Preferred album of David Bowie's Berlin trilogy
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Topic: Preferred album of David Bowie's Berlin trilogy
Posted By: BaldFriede
Subject: Preferred album of David Bowie's Berlin trilogy
Date Posted: February 11 2021 at 19:36
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Which album of David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy do you prefer? My vote goes to the in my opinion very underestimated "Lodger", by the way. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 10:18
Well, I live in Warszawa, so...  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 10:35
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Heroes is great, the two others have their moments - but also their moments when they annoy me. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 14:50
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Heroes just narrowly over Low. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 14:58
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I may be high but I’m feeling Low. I’d vote for all three if it were an option. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 15:23
| I chose Heroes, just for today. Edged out Low. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 15:37
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Heroes, followed by Low. Never cared for Lodger. ------------- ...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: suitkees
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 15:39
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Low just over Heroes and both over lodger... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: February 12 2021 at 16:04
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I really like Lodger, but I always felt it was a mistake to launch it as part of a trilogy with Low and Heroes. It doesn't belong with them, and in many ways I think it resembles Scary Monsters more. Favourite track: probably "African Night Flight". Then there are Low and Heroes, and it's a tough choice between the two. Both are amazing albums. I'll go with Low. By the way, I made an analysis of the Berlin Trilogy in my final year
in high school. It included more thorough song analyses of "Sound and
Vision", "Sense of Doubt" and "Boys Keep Swinging" respectively.
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 01:20
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Low and Lodger to me are far more interesting albums than Heroes. My vote goes to Lodger. There’s not a bum track on there and the experimental edge coupled together with an Eno on fire really get my juices flowing. Red Money, Red Sails, Assassin, Fantastic Voyage, D.J, Boys Keep Swinging and more where they came from. Granted..if you’re coming from Bowie’s more conventional albums like Ziggy or indeed Heroes, it may take a few spins to unleash it’s charm on you  ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 02:05
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Low. Killer songs and those awesome grim soundscapes. Heroes is dead equal but had to go with one... Lodger just not quite there. Good album though with some great songs. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 02:18
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Low. Side 2 is one of the best parts of Bowie's catalog. I strongly dislike Lodger. ------------- 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 03:32
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Always found it a bit funny that Low would be considered as an essential Berlin album, since (the way I understand it) most of it was born in Herouville - the album was finished in Berlin. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 08:59
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Low for me, easily. Definitely superior to Heroes. Lodger is still a nut I haven’t quite cracked yet. I’ve found it a tough listen so far, but maybe it’ll hit me one day. ------------- 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: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: February 13 2021 at 10:18
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Only one of Bowie’s Berlin trilogy really belongs there geographically, and that is “Heroes”. You could make an argument that Bowie’s “real” Berlin trilogy was The Idiot, Lust for Life and “Heroes”. Even the argument that the three albums grouped together as the Berlin trilogy are done so because of sonic, rather than geographic, similarities is a bit off - as Lodger pairs better with Scary Monsters than with Low and “Heroes”. I love all three, and I’m not sure I can really decide which I like more. I like each of them for quite different reasons. If my hand is forced, I’m going for Low today - but I can almost guarantee I’d give a different answer tomorrow. 🤷🏻♂️ ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: BobafrigginFeet
Date Posted: February 22 2021 at 13:55
| It works if you listen to Lodger with the mindset of listening to a Zappa album |