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Post by lilhan on Jan 8, 2009 6:33:44 GMT -5
i know there are many fans of the thin white duke on this message board.
discuss favourite albums, tracks, eras etc etc. mainly because i love hearing what bowie other people love.
go forth!
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Post by mike on Jan 8, 2009 6:40:21 GMT -5
pre-'let's dance' or not at all for me, thanks. he did SO much good stuff in the seventies, though...ziggy stardust's my favourite album. i wouldn't want to pick a favourite song.
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Post by lilhan on Jan 8, 2009 7:00:09 GMT -5
i find it impossible to just pick one song that i can call a favourite. there are just too many classic and brilliant songs from the bowie. he is one of our best. my favourite era is probably hunky dory>ziggy stardust>aladdin sane. probably. it could change in half an hour.
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Post by hoodrat on Jan 8, 2009 7:36:38 GMT -5
david bowie = awesome.
but, like, also terrifying.
mainly perhaps because i first became aware of him through labyrinth
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Post by theblondette on Jan 8, 2009 7:52:42 GMT -5
David Bowie is my first, now and always musical true love. At different times in my life I've been far more fannish about other artists/bands, and I'm sure I will be in future, but David Bowie is a constant!
I am unlike a lot of Bowie fans in that I am a BIG fan of his modern work. Heathen is a superb album, in my opinion, and I feel a lot of resonance with hours. Reality isn't quite as meaningful, but it's a fantastic album for grooving to. Going back a little way, Outside is one of the creepiest albums ever, and to me is a perfect example of how to do a concept album.
Going back in time... The 80s were not kind to a lot of established rockers. But the 80s gave us Labyrinth! That film is cracktastic and amazing. I love 80s fantasy films - all that stuff about nascent sexuality, self-discovery and so forth. And I enjoy singing along to the poppy stuff he produced then.
Late-60s and 70s Bowie... Well, what do I need to say, really? There are some duff notes, but overall it was a time of extraordinary vision for Bowie, and he produced some amazing work.
In terms of when Bowie was at his prettiest... I think I have to go for the Thin White Duke.
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Post by heidivandernice, nice on Jan 8, 2009 7:56:30 GMT -5
i like every single era of bowie - yes, even "black tie white noise," which i listen to on repeat sometimes. just a gorgeous, brilliant chameleon.
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Post by theblondette on Jan 8, 2009 8:26:25 GMT -5
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Post by stevietix on Jan 8, 2009 8:46:40 GMT -5
Why do Tin Machine get slagged so much? The only albums I still have keep a tape recorder for are: Tin Machine I and II, Three Imaginary Boys and Paul's Boutique.
I strongly suspect the people who rip the piss so much haven't actually listened to them.
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Post by essbee on Jan 8, 2009 8:50:23 GMT -5
Why do Tin Machine get slagged so much? [...] I strongly suspect the people who rip the piss so much haven't actually listened to them. I ask that question quite often myself and agree with your hypothesis. The TM show I saw in December '91 was amazing, and I still think the albums are strong.
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Post by jamesjesusangleton on Jan 8, 2009 10:20:51 GMT -5
It's all about the Davy Jones and the Lower IV single really, isn't it? All downhill after that.
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Post by 212margarita on Jan 8, 2009 10:27:11 GMT -5
My favorite incarnation of Bowie is probably Ziggy Stardust through Aladdin Sane, but all Bowie kicks ass! Heathen is an awesome record.
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Post by slgersztoff on Jan 8, 2009 10:38:34 GMT -5
I like the 1972 David Bowie from the Ziggy Stardust tour and the 1980 David Bowie from the music video, "Ashes to Ashes." Not so wild about the 1986 David Bowie from the movie, "Labyrinth."
Though I have not yet seen the movie, I thought it was pretty cool hearing "Queen Bitch" in the "Milk" preview.
Yeah, Bowie rules.
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Post by 212margarita on Jan 8, 2009 11:24:45 GMT -5
Labyrinth is such a bizarre and wonderful movie, but really Bowies codpeice deserves more credit than Bowie in that flick, considering i think it may actually get more screen time.
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Post by shuffleitall on Jan 8, 2009 11:48:23 GMT -5
My favourite album is easily The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, it's just an amazing album and probably in my all-time top 10 (-ish at least). There's lots of stuff by him that I haven't heard, I've heard all his early seventies stuff + Low and Space Oddity (and I like all).
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Post by gushingblood on Jan 8, 2009 13:04:02 GMT -5
I'm a sucker for the hits; Rebel, Rebel Ashes to Ashes Changes Starman
I'm pretty much a Greatest Hits listener. I have Ziggy & Hunky Dory, but I haven't properly got into them yet.
My Bowie adoring friend prefers his 90s stuff over anything that he has ever done.(Though he still loves everything else)
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Post by jamesjesusangleton on Jan 8, 2009 14:15:20 GMT -5
The Santa Monica 1972 album is just fantastic. Finally came out last summer in a rather nice little box.
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Post by shuffleitall on Jan 9, 2009 4:19:19 GMT -5
^definitely, the new release is also a nice improvement (soundwise) from the bootleg. One of the best live albums ever recorded (imo).
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Post by lilhan on Jan 9, 2009 14:40:29 GMT -5
The Santa Monica 1972 album is just fantastic. Finally came out last summer in a rather nice little box. i still totally need this.
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Post by mashablues on Jan 9, 2009 16:29:03 GMT -5
David Bowie is my first, now and always musical true love. At different times in my life I've been far more fannish about other artists/bands, and I'm sure I will be in future, but David Bowie is a constant! This is exactly how it is for me. I first heard Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album on a school trip to Germany in the early 80s. We were on our way back to the hotel on a coach and one of the tutors put in on the cassette player. It literally woke me up and I had to go and ask who it was. It had such a huge impact that I can still remember the experience clearly. Been a huge Bowie fan ever since. Can't really pick favourite albums or eras but I used to listen to the Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture soundtrack religiously. A great live recording is David Bowie at the BBC Radio Theatre in 2000. It's definitely a current favourite of mine and worth checking out. I've been lucky enough to see him live a number of times but the best ever was at Manchester cricket ground in 2002. I somehow managed to get near the front and it was one of the most amazing gigs I've ever been to. It had been raining all day and when Bowie walked onto the stage the sun came out and he just looked up and smiled. Says it all really. Thanks LilHan this is a great thread!
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Post by essbee on Jan 9, 2009 17:42:07 GMT -5
Happy belated birthday, DB. Sixty-two never looked better.
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Post by meoskop on Jan 9, 2009 18:06:03 GMT -5
It's all about the Davy Jones and the Lower IV single really, isn't it? All downhill after that. I am extremely fond of Can't Help Thinking About Me, but I think he did some good work after as well. Except for Tin Machine. I HAVE heard it, many times, and still can say it's not for me. The recent work has some excellent tracks, but I think 'Hours' is the strongest - hm, hard to say. There's something important to me on all the albums, can't parse a certain era. I believe he gets better as he goes on. Rather like Dylan or McCartney - amazing heights and dizzying lows, but a journey worth taking all the way along. Far more interesting than someone plodding along the same well worn path (yes, Mr. Jagger, I'm looking at you) I'd like to have seen Bowie work more with recent acts - he's sort of retired now - but Arcade Fire was an interesting run - would have liked to see him with several 'lollapalooza' acts. He and Perry Farrell could have done something magical.
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Post by mashablues on Jan 9, 2009 19:31:45 GMT -5
This may have been mentioned before and I may be stating the obvious but do you think Joke about Jamaica has strains of Ziggy Stardust era Bowie/Mick Ronson? It strikes me every time I hear it anyway.
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Post by johnie on Jan 9, 2009 20:48:35 GMT -5
Did you ever listen to 'Five Years' next to 'Killer Parties'? I love listening to these songs back to back. There's something real similar about the drum and bass lines...
..and Seu Jorge's version of 'Queen Bitch' is great but I have loved that song for a long time.
Bowie rules.
cake
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Post by lilhan on Jan 10, 2009 6:43:19 GMT -5
there is definitely crossover between bowie and ths. i am going to try five years next to killer parties now cake! five years is up there with the best opening tracks ever (and amongst my favourite bowie songs) and killer parties, is, well, killer parties!
happy belated birthday to DB. as esbee said, still looking good!
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Post by manish on Jan 10, 2009 7:49:52 GMT -5
when i was a teenager i was obsessed with the glam-rock era Bowie
still love all that but now i tend to listen more to the run of record he made in the late 70s: Station To Station, Low, Heroes, Lodger and Scary Monsters
and sometime when i'm bored of the good stuff i watch the second dvd of his greatest hits video collection, which seems to feature an awful lot of mime
does anyone remember the name of the bouncy song in Labyrinth where he's throwing the baby around?
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