* There's a huge chunk of Bowie after, being as fair as possible, Tonight that I really could care less hearing ever again. I don't mind some of the more recent stuff, but there's a deep dark pit of blandness in the middle that I want to avoid. THAT SAID, there's nothing as classic as the period of Bowie between Man Of Music, Man Of Words/Space Oddity and Scary Monsters inclusive.. almost all of it is pure solid gold.. the only possible exception being the David Live album.
* There's a huge chunk of Prince after, being as fair as possible, Lovesexy that I haven't heard, didn't hit me the first time, but am willing to listen to again and be pleasantly surprised, and would bet that I would rediscover and like. There is no horrible pit of blandness that stains Prince's career (to date) as much as it does Bowie. However, to be perfectly honest, even between For You and Sign 'O' The Times, I don't think every album in between is dead-on perfect as I think the Bowie albums are.
Now the similarities: both INCREDIBLY influential in their own unique ways. Both started off sounding a bit shaky and of the times but quickly became very unique and praiseworthy. Both reinvented themselves musically (and sometimes personally) album after album. Both have an incredible amount of timeless songs in their peak periods.
Who would i rather have a beer with? Bowie.
Who did I actually shell out a good chunk of cash to see live most recently of the two, and felt I got my money's worth? Prince.
It's really a tie for me. Can't say.
― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link
DB, did you forget that I am a black man from Minnesota earlier upthread???
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 20:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 20:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 20:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 20:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 20:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 20:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Of course not! Then again, I don't assume every black person from Minnesota is automatically a Prince fan. I know you're a Prince fan, Dan, but I had no idea if you were a Bowie lover as well but just never expressed it as much.
― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 20:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:00 (nineteen years ago) link
this is apropos of nothing, really, just though I'd mention in.
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link
Stereotypes and assumptions are bad but some may contain a kernel of truth in them. Also, any black person from Minnesota who gets offended because you assume they they like Prince is by (my) definition a dick.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link
As for Prince vs. Bolan...Actually, I would easily take Prince over Bolan.. not to dismiss Bolan by any means..(ask Ned, who's a witness to my mass collection of T. Rex material the past year or so) but Bolan has the slight disadvantage of, how to put it gently, being dead?... also dying right before a spark that could have possible re-propelled his career, too. Prince vs. Bolan is a rather unfair taking sides really.
― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh, and Bowie wins this sheerly on the strength of a fleeting moment in "It's No Game (Part 1)" where he sings..."Put a bullet in my brain...AND IT MAKES ALL THE PAPERS! (followed by indecipherable Japanese exhorting). That little moment right there is cooler than EVERYTHING little Mr. Nelson has ever done and verily will ever do.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:20 (nineteen years ago) link
I'll admit he's doing something on that track, though I'm not sure "sing" is the right word for it. "Croon" is a bit closer. In any case, whatever he's doing, it makes me wince.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:22 (nineteen years ago) link
Hmmmmph.
― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link
And a good man you are to be doing that. I now have all the new remasters and really am just waiting on the final piece of the puzzle, the upcoming Born to Boogie DVD.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:31 (nineteen years ago) link
In 1988 I wouldn't have entirely put it past him.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link
"UNDER...THE GOD...WITH MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link
haha xpost
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― iang, Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― iang, Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 21:48 (nineteen years ago) link
This is the sound of detachment bemoaning its own inability to feel.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 22:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 22:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 22:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 22:16 (nineteen years ago) link