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I’m gonna go with Tonight, but I think there can be some discussion about this. I love Bowie, most people with good taste in music would agree with me. But after listening to most of his albums, I don’t see how one can argue that even some of his most popular albums are kind of...eh...top heavy in the sense that the singles are usually awesome but the rest of the album is kind of meh. This doesn’t apply to all his albums naturally (Ziggy Stardust, Station to Station, Heroes, Low come to mind). However, after Let’s Dance (a good album), it seems his music does get kind of dated. That prodigy rip off album ‘Earthling” comes to mind. And most of his 80’s/90’s work in general. So Bowie is by no means perfect. So what do you say goons? Which of his albums do you hate the most?
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Nov 18, 2017 09:10
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars A spicy but somewhat valid opinion. It gets shoved down your throat as ‘one of the greatest albums of all time’ so I could technically see someone disliking it for how...played out it is.
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Nov 18, 2017 09:14
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facebook jihad posted:A spicy but somewhat valid opinion. It gets shoved down your throat as ‘one of the greatest albums of all time’ so I could technically see someone disliking it for how...played out it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI66hcu9fIs What, I ask, is what's amazing about this exactly? It's okay... but I think the appeal is really the persona where you have a queer-ish rocker on stage. But if you want to jam out to gender-bending performers wearing makeup there are plenty to pick from in the 1970s that you can really dance to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EnldChgP0Q BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 09:24 on Nov 18, 2017 |
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Nov 18, 2017 09:20
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I feel like Gemini isn't great but it's better than This Unruly Mess I've Made.
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Nov 18, 2017 09:22
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the one with the disco songs about his baby
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Nov 18, 2017 09:25
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I have really mixed feelings about Let's Dance. The singles are great of course. I like Ricochet for its production value. I'm a sucker for weird vocal effects. China Girl and Cat People have great openings but are ultimately forgettable. Shake It sucks.
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Nov 18, 2017 09:33
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Hunky Dory is a perfect album and I won’t hear any slander against it Otherwise yeah I don’t listen to much past Let’s Dance. I’ve only listened to Blackstar once or twice but it seems solid. It’s kind of a heavy album considering the story surrounding it.
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Nov 18, 2017 09:35
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the album he put out after 9/11, 'heathen' got virtually no play and was and is beautiful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFtNAXxwn-I sorry to not play by the rules but i haven't seen a bowie thread since he died, so there's his best album instead
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Nov 18, 2017 09:42
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extra stout posted:the album he put out after 9/11, 'heathen' got virtually no play and was and is beautiful Slow burn actually got the poo poo played out of it here in 03
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Nov 18, 2017 09:50
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Earthling is fine, Seven Years in Tibet and I'm Afraid of Americans alone elevate it over his dark ages output like Tonight or his super early goofball work like Man of Words/Man of Music. You can't even make a strong case for Hours when you have Never Let Me Down sitting on the shelf like a terrible unwanted gift from someone you love too much to just throw away
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Nov 18, 2017 14:16
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Nov 18, 2017 14:17
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Not including the laughably dogshit 80s ones here, my biggest disappointment in the catalog was the batch of Outside, Earthling and Hours. Heathen is very good and I'm glad to see it getting some love
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Nov 18, 2017 14:17
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The Buddha of Suburbia there are three tracks on it that I do like, which are ambient instrumentals, but the rest of the album is just kind of blah also not a big fan of the Tin Machine stuff
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Nov 18, 2017 14:18
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Earthling (except for I’m Aftaid if Americans)
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Nov 18, 2017 14:23
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extra stout posted:the album he put out after 9/11, 'heathen' got virtually no play and was and is beautiful Heathen was my introduction to David Bowie thanks to Pandora. I guess growing up I always knew of Bowie, but never got into him until Heathen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyrPqUuKDIM To keep on topic with the thread: I tried listening to Low earlier this week and couldn't get into it. However, based on everything I've read, it sounds like that's a personal problem 
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Nov 18, 2017 14:44
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Low was written in Berlin in the late stages of cocaine psychosis. It takes a couple listens to get into. But it's good.
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Nov 18, 2017 14:53
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poisonpill posted:Low was written in Berlin in the late stages of cocaine psychosis. It takes a couple listens to get into. But it's good. it was indeed in Berlin but he was trying to get clean when he wrote it. he had just moved to Berlin with Iggy Pop who was also trying to get clean at that time. its also a very Brian Eno influenced album so if you don't like weird ambient music it just might not be your thing. the album you might be thinking of is Station to Station, he was so hosed up while recording that he said he couldnt remember the sessions. imo one of his best albums (as is Low)
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the photo album from his funeral
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Nov 18, 2017 15:20
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Hector Beerlioz posted:all of them this is the opinion I would have, if I was a complete idiot
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ElectricSheep posted:the photo album from his funeral  
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Nov 18, 2017 16:10
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Hector Beerlioz posted:all of them Excuse me, sir, but I'm going to need you to suck the poo poo straight out of my whole rear end in a top hat
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Nov 18, 2017 16:11
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Let’s Dance was the soundtrack to me losing my virginity so I deeply hate that album
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Nov 18, 2017 16:30
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What about his early early stuff? When it's mostly acoustic? Major Tom, etc. I found that stuff a bit hard to get into.
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A Strange Aeon posted:What about his early early stuff? When it's mostly acoustic? it loving great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ_Wbjz8JTc
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Neukoln19 posted:Excuse me, sir, but I'm going to need you to suck the poo poo straight out of my whole rear end in a top hat why dont you David Blowme
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What the gently caress Earthling loving owns what the gently caress is wrong with you people. Not counting the usual, obvious ones (his early stuff, 80's post-Let's Dance, some of his later albums though I like those more than most) I'll say Heroes. I really don't like any of the songs besides the title track, and even then the live version from Stage is much better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL49Aahl18Q
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Nov 18, 2017 17:10
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definitely The Wall
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Earwicker posted:the album you might be thinking of is Station to Station, he was so hosed up while recording that he said he couldnt remember the sessions. imo one of his best albums (as is Low) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aViim_DkAfA
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Also I have strongly felt that loving Robin Thicke sonic atrocity Blurred Lines is a complete ripoff of TVC15 from the minute I first heard it years ago, but nobody seems to ever know what I'm talking about
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars Rock and Roll Suicide doesn't do it for you? I mean it's cool but goddamn I love that song. I don't really have a least favorite but I guess The Next Day is not really on my rotation. Love Blackstar though.
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an oddly awful oud posted:Also I have strongly felt that loving Robin Thicke sonic atrocity Blurred Lines is a complete ripoff of TVC15 from the minute I first heard it years ago, but nobody seems to ever know what I'm talking about yeah thats a bit of a stretch
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Tomato Burger posted:To keep on topic with the thread: I tried listening to Low earlier this week and couldn't get into it. However, based on everything I've read, it sounds like that's a personal problem Yeah, that's completely on you. The first 6 tracks are catchy, tight pop songs. The second half of the album is Brian Eno and David Bowie. It's easily one of his top 3 albums. edit: now I'm on track 3 of Low, Pivotal Lever fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Nov 18, 2017 |
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Nov 18, 2017 18:49
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Nude posted:Rock and Roll Suicide doesn't do it for you? I mean it's cool but goddamn I love that song. I don't really have a least favorite but I guess The Next Day is not really on my rotation. Love Blackstar though. Easily my fav David Bowie song of all time and I like to sing along loudly to it while I do the dishes
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I really only like Ziggy Stardust and the ones with Eno and Lodger is the weakest out of those.
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thrilla in vanilla posted:Not including the laughably dogshit 80s ones here, my biggest disappointment in the catalog was the batch of Outside, Earthling and Hours. Heathen is very good and I'm glad to see it getting some love Yeah that’s my opinion pretty much too. Black Tie White Noise is an album I’ll defend to the death for its early 90s dance music appeal, but Outside is basically David Bowie covers NIN and Earthling is David Bowie covers Prodigy/Chemical Brothers. They’re fine for what they are (one of my exes loves Outside but she was kind of into the goth scene) but don’t stack up in comparison to his entire catalogue. Hours is just meeeeehh Tonight is probably the most obvious answer, but my first and only listen to that album was one of the worst experiences I’ve had in listening to an album period. I had recently listened to Let’s Dance in its entirety so I figured Tonight wouldn’t be that bad. Most of the mediocre Bowie albums at least have strong singles to support it, but Tonight doesn’t even have that. Loving The Alien is ok I guess. I mostly stick to the Diamond Dogs-Scary Monsters span when I listen to Bowie. Ziggy and Hunky Dory are great albums as well, but I’ve burned out hard on them. Never really enjoyed Aladdinsane either but it’s still better than the other stuff mentioned. facebook jihad fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Nov 18, 2017 |
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Nov 18, 2017 19:13
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I wish I could have thrown that lolipop myself!!!
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The older I get, the more I dig Bowie's later stuff. Early on I was all about Hunky Dory/Ziggy Stardust, then a few years later I was all into Station to Station/Low, and now I'm all about Outside/Heathen. I still have a difficult time deciding between Ziggy/StS/Outside for my favorite Bowie album, probably leaning Outside right now. The songs are weird but they really grow on you and I love blasting The Heart's Filthy Lesson or Thru These Architect's Eyes while driving, plus Strangers When We Meet is my favorite Bowie song.
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