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dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
edited January 2011 in Other Music
It's about time I explored this guys much reveled catalog. Anyone care to point me in the right direction?
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  • BG44858BG44858 Posts: 25
    for the older stuff "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" and "Hunky Dory" are great to start with!
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I was a big Bowie fan for years from the age of about 12.

    My favourite albums are 'Space Oddity' and 'Hunky Dory'.

    'Station To Station' is also a good one.
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    Station To Station was my favorite
    I need to go back myself, it's been awhile
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  • SH17171SH17171 Posts: 425
    Early stuff Diamond Dogs one of my favs also look for pin ups great covers l.p. he did 8-)
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    SH17171 wrote:
    Early stuff Diamond Dogs one of my favs also look for pin ups great covers l.p. he did 8-)

    Agree, Diamond Dogs is another good one.
  • Brotherjohnno9Brotherjohnno9 Posts: 463
    Really depends what mood you're in, just about every album is different. If you want some rocky stuff then you can't go far wrong with Ziggy, Diamond Dogs or Aladdin Sane. For the more experimental side go with Station To Station, possibly his best album or Heroes. Hunky Dory is amazing but doesn't really fit in any category. You should check out some of the more obscure stuff too, some of it gets passed over due to it being on difficult albums such as Outside which includes one of my favourite Bowie songs The Heart's Filthy Lesson which was also used on the Se7en soundtrack over the end credits.
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  • joewalshdcjoewalshdc Posts: 948
    I think Hunky Dory is quite possibly the greatest album of all time. Quicksand is stuff of genius....
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,429
    I bought Diamond Dogs to see what all the fuss was about, and it did nothin for me. It seemed like a generic Stones album to me. Maybe the whole "Rebel Rebel/Stone's song" thing was in my head too much, but it just seemed to totally tear down all the good stuff about Bowie being some amazing artist for me. I know his claim to fame is he is always changing, but if all his experimenting leads to such half assed results I'm not interested.

    I like Space Oddity and Ziggy Stardust. Anything comparable to those for a jumpin off point?
  • g under pg under p Posts: 18,196
    I saw David Bowie on his Serious Midnight, Glass Spider and Tin Machine Tours and what an extravaganza they were especially the Glass Spider Tour. It was set up like a NYC stage play and DB sat in s swing at the head of the huge spider. With dancers all around him at the stage floor he sat up top like a king on his thrown. Space Oddity is still my all time favorite song by him and I'll stop and sing those words everytime it's played.

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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Just agreeing with other comments here.

    Ziggy Stardust
    Hunky Dory
    Diamond Dogs

    One of his more recent, well relatively recent: Reality (2003)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh7Y_OstUnA

    There are some very good best of compilations.
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Thanks for the responses everyone! I have his "Changes" album on vinyl, which I take to be a greatest hits. You've all provided some great recommendations. Thanks again! :thumbup:
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    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    Once you get into his more accessible material, make sure you get Low.

    Classic album right there.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    DewieCox wrote:
    I bought Diamond Dogs to see what all the fuss was about, and it did nothin for me. It seemed like a generic Stones album to me. Maybe the whole "Rebel Rebel/Stone's song" thing was in my head too much, but it just seemed to totally tear down all the good stuff about Bowie being some amazing artist for me. I know his claim to fame is he is always changing, but if all his experimenting leads to such half assed results I'm not interested.

    I like Space Oddity and Ziggy Stardust. Anything comparable to those for a jumpin off point?

    Every Bowie album needs multiple listens for you to get into them. I didn't like any of his albums when I first heard them. It always took me at least 5 listens before they started to make sense. Diamond Dogs is a great album: 'We Are The Dead', 'When You Rock 'N Roll With Me', e.t.c.
  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    BG44858 wrote:
    for the older stuff "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" and "Hunky Dory" are great to start with!

    this is exactly what i was going to post.
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    vast is the good bowie and i was never disappointed in the journey, so enjoy!

    i like the new stuff.

    and kooks

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGwB_G0Vyz0
    David Bowie - I´m afraid of Americans (live)
    pro shot

    god is an american

    unbelievably good.
  • pjamaholicpjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    Space Oddity was one of the first albums I ever owned. Absolute classic!
  • JDBJDB Posts: 277
    Changes is a good compilation, I would just work out which were my favourite songs on that and buy the albums that they come from first. All of Bowies albums are good really.
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    I need to devote more time to listening to Bowie. I bought "Best of Bowie" when it was released in 2004, and really enjoy it. "Space Oddity" is an incredible song. That whole collection is really good. Bought "Man who sold the world" single on itunes, but it does come with the double "best of Bowie." and yeah, I must admit I learned of "man that sold the world" from the Nirvana cover.
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  • buck502000buck502000 Posts: 8,951
    Fuck Art! Let's Dance!
  • Guy DudebroGuy Dudebro Posts: 1,403
    If you want to listen to an absolutely amazing live album try Live at the Santa Monica Civic '72. It was a radio broadcast that was booted for years and then given an official release. The performance is much better than that on the Spiders From Mars soundtrack. The live sound is way different than the thin sound on the studio recordings. Mick Ronson just fuckin rips on this recording. Width of Circle and My Death are highlights for me.
  • Treyert14Treyert14 Posts: 924
    Don't get me started on bowie! He is one of my biggest inspirations. One of the first rock bands I was introduced to :) but anyway my favorite album is hunky dory. I don't recommend Heroes for your first time listening lol
  • Treyert14Treyert14 Posts: 924
    edited April 2014
    I'm glad to finally see a Bowie thread :)
  • EraserheadEraserhead Posts: 2,937
    Earthling

    Amazing album
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  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    I liked Aladdin Sane as well.

    Panic in Detroit is one of his best songs for sure.

    The Man Who Sold the World was no lightweight either.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,173
    I miss the OP :(
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • ikiTikiT Posts: 11,055
    Aladdin Sane, Hunky Dory, again. Let's Dance, too.
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  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    imalive said:

    I miss the OP :(

    Whatchoo talkin bout?
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,026
    I'm a fan of one of Bowie's live LPs, "Stage". What a band!- Carlos Alomar, Adrian Belew, Dennis Davis, George Murray, Simon House, Sean Mayes, Roger Powell and of course, D.B. Great versions of some of the hits plus- and this is really cool- some of the more obsure stuff like "Warszawa" and "Art Decade". Very affordable even on vinyl.

    Another favorite is "Lodger". Pretty much the same band as above PLUS ENO! How can you go wrong!?
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    i read the news today. oh boy :(
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