The David Bowie is God Thread
-
coffeepotman
- Graffiti Bandit Pioneer
- Posts: 1501
- Joined: 23 Jun 2008, 1:51pm
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
Exception being Tin Machine, which I think were pretty great as long as Hunt didn't have the microphone. For a star (and ego) as big as David to give up control and just be in the band is pretty incredible.
- Wolter
- Half Foghorn Leghorn, Half Albert Brooks
- Posts: 55432
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 7:59pm
- Location: ¡HOLIDAY RO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-OAD!
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
Yeah. I didn't want to over complicate my statement, but Tin Machine are fine. They get weirdly attacked as a low point for Bowie, when they were far better than the two albums before and the one immediately following them.coffeepotman wrote: ↑20 Jun 2017, 11:39amException being Tin Machine, which I think were pretty great as long as Hunt didn't have the microphone. For a star (and ego) as big as David to give up control and just be in the band is pretty incredible.
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
And bad Bowie is still better than the best of most others out there.Wolter wrote: ↑20 Jun 2017, 6:13pmYeah. I didn't want to over complicate my statement, but Tin Machine are fine. They get weirdly attacked as a low point for Bowie, when they were far better than the two albums before and the one immediately following them.coffeepotman wrote: ↑20 Jun 2017, 11:39amException being Tin Machine, which I think were pretty great as long as Hunt didn't have the microphone. For a star (and ego) as big as David to give up control and just be in the band is pretty incredible.
Got a Rake? Sure!
IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M
" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy
IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M
" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy
-
coffeepotman
- Graffiti Bandit Pioneer
- Posts: 1501
- Joined: 23 Jun 2008, 1:51pm
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
I think Tin Machine upset mostly Davids "newer" fans, mostly 80's people who thought Lets Dance was the greatest thing they ever heard...we knew better remembering a time when Mick Ronson RULED that stage and was the original guitar god! He meant more to me that Hendrix,Clapton, and Beck put together.
- tepista
- Foul-Mouthed Werewolf
- Posts: 37917
- Joined: 16 Jun 2008, 11:25am
- Location: Livin on a fault line, Waiting on the big one
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
can't take credit for this, someone on the internet said "Tell my wi-fi love her very much..."
We reach the parts other combos cannot reach
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
- Marky Dread
- Messiah of the Milk Bar
- Posts: 59059
- Joined: 17 Jun 2008, 11:26am
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
It knows.
Got a Rake? Sure!
IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M
" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy
IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M
" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy
- Marky Dread
- Messiah of the Milk Bar
- Posts: 59059
- Joined: 17 Jun 2008, 11:26am
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
- Wolter
- Half Foghorn Leghorn, Half Albert Brooks
- Posts: 55432
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 7:59pm
- Location: ¡HOLIDAY RO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-OAD!
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
I think I once again have everything on this, but it still looks like a great set. The only tracks that would probably be an upgrade for me are the Baal songs; I only have an MP3 rip of those. But to be honest, they're not something I go back to often.Marky Dread wrote: ↑12 Jul 2017, 8:03pmNext box set.
http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/tracklist-r ... 982-100914
But, if I had the disposable income, I'd probably buy it anyway.
The next set will be interesting, since the actual albums will be dire, but a disc of all the random soundtrack songs he did during that period would probably be pretty entertaining, if all over the map.
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
-
coffeepotman
- Graffiti Bandit Pioneer
- Posts: 1501
- Joined: 23 Jun 2008, 1:51pm
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
There's a remix of The Lodger, might be interesting...I really like that album
- Marky Dread
- Messiah of the Milk Bar
- Posts: 59059
- Joined: 17 Jun 2008, 11:26am
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
I like "Let's Dance" but fuck it's unreal that it followed (albeit 3 years later) "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" it feels like there should be a 10 year gap betwwen those albums.Wolter wrote: ↑12 Jul 2017, 9:36pmI think I once again have everything on this, but it still looks like a great set. The only tracks that would probably be an upgrade for me are the Baal songs; I only have an MP3 rip of those. But to be honest, they're not something I go back to often.Marky Dread wrote: ↑12 Jul 2017, 8:03pmNext box set.
http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/tracklist-r ... 982-100914
But, if I had the disposable income, I'd probably buy it anyway.
The next set will be interesting, since the actual albums will be dire, but a disc of all the random soundtrack songs he did during that period would probably be pretty entertaining, if all over the map.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
It goes to show how much Nile Rodgers probably had to do with that album. Another large shift, from glam rock to art rock, had some funk and soul to bridge the gap and show a more natural progression.Marky Dread wrote: ↑14 Jul 2017, 10:23amI like "Let's Dance" but fuck it's unreal that it followed (albeit 3 years later) "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" it feels like there should be a 10 year gap betwwen those albums.Wolter wrote: ↑12 Jul 2017, 9:36pmI think I once again have everything on this, but it still looks like a great set. The only tracks that would probably be an upgrade for me are the Baal songs; I only have an MP3 rip of those. But to be honest, they're not something I go back to often.Marky Dread wrote: ↑12 Jul 2017, 8:03pmNext box set.
http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/tracklist-r ... 982-100914
But, if I had the disposable income, I'd probably buy it anyway.
The next set will be interesting, since the actual albums will be dire, but a disc of all the random soundtrack songs he did during that period would probably be pretty entertaining, if all over the map.
"Suck our Earth dick, Martians!" —Doc
- Marky Dread
- Messiah of the Milk Bar
- Posts: 59059
- Joined: 17 Jun 2008, 11:26am
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
Yeah I think you are right Kory. The shift in style between Diamond Dogs and Young Americans shows how great an artist David was and the feeling that you can change direction and still make great music. "Let's Dance" may not be classic Bowie material but it is great pop music.Kory wrote: ↑14 Jul 2017, 12:17pmIt goes to show how much Nile Rodgers probably had to do with that album. Another large shift, from glam rock to art rock, had some funk and soul to bridge the gap and show a more natural progression.Marky Dread wrote: ↑14 Jul 2017, 10:23amI like "Let's Dance" but fuck it's unreal that it followed (albeit 3 years later) "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" it feels like there should be a 10 year gap betwwen those albums.Wolter wrote: ↑12 Jul 2017, 9:36pmI think I once again have everything on this, but it still looks like a great set. The only tracks that would probably be an upgrade for me are the Baal songs; I only have an MP3 rip of those. But to be honest, they're not something I go back to often.Marky Dread wrote: ↑12 Jul 2017, 8:03pmNext box set.
http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/tracklist-r ... 982-100914
But, if I had the disposable income, I'd probably buy it anyway.
The next set will be interesting, since the actual albums will be dire, but a disc of all the random soundtrack songs he did during that period would probably be pretty entertaining, if all over the map.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
I love Let's Dance. I may be in a minority but I do sometimes classify it as classic Bowie depending on my mood. It's so effective at what it's trying to do, that it seems like such a success.Marky Dread wrote: ↑14 Jul 2017, 12:37pmYeah I think you are right Kory. The shift in style between Diamond Dogs and Young Americans shows how great an artist David was and the feeling that you can change direction and still make great music. "Let's Dance" may not be classic Bowie material but it is great pop music.Kory wrote: ↑14 Jul 2017, 12:17pmIt goes to show how much Nile Rodgers probably had to do with that album. Another large shift, from glam rock to art rock, had some funk and soul to bridge the gap and show a more natural progression.Marky Dread wrote: ↑14 Jul 2017, 10:23amI like "Let's Dance" but fuck it's unreal that it followed (albeit 3 years later) "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" it feels like there should be a 10 year gap betwwen those albums.Wolter wrote: ↑12 Jul 2017, 9:36pmI think I once again have everything on this, but it still looks like a great set. The only tracks that would probably be an upgrade for me are the Baal songs; I only have an MP3 rip of those. But to be honest, they're not something I go back to often.Marky Dread wrote: ↑12 Jul 2017, 8:03pmNext box set.
http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/tracklist-r ... 982-100914
But, if I had the disposable income, I'd probably buy it anyway.
The next set will be interesting, since the actual albums will be dire, but a disc of all the random soundtrack songs he did during that period would probably be pretty entertaining, if all over the map.
"Suck our Earth dick, Martians!" —Doc
- Flex
- Mechano-Man of the Future
- Posts: 35991
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:50pm
- Location: The Information Superhighway!
Re: The David Bowie is God Thread
The whole album, or the song? The latter, for sure. The former, I'd like to hear the argument.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!