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Woody Woodmansey recommended track Moonage Daydream by David Bowie in Best of Bowie by David Bowie in Music (curated)
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Felony Blues by Jaime Wyatt
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The title of Jaime Wyatt's newest release Felony Blues is a nod to records like David Allan Coe's...
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The Living Years
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Blaine Harrison recommended track 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson in Vrooom Vrooom by King Crimson in Music (curated)
Mick Hucknall recommended The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie in Music (curated)
Butch Vig recommended track Even Though Our Love Is Doomed by Garbage in Strange Little Birds by Garbage in Music (curated)
Jonathan Donahue recommended track Second Skin by The Chameleons UK in Script of the Bridge by The Chameleons UK in Music (curated)
Down to the Sea (Mystic Beach, #1.5) by Aislinn Archer
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Aedan “Mace” Mason is the lead singer of legendary rock band Telltale Signs and a fixture in the...
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Daniel Boyd (1066 KP) rated The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie in Music
Nov 2, 2017 (Updated Oct 26, 2018)
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Say what you want about David Bowie, whether you love him or hate him, it’s impossible to deny that there was no one else quite like him. A few have tried to emulate his genius over the years, such as Lady Gaga and Robert Smith, but no one will ever be as effortlessly unique and groundbreaking as Bowie. This album influenced so much that came after and while it wasn’t the first glam rock concept album, it is one of the best. It works as a concept album, as an overall complete piece of art and yet the songs also work on their own on an individual basis. This album truly sounds as if it was recorded in a technologically advanced studio in another solar system on the other side of a black hole by a higher being. If Stanley Kubrick ever made a glam rock record, this would be it. Yet it still has that air of raw emotion, as every vocal recording was completed in one take. There is a constant ominous atmosphere all through this album, even during the record’s more upbeat, joyous moments such as Starman. This threat is never clearly defined, rather it is felt through Bowie’s vocal performance and gives us a sense of some kind of upcoming impending doom, without clearly stating it, which in and of itself is a stroke of genius. There is also a juxtaposition present in the album, in that although the majority of the musical arrangements are odd and out of place for a rock ‘n roll album, giving a deliberate ‘alien,’ feel to the compositions present on the album, there is also an undeniable sense of humanity that is felt through Bowie’s voice and this oxymoron garnishes an already awesome sounding album with yet another emotion that is thrust at the listener. Although it is widely debated whether this record was intended to be a concept album, if you follow the narrative and fill in the blanks somewhat you can piece together the tale of a band that reached their prime and eventually blew up and committed rock ‘n roll suicide. This album was the genesis of so much genius to follow and it was all born from one man’s zany imagination.