David Bowie Appreciation Thread

foxyluva · #1 04-06-2006, 12:50 AM

Im in LOVE with David Bowie at the moment - I just picked up 'Reality', 'Reality Tour DVD' 'Heathen' & 'Scary Monsters' - And I have to say - WOW

How freakin great Is David Bowie? His albums are bloody awesome

'Lets Dance' is quite commercial, but really good, 'Scary Monsters' is absolutley amazing - 'Ashes to Ashes' has to be one of the greatest songs ever

His late 80's to late 90's stuff is absolute garbage, and I mean real crap - But 2002's 'Heathen' is some of the best Bowie stuff I have heard, and 2003's 'Reality' is almost as good. I did hear he was supposed to have a new album out this year - and I can't wait

Any other Bowie fans lurking

Red · #2 04-06-2006, 01:14 AM

I have always had and always will have an absurd crush on David Bowie. I was introduced to his music at a very early age (about 5 or 6)by my older sis, which would've been in the Let's Dance era and it blossomed from there.

Ahhhh, Labyrinth...the pseudo mullet, the Kevin Aucoin style make-up and oh....that majestic codpiece. That, my friend, sealed the deal on the life-long crush. Mmm hmm.

Right now the song of choice is "I'm Afraid of Americans". Blew the f*cking roof off of his last tour and I swear I melted straight into my seat when I saw it live. Yummy.

cliffdweller · #3 04-06-2006, 10:57 AM

Glad you're loving some Bowie...isn't that Reality Tour DVD just the most awesome thing you've ever seen/heard? I watch that DVD at least once a week. I would LOVE to have it on c.d., the man is a fabulous genius!

DavidMn · #4 04-06-2006, 11:52 AM

I do like someof his stuff, but for the most part, he's a little too out there for my tastes. A great talent though for sure.

David · #5 04-06-2006, 12:12 PM

Yay Bowie!!

I like to play "Changes" & I like listening to "Aladdin Sane" the song, which is arguably his greatest song.

DavidMn · #6 04-06-2006, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Yay Bowie!!

I like to play "Changes" & I like listening to "Aladdin Sane" the song, which is arguably his greatest song.

Was Alladin Sane done while he was Ziggy Stardust?

cliffdweller · #7 04-06-2006, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Yay Bowie!!

I like to play "Changes" & I like listening to "Aladdin Sane" the song, which is arguably his greatest song.

Cool sig pic, David.

I like Aladdin Sane too, however, from that album I would have to say that either "Drive in Saturday" or "Watch That Man" are my favorite songs.

I can't pick an overall favorite song though, Bowie's got an impressive and extensive catalogue of material, it's too much to choose from!

dissention · #8 04-06-2006, 03:49 PM

I believe Bowie's song "Sunday" to be one of the greatest ever. And what a remarkable way to start an album. Picking "Heathen" up the day it came out and playing it as soon as I got back to my car is one of my fondest musical memories. "Sunday," followed by "Cactus," followed by "Slip Away," followed by "Slow Burn," etc. Bowie was back on ****ing top, man. There still isn't a week that goes by where I don't pop that album into my stereo.

I don't think all of his early to mid-nineties stuff is total crap, though. I do have a soft spot for the "Black Tie White Noise" album, which I am unable to explain. I also quite like the "Outside" and "Earthling" albums, for the most part, though "Hours..." is still pretty unlistenable seven years later.

The Reality DVD is incredible, performance-wise. The schizophrenic editing threatens to break my sanity at certain points, but what a show. "Life On Mars" from that DVD is beyond words.

In summation, Bowie is love.

foxyluva · #9 04-06-2006, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

I believe Bowie's song "Sunday" to be one of the greatest ever. And what a remarkable way to start an album. Picking "Heathen" up the day it came out and playing it as soon as I got back to my car is one of my fondest musical memories. "Sunday," followed by "Cactus," followed by "Slip Away," followed by "Slow Burn," etc. Bowie was back on ****ing top, man. There still isn't a week that goes by where I don't pop that album into my stereo.

I don't think all of his early to mid-nineties stuff is total crap, though. I do have a soft spot for the "Black Tie White Noise" album, which I am unable to explain. I also quite like the "Outside" and "Earthling" albums, for the most part, though "Hours..." is still pretty unlistenable seven years later.

The Reality DVD is incredible, performance-wise. The schizophrenic editing threatens to break my sanity at certain points, but what a show. "Life On Mars" from that DVD is beyond words.

In summation, Bowie is love.

Isn't 'Heathen' just amazing. I love all those tracks you mentioned - plus 'Ive Been Looking' & my very favourite 'I Will be Your Slave'

I don't like anything from the 90's of David's. 'Hours...' is some of the worst stuff I have ever heard, and 'Black Tie White Noise' is even worse

I do however have a soft spot for 'Tonight' - even though commercial, still really enjoyable.

But nothing comes close to the greatness of 'Heathen'

Its nice to see you back here Diss

cliffdweller · #10 04-06-2006, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by foxyluva

I do however have a soft spot for 'Tonight' - even though commercial, still really enjoyable.

Oh yeah? Well I like Let's Dance!

For died in the wool Bowie fans that's like poison, even HE denounced that album for quite some time. But I got ta have me some China Girl...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that song till the end of time.

And can I just say that I'm glad to see him smiling again? He's a beautiful, beautiful man, I mean, just LOOK!

#11 04-06-2006, 04:42 PM

Love David Bowie.. 2 of my favorite albums are Diamond Dogs & Aladdin Sane...very big hits in my day.

Livia · #12 04-06-2006, 04:53 PM

I loves me some Bowie! I just got the remastered Scary Monsters CD and there's stuff on there I don't recall hearing before. It's greatness...I've seen his most recent tour, and the Serious Moonlight tour.

And Let's Dance rocks cuz Stevie Ray Vaughan is on it!

David · #13 04-06-2006, 05:41 PM

When the "Heroes" album came out, I used to play the track "Moss Garden" & daydream by my window as I looked out over the vast expanse of the Arcadia hanging gardens. Sometimes, too, I would hop on my bike & tear off into the hinterlands (the San Gabriel foothills), pretending that I was Frodo Baggins & that the ringwraiths were after me.

David Bowie wrote "Beauty & the Beast," which influenced Stevie to write her "Beauty & the Beast." Stevie & David had many a demitasse together, dreaming of the drawn-out death rattles of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the sunset of a glorious era, & the essence of protracted, dying concupiscence--visionary & profound--captured by the playwright, poet & novelist Artur Schnitzler in such works as "La Ronde" & "Sterben."

In fact, I believe that you cannot truly understand Stevie's title song "Bella Donna" until you have read "Sterben," a novella of terrifying magnificence written during the waning of the Hapsburgs which shares many of the themes of "Bella Donna."

Richard B · #14 04-06-2006, 05:43 PM

Love Bowie, even his fluff songs.

But my favorite album is 'Earthling.' No question. Heathen was quite amazing as well. I tend to prefer his latter work.

DavidMn · #15 04-06-2006, 06:06 PM

I would have to say my favorite song of his is China Girl