The World Loses David Bowie 1/10/2016

[Baroque]

It really depends on what you want. He had so many different phases during his career that it's hard to pin him down.

His early 1970s music ranges from psychedelia to operatic glam rock. By the late 1970s, he had transitioned to highly experimental soul music. His early 1980s music was often dark and atmospheric, and quite beautiful. With Let's Dance, he went full on 1980s pop rock with a Bowie twist.

Out of those genres, I like psychedelic and soul. I'd give dark and atmospheric a try.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Then listen to Scary Monsters.

 

[Omni]

Psychedelic, Andy Warhol-influenced weirdness: Space Oddity (also known as David Bowie), The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory

"Plastic" soul: Young Americans, Station to Station (especially the second one)

Dark or atmospheric: Low, "Heroes", Lodger, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

 

[Dak]

His musical output during those years was was one of the primary influences on the formation of punk rock, post-punk, new wave and electronic dance music.

No wonder.

 

[Krow]

Not from what I can tell.

Damn it Dak, you're making me want to point out you listen to Groove Metal reaaaaal bad.

 

[Dak]

Damn it Dak, you're making me want to point out you listen to Groove Metal reaaaaal bad.

It's not a secret, and I don't know why you would consider that some sort of snappy comeback.

 

[Krow]

It's hardly a snappy comeback. It's just hard to see why your lower intestine seems to be knotted so hard over David Bowie.

 

[Dak]

It's hardly a snappy comeback. It's just hard to see why your lower intestine seems to be knotted so hard over David Bowie.

It's not. I just have Bowie crap vomited all over my social media feeds right now and I'm irritated with the fake fans (same shit happens every time the most remotely famous person dies) and perplexed at the real fans. People are posting their "favorites" and it runs the limited gamut between bad and merely forgettable.

 

[MasterOLightning]

Don't really get the global boner over this guy, but I think I've probably only heard five or six of his songs. Space Oddity and Suffragette City are good, but nothing else caught my attention.

 

[CiG]

I grew up on David Bowie, he radicalised me musically at a very early age. Listening to 1984 as a 10 year old has had a very lasting impact, he's irreversibly tangled with my earliest memories.

It's not a secret, and I don't know why you would consider that some sort of snappy comeback.

It's a snappy comeback because Groove Metal is total shit, David Bowie isn't.

 

[Dak]

It's a snappy comeback because Groove Metal is total shit, David Bowie isn't.

My estimation of the amount of fun you probably have has taken a hit. Groove metal isn't srs bsns. That's the point.

 

[CiG]

My estimation of the amount of fun you probably have has taken a hit. Groove metal isn't srs bsns. That's the point.

Fun is problematic.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Some groove metal is good and David Bowie has some good songs. Get over the foreplay

 

[CiG]

Lick my black orifice.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Lick my black orifice.

Actually, CIG, you may enjoy this band called Breadwinner. They were the band that influenced the band I played in which is my usernamesake. They were also an enormous influence on Lamb of God.

 

[CiG]

Actually, CIG, you may enjoy this band called Breadwinner. They were the band that influenced the band I played in which is my usernamesake. They were also an enormous influence on Lamb of God.

I can hear this when I think about Burn The Priest, for sure. It's not bad, similar to some other bands I like actually.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Yeah, Breadwinner is great. I only came about them because they're from Richmond, which, excluding highway mileage, isn't too far away from where I grew up.

 

[CiG]

Are you a fan of early Helmet?

 

[Nephilim96]

Out of those genres, I like psychedelic and soul. I'd give dark and atmospheric a try.

Listen to Ziggy Stardust, Hunky Dory, Station to Station, Low, and Heroes. Those are his best.

 

[The Butt]

Bowie is one of those musical projects I should enjoy but just don't. I respect his innovation and all... but what I've heard just really does not connect with me at all.