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Post subject: Re: Bowie - Blackstar (2016) & RIP David Bowie :(
Posted: Sun February 28, 2016 6:34 pm
The Master
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Since every attempt I undertake to rank Bowie's albums fails, here are my favorite Bowie songs:
1984 Aladdin Sane Ashes to Ashes Beauty and the Beast Because You're Young The Bewlay Brothers Blackout Blackstar China Girl Dead Man Walking Diamond Dogs Fame Fascination Fashion Five Years Girl Loves Me Golden Years Hallo Spaceboy The Heart's Filthy Lesson Heroes I Can't Give Everything Away I Have Not Been to Oxford Town I'm Afraid of Americans I'm Deranged It's No Game (both parts) Joe the Lion John, I'm Only Dancing Lady Grinning Soul Law Lazarus Let's Dance Life on Mars? Little Wonder Looking for Water Modern Love Moonage Daydream A New Career in a New Town Outside Queen Bitch Rebel Rebel Scary Monsters Sons of the Silent Age Soul Love Starman The Stars Subterraneans Sweet Thing Teenage Wildlife Telling Lies Time Valentine's Day We Prick You
It's a long list, I know. But Bowie is one of my favorite artists ever, and he had a long career.
Post subject: Re: Bowie - Blackstar (2016) & RIP David Bowie :(
Posted: Sun February 28, 2016 9:08 pm
tl;dr
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm Posts: 8514
Hey, thanks LV! Some familiar tunes and thus far mutual favorites on that list (isn't "A New Career in a New Town" a beaut?). That will serve as a handy shopping guide of sorts as I peruse the Youtubes.
Post subject: Re: Bowie - Blackstar (2016) & RIP David Bowie :(
Posted: Mon February 29, 2016 3:22 am
post-structuralist
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:22 pm Posts: 4377 Location: faked by jorge
I am generally in love with just about everything in Bowie's discography, but when I go to listen to something of his I go for the Berlin albums, and although I'm not as familiar with it, heathen or reality usually ends up in the mix somewhere. Of the older stuff I'm big on diamond dogs which isn't musically all that challenging but he does such a good job on it I guess I just dig the album for it's overall quality... the feeling of it is pretty on key for me, can't explain better than that.
and while it was easily his most commercial album, there's some really good tracks on let's dance, like ricochet...
I think most of his stuff is very solid, and usually different from anything else he did, consistently, which is a draw for me as well, although given a choice, I wouldn't bother with young Americans ever again. really though, anything you want to listen to for the first time of his is probably a worthwhile thing to spend some time on, he's like no one else, except the musicians who emulated him later on.
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Life on Mars? is always one of the songs that immediately pops up in the "what's your favorite song of all time" conversation. Whaat a fucking brilliant piece of art.
Post subject: Re: Bowie - Blackstar (2016) & RIP David Bowie :(
Posted: Tue March 01, 2016 5:29 am
tl;dr
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm Posts: 8514
malice wrote:
I am generally in love with just about everything in Bowie's discography, but when I go to listen to something of his I go for the Berlin albums, and although I'm not as familiar with it, heathen or reality usually ends up in the mix somewhere. Of the older stuff I'm big on diamond dogs which isn't musically all that challenging but he does such a good job on it I guess I just dig the album for it's overall quality... the feeling of it is pretty on key for me, can't explain better than that.
and while it was easily his most commercial album, there's some really good tracks on let's dance, like ricochet...
I think most of his stuff is very solid, and usually different from anything else he did, consistently, which is a draw for me as well, although given a choice, I wouldn't bother with young Americans ever again. really though, anything you want to listen to for the first time of his is probably a worthwhile thing to spend some time on, he's like no one else, except the musicians who emulated him later on.
Thanks, Malice -- I haven't been too impressed with "Young Americans" either, though the title track stops time for me. I absolutely adore it -- I can never listen to it just once. I too have loved the Berlin albums, and am looking forward to digging deeper into "Lodger."
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