LutonSpurs
Eric Dear
If you want any recommendations shout but seriously, you cannot go wrong with any of his albums from the 70's.
Yes please.
If you want any recommendations shout but seriously, you cannot go wrong with any of his albums from the 70's.
Yes please.
I'd go with Hunky Dory, Young Americans and Low. That would give you a decent spread of the range of his 70's work and they are all brilliant.
Iggy Pop's the Idiot and Lust for Life are both worth a listen too. Bowie produced, co-wrote and played on both of them and recorded them in the same year that he recorded Low and Heroes. It's a remarkable period of creativity.
And I would throw in Ziggy Stardust, Diamond Dogs and Heroes...Station To Station too...Milo remember that 'get a room category' hahahaha!
Can't argue with those three from the 70s.I'd go with Hunky Dory, Young Americans and Low. That would give you a decent spread of the range of his 70's work and they are all brilliant.
Iggy Pop's the Idiot and Lust for Life are both worth a listen too. Bowie produced, co-wrote and played on both of them and recorded them in the same year that he recorded Low and Heroes. It's a remarkable period of creativity.
Can't argue with those three from the 70s.
And I'd have Station to Station on the bench (much under rated vs Ziggy album IMO)
I like that description, mind if I keep it to reuse?Also reading @scaramanga being typically provocative in his practise of free speech.
I don't think I'm ever really intolerant of other people's opinions. I might hold them in very low esteem and feel they could benefit from educating away from them, but if someone has good reason to feel a certain way then it makes for good discussion.It would be so cool if he wasn't so intolerant of other people's opinions but that's what comes with elitist privilege. That mindset where being a C.U.N.T is ok because you are more intelligent and earn more.
I don't believe I did argue that.Also how can you actually argue wether people should enjoy a certain kind of music or not. It's completely relative. People have different tastes. It's like arguing about preferences in Cheese. Everyone is different and influenced by certain things but you have to be able to tolerate others preferences unless you are a complete an utter tool.
I like that description, mind if I keep it to reuse?
I don't think I'm ever really intolerant of other people's opinions. I might hold them in very low esteem and feel they could benefit from educating away from them, but if someone has good reason to feel a certain way then it makes for good discussion.
Whilst I am thoroughly guilty of being more intelligent than most, I sincerely doubt I earn more than most on this forum. In fact, if salary were measured as a product of ability I'd probably rank somewhere near the bottom.
I don't believe I did argue that.
I merely made the point that (despite a fair amount of effort) I don't rate his music and that I feel there's an element of Emporer's New Clothes when people name check him.
I like that description, mind if I keep it to reuse?
Are you asking or do you know the story?
Blimey, controversial statement there mate..... Paul weller!He said Britain needed a fascist leader like a Hitler. I put it down to all the drugs and the stupid things famous people say from time to time. I think what he was alluding to was that at the time the was no strong leadership in the country. Strong leadership does not have to come from violence but can from people with convictions who hold true beliefs.
At least that is what I like to think he meant rather than he wanted to see Britain invade Poland and send Jews on a one way train trip. Either way he was just a forerunner for how musicians get asked so many leading questions by journos he gave a load of tosh as an answer.
Setting all that aside he is the finest musician this country has ever produced and his range and quality of music is something I admire, I have him ahead of Paul Weller on points.
Very sad he passed but glad he is not in pain any more.
I'd go a bit further to be honest. I think he'll be remembered as one of the defining artists of the past hundred years. For me he wasn't just in the very top tier when it comes to music, but as a visual artist he was equally revolutionary. He was at once fiercely intellectual and massively popular. "Clever and mainstream" is a near-impossible line to walk these days. He managed it. His influence is felt throughout modern culture in a way that few others are.Setting all that aside he is the finest musician this country has ever produced and his range and quality of music is something I admire, I have him ahead of Paul Weller on points.