Band Face Off - Round 15

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by dissention

He's just turned into an unpleasant mess of an artist. I bought his Poe album when it first came out and I held my nose while listening.

I disagree. But he still has the guts to experiment. The poe-album , for me, is not a product of the rockartist Reed. I think he should have done that live in public only.

Originally Posted by dissention

Ecstasy is a damn fine album, though.

That one is way more substantial then the latest albums of your fave in my book.

[markolas]

Originally Posted by amber

me, too. 1/2 Blergh to all.

I mean...I just hate that kind of music. All that emo/punk crap, or whatever that is. I'm still waiting for a jazz version of this poll (and I don't mean Dave Koz vs. Kenny G).

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by markolas

I mean...I just hate that kind of music. All that emo/punk crap, or whatever that is. I'm still waiting for a jazz version of this poll (and I don't mean Dave Koz vs. Kenny G).

Jazz? I always say that jazz is the american word for "jeuk" (transl:"itch").

[markolas]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

Jazz? I always say that jazz is the american word for "jeuk" (transl:"itch").

I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

That one is way more substantial then the latest albums of your fave in my book.

I think Bowie's Heathen record trumps it. Maybe I'm biased because it came out after the Hours record, which I hated through and through, and was like a swift kick in the ass; Bowie was back, man.

[danax6]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

Jazz? I always say that jazz is the american word for "jeuk" (transl:"itch").

That sounds about right.

[Richard B]

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOWIE all the way. The man is cool, smart and innovative. Earthling is one of my fav albums by him.

And his films...The Hunger, Labyrinth

[dissention]

Originally Posted by markolas

I mean...I just hate that kind of music. All that emo/punk crap, or whatever that is.

I don't know how you can classify Bowie and Reed as "that kind of music" when they encompass many genres and have changed styles many times over the course of their careers.

[markolas]

Originally Posted by danax6

That sounds about right.

Meh. Philistines.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Richard B

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOWIE all the way. The man is cool, smart and innovative. Earthling is one of my fav albums by him.

And his films...The Hunger, Labyrinth

How about his turn as Warhol in Basquiat?

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by markolas

Yet another poll which I'll have to sit out.

What a shame! Who doesn't love Bowie?

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by dissention

How about his turn as Warhol in Basquiat?

He freaked me out by his sheer presence in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.

But I also really loved him in The Man Who Fell To Earth. What a great film. But then I'm partial to Nicolas Roeg films.

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by markolas

I mean...I just hate that kind of music. All that emo/punk crap, or whatever that is. I'm still waiting for a jazz version of this poll (and I don't mean Dave Koz vs. Kenny G).

What about Bowie, Lou Reed or Iggy Pop has ever been emo? And while one could ceretainly make the arguments for Iggy and Lou as punk, when the late 70s came around, Bowie was firmly ensconced in his Eno (very different from emo) phase.

Bowie especially has done a lot of different stuff over the years. I don't think anything really approaching emo or punk came into the mix, though.

As for jazz, part of me hopes this face-off thing never goes there. I can only imagine the cruel cruel choices Sharon will come up with. Miles v. Coltrane? Bird v. Diz? The Duke v. the Count? Mingus v. ... well, I don't know who anybody could put up against Mingus.

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

Jazz? I always say that jazz is the american word for "jeuk" (transl:"itch").

I don't think I get it...

[heyjupiter678]

Originally Posted by Jyqm

What a shame! Who doesn't love Bowie?

I'm sitting this one out, too.