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Post by oh oooh on Jan 8, 2020 9:57:47 GMT
IN COLOR, I say!
DB would have turned 73 today.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jan 8, 2020 13:15:00 GMT
Much missed
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Post by fonz on Jan 8, 2020 15:10:29 GMT
Van Halen
First six albums
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2020 15:58:13 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2020 16:03:31 GMT
Van Halen First six albums End of.. ..good taste. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2020 17:01:07 GMT
We couldn't produce a top 50 with anything like the quality, diversity and distinctiveness of the Bowie top 50. He's not in the same league. You're insane. Stevie's six-album run from "Where I'm Coming From" through "Songs in the Key of Life" is pretty damn close to being perfect straight through... and that's not even including any of his '60s singles, of which there are some stone-cold classics. I remember Paul Simon started off a Grammy's speech by thanking Stevie Wonder for not putting out any albums that year. |
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Post by toomanyhatz on Jan 9, 2020 0:59:31 GMT
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Post by toomanyhatz on Jan 9, 2020 1:15:21 GMT
I think there are a lot of contenders, though I get the exalted level that many (particularly Brits) bestow upon him. Remember the Bowie vs. (everybody) threads on BCB? He took on all comers, including God. But then there's the 80s & 90s...
Not mentioned yet (I think) contenders:
Kevin Ayers
Elton
Shane (inevitably?)
Tom Verlaine
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Post by fange on Jan 9, 2020 4:22:35 GMT
Not mentioned yet (I think) contenders: Kevin Ayers Shane (inevitably?) Tom Verlaine :lol: I love your unabashed enthusiasm for these artists, hatzy, but... |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2020 8:01:25 GMT
I think there are a lot of contenders, though I get the exalted level that many (particularly Brits) bestow upon him. Remember the Bowie vs. (everybody) threads on BCB? He took on all comers, including God. But then there's the 80s & 90s... Not mentioned yet (I think) contenders: Kevin Ayers Elton Shane (inevitably?) Tom Verlaine You don't get Bowie if you think these people are anywhere near him, either in talent or cultural impact.
Then there's this idea, which we've had from a few American posters on this thread, that this is something being projected on Bowie by over-enthusiastic Brits. But look at all the books that have been written on him, the documentaries that have been made, the exhibitions etc. That only happens if you're a major cultural figure and if anything his cultural weight is increasing post humously.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jan 9, 2020 8:28:32 GMT
Not mentioned yet (I think) contenders: Kevin Ayers Shane (inevitably?) Tom Verlaine :lol: I love your unabashed enthusiasm for these artists, hatzy, but...
Station To Station needed more fiddle
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Jan 9, 2020 8:31:23 GMT
Right, so the likes of Leonard Cohen, Elton John and Kevin Ayers are comparable to Bowie in the 70s?
Really?
You get this with some of the American posters. A reaction to the Brits being “ott”? Cultural differences? A bit of both?
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Post by rayge on Jan 9, 2020 8:35:43 GMT
Well I'm a 'Brit', and I don't buy into it. I think the idea of artistic legacy is a nonsense anyway, but if you're just talking about the 1970s, Joni Mitchell trounces him. No coke-addled soul-less soul, for a start.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2020 8:44:01 GMT
Well I'm a 'Brit', and I don't buy into it. I think the idea of artistic legacy is a nonsense anyway, but if you're just talking about the 1970s, Joni Mitchell trounces him. No coke-addled soul-less soul, for a start. The soul period was hugely influential, Joni Mitchell never got played in clubs. |
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Post by osgood on Jan 9, 2020 8:54:06 GMT
Being played in clubs as a measure of artistic height is new to me.
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