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Still don't get Bowie tbh

barleysugar [Edit] [Delete] 37 replies 19:05, 20 February '14

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  • ur weird m8

    yuggy | 20 Feb '14, 19:08 | X
  • Yeah he's kind of a daytime 6 music listener's idea of eccentric isn't he

    (hoping that will catch on as much as the steven fry stupid persons idea of a yada yada phrase)

    Also he's as much of a cosy establishment figure as paul mccartney, also he's an embarrassment.

    yes_ | 20 Feb '14, 19:46 | X
    badmanreturns this'd this
    • If this was prison you'd be shanked for that

      beautiful_balloon @yes_ | 20 Feb '14, 20:04 | X
    • kick his ass Seabass!

      yuggy @yes_ | 20 Feb '14, 20:14 | X
      andyvine this'd this
    • he's hardly the Inception of popular music

      but sometimes I wonder if there's a bit of historical revisionism- was he really "wow! shocking and revolutionary!" in the 70s, as everyone makes out? To me it seems that his canon of work is groundbreaking, but not really any particular moment in his career.

      calumlynn @yes_ | 20 Feb '14, 20:33 | X
    • You're judging him by today's standards and what he became to be though.

      Yeah, he's an Establishment figure now, but is that his own fault or was he just co-opted into it, given that deadening title of "national treasure".

      Secondly, his creative period between 68 and 83 witnessed him produce an incredible genre-bending array of tunes. Can't help but think, like always, you're essentially acting the role of the teenage kid winding up his parents in an art museum by running round at the Leonardos and the Canaletto's going "boring" "Oh God it's just another woman in a dress with some angels!".

      SarcasticFringehead @yes_ | 20 Feb '14, 21:23 | X
      calumlynn and icehockeyhair this'd this
      • Nah just knicked all his semi-interesting stuff off true radicals

        also from black people.

        have more respect for iggy pop, even in light of the car insurance ads

        yes_ @SarcasticFringehead | 20 Feb '14, 22:35 | X
        • Yeah

          Would say he's probably music's first thief.

          mug_mug_mug @yes_ | 21 Feb '14, 09:41 | X
          valenci, alcxxk, and j0hn this'd this
  • He's no Oasis

    furio | 20 Feb '14, 20:13 | X
    barleysugar and ma0sm this'd this
  • He's shite

    badmanreturns | 20 Feb '14, 20:13 | X
  • Neither do I really

    not entirely. Does have some gr8 tunes though.

    Also Sir Paul McCartney gets a pass from me for "McCartney II". Chock full of classics. He invented dubstep as well.

    mug_mug_mug | 20 Feb '14, 21:05 | X
    • I thought that was Hatcha and Loefah and that in Big Apple Records in Croydon.

      SarcasticFringehead @mug_mug_mug | 20 Feb '14, 21:25 | X
      • it was Maccah

        mug_mug_mug @SarcasticFringehead | 20 Feb '14, 21:33 | X
  • cool story

    ethricdouble | 20 Feb '14, 21:27 | X
  • i like when iggy pop

    but i like steve jones' songs when iggy pop does them

    codpieceface | 20 Feb '14, 21:29 | X
    • fantastic sentences there

      codpieceface @codpieceface | 20 Feb '14, 21:30 | X
      • I think I like best when Iggy rock

        although Iggy pop isn't bad either

        mug_mug_mug @codpieceface | 20 Feb '14, 21:32 | X
        umlaut_ampersand and codpieceface this'd this
        • i like when mississippi john hurt

          codpieceface @mug_mug_mug | 20 Feb '14, 21:44 | X
          mug_mug_mug this'd this
          • something missing when mississippi john happy that's for sure

            mug_mug_mug @codpieceface | 20 Feb '14, 21:45 | X
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  • his best song's a cover

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cSAKlu0OlU&feature=kp

    shrewbie | 20 Feb '14, 21:46 | X
    • i think he's really brilliant though

      shrewbie @shrewbie | 20 Feb '14, 21:49 | X
      • read this interview the other day

        http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/15910/1/bowie-mcqueen
        and then had a weird dream that involved him laughing loads

        shrewbie @shrewbie | 20 Feb '14, 21:52 | X
  • He's not for you, don't worry about it

    Having a relationship with an artists work is an entirely personal thing.

    El_Goodo | 20 Feb '14, 21:59 | X
  • was thinking about this today. i feel like 6music-y type people, the post-9/11 indie dads, criticise other artists (usually blacks, queers, women) for doing things that they applaud david bowie for doing: his whole shtick is basically 'the worlds first shoreditch bellend': style over substance, making whatever music is trendy, dressing like a twat, "i have authored a whole new school of pretension".

    fuckyeahdubstep | 20 Feb '14, 23:12 | X
    • ^good post

      always struggled to pinpoint my vague disdain for Bowie but there it is

      Loui_Tacceh @fuckyeahdubstep | 20 Feb '14, 23:22 | X
      yes_ and Raanraals this'd this
      • not letting me this^

        but this^

        yes_ @Loui_Tacceh | 20 Feb '14, 23:24 | X
    • 'post 9/11 indie dads'

      Arf! Sorry, was you saying something?

      El_Goodo @fuckyeahdubstep | 20 Feb '14, 23:35 | X
      umlaut_ampersand and badmanreturns this'd this
    • Maybe I could agree with you

      But for the fact I really enjoy the songs separate from David Bowie's image or mythos that you reckon is pretentious. Also he can sing really well like in "Wild is the Wind" that shrewbie linked above.

      furio @fuckyeahdubstep | 21 Feb '14, 00:23 | X
    • not really arsed on bowie

      but isn't taking a view on an artist based on how you perceive their fans a number one fud move? (yes, it is)

      agree that post 9-11 indie dads is a good phrase though

      codpieceface @fuckyeahdubstep | 21 Feb '14, 00:33 | X
      mug_mug_mug this'd this
  • It's a bit like The Beatles though...

    ...which Bowie don't you get? I mean, to dislike Oasis you just have to dislike one track (post-1994 anyway). This is... kind of different.

    Damian | 20 Feb '14, 23:36 | X
  • so many ban requests ITT

    ethricdouble | 21 Feb '14, 09:40 | X
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  • He's a bellend and an embarrassment

    but he's got loads of good songs. You don't have to buy into the Rock History™ mythology nonsense to enjoy the good stuff.

    See also:
    Bob Dylan
    The Rolling Stones

    Royter-Hatfood | 21 Feb '14, 10:25 | X
    • Bellend and an embarrassment?

      I know he said some silly stuff in the 70s but he's hardly Morrissey when it comes to talking crap or acting like a pillock.

      kiyonemakibi @Royter-Hatfood | 21 Feb '14, 10:29 | X
      • Nah, he's a vampire

        Royter-Hatfood @kiyonemakibi | 21 Feb '14, 11:12 | X
    • if you havent seen it

      Check out the David Bowie/Mick Jagger Dancing in the Street video for some amazing coked up gurning and dancing in a desolate wasteland.

      mug_mug_mug @Royter-Hatfood | 21 Feb '14, 10:34 | X
      Royter-Hatfood this'd this
  • David bowies ducking brilliant

    Yeah he's released a few Pish albums but fucking hell when he's good he's fucking awesome.
    Check out Low and hunky dory

    The dancing in the street video with jagger is fucking brilliant

    Lo-Pan | 21 Feb '14, 11:15 | X
  • I really like loads of his stuff

    Maybe you would?

    If you don't, that's cool too.

    valenci | 21 Feb '14, 11:18 | X
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