The Official David Bowie Thread

I bought a second-hand copy of the Heroes album on vinyl. It has the best version of Heroes I have ever heard. Bowie sings it all, half in french. Id heard about the release before, but hadn't been able to find it.
 
That's close to being one of the worst Bowie songs, although only in it's Debut LP version (The single had a little B-Movie flavor to it at least) but I still have to put Rubber Band in for a tie...both versions. Still, I don't shove away the Deram Years all together.

I have been surviving the first album through the Deram Anthology, and to me most of it was a clumsy attempt with a usually ineffective blend of a Music Hall style with some interesting but still under-developed lyrics that had a couple of good songs in my opinion - Silly Boy Blue and She's Got Medals (Despite a Hey Joe style in the music). Please, Mr. Gravedigger was also a very odd way to end an album circa 1967, and certainly one of my favorite Early Bowie tracks. That trio of songs may not be "Classic," they still hinted at the perverse and interesting songs he would later create one he matured.

To me, it's far better than most Twee Music...Bowie's singing is far better for starters.

As for the Post-LP Deram work, I would vote for Karma Man, the classic Let Me Sleep Beside You, and the solid In The Heat of the Morning among the great Bowie songs of all as pointers to his best work. Clearly, he was gaining a truly unique style during that time which alone was a major improvement over the debut album even then.
 
I'm pretty sure he's been the main songwriter on everything he's done. If not then he's still solely responsible for several of the greatest moments in the history of Rock.
 
I think it's good if you put it into context.
He wasn't an avant garde musician , he was a pop singer with an ear for a song.
You think , the modern day equivalent of Bowie putting out Low is someone like Robbie Williams coming out with a jazz fusion album AND it being good. Which as you would imagine is highly unlikely.
 
maybe you're thinking of the glam days of Mechanical Animals, but half woman? No.

The closest thing to Reznor-like was Anti-Christ Superstar, which Reznor happened to produce (some of the songs actually sounded like potential NIN songs). But, Mechanical Animals and HolyWood were mostly Twiggy's work, and sufficient enough to give Manson a distinct sound. After Twiggy left, there is no Marilyn Manson. It's just crap.

As far as Bowie, I didn't like the stuff he did with Reznor, and I doubt I'd like anything he'd do with Manson.
 
Lol. If Bowie would have sat down with a djerabe and jammed on that for forty-five minutes (and mind you I've heard albums like that), it would have been an improvement on his debut.
 
Bowie albums should be aquired in the following order

Hunky Dory/ Low
Ziggy Stardust
Heroes
Aladdin Sane
Station To Station
Scary Monsters
Man Who Sold The World
Diamond Dogs
Space Oddity
Young Americans
Lodger
Pin Ups
Reality
Heathen
Lets Dance
Hours

Avoid anything else , especially Tonight & Never Let Me Down
 
David Bowie is counted among rock's great musicians because of his albums, not his singles. If you want to contest that fact, be my guest. It doesn't make you right. Here's a sampling of his excellent albums (these are just the classics, but feel free to make a list of your own):

The Man Who Sold The World
Hunky Dory
Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Aladdin Sane
Young Americans
Low
"Heroes"

Hunky Dory is an amazing album which foreshadows the compositional genius in later albums like Ziggy and Aladdin Sane, and is filled to the brim with excellent songs. Writing it off as "tripe" is immature and clearly shows a lack of appreciation for his unique songwriting. What other Bowie albums showcase such a varied portrait of his talents like Hunky Dory? It's probably one of his most widely appreciated albums, and as far as Bowie goes, that's certainly saying something.

If you want to base your experiences with Bowie on a greatest hits CD, I don't see much reason arguing with you.
 
It think you're right about that, because he did compose something for Nicholas Roeg, and it's gotta be sitting in a can somewhere. The photo of Bowie used on Station to Station came from a movie still from the Man Who Fell To Earth. They simply don't make movies like that anymore, lol.
 
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