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Post by DarknessFish on Mar 13, 2024 9:20:55 GMT
The Last Poets – The Last Poets Shipbuilding – Robert Wyatt The Fabulous Little Richard – Little Richard Music for 18 Musicians – Steve Reich The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground Tupelo Blues – John Lee Hooker Blues, Rags and Hollers – Koerner, Ray and Glover The Apollo Theatre Presents: In Person! The James Brown Show – James Brown Forces of Victory – Linton Kwesi Johnson The Red Flower of Tachai Blossoms Everywhere: Music Played on National Instruments – Various Artists Banana Moon – Daevid Allen Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris – Cast Album The Electrosoniks: Electronic Music – Tom Dissevelt The 5000 Spirits of the Layers of the Onion – The Incredible String Band Ten Songs by Tucker Zimmerman – Tucker Zimmerman Four Last Songs (Strauss) – Gundula Janowitz The Ascension – Glenn Branca The Madcap Laughs – Syd Barrett Black Angels – George Crumb Funky Kingston – Toots & The Maytals Delusion of the Fury – Harry Partch Oh Yeah – Charles Mingus Le Sacre du Printemps – Igor Stravinsky The Fugs – The Fugs The Glory of the Human Voice – Florence Foster Jenkins www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/04/david-bowie-favorite-albums?fbclid=IwAR25I8qx09_6A4-vBPFcv6b0M4R35H1ZYmtPZzXUMVO8pXrXXyxR8CE0BkMIt was just posted on Jeff's Rebellious Jukebox facebook page, and it seems strange that we've not discussed this before. That's an interesting list, but Scott Walker seems an obvious omission. |
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Mar 13, 2024 10:07:02 GMT
It is an interesting list. You suspect that many of these albums were things he was listening to in the late 60s, which shows that the things which make the most impact on you are often encountered when young. Other than VU, and even then not really, there's little here that fits comfortably into the rock mainstream.
I've only heard about a quarter of the list, so might have a go at listening to an album a week..anyone else up for this?
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Post by loveless on Mar 13, 2024 10:10:47 GMT
I'd do that.
I would also add (without actually KNOWING this) that someone like him (with a sizeable and devoted audience) might have/feel the mandate to use his platform and this exercise to educate/expose some lesser known gems.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Mar 13, 2024 10:24:49 GMT
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Mar 13, 2024 10:42:42 GMT
I'm pretty sure there is no Robert Wyatt album called 'Shipbuilding', so I guess he's referring to the single, on a list of albums?
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Mar 13, 2024 10:49:24 GMT
I'm pretty sure there is no Robert Wyatt album called 'Shipbuilding', so I guess he's referring to the single, on a list of albums? That's right..I think he liked throwing curveballs. |
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Post by rayge on Mar 13, 2024 10:56:43 GMT
Thanks for that. Makes a lot more sense to know that they aren't in fact his top 25 albums but 25 he'd like to promote or write about - althoughonly 23 of them get written about. |
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Post by tory on Mar 13, 2024 11:07:35 GMT
It's a bit Pitchfork isn't it.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Mar 13, 2024 11:11:42 GMT
Thanks for that. Makes a lot more sense to know that they aren't in fact his top 25 albums but 25 he'd like to promote or write about - althoughonly 23 of them get written about. Actually I'd missed that DF had already provided a link to the original Vanity Fair article, in that link he does write about all his choices. |
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Post by loveless on Mar 13, 2024 11:11:56 GMT
And, as always, a wonderfully playful style of writing. |
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Post by fearlessfreap on Mar 13, 2024 13:25:05 GMT
For someone who was supposed to be so forward thinking, it's a pretty old list.
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Post by Sneelock on Mar 13, 2024 15:26:32 GMT
that's what futurists do! they piddle on the past and put it in a frame!
half machine lipschitz:
that make's sense but I must say that I immediately assumed he meant that Rough Trade "EP's" comp.
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Post by Sneelock on Mar 13, 2024 16:06:24 GMT
although, it's pretty out of character for DB to not use the proper name for something. EDIT: once again I get caught talking before thinking. he says right in his comments that he means the single. NO YOU DON'T DAVID BOWIE!!!
too soon.
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