MB Bowie Classics: "Pin Ups"

Trollheart · 05-20-2018, 09:14 AM

Why no Bowie album yesterday? Because **** off, that's why!

Since I doubt too many people will be enthusing about this (though I may be wrong), here's the first of two for today.

Psy-Fi · 05-20-2018, 09:33 AM

As far as an album of cover songs goes, it's better than most but it's still just an album of cover songs. Good but not essential listening from Bowie.
I'll give it a 3.

Trollheart · 05-20-2018, 09:55 AM

Like many cover albums, the problem for me isn't necessarily the covers but the fact that there are many I don't know. Yardbirds, Pretty Things, Mojos ... there are bands here I know but don't know these songs from, and also bands I don't even know. There is some mild interest for me in that the song "Sorrow", which would become one of his hits, is here a cover version, and to be honest I didn't know that. I assumed he had written all his hits. Good song. I bet the original sounds nothing like his, now, definitive version though.

I can't give this more than 2 really. Sorry, Mr. B. Just doesn't do anything for me.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-20-2018, 10:00 AM

It's just average with a couple of songs I like.

Not much more to say.

Decent for fans at the time I guess, as long as you weren't expecting original material.

Voted 3.

Trollheart · 05-20-2018, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fluff

It's just average with a couple of songs I like.

Not much more to say.

Decent for fans at the time I guess, as long as you weren't expecting original material.

Voted 3.

Been meaning to say, interesting semi-return to your old name. But you should really accompany it with a change of avvy. Everyone associates that one with your Monkey name.

Psy-Fi · 05-20-2018, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Been meaning to say, interesting semi-return to your old name. But you should really accompany it with a change of avvy. Everyone associates that one with your Monkey name.

This is what I associate his new name with...

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-20-2018, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

This is what I associate his new name with...

Potential new avi.

Trollheart · 05-20-2018, 12:08 PM

**Frownland** · 05-20-2018, 12:29 PM

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-20-2018, 12:52 PM

Loving the new avi.

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05-20-2018, 09:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	MB Bowie Classics: "Pin Ups" Why no Bowie album yesterday? Because **** off, that's why! Since I doubt too many people will be enthusing about this (though I may be wrong), here's the first of two for today. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-20-2018, 09:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Like many cover albums, the problem for me isn't necessarily the covers but the fact that there are many I don't know. Yardbirds, Pretty Things, Mojos ... there are bands here I know but don't know these songs from, and also bands I don't even know. There is some mild interest for me in that the song "Sorrow", which would become one of his hits, is here a cover version, and to be honest I didn't know that. I assumed he had written all his hits. Good song. I bet the original sounds nothing like his, now, definitive version though. I can't give this more than 2 really. Sorry, Mr. B. Just doesn't do anything for me. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-20-2018, 12:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	__________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-20-2018, 12:29 PM	#9 (permalink)
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05-20-2018, 10:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	It's just average with a couple of songs I like. Not much more to say. Decent for fans at the time I guess, as long as you weren't expecting original material. Voted 3.

05-20-2018, 12:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Loving the new avi.