Glam (Bowie, Roxy, Eno, etc)
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Topic: Glam (Bowie, Roxy, Eno, etc)
Posted By: Mr Greeen Genes
Subject: Glam (Bowie, Roxy, Eno, etc)
Date Posted: April 07 2012 at 23:22
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I know Cockney Rebel aren't on progarchives, but I think they should be. Tough decision for me between Bowie, Eno and Roxy Music. At the moment, I've been listening to a lot of Roxy Music (mostly the 1st 2 albums), so they'll get my vote. But i like them all, i guess Tyrannosaurus/T. Rex the least.
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 00:49
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Thanks, interesting poll! I had to go with Roxy, but it was a tough decision!! If you dial it back far enough, the choice becomes clearer!! 1972....best year in music history!!  |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 02:46
| Eno. Each one of his albums '73-'74 has such an edge. Roxy doesn't work for me as often as I would like them to, but, of course, that doesn't mean that they don't have their own bag of cool stuff. |
Posted By: Harold-The-Barrel
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 06:21
Roxy and Bowie pretty even for me, but i voted for Roxy, i love everything they ever did ------------- You must be joking.....Take a running jump...... |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 06:23
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Bowie. Although Glam was really just a passing transient thing. I mean Bowie and Roxy and Eno are much more. And Cockney Rebel are sh*te. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 06:36
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Bowie by a smudge of eye liner over Roxy followed closely by Japan. No mention of Sweet yet ? I'm sure someone will bring them up. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 08:18
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isent Slade also glam, and Ian Hunter, and Garry Glitter
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 08:22
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Shhh! Nobody mentions GG anymore! ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 08:36
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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. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 10:05
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Bowie.
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 13:31
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Roxy Music, but Eno's ambient and later 70's Art Rock stuff is the most interesting.
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 13:47
| Where's Lou Reed? Anyway, i'll probably go with Roxy Music on this one. Though i love Bowie, T.Rex and Eno aswell (havn't heard nearly as much Eno as i'd like to though) |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 13:55
| I'm voting for Roxy Music because Bowie's best albums aren't glam. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 18:39
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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. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Capt Fongsby
Date Posted: April 08 2012 at 19:11
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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. |
Posted By: Logan
Date 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. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: April 09 2012 at 05:10
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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Vompatti wrote:Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: April 09 2012 at 05:53
I checked Jobriath a few years ago: nice tunes, but his vocals were just... awful. By the way, nobody to talk about the Sparks?  |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: April 09 2012 at 11:53
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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! ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: April 09 2012 at 13:03
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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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Posted By: Mr Greeen Genes
Date Posted: April 09 2012 at 21:48
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: April 09 2012 at 21:51
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Guess! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 09 2012 at 22:23
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Bowie, then Roxy Music, then Mott the Hoople. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: April 09 2012 at 22:53
Isn't that NSFW?
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 06:19
It depends where you work. In a lingerie store, it's no problem. |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 09:25
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Slade and Wizzard were my favourites at the time, but retrospectively I'd say Bowie. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 16:31
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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!  |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 16:41
 Sparks forgot Sparks doh!
And possibly SAHB ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 16:44
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^Russell Mael was the only singer able to compete with Freddie Mercury. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: April 10 2012 at 20:33
About time someone mentioned Slade. And "See My Baby Jive" is one of the best singles of the glam era.
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Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: April 11 2012 at 06:42
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1. Roxy Music 2. David Bowie -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 11 2012 at 07:49
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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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