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Old 05-17-2018, 03:21 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Ok.

first time I'll hear that about a Bowie song, probably the last
Aside from his unique voice. I just think some songs on his earliest few albums aren't really anything special, aside from being performed by Bowie.

Surely, it must be acceptable to suggest that not everything he did was gold?
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Old 05-17-2018, 04:02 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Aside from his unique voice. I just think some songs on his earliest few albums aren't really anything special, aside from being performed by Bowie.

Surely, it must be acceptable to suggest that not everything he did was gold?
No, not everything he did was gold.

Hunky Dory
Ziggy
Aladdin Sane
Station to Station
Low
Heroes
Scary Monsters
Blackstar

Is the gold. And there is no 'filler' on those records.
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Old 05-17-2018, 04:07 PM   #23 (permalink)
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No, not everything he did was gold.

Hunky Dory
Ziggy
Aladdin Sane
Station to Station
Low
Heroes
Scary Monsters
Blackstar

Is the gold. And there is no 'filler' on those records.
I'm just not really feeling it. I feel like some of the early songs practically scream "classic", but there's also a fair amount of pretty standard genre workouts and some questionable sound quality on some of the earliest albums as well.

Again - I'm not a classic rock guy, so it's unavoidable that I'll disagree with people about early Bowie. I think my reactions will start to become less predictable when we get to Young Americans and beyond.

I fear you'll finally block my profile when we get to Low
Don't remember much about it, except that I didn't click with it at all.
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Old 05-17-2018, 04:17 PM   #24 (permalink)
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I'm just not really feeling it. I feel like some of the early songs practically scream "classic", but there's also a fair amount of pretty standard genre workouts and some questionable sound quality on some of the earliest albums as well.

Again - I'm not a classic rock guy, so it's unavoidable that I'll disagree with people about early Bowie. I think my reactions will start to become less predictable when we get to Young Americans and beyond.

I fear you'll finally block my profile when we get to Low
Don't remember much about it, except that I didn't click with it at all.
I wouldn't say I was a classic rock guy either really. If I remember correctly it might have taken me a couple of listens to albums all the way through before I really loved them but I can't remember.

& I'm not gonna block you we're m8s m8.
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Old 05-17-2018, 04:43 PM   #25 (permalink)
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I wouldn't say I was a classic rock guy either really. If I remember correctly it might have taken me a couple of listens to albums all the way through before I really loved them but I can't remember.

& I'm not gonna block you we're m8s m8.
4sho, bro.

I don't have the same familiarity you guys have with these albums, so I'm coming at them from a perspective where I'm mostly trying to appreciate them for the first time, knowing maybe 1 or 2 songs in advance. I listen to these album mostly just once as well, since going through his entire discography is quite the challenge and there's already the album club and more.

It's definetely possible that I'd click better with some of these albums after repeat listens.
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Old 06-17-2018, 05:07 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Well, I'm certainly not alone here. This happens not only to be my favorite Bowie album, but one my five favorite records overall. Is it a perfect album? Well, no. I join with the consensus that Fill Your Heart (which is a cover by Biff Rose and also recorded by Tiny Tim- nuff said) isn't so great and I didnt like Changes that much as it was overplayed on my radio station around 1975 for some reason. But everything else is absolutely classic. Favorite tracks are Life On Mars, Kooks, and Andy Warhol (sorry, Trolls ). Also check out Bewlay Brothers, his best ending track so far.

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