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He had an MTV hit with “blue Jean,” which I think is one of his better songs.
I don’t think he’s overrated overall.
Some fans deifying him is obnoxious - Same thing is happening to Nick Cave
I don’t think he’s overrated overall.
Some fans deifying him is obnoxious - Same thing is happening to Nick Cave
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Your trolls are too transparent - keep trying!Rocker4Real wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:12 am Bowie's music may not be memorable, but he was an influential media personality. Did he inspire future glam rockers?
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We all have opinions. I only like one of his songs. Maybe I'd have more of an emotional attachment to the music if I grew up in the 70s.Dyslexicheart wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 12:46 pmYour trolls are too transparent - keep trying!Rocker4Real wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:12 am Bowie's music may not be memorable, but he was an influential media personality. Did he inspire future glam rockers?
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He's no Bert Miracles.
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I like Bowie, but he is one of those artists who has picked up steam over time. He definitely wasn't that big of a deal when I was a kid. He had a few songs that played on radio like Sufragette City or Space Oddity, but I didn't know a single person who had shit like Ziggy Stardust or Alladin Sane until well after I moved to California.
I think he probably was bigger in the early seventies, but alienated the US with the Berlin trilogy or whatevz. By the time I was getting into music, I only knew him as the MTV guy with Let's Dance and stuff. It was kind of weird later figuring out that he was that guy who had done those other songs liiiiike ten years earlier.
...and now he is like the biggest thing ever and has become attached to this sort of LGBTQ+ narrative of transformation and stuff.
Queen is kind of the same. Definitely bigger now than they were post-Hot Space in the U.S.
I think he probably was bigger in the early seventies, but alienated the US with the Berlin trilogy or whatevz. By the time I was getting into music, I only knew him as the MTV guy with Let's Dance and stuff. It was kind of weird later figuring out that he was that guy who had done those other songs liiiiike ten years earlier.
...and now he is like the biggest thing ever and has become attached to this sort of LGBTQ+ narrative of transformation and stuff.
Queen is kind of the same. Definitely bigger now than they were post-Hot Space in the U.S.
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Love a lot of Bowie's songs, but, like Queen, I despise several of his biggest hits.
Changes, Heroes and Space Oddity I don't mind so much, but
Fashion
Let's Dance
Fame
Under Pressure
...not a fan. And Golden Years...can do without that one too.
His earlier, rawer stuff was solid and interesting IMHO. Santa Monica '72 for example is a great live record.
Changes, Heroes and Space Oddity I don't mind so much, but
Fashion
Let's Dance
Fame
Under Pressure
...not a fan. And Golden Years...can do without that one too.
His earlier, rawer stuff was solid and interesting IMHO. Santa Monica '72 for example is a great live record.
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And like Queen he was absolutely massive in the UK in the 70s.Sleek wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:12 pm I like Bowie, but he is one of those artists who has picked up steam over time. He definitely wasn't that big of a deal when I was a kid. He had a few songs that played on radio like Sufragette City or Space Oddity, but I didn't know a single person who had shit like Ziggy Stardust or Alladin Sane until well after I moved to California.
I think he probably was bigger in the early seventies, but alienated the US with the Berlin trilogy or whatevz. By the time I was getting into music, I only knew him as the MTV guy with Let's Dance and stuff. It was kind of weird later figuring out that he was that guy who had done those other songs liiiiike ten years earlier.
...and now he is like the biggest thing ever and has become attached to this sort of LGBTQ+ narrative of transformation and stuff.
Queen is kind of the same. Definitely bigger now than they were post-Hot Space in the U.S.
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life on mars is a master piece. So is ashes to ashes. Modern love is a great song. Never was a fan of china girl.
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The guy has released a ton of stuff while switching genres all along the way. Yea, some of it's bloated and "overrated", not Heroes, though. Ron Keel wishes he wrote that song!
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Ron isn’t jealous of Bowie. He didn’t want to be a pop, dance, or new wave band. He wanted to play metal. He succeeded.
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LAglamrocker wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:56 pmClub was packed with Metal Edge fans 18-30..no stupid Rush Roll The Bones dipsh*ts
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nah he wanted to have that dusty old acoustic & a handful of cowboy songsDemonFilth2001 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 7:16 amRon isn’t jealous of Bowie. He didn’t want to be a pop, dance, or new wave band. He wanted to play metal. He succeeded.
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Bowie neutered it but got the money out of it.
Check out iggy’s version
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Major Tom is way overrated. Peter Schillings version of Major Tom is way better.
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The "literally" of the internet.
"I don't like Space Oddity very much" would be a little too on the nose I guess.
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True. Regardless, I owned 2 KEEL releases and the Steeler release. Zero Bowie. Like most guys my age.DangerZone wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 8:42 amnah he wanted to have that dusty old acoustic & a handful of cowboy songsDemonFilth2001 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 7:16 amRon isn’t jealous of Bowie. He didn’t want to be a pop, dance, or new wave band. He wanted to play metal. He succeeded.
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This could be a troll, but it's also true.Nobodyspecial wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:10 am Major Tom is way overrated. Peter Schillings version of Major Tom is way better.
Wild Obsession wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:35 am Tony Martin Black Sabbath is on the level of Gary Cherone Van Halen.
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Not trolling, I like Peter Schillings song better.Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 2:24 pmThis could be a troll, but it's also true.Nobodyspecial wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:10 am Major Tom is way overrated. Peter Schillings version of Major Tom is way better.
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Concur. And the video!Nobodyspecial wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 3:32 amNot trolling, I like Peter Schillings song better.Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 2:24 pmThis could be a troll, but it's also true.Nobodyspecial wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:10 am Major Tom is way overrated. Peter Schillings version of Major Tom is way better.
Wild Obsession wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:35 am Tony Martin Black Sabbath is on the level of Gary Cherone Van Halen.
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I like it ok. The only cover Ive head is the Wallflowers version they did when they were big and I thought it was pretty decent.DangerZone wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2024 2:46 pm Heroes
He’s got many better ones from that time period.
And all the cover versions are garbage
My Bowie knowledge is mostly from the ChangesBowie CD, although I've listened to it a shitload. I can't stand John, I'm Only Dancing or Fashion but love space Oddity, Young Americans, Modern Love, and that song in The Martian.
Theres a popular newer country song that interpolates the riff from Rebel, Rebel. It actually sorta works. Better than most songs on country radio.
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I heard that country song - thought it sucked.Dee Dee King Diamond wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 7:04 pmI like it ok. The only cover Ive head is the Wallflowers version they did when they were big and I thought it was pretty decent.DangerZone wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2024 2:46 pm Heroes
He’s got many better ones from that time period.
And all the cover versions are garbage
My Bowie knowledge is mostly from the ChangesBowie CD, although I've listened to it a shitload. I can't stand John, I'm Only Dancing or Fashion but love space Oddity, Young Americans, Modern Love, and that song in The Martian.
Theres a popular newer country song that interpolates the riff from Rebel, Rebel. It actually sorta works. Better than most songs on country radio.
My favorite Bowie album is ‘Low.’
And ‘the idiot’ by iggy pop
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The ones on Blackstar, which is excellent.
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I just remembered he was in a band Tin Machine in the 90s. Why no mention of it here? Was it that bad?
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Worse.
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It wasn't good. The idea of it, a kind of artsy, outside-the-lines band with rocking songs was fine, but problem was there just weren't any good songs.Rocker4Real wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2024 7:00 am I just remembered he was in a band Tin Machine in the 90s. Why no mention of it here? Was it that bad?
David has done a bunch of great ones, though. Changes, Rebel Rebel, The Man Who Sold The World, Life On Mars?, Suffragette City, Young Americans, Golden Years, TVC 15, Sound and Vision, Look Back In Anger, Ashes To Ashes, Modern Love, This Is Not America, Pretty Pink Rose . . . and then not much great for a while until the final two albums, "The Next Day" and "Blackstar." Those two are my favorites as complete albums where just about every song is strong. Earlier in his career, I heard him more as a singles artist. Like R.E.M. or something like that, I would like 1-3 tracks per album but didn't often enjoy the whole records. (For R.E.M., Life's Rich Pageant and Automatic For the People worked as complete albums).
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Try again
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Labyrinth!Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2024 9:10 amTry again
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