David Bowie vs Elton John vs Prince vs Alice Coope
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Topic: David Bowie vs Elton John vs Prince vs Alice Coope
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: David Bowie vs Elton John vs Prince vs Alice Coope
Date Posted: February 07 2011 at 15:04
four artist with huge custome wardrobes, personas, "alter egos" (well Prince is Prince but eye the guy is a caracter)
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: February 07 2011 at 15:05
the fantastic four  -------------
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: February 07 2011 at 15:09
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well one note, Prince is 10 years younger then the three other gyus so he started a wee bit earlier, but that his iconic status is as huge as the other three,
three catacters of rock and roll and whos caears have inlfuenced and mooved way for other artist, -------------
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 07 2011 at 15:36
| Bowie by all standards. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: February 07 2011 at 15:54
Where's Stephanie Germanotta? (since you decided to use their real names presumably because it sounds so impressive)    ------------- 
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: February 07 2011 at 15:56
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Madonna, she is good but she dose not reach this guys to the knees, (not literly nor eroticly) -------------
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: February 07 2011 at 16:18
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The Purple One ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: February 07 2011 at 17:03
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Well, we have no class and we can't even find words that rhyme... V.D.F.! (I also wonder... Furnier? Sounds suspiciously like... not English...) |
Posted By: javier0889
Date Posted: February 07 2011 at 21:42
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DRJ. No question about it.
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: February 07 2011 at 21:44
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Vincent Damon Furnier all the way. Love at least 5 albums by him to pieces, maybe more... ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: February 07 2011 at 21:48
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As much as I love Bowie, I'll always have a soft spot for the Coop. Don't really care for the other two.
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: February 07 2011 at 21:52
Hey wait, three of the four are openly gay. You calling the Coop gay?  ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: overmatik
Date Posted: February 08 2011 at 08:15
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The albums that Elton John recorded between 1969 and 1975 are among the best popular music ever put on record. He really touched the Beatles level of excellence with those albums, with a help from Bernie Taupin, of course.
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Posted By: angelmk
Date Posted: February 08 2011 at 08:42
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Bowie will win the poll ------------- www.last.fm/user/angelmk 
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Posted By: Harold-The-Barrel
Date Posted: February 08 2011 at 10:25
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Bowie easily, then John with Cooper a long way back and as for Prince he doesn't even register on my radar, to me he's nothing
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 12:05
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bumpity
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 13:02
| I actually place each artist on the same level (pretty damn great). Each had their peaks. I'd actually place Honky Chateau, Da Da, Purple Rain, and Ziggy Stardust all on the same level. Which is to say 5 star. I gotta give the slight nod to Elton, though, because of course his slew of albums from 1970 to around 1976 were ear-popping to me. Although David had his Berlin and Prince had Purp and Sign and Coop had from School's out to Welcome and all that sort. Love all four artists, really. |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 13:41
David Bowie will always win in my heart even though I don't care much for any of their music (I had no idea people seriously listened to Alice Cooper...) because of Labyrinth, which is easily the greatest documentary of all time. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
The Truth wrote:Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 14:01
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I think that Jones is the most balanced combination of an artist, an entertainer and an innovator. That's why I voted for him. Most of his earlier works are excellent. Dwight is rather entertaining and has some bright moments. Nelson is probably the most innovative of these four, but I have some problems with his output in the sphere of appreciation. I am not a fan of Furnier's horror-oriented style. Nevertheless some of his singles are true gems and Halo of Flies is one of the very few songs that never failed me during the last 38 years; moreover, it is the #1 prog masterpiece created by a non-prog artist. ------------- 
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Posted By: EchidnasArf
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 17:01
Since you're obviously fishing for some raised eyebrows with this statement, I'll bite. Which Labyrinth did you see?  It's tough between Elton John and David Bowie, but I'll go Bowie because I enjoyed his albums more. Elton John certainly had a long list of fantastic singles, and I'm more content with a greatest hits from him than an album. As for Prince, I've only heard a few singles on the radio. Not really my thing. Same for Alice Cooper, though I love "School's Out", never heard anything else and never felt compelled to pursue it. ------------- http://didyouseethosebats.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Did You See Those Bats? (a few songs from my band's live radio show) 
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 17:14
 It's a little known fact, since most people assume it's a movie, but it's actually just filming David Bowie's daily life at the time. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 17:20
| Does this mean Jim Henson was actually a journalist? And how about the Dark Crystal? I suppose it was a National Geographic film? |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 17:24
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 17:25
also this song also I segest you check out Captian Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy pure crosover prog of best mark lovely Mellotron by Elton here -------------
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Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 17:32
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Bowie. The only one I don't really care for at all is Prince. ------------- A fun place to review and discuss metal: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - MetalMusicArchives |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 02:20
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David Robert Jones Alice Cooper is second, never cared much for the other two |
Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 10:20
| Bowie |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 10:28
| Bowie. Then Elton. Don't care for the other 2. |
Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 11:29
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I wanted to vote for Bowie but then I saw Alice Cooper was losing out to Prince! I mean, I like the little guy, but ALICE!! |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 12:08
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David Bowie > Elton John > Alice Coooper > Prince. David Bowie's music is very special to me, and it is an easy choice, but Elton John released a strong of excellent albums in the 70s that I appreciate very much as well. Alice Cooper's early albums I like too. The only album of Prince I have ever heard is Purple Rain. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 12:13
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Careerwise, It would have to be David Bowie, but Alice was my first concert in '72, and watching that crazy sh*t unfold on stage was the entire reason I picked up the guitar in the first place. ------------- ...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: Icarium
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 16:08
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Posted By: AEProgman
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 18:23
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Bowie and Elton were big in my days of youth, but I was a Cooper fan more in those days, so gave it to Vince. Never got into Prince other than a song here or there. ------------- 
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 18:31
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Of these choices it is only Elton who I've had any significant interest in. Only saw him live once though, on the "Breaking Hearts" tour. I still enjoy Captain Fantastic, Blue Moves, and Single Man. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 18:32
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Prince. Elton and Alice can go home. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 22:47
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Alice, easily. The man and the band. And I'm a fan of Bowie and Elton. Haven't listened much to Prince. ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: April 18 2016 at 23:45
| All great artists but David Bowie was by far the most consitent in his output |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 19 2016 at 09:23
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Classic imho.......songwriting at it's best. I like early Bowie, John, ....and Cooper.....Love It To Death and Killer are great rock albums.....but I pull out Tumbleweed and Madman more often to listen to than either Bowie or Alice. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: April 22 2016 at 05:20
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RIP David Robert Jones aka David Bowie RIP Prince Rogers Nelson aka Prince two of the most daring musicians dead is just so so sad. -------------
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Posted By: Secretrival
Date Posted: March 30 2017 at 12:33
| This one is so easy it is prince by a country mile. He is leagues above these ines. Prince's unreleased stuff alone beats all these peoples stuff. Only one close talent wise is Michael Jackson but he did far less music then all the scandal did for him. I was around in 80s and most people thought Jackson and prince were best. But with these forums history can be revised. Beatles Elvis etc were in reality nowhere near as good |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 31 2017 at 05:33
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Bowie by a comfortable margin, although I have some time for Elton's earlier stuff, up to and including Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: April 05 2017 at 06:54
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I'm more of a greatest hits fans with Reg, maybe a song or two from Prince but his style kind of grates on me. Still, I saw a concert of his on TV once at it was fantastic; knocked his studio stuff aside easily. Vince, well, again some hits and some stuff from when Alice was a band. A band I was in covered one of their numbers, Cold Ethyl. Otherwise it's Bowie. er, Robert Jones I mean, David as was. The guy made serious music and seriously good music and sold it to people in technicolour as they buy into image first... |