low is half an instrumental with mostly Brian Eno influences. Awesome stuff. |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 10:40
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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 By: tuxon
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 11:03
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super creeps
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