A stepping stone to Ziggy and all that came thereof. If you assess it as if it is the only LP ever made by Bowie, Hunky Dory is miles above the collective content produced by many artists over a long career.
It's my Birthday today, clue is in the song , I used to listen to the lyrics of My Generation by the Who , "hope I die before I get old " naa I'll settle for another 25 years at least
I must confess that in my youth I was more of a singles person than albums so as we start 2021 and we are looking back 50 years here are a few from 71 that I believe to be notable;
When she saw the size of his hot meat pies it damn near turned her head D' you want it pasturize cause pasturize is best , She says Ernie I'll be happy if it comes up to my chest ...that tickled old Ernie
Or we could move onto 81 and marvel at the beauty of these songs that unbelievably were hits 40 years ago!
Neil Young has sold his song rights for....$150m. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55557633 It's a bit of an upgrade on Dave selling his jacket and recently, a signed copy of 'Ain't No Sanity Clause' on ebay for £330... Just before Christmas, The Damned roadies sold off a load of new, old stock gig T shirts, just to get some income. We bought a number of them, including a glow in the dark 'Loco-A-Go-Go' beauty for me to replace a dying one. That has to be 20, at least, just for me, I reckon..and the same again for Mrs B. Probably time to do a count up... please log in to view this image
Neil Young, meet the U-Roy of your scheme : https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bowie-bond.asp Wonder what the value would have been if he was alive and did it today.
A whole lot more than was realised back then...but it probably was more than enough to see him out in grand style.
