What are you listening to, right now................
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@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Bowie live at Glastonbury tonight.
Has there ever been a more over rated musician?
Musician yes. Artist no.
That Glastonbury set of his is pretty good.
Bowie was always about the whole package rather than just the music.
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@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Bowie live at Glastonbury tonight.
Has there ever been a more over rated musician?
Musician yes. Artist no.
That Glastonbury set of his is pretty good.
Bowie was always about the whole package rather than just the music.
I get what you mean. He pushes the boundaries and tries different things.
I’m not saying he’s shit, just over rated.
Having said that, I can’t hit the hay til he’s played Heroes.
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@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Bowie live at Glastonbury tonight.
Has there ever been a more over rated musician?
Musician yes. Artist no.
That Glastonbury set of his is pretty good.
Bowie was always about the whole package rather than just the music.
I get what you mean. He pushes the boundaries and tries different things.
I’m not saying he’s shit, just over rated.
Having said that, I can’t hit the hay til he’s played Heroes.
He does a surprisingly good (different) version of “Lets Dance”.
The backing band he has is sublime as well.
This is the first time that the whole gig has been broadcast. When it happened the Beeb didn’t have full rights to broadcast everything and Bowie only agreed to them showing the first 5 songs. He wanted the show to be special to those that were present.
The organisers were initially worried that he would do an eclectic set but he basically did his last true “greatest hits” performance for posterity. -
@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
I watched the Netflix doco on ZZ Top (That Little Ol' Band from Texas) recently and really enjoyed it. It was good to know more about the origins of the band. Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen have released some great music documentaries.
Saw that over lockdown and loved it. Being together unchanged as a band for FIFTY ONE years is fucken extraordinary
Time flies.
Even U2 have been together unchanged for 44 yearsYeah but they're shit.
My point exactly. Being together for ages doesn’t mean that much.
I would argue though that at least U2 have made one “classic” album that would go down on most critics top 100 all time. Not so sure about ZZ Top.
Dislike Bono all you like but Joshua Tree is a pretty special recording.Yeah but ZZ Top have made the kind of solid, steady rock all that time and who out there actively dislikes them ?
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@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
I watched the Netflix doco on ZZ Top (That Little Ol' Band from Texas) recently and really enjoyed it. It was good to know more about the origins of the band. Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen have released some great music documentaries.
Saw that over lockdown and loved it. Being together unchanged as a band for FIFTY ONE years is fucken extraordinary
Time flies.
Even U2 have been together unchanged for 44 yearsYeah but they're shit.
My point exactly. Being together for ages doesn’t mean that much.
I would argue though that at least U2 have made one “classic” album that would go down on most critics top 100 all time. Not so sure about ZZ Top.
Dislike Bono all you like but Joshua Tree is a pretty special recording.Yeah but ZZ Top have made the kind of solid, steady rock all that time and who out there actively dislikes them ?
I don’t dislike them but have never been interested in listening to them.
As you say, solid and steady.
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@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
I watched the Netflix doco on ZZ Top (That Little Ol' Band from Texas) recently and really enjoyed it. It was good to know more about the origins of the band. Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen have released some great music documentaries.
Saw that over lockdown and loved it. Being together unchanged as a band for FIFTY ONE years is fucken extraordinary
Time flies.
Even U2 have been together unchanged for 44 yearsYeah but they're shit.
My point exactly. Being together for ages doesn’t mean that much.
I would argue though that at least U2 have made one “classic” album that would go down on most critics top 100 all time. Not so sure about ZZ Top.
Dislike Bono all you like but Joshua Tree is a pretty special recording.Yeah but ZZ Top have made the kind of solid, steady rock all that time and who out there actively dislikes them ?
I don’t dislike them but have never been interested in listening to them.
As you say, solid and steady.
Maybe I’ll watch that documentaryI think if anything it made me want to listen to them more than I have. Certainly not in the very top echelon of MN5s rock icons but enough pretty decent rock in their catalogue
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@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial yeah agree on the band. Nailing it.
It’s a good watch, but I still think he’s hugely over rated
we're just.... we're just drifting further apart MR
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@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial yeah agree on the band. Nailing it.
It’s a good watch, but I still think he’s hugely over rated
we're just.... we're just drifting further apart MR
And there it is.
I've been sitting here waiting for that. -
@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial yeah agree on the band. Nailing it.
It’s a good watch, but I still think he’s hugely over rated
we're just.... we're just drifting further apart MR
Indeed. I’d choose Adele last night over Bowie.
Although I must admit I’ve enjoyed this more and more as it’s gone on. Heroes is such an epic song.
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@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial yeah agree on the band. Nailing it.
It’s a good watch, but I still think he’s hugely over rated
we're just.... we're just drifting further apart MR
Indeed. I’d choose Adele last night over Bowie.
Although I must admit I’ve enjoyed this more and more as it’s gone on. Heroes is such an epic song.
great artist.
Even he doesn't like his voice much. But the man can write the fuck out of a song.
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@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial yeah agree on the band. Nailing it.
It’s a good watch, but I still think he’s hugely over rated
we're just.... we're just drifting further apart MR
Indeed. I’d choose Adele last night over Bowie.
Although I must admit I’ve enjoyed this more and more as it’s gone on. Heroes is such an epic song.
great artist.
Even he doesn't like his voice much. But the man can write the fuck out of a song.
Take a listen to Blackstar
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@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial yeah agree on the band. Nailing it.
It’s a good watch, but I still think he’s hugely over rated
we're just.... we're just drifting further apart MR
Indeed. I’d choose Adele last night over Bowie.
Although I must admit I’ve enjoyed this more and more as it’s gone on. Heroes is such an epic song.
great artist.
Even he doesn't like his voice much. But the man can write the fuck out of a song.
Take a listen to Blackstar
it's a bit dark. understandable given the circumstances
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@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial yeah agree on the band. Nailing it.
It’s a good watch, but I still think he’s hugely over rated
we're just.... we're just drifting further apart MR
Indeed. I’d choose Adele last night over Bowie.
Although I must admit I’ve enjoyed this more and more as it’s gone on. Heroes is such an epic song.
You are entitled to enjoy whatever you like but I will say that you seem to be making judgement on some strange criteria.
I will concede that Adele has a great voice but she is no 'artist'. Doesn't write or arrange her music, has songs written for her and produced. She adds the vocals and performs them.
Bowie, formed concepts, wrote and arranged songs, co produced them in collaboration with producers that he encouraged their unique styles. Not only had hit songs but hit albums that have lasted decades and wasn't afraid to change the game up.
I don't get your 'over-rated' assessment (especially in comparison to Adele) -
@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial yeah agree on the band. Nailing it.
It’s a good watch, but I still think he’s hugely over rated
we're just.... we're just drifting further apart MR
Indeed. I’d choose Adele last night over Bowie.
Although I must admit I’ve enjoyed this more and more as it’s gone on. Heroes is such an epic song.
You are entitled to enjoy whatever you like but I will say that you seem to be making judgement on some strange criteria.
I will concede that Adele has a great voice but she is no 'artist'. Doesn't write or arrange her music, has songs written for her and produced. She adds the vocals and performs them.
Bowie, formed concepts, wrote and arranged songs, co produced them in collaboration with producers that he encouraged their unique styles. Not only had hit songs but hit albums that have lasted decades and wasn't afraid to change the game up.
I don't get your 'over-rated' assessment (especially in comparison to Adele)Christ, could you be more up your own arse?
Do some research on Adele then come back.
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@mariner4life it’s shit. We both know it.
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@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Although I must admit I’ve enjoyed this more and more as it’s gone on.
So you under rated him?
If I was to be Mr Serious for a minute - all music is completely subjective. There just is no metric to measure what some people like and others don't. Bowie's success would suggest that an awful lot of people "rated" him. Not over or under.
I still enjoy this piss take though:
Ultimate compliment maybe.
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@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial yeah agree on the band. Nailing it.
It’s a good watch, but I still think he’s hugely over rated
we're just.... we're just drifting further apart MR
Indeed. I’d choose Adele last night over Bowie.
Although I must admit I’ve enjoyed this more and more as it’s gone on. Heroes is such an epic song.
You are entitled to enjoy whatever you like but I will say that you seem to be making judgement on some strange criteria.
I will concede that Adele has a great voice but she is no 'artist'. Doesn't write or arrange her music, has songs written for her and produced. She adds the vocals and performs them.
Bowie, formed concepts, wrote and arranged songs, co produced them in collaboration with producers that he encouraged their unique styles. Not only had hit songs but hit albums that have lasted decades and wasn't afraid to change the game up.
I don't get your 'over-rated' assessment (especially in comparison to Adele)Christ, could you be more up your own arse?
Do some research on Adele then come back.
OK.
Maybe a list of artists that claim Bowie as inspirational to their career vs the same for Adele?If there is any over rating going on here it is you with Adele.
As I said, feel free to like her music, but it just seems strange when someone raves about a performer like her then disses a popular music legend as over-rated.
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@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mariner4life it’s shit. We both know it.
pretty fair comment
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@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mariner4life said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MajorRage said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Crucial yeah agree on the band. Nailing it.
It’s a good watch, but I still think he’s hugely over rated
we're just.... we're just drifting further apart MR
Indeed. I’d choose Adele last night over Bowie.
Although I must admit I’ve enjoyed this more and more as it’s gone on. Heroes is such an epic song.
great artist.
Even he doesn't like his voice much. But the man can write the fuck out of a song.
I agree that he is a great artist ( losing him and especially Prince in quick succession was devastating for music ) but I always find "songwriting" on it's own a tough yardstick cos based on that I'd love Bob Dylan too. I don't, in fact I can't stand him.