Barking Spiders Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) His highest... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DanDvAfCcs[/media] and lowest [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4jnaznUoQ[/media] tough to be fair it's Jagger who comes over as the most wincing " That happened and we all let it happen" - Peter Griffin Edited March 16, 2017 by Barking Spiders Quote
silverfoxnik Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 Interesting idea for a thread.. Highest: all albums from Hunky Dory through to Heroes, including Transformer and The Idiot which he produced for Lou Reed and Iggy Pop respectively Lowest: Tonight album I'm very biased of course, but that run of Bowie albums is as artistically and musically good as anything produced since the Beatles series of albums in the 1960s.. Quote
Rich Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 I'd definitely go along with Dancing In The Street as 'lowest'. Even the bloody Laughing Gnome is better than that car crash. As far as 'highest' is concerned, probably Scary Monsters. [media]http://youtu.be/GA27aQZCQMk[/media] Quote
dmccombe7 Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 Highest for me would be Ziggy Stardust or Aladdin Sane Lowest would be anything after Station to Station (with the odd single exception) up to The Next Day and Blackstar (and again not all tracks were brilliant on these 2 albums). Afraid i just couldn't get into that weird metal sound he was into for few years. Loved all his early stuff incl Uncle Arthur, Laughing Gnome thru Space Oddity and Ziggy periods. Think i liked every track from his early years but i just struggled to like a full album after Station to Station. Dave Quote
Low End Bee Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 High - Diamond Dogs for me. Low - Do none of you remember Tin Machine? I queued for hours to see them in Kilburn. I'd rather watch the video for Dancing in the Street 100 times in a row rather than go through that gig again. Quote
BigRedX Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 For me highest is definitely Ziggy Stardust. It was the first album I owned so I got to know it inside out. I can say I've really been taken with very much that he's done since Scary Monsters, with the exception of Tin Machine which I rather like. Quote
RhysP Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) Station to Station to Lodger for me. Edited March 16, 2017 by RhysP Quote
Mister RLP Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 I rather liked Tin Machine, too. Even had a t shirt that said that albeit in a bit ruder way. Highest: Low (ha!) Lowest: Never Let Me Down (see what I did there?) Quote
taunton-hobbit Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 'Dancing in the Street' has to be one of the better piss takes I've seen........... Quote
Cat Burrito Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 As much as I love Ziggy Stardust, I rate Young Americans as a personal favourite. Lows, I don't know. Although I never play them I tended to enjoy most of what he put out to a certain degree. Quote
spectoremg Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 Too tough for two choices for the chameleon's output. Early high: Life on Mars. Later high: Scary Monsters album. Low: Blackstar - can't stand it. Honourable mention: Let's Dance - so he went all out for hits - and got 'em! Quote
ead Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 For me highest is Station to Station; lowest The Laughing Gnome Quote
ricksterphil Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 Highest: Hunky Dory + Ziggy Stardust Lowest: Still discovering his later stuff....his bad acting in Labyrinth is hard to beat for lows I'm in a Bowie tribute band so am now listening to stuff I've not heard before.....not all of it great tbh Quote
TrevorR Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 Aladdin Sane/Diamond Dogs/Ziggy And Tin Machine I'll leave it to your discretion to work out which is which... Quote
Chris2112 Posted March 16, 2017 Posted March 16, 2017 The high point for me was his collaboration with Queen on 'Under Pressure'. Magnificent. The low point, I'm not so sure on. His music isn't to my taste and I detest glam rock in general. However, he was clearly a motivated and talented bloke so more power to him doing what he wanted. Quote
bazzbass Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 Space Oddity, tho it's really Herbie Flowers' bassline that kills it, one of the most complex basslines to learn note for note as it travels over every inch of the fretboard. That Eno rubbish Quote
SICbass Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 Hiram, thanks for posting that version of Loving the Alien. It's really lovely. Quote
BrunoBass Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 Hunky Dory has always been my favourite Bowie album, and I'm rather partial to the Low / 'Heroes'/ Lodger period too. I never really liked much after Scary Monsters, but Where Are We Now blew me away when it came out, and is up there amongst his greatest songs in my opinion. The low (excuse the pun) point for me must be the Glass Spider era. I can't find much to enjoy from those albums. Quote
bertbass Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 Highest - The Laughing Gnome. Lowest - everything else. Quote
MrDaveTheBass Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 [quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1489752652' post='3259451'] Highest - The Laughing Gnome. Lowest - everything else. [/quote] Ha Ha Ha, Hee Hee Hee Quote
bertbass Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 Just incase you haven't heard it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQdBxVjZx4 Quote
toneknob Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 High: S2S, Heroes, Low, Lodger, Stage, Scary Monsters. Low: his version of Alabama Song Nick: Quote
TrevorR Posted March 17, 2017 Posted March 17, 2017 [font="Calibri"][size="3"][color="#000000"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57polwFkEUc[/color][/size][/font] Quote
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Barking Spiders Posted March 17, 2017 Author Posted March 17, 2017 Let it not be forgotten that while Dancing vid is a low for DB it's a career high for Jagger Quote
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