Bowie is OK, but there is more

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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    brianlux said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Rate him, don't rate him
    Like him, don't like him
    Think he's a great, don't think he's a great
    Noooo
    Beep! Beep!

    Turn to the left
    Turn to the right!
    :-)
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I love his Best of Bowie 2 CD compilation. 
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,541
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    Plain and simple, Bowie was a true artist, and produced one of the all-time great bodies of musical works.
    Yeah no doubt..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    edited May 2018
    Was listening to a radio show today and there was a piece about measuring the current status of modern culture and picking out certain things as representative of culture.  Probably didn't express that that well, but during the entire piece where they talked about changes in cultural norms, breaking barriers and people/things that drive changes in culture, they only named 2 famous people as representative of "redifining culture".

    One of them was David Bowie.

    As has been said many times in this thread, we can all disagree on whether we like or don't like his voice, or whether we like or don't like his catalogue of music (or film or art or fashion or performance art).  But it's fascinating to me that anyone would argue about whether he has had major influence, because that isn't a subjective question or just a matter of taste.  That question is bigger than individual opinion - by definition a question about "major influence" is a collective question.  If the majority of people think or agree "Yes" and there is artist after artist who themselves are considered influential who name Bowie as a major influence, on what basis does anyone deny his influence?  Honestly don't see how that is arguable, the evidence is so undeniable.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    JH6056 said:
    Was listening to a radio show today and there was a piece about measuring the current status of modern culture and picking out certain things as representative of culture.  Probably didn't express that that well, but during the entire piece where they talked about changes in cultural norms, breaking barriers and people/things that drive changes in culture, they only named 2 famous people as representative of "redifining culture".

    One of them was David Bowie.


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    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Choir! Choir! Choir! Did a great tribute...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKg1_fKO1sY
    Give Peas A Chance…

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