David Bowie: A Space Oddity?

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Permalink Reply by deshmore on August 23, 2009 at 11:25am

the epoch of hunky dory is the best great songs also ziggy stardust and the spiders on mars

Permalink Reply by Robert S. Brown on August 23, 2009 at 1:06pm

I've always liked the album, Station to Station. Songs like Golden Years and TVC-15. Not to mention Low was a landmark album in terms of production and innovation. Plus it had Sound and Vision on it.

Permalink Reply by drofmusic on August 23, 2009 at 3:48pm

There are so many incredible songs this guy wrote that literally transformed Rock, I almost really don't know where to begin. Well Yes I suppose.... it would have to be Space Oddity onward from glam to duke to berlin persona onward. He almost always never disappoints! But look at all of the albums that were amazing and still are such as Ziggy Stardust, The Man who Sold the World, Heroes, and one of my absolute faves - Scary Monsters.
I only got to see him once on the Serious Moonlight tour in the '80's in Anaheim, CA and he put on an absolutely entertaining show. A true showman with props, singing, mugging and great backing band. I came away very impressed and an even bigger fan of his.

Permalink Reply by Dig A Pony on September 12, 2009 at 2:00pm

Originally, despite the quality of the songs you mentioned, I was quite turned off by David Bowie. The glam image kind of creeped me out, and I was under the impression he was one of the individuals responsible for the death of rock "music" in the sense that he made it more about the show then the music, ultimatly leading to the very poor pop music (Britney Spears, etc.) scene of more recent years.

However, since I have given him more of a chance, and I have really come to love a lot of his songs that I never would have heard on the radio or seen in a movie.

I love the the Ziggy album and Hunky Dory. 'Five Years' is such a great song, I get so into it!