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Forum: General Music 09-09-2008, 11:56 AM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
I actually have to admit to having been entirely...

I actually have to admit to having been entirely wrong about Hunky Dory. It's way, way better than I thought it was. Now I am puzzled as to why exactly it left such an awful first impression. I can't...
Forum: General Music 08-16-2008, 01:55 PM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
90%? Probably. There's SOME genuinely good stuff...

90%? Probably. There's SOME genuinely good stuff imo out of that 10%, though.
Forum: General Music 08-16-2008, 01:37 PM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
LOL. Have you HEARD the first album? Good grief....

LOL. Have you HEARD the first album? Good grief. Isn't it just the most awful thing ever?

I agree btw that Space Oddity is not all that bad. It's a massive improvement over the debut, hell, it's...
Forum: General Music 08-16-2008, 12:27 PM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
I don't think they even appeared to be "good...

I don't think they even appeared to be "good musicians". The musicianship itself, as you pointed out elsewhere, was largely simple and unpretentious (e.g. George's solos). What I attribute to George...
Forum: General Music 08-16-2008, 01:46 AM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
I was not contesting it. I was merely stating...

I was not contesting it. I was merely stating that I don't rate his early material much. By early I'm talking late 60s and early 70s. My view is that in that particular period his main strength as a...
Forum: General Music 08-15-2008, 04:24 AM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
loz, dude, just what IS your issue? Like,...

loz, dude, just what IS your issue? Like, seriously?

Changes and Life On Mars are fantastic songs. But on the basis of what I know of his early work (with the one exception of The Man Who Sold The...
Forum: General Music 08-13-2008, 03:10 PM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
We're on the same page, buddy. Just about. I...

We're on the same page, buddy. Just about. I actually liked the whole of The Man Who Sold The World, because the music sounds odd, brooding, ominous - like there's something wrong with it that needs...
Forum: General Music 07-23-2008, 02:04 PM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
I've been listening to Bowie's early stuff. The...

I've been listening to Bowie's early stuff. The first album is obviously ****. Space Oddity is an improvement but is still a messy scattered state of affairs.

It starts getting REALLY good with...
Forum: General Music 06-28-2008, 10:37 AM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
Speaking of Bowie, I was listening for the first...

Speaking of Bowie, I was listening for the first time ever to his very first album today. Has anybody heard it? Oh my God. What a LOAD of absolute rubbish! It is pure music hall all the way through...
Forum: General Music 06-27-2008, 12:17 AM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
You ALWAYS misunderstand me. I sometimes wonder...

You ALWAYS misunderstand me. I sometimes wonder if it's intentional.

I was strictly talking about talent from the standpoint of playing instruments and nothing else. I certainly appreciate the...
Forum: General Music 06-26-2008, 01:45 PM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
I think one could play piano and guitar up to...

I think one could play piano and guitar up to Grade 8 standard without necessarily having any particular distinguishing talent. Loads of kids get there just by being made to practise every week from...
Forum: General Music 06-26-2008, 05:11 AM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
I love Bowie but I think talent, when it comes to...

I love Bowie but I think talent, when it comes to the playing of instruments, either means a really high degree of technical dexterity or else, evidence of substantial innovation and ingenuity in the...
Forum: General Music 06-26-2008, 02:42 AM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
Workman competence is one thing. When it comes to...

Workman competence is one thing. When it comes to actual ability on instruments though, talent in my mind means spectacular.
Forum: General Music 06-26-2008, 01:42 AM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
Great songwriter yes but musician, I never was...

Great songwriter yes but musician, I never was under that impression at all. My favourite David Bowie of all time ran something like: "calling David Bowie a musician is akin to saying Nero was a harp...
Forum: General Music 06-22-2008, 11:55 PM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
Though I'm assuming you're not all that much of a...

Though I'm assuming you're not all that much of a Spandau Ballet fan...
Forum: General Music 06-17-2008, 12:55 PM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
True, I hadn't really thought of it that way....

True, I hadn't really thought of it that way. With that in mind it is very, very ambitious.

Best track off side 2 imo, by a stretch, is Warszawa
Forum: General Music 06-17-2008, 12:38 PM
Replies: 355
Views: 40,978
Posted By Rainard Jalen
What do people think of Low? I like it and it's...

What do people think of Low? I like it and it's clearly a very good album, but I never found the second side half as impressing as people tend to make out - especially considering the other great...
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