its only sad vinyl hipsters that want to cuddle their records in bed rather than play them You rock on with it, lad. That's what it's there for. I have had my cd version on a loop through some very good headphones and it's full of so many layers it takes a while. Some haunting moments, some bass, some techno, some strings, sax, and I'm pleased to have bought it well before all the plastics start hoovering up the back catalogue this week. But, like football, I don't mind who they are as long as people join in. May even knock the Beibs off his perch. (I think one of the songs is about that women whose name was all over Spring Bank).
My fave Bowie album is probably "the best of Bowie" - to misquote Alan partridge I'm sure my fave single is Aladdin Sane , I expect to be pretty consistent with that as an adult . As a kid China girl was out and I remember it being a raunchy video - porn to my young eyes n I'll have listened to me dads albums vividly The rise and fall the most out there thing I'd heard , always fascinated with the theme , then I'll have been reminded of his 80s duet stuff and banished his discography till I'd get a fair bit older - think he also voiced a video game in the early 2000s
I hardly have any Bowie on vinyl, only ones I've got are his three most recent albums. I've been tempted for a while to buy the Five Years boxset, it has a lot of stuff in it. please log in to view this image Ignore the CD bit, the vinyl version is identical.
Don't like Bowie, not my cup of tea. Off the top of my head Rebel Rebel is his only good song. The Stones were far better from that period.
Its not an attempt at anything, just an opinion. Could also be argued as fact, given the Stones far bigger success and enormously higher earnings. I won't pretend ive heard all of Bowie's music, but I've heard a lot, and I just don't like it. Rebel Rebel is a genuinely quality tune though.
I wouldn't worry about it, its selling for silly amounts now but that's just in the wake of the tragic news yesterday. Its a limited edition but was still produced in huge numbers so the value will drop to its market value in the next few months/years. Much better for you to have opened it and enjoyed it like he would have wanted than to cash in and have it sat on some collectors shelf.
What I don't get is, with all that fame and money, he married that minger way back when. I don't get how she could even possibly considered as a model. Even for those days, she's a troll.
Vinyl seems to be reaching high prices. I bought 9 Bowie LPs when they were reissued in the early 80s (I paid £1.99 to £2.69 each). One if them has a listing on Amazon of £269. Not my copy though, as it's been played again this morning.
Most of the albums haven't been reissued (on vinyl) since then. The Five Years boxset I mentioned above is pretty much it, and you can't buy those albums separately. As a result the only Bowie vinyl I own are his most recent albums. I think with his passing all his records will be re-released.
He looks remarkably well for someone who's on their way out (this picture is from a selection originally reported to have been taken on Friday, this seems unlikely, but they were apparently taken in the past few weeks).... please log in to view this image
Don't know if anyone watched it, but the superb documentary Five Years was on BBC Two last night, and is now iPlayer, if anyone fancies watching it.
My early Bowie vinyl albums from London Boy through to Aladdine Sane have been played to death and sadly now crackle too much. Thank heavens I managed to get them transferred onto CD before they got this bad. However I shall never sell them. They cannot be replaced at the price I paid for them anyways. London Boy album features the classic ""The Laughing Gnome"" track. Aladdin Sane and The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. His best 2 albums bar none. IMO.
