David Bowie |
Post Reply | Page <1234> |
Author | ||
dr wu23
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20526 |
Posted: April 21 2015 at 11:32 | |
I thought that was Trout Mask Replica...? |
||
One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin |
||
Tom Ozric
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
Posted: April 21 2015 at 06:13 | |
I've never heard Scary Monsters, but I've had the 7" single of Ashes To Ashes for ever, and I love that song. I ought to track down a copy.
|
||
Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 20 2015 at 21:37 | |
David's brother Terry was the inspiration for songs including Aladdin Sane, All The Madmen, The Bewlay Brothers and Jump They Say.
|
||
Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 20 2015 at 21:34 | |
David Bowie plays just about every instrument on Diamond Dogs - including the famous guitar riff on Rebel Rebel.
|
||
Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 20 2015 at 20:47 | |
David Bowie is the sexiest man alive, I simply love him too much xxxxx
|
||
Tom Ozric
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
Posted: April 20 2015 at 05:28 | |
Bowie was/is a very strong musician/singer. Always innovative, usually ahead of the crowd, and what he's done, well, depending on where one is coming from, he means many things to many folks.
I have to admit that Let's Dance, very 80's it may be, is a highly influential album at the time. Great playing, production, and very suave composition. I was surprised that his bassist at this time was earlier in Nektar, Carmine Rojas, no slouch on the instrument. Bowie always selected top musicians to surround him. I simply adore his double-live album 'Stage', and his early 'Man Who Sold The World' album. Wonderful artist, this David Jones fella........... p.s. - my edits are always because of my careless iPod typos..........(I typed 'Blowie'........ ) Edited by Tom Ozric - April 20 2015 at 05:31 |
||
sublime220
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 21 2015 Location: Willow Farm Status: Offline Points: 1563 |
Posted: April 19 2015 at 22:04 | |
Never understood the hype about Scary Monsters. However, Hunky Dory might be the greatest album of all time.
|
||
There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark...
|
||
defectinggrey
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 14 2015 Location: Spain Status: Offline Points: 104 |
Posted: April 19 2015 at 11:49 | |
A friend of mine used to work in the record section of a british department store called Army and Navy. They had individual booths, for classical music with seats and tannoy speakers so she let me use one of them to listen to Man Who Sold The World on the day it was released.
Spent forty happy minutes with a cup of tea and several cigarettes, listening to Bowies best ever album (first pressing in Dress Sleeve which I stupidly sold when I bought the RCA CD version.) Then Hunky Dory with Life on Mars, which should have been on Ziggy. Saw Bowie and Spiders at Isleworth Polytechnic. There were a lot of young men with back combed big hair, make up and shoulder bags! They played a version of Amsterdam with Bowie and Ronson sharing a guitar as they said that it was too difficult for either of them to play individually. Pin Ups is interesting and Diamond Dogs is, pretty good but for me MWSTW, HD and Ziggy were the best. I saw Antonio Forcione and Martin Taylor share a guitar at a different gig. Only difference was one sat on the, others shoulders and they both , played different songs on the same guitar. |
||
dr wu23
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20526 |
Posted: April 19 2015 at 10:22 | |
Bowie has always been hit or miss for me... I like many of his various songs over the years but also think many of his albums are patchy. If forced to choose.....Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Station, Heroes, ....
|
||
One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin |
||
Slartibartfast
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29625 |
Posted: April 18 2015 at 15:01 | |
I never paid much attention to Bowie. I had a copy of Heroes on cassette. Outside was where I really took an interest in exploring. I have added stuff before that but don't find much before Heroes all that interesting.
"Heroes" 1977 317 1/1/98 Scary Monsters 1980 318 1/1/98 Outside 1995 319 1/1/95 EART HL I NG 1997 320 1/1/97 Never Let Me Down 1987 507 7/24/99 hours…' 1999 510 10/31/99 Buddha of Suburbia, The 1993 508 3/1/00 Lodger 1979 610 11/6/00 Low 1977 609 11/6/00 Heathen 2002 708 6/11/02 Black Tie, White Noise 1993 1113 12/30/03 Reality 2003 1007 8/28/04 Man Who Sold the World, The 1973 1209 10/27/06 Station to Station 1975 1210 10/27/06 The acquisition dates aren't accurate for anything before 1999 when I first started logging in things. His best albums for me are those where he had progressive musicians along for the ride. Edited by Slartibartfast - April 18 2015 at 15:12 |
||
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
|
||
zravkapt
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 6446 |
Posted: April 18 2015 at 10:42 | |
My faves in order of preffy...
The Man Who Sold The World Station To Station Diamond Dogs Low Scary Monsters |
||
Magma America Great Make Again
|
||
Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 18 2015 at 10:37 | |
Awww I am jealous, really! I miss out on so much here! I love Bowie too much! Also I do not own the album, I have a bootleg version, not illegal download tho' it's a copy from by brother in law (still a bootleg tho')
|
||
Dean
Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: April 18 2015 at 10:30 | |
...otherwise known as a live album (hence the title) ...initial UK copies were press in yellow vinyl (yup, I have that version) ...recorded during the Isolar II tour 1978 ...I took my kid sister to the 1st July show at Earl's Court
|
||
What?
|
||
Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 18 2015 at 08:55 | |
These are about as much as I love Bowie, prior to the 80's David Bowie - David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy StardustThe man who sold the world Honky Dory Alladin Sane Pin Ups Low Diamond Dogs Young Americans Stage (which is a compilation of previous tracks on other albums) and Labyrinth because that was hot :) The Singles 1969 to 1993
|
||
Michael678
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 02 2013 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2466 |
Posted: April 18 2015 at 08:43 | |
the only actual albums i heard are Ziggy Stardust and The Next Day; otherwise it's just compilation albums (with fantastic songs on it, Life on Mars?, The Jean Genie, "Heroes" (despite only being the SINGLE VERSION, grrrrr), and Ashes to Ashes are only just a few examples. forgot to mention that i also heard some of Low because...experiments.
Edited by Michael678 - April 18 2015 at 08:44 |
||
Progrockdude
|
||
ExittheLemming
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Penal Colony Status: Offline Points: 11415 |
Posted: April 18 2015 at 08:27 | |
I adore Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), 1.Outside and Hunky Dory
I quite like The Next Day, Heroes, Diamond Dogs and Aladdin Sane (the latter principally, for Mike Garson's piano) What remains, (that I've heard) just irritates At least we've got this far through the thread without anyone trotting out the lame chameleon descri... s.h.i.t. ...oh wait... |
||
JD
Forum Senior Member Joined: February 07 2009 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18416 |
Posted: April 18 2015 at 07:02 | |
My fav would have to be Scary Monsters, But I love most of his stuff. Saw the Serious Moonlight tour at the CNE in Toronto, 50 feet from the stage, special guest Mick Ronson
|
||
Thank you for supporting independently produced music
|
||
Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 17 2015 at 23:43 | |
Bowie covers Jacques Brel's "La Mort", lyrics in English written by Bowie tho' David Bowie - My Death (Hammersmith Odeon, London, 3 July 1973) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9WSqQS1PJg xxxx
|
||
KingCrInuYasha
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 26 2010 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1281 |
Posted: April 17 2015 at 23:36 | |
He's cool, at least where his 1967 - 1972 material is concerned. I need to get more of his stuff.
|
||
He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
|
||
Kati
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Posted: April 17 2015 at 22:55 | |
David Bowie - Space Oddity - LEAD VOCAL ONLY (and no effects) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbdcxFJ-1nw
|
||
Post Reply | Page <1234> |
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |