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Sorry, I don't remember where I read this, either here or elsewhere, but here's a Keith Richards quote about Bowie:
It's all pose. It's all fucking posing. It's nothing to do with music. He knows it too.posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.Comment
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I've considered that opinion of Keith's over the last two days. I've always liked Pinups and Station to Station, and even Let's Dance and two dozens of more or less famous songs, but watching Bowie videos in a documentary yesterday evening I thought Bowie's catalogue lacks soul*, especially the last 30 years. His music sounded a little too studied in a way, maybe it lacked some sort of substance... That said, I wouldn't deny my taste for about a third of what Bowie has recorded.
* though tunes like Young Americans sound really great. Maybe his songs sound too much like stylistic compositions.Last edited by Jérôme Frenchise; 01-12-2016, 04:54 PM.posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.Comment
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Certainly true that Bowie was always a "visual" artist as much as a musical one. Even before any of his infamous personas like Ziggy were created, Bowie pretty much invented the long form music video with a 25 minute film called "Love You Till Tuesday" which contained several songs, most of which probably remain unknown to all but the most hardcore Bowie fans. The entire video used to be on YouTube, but the usual corporate whores killed it. The one song everybody will recognize from the film remains available though.... but it's a different recording than the one you're used to....
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I go with Vonnie here...never liked Bowie or Lennon...both had some major influence anyhow. Not in my cup of tee...
Bowie is a homie somehow as he lived in Berlin for three years (with Iggy Pop) to get away from the drugs and always had a close relation with my hometown.
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You really have to be a hardcore fan not to burst out laughing while watching this.Certainly true that Bowie was always a "visual" artist as much as a musical one. Even before any of his infamous personas like Ziggy were created, Bowie pretty much invented the long form music video with a 25 minute film called "Love You Till Tuesday" which contained several songs, most of which probably remain unknown to all but the most hardcore Bowie fans. The entire video used to be on YouTube, but the usual corporate whores killed it. The one song everybody will recognize from the film remains available though.... but it's a different recording than the one you're used to....
posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.Comment
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I'm surprised Bono hasn't held a press conference yet to make Bowie's death be all about him.Comment
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Strange. Bono has said (many times) that he is a big Tin Machine fan.Comment
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"I'm a huge Tin Machine fan," Bono told Rolling Stone back in 198-something. "Matter of fact, listening to Tin Machine makes me want to suck cock while Edge takes me up the ass. Now I'm not saying that Tin Machine in itself is gay but when I'm onstage I tend to think of the mic as Bowie's F A T cock ready to blow its wad in my F A T face."Comment
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Yeah...EVERYBODY is a Tin Machine fan. That's why both their albums sank without a trace and were found in bargain bins literally within months of being released.
Hey, I'm not talking sales = quality here, but too many bullshitters (not talking about the people on this site, so simmer down) are falling all over themselves to blather out "oh, I loved everything Bowie ever did" for that to be remotely true when you consider since the late 1980s his releases struggled just to go gold.
I'll say straight out I haven't paid one iota of attention to Bowie since his collaboration with Trent Reznor nearly 20 years ago, and you couldn't PAY me to listen to Bowie albums like Tonight or Never Let Me Down.
Sucks that he went out the way he did, though. Hope he didn't suffer.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
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