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  • Guy Dudebro
    Guy Dudebro Posts: 1,480
    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.
  • Treyert14
    Treyert14 Louisiana 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
  • Treyert14
    Treyert14 Louisiana Posts: 924
    edited April 2014
    I'm glad to finally see a Bowie thread :)
  • Eraserhead
    Eraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,981
    Earthling

    Amazing album
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty 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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  • Wobbie
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    I miss the OP :(
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    Aladdin Sane, Hunky Dory, again. Let's Dance, too.
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
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    imalive said:

    I miss the OP :(

    Whatchoo talkin bout?
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    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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  • weddingparade
    weddingparade Posts: 1,179
    i read the news today. oh boy :(
  • BIGDaddyWil
    BIGDaddyWil Michigan Posts: 3,080
    tcaporale said:

    Once you get into his more accessible material, make sure you get Low.



    Classic album right there.

    One of my favorite Bowie albums! He was a genius and a great human being. He will be missed! One of the best catalogs of music in history.
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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    Spinning these on a snowy day here in Michigan - R.I.P David.

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  • PennyB
    PennyB Posts: 26
    I grew up listening to David Bowie in the 1970's and still love his music.

    I don't think he put a step wrong in the 70's (apart from Pin Ups). I'd say 'Hunky Dory' and 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" are probably my favourites - both have great songs and are a good place to start. 'The Man Who Sold the World' is a heavy rock album - another of my favourites, along with the Berlin trilogy (Low, "Heroes" and 'Lodger') which are more experimental.

    I've ordered a load of his later stuff today. I already have 'Scary Monsters and Super Creeps' and ' The Next Day' which I also rate highly.

    So sad that he's passed away, but his music and influence will live on for sure.
  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    I started with best of Bowie. I enjoy this album a lot.
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  • kwdaley
    kwdaley Posts: 499
    Sound+Vision is a great box set for an overview of his career (at least until 1990).
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I am new to Bowie as well, I know some songs and love them. I need to listen to his entire discography.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    tcaporale said:

    Once you get into his more accessible material, make sure you get Low.



    Classic album right there.

    I read that was Trent Reznor's major influence for his NIN work.
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  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    i was hopeful to see him one more time...first saw him on the serious moonlight tour in detroit...last time was the reality tour. he is a legend with a huge catalog. we are all blessed to have had him around this long. this getting old thing sucks
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    I LOVE WHAT JEFF A WROTE
    "David Bowie channeled everything to everyone, a beacon of light to the freaks and the outcasts and great pop/funk/rock/glam/tech songs for the masses. The most oblique of strategies. The truest of original song makers. He will be greatly missed"
    -Jeff Ament
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,259
    helplessdancer said:

    I LOVE WHAT JEFF A WROTE
    "David Bowie channeled everything to everyone, a beacon of light to the freaks and the outcasts and great pop/funk/rock/glam/tech songs for the masses. The most oblique of strategies. The truest of original song makers. He will be greatly missed"
    -Jeff Ament


    Very well said by Jeff, and on point.

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