RIP David Bowie

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Meanwhile, in Todos Santos...


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linkous wrote:350 Bowie fans voted on his best album (just before he died) and the results are below. No major surprises as to what the 10 albums are , I guess the interest is in the order from 10 - 1?

https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2016/0 ... ay-3-10-1/

As well as the above blog voting Low as Bowie's best album, the Pitchfork list of the Greatest albums of the 70's voted Low at No 1 as well.

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lis ... -1970s/10/

It is my favourite Bowie album as well. Got me thinking, how many other legendary artists (who sold tons of records) would have an album that perhaps 80% of the general public would find unlistenable(well side 2 certainly) as their crowning achievement?

I would bet a big fat zero.

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miles davis?

depends what you consider his crowning achievement but hes got a few candidates that would easily fly over tons of heads

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Neil Young's "Doom Trilogy" is not very popular with the general public but highly rated by Neil fans and critics:

Time Fades Away
On The Beach
Tonight's The Night
The closer you get to the meaning
The sooner you'll know that you're dreaming

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The closer you get to the meaning
The sooner you'll know that you're dreaming

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"David Bowie Albums from Worst to Best"

http://www.stereogum.com/1291641/david- ... ting-down/
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"Exile", particularly the last couple sides, isnt anywhere near what your average music listener would tolerate, although I concede its not exactly the same case as with Low.

I think most artists' more difficult records are often the best rated critically.
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What do you all think about Tin Machine? Kind of a transition from the 1980's pop era to later more experimental sounds in the 1990s. Could be viewed as an early grunge sound. Apparently he worked with Gabriel Reeves for much of the remainder of his career. Other bandmates were 1970's comedian Soupy Sales sons.

RIP Starman. You will be missed.

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blackwll wrote:What do you all think about Tin Machine? Kind of a transition from the 1980's pop era to later more experimental sounds in the 1990s. Could be viewed as an early grunge sound. Apparently he worked with Gabriel Reeves for much of the remainder of his career. Other bandmates were 1970's comedian Soupy Sales sons.

RIP Starman. You will be missed.
I listened to the first album a lot when it was released. Re-visited it a few years back and actually thought it had held up well. TM II was a disappointment.

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Really good BBC documentary on Showtime for free. "David Bowie - 5 Years". From 2013. The BBC does this sort of thing real well.

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blackwll wrote:What do you all think about Tin Machine? Kind of a transition from the 1980's pop era to later more experimental sounds in the 1990s. Could be viewed as an early grunge sound. Apparently he worked with Gabriel Reeves for much of the remainder of his career. Other bandmates were 1970's comedian Soupy Sales sons.

RIP Starman. You will be missed.
Reeves quit in '99:
https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/jewel/

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The Onion memorializes The Thin White Puke:

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The sooner we put those assholes in the grave&piss on the dirt above it, the better off we'll be

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http://scallemang.ca/bowie25albums/

Such a Bowie list!!

The best album (that I have heard)is LKJ's Forces Of Victory imho. The greatest "British" reggae album ever made.

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David Bowie was "facing his own mortality" says Barnbrook

http://www.dezeen.com/2016/01/20/david- ... mortality/
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From The Tweet Of God:

Honestly, hanging out with David Bowie is even cooler than I thought it would be
Now it's dark.

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Pitchfork posthumously review 5 classic Bowie albums.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/

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linkous wrote:Pitchfork posthumously review 5 classic Bowie albums.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/

I enjoyed these reviews. Great rock n roll history.

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Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing

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The American Library Association is re-issuing this 1987 poster. I remember this, and decided to order one this time around.

https://bowiesattva.wordpress.com/2012/ ... the-idiot/

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whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:this is an excellent read

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/featu ... s-20160127
Yeah. This is so good. I think I will actually purchase the issue and it's been decades since I bought an actual hard copy of Rolling Stone and I never expected I ever would again. The tributes are fantastic, my favourite being Noel Gallagher's (fuckin' hell). He's endlessly hilarious while also being appropriately respectful. But if you're totally humourless you might not appreciate it.
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Zip City wrote:Image
Those pics are of John Beverley, and I claim my £50

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linkous wrote:
Zip City wrote:Image
Those pics are of John Beverley, and I claim my £50
I don't understand any of that
And I knew when I woke up Rock N Roll would be here forever

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Zip City wrote:
linkous wrote:
Zip City wrote:Image
Those pics are of John Beverley, and I claim my £50
I don't understand any of that
These are pics of John Beverley (aka John Simon Richie), more famously known as Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols.

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I know it's Sid Vicious, just didn't get any Sid Vicious "hits" when I googled the name you posted.

What's the money for?
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Oh, I thought it was a competition to name the person in the T-shirt! Never mind ;)

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