The David Bowie is God Thread

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Flex wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 12:47pm
Kory wrote:
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I love Let's Dance. I may be in a minority but I do sometimes classify it as classic Bowie depending on my mood. It's so effective at what it's trying to do, that it seems like such a success.
The whole album, or the song? The latter, for sure. The former, I'd like to hear the argument.
In terms of being super catchy pop music from the 80s that doesn't make me want to die, I think it hits the mark better than most items from that era.
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Kory wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 2:27pm
Flex wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 12:47pm
Kory wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 12:46pm
I love Let's Dance. I may be in a minority but I do sometimes classify it as classic Bowie depending on my mood. It's so effective at what it's trying to do, that it seems like such a success.
The whole album, or the song? The latter, for sure. The former, I'd like to hear the argument.
In terms of being super catchy pop music from the 80s that doesn't make me want to die, I think it hits the mark better than most items from that era.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 2:42pm
Kory wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 2:27pm
Flex wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 12:47pm
Kory wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 12:46pm
I love Let's Dance. I may be in a minority but I do sometimes classify it as classic Bowie depending on my mood. It's so effective at what it's trying to do, that it seems like such a success.
The whole album, or the song? The latter, for sure. The former, I'd like to hear the argument.
In terms of being super catchy pop music from the 80s that doesn't make me want to die, I think it hits the mark better than most items from that era.
Heston has a trunkful of Kajagoogoo cassettes that he thinks will make your weekend.
I like a decent amount of 80s pop, but I have to draw the line somewhere.
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Kory wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 2:52pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 2:42pm
Kory wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 2:27pm
Flex wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 12:47pm
Kory wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 12:46pm
I love Let's Dance. I may be in a minority but I do sometimes classify it as classic Bowie depending on my mood. It's so effective at what it's trying to do, that it seems like such a success.
The whole album, or the song? The latter, for sure. The former, I'd like to hear the argument.
In terms of being super catchy pop music from the 80s that doesn't make me want to die, I think it hits the mark better than most items from that era.
Heston has a trunkful of Kajagoogoo cassettes that he thinks will make your weekend.
I like a decent amount of 80s pop, but I have to draw the line somewhere.
I'm just saying that Heston hopes you'll draw that line in really awful places.
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Flex wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 12:47pm
Kory wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 12:46pm
I love Let's Dance. I may be in a minority but I do sometimes classify it as classic Bowie depending on my mood. It's so effective at what it's trying to do, that it seems like such a success.
The whole album, or the song? The latter, for sure. The former, I'd like to hear the argument.

For me the moment I heard "Modern Love" on the album I knew it had to be a single and I sincerely love that track. The three singles are all great the problem with the album for me is those 3 singles are the first 3 songs on the album. The other great track in my opinion is "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" and that had already been released on a soundtrack "Cat People" and as a single in April '82 a full year before before the re-recorded Let's Dance version and I prefer the original. The track "Without You" was also released as a single in the US but I'm personally not that keen on it. The other track I like is "Ricochet". The cover of Meto's "Criminal World" is perfunctory.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 2:56pm
Kory wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 2:52pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 2:42pm
Kory wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 2:27pm
Flex wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 12:47pm


The whole album, or the song? The latter, for sure. The former, I'd like to hear the argument.
In terms of being super catchy pop music from the 80s that doesn't make me want to die, I think it hits the mark better than most items from that era.
Heston has a trunkful of Kajagoogoo cassettes that he thinks will make your weekend.
I like a decent amount of 80s pop, but I have to draw the line somewhere.
I'm just saying that Heston hopes you'll draw that line in really awful places.
I'll draw a line around the city that was built on rock & roll to keep people in.
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1 min 45 secs.


2 mins 34 secs.
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I like the Let's Dance album too, even if it gets strangely Broadway after the 1-2-3 opening salvo.
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Marky Dread wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 3:36pm
1 min 45 secs.


2 mins 34 secs.
I watch enough Dwarf that I didn't need the second video, but that's interesting. Intentional?
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Kory wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 6:47pm
Marky Dread wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 3:36pm
1 min 45 secs.


2 mins 34 secs.
I watch enough Dwarf that I didn't need the second video, but that's interesting. Intentional?
I would like to think so but have no clue to be honest. Looking forward to the new RD series.
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Marky Dread wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 3:16pm
Flex wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 12:47pm
Kory wrote:
14 Jul 2017, 12:46pm
I love Let's Dance. I may be in a minority but I do sometimes classify it as classic Bowie depending on my mood. It's so effective at what it's trying to do, that it seems like such a success.
The whole album, or the song? The latter, for sure. The former, I'd like to hear the argument.

For me the moment I heard "Modern Love" on the album I knew it had to be a single and I sincerely love that track. The three singles are all great the problem with the album for me is those 3 singles are the first 3 songs on the album. The other great track in my opinion is "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" and that had already been released on a soundtrack "Cat People" and as a single in April '82 a full year before before the re-recorded Let's Dance version and I prefer the original. The track "Without You" was also released as a single in the US but I'm personally not that keen on it. The other track I like is "Ricochet". The cover of Meto's "Criminal World" is perfunctory.
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Was Let's Dance regarded as a sell-out by his ardent fans or was it treated as yet another sly reinvention? Or something else altogether?
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
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Was Let's Dance regarded as a sell-out by his ardent fans or was it treated as yet another sly reinvention? Or something else altogether?
Kind of a sell out. But it wasn't until he repeated himself but worse with Tonight that he lost most of them.
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Wolter wrote:
15 Jul 2017, 2:43pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Jul 2017, 2:16pm
Was Let's Dance regarded as a sell-out by his ardent fans or was it treated as yet another sly reinvention? Or something else altogether?
Kind of a sell out. But it wasn't until he repeated himself but worse with Tonight that he lost most of them.
I can see why some regarded it that way, but the advent of MTV seemed perfect for a visually compelling artist, so releasing something that would get MTV play seems artistically justified.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Jul 2017, 3:18pm
Wolter wrote:
15 Jul 2017, 2:43pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
15 Jul 2017, 2:16pm
Was Let's Dance regarded as a sell-out by his ardent fans or was it treated as yet another sly reinvention? Or something else altogether?
Kind of a sell out. But it wasn't until he repeated himself but worse with Tonight that he lost most of them.
I can see why some regarded it that way, but the advent of MTV seemed perfect for a visually compelling artist, so releasing something that would get MTV play seems artistically justified.
Bowie was as you say "visually compelling" but always retained a certain artistic dignity with regards to his music. Up until "Let's Dance" he was the guy who led the way with innovative music but "Let's Dance" was definitely a stab at commercialism where previously he would find his success by breaking new ground. Nothing at all wrong with "Let's Dance" being a pop record as it contains some fine pop music. If you play Scary Monsters then play Let's Dance straight after it's like two different artists.
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