This is far and away my favourite Bowie album and is the only one I still occassionally play from start to finish. It's full of great songs and fresh ideas; unusual lyrics, fabulous guitar riffs, but some delicate piano bits too. Even the rather light "Kooks" has it's little golden moment; "And if the homework brings you down we'll throw it on the fire and take the car downtown" What a seductive -no, not in that way- what a seductive line for students everywhere! Also, afaik, Bowie was one of the very first artists who openly encouraged the interpretation that he was gay in his songwriting and presentation. Finally, when Hunky Dory first came out, Bowie was still something of a cult secret, which added to the lure of this album; Were you in yet on how good his songs were? Were you sufficiently tolerant to enjoy an artist who was apparently gay?
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