@@steffanhoffmann8937 ok, but surely you have everything up to scary monsters which is everything you could possibly want. But then you have his later stuff like the next day- then his incredible finale, an album which, for me, is one of his greatest, the amazing Blackstar. If you want more than that you’re just greedy!
@@steffanhoffmann8937What lazy judgement. Tonight was indeed mediocre. But he made several great albums after Let's Dance. Several that were significantly better.
No, it’s true. It’s a little known fact that it wasn’t included on every Aladdin Sane album. It was on my copy and maybe yours -we were lucky, but the vast majority of them (90%, at least) just had dead air where the song should have been. It also happened with Won’t Get Fooled Again from The Who’s, Who’s Next album, but since it was included on their Greatest Hits album, it is well known, unlike this song.
While Mick Jagger wrote Brown Sugar, supposedly about Claudia Lennear, so too did David Bowie. And here it is, Lady Grinning Soul. The entire Alladin Sane album is a favourite of mine. Mick Ronson is very much underrated as a guitarist, composer and engineer. Mick's beautiful arrangements woven softly between the classically jazzed pianists, Mike Garson, is enough to have anyone salivating for more!!!
Nice reactions. Some personal Bowie favorites- Width of a Circle, Moonage Daydream, Sweet Thing/Candidate, Drive-In Saturday, Bewlay Brothers, Young Americans, Win, Station to Station, Sound and Vision.
A review of Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing (Reprise) would be really interesting to hear. When I listen to these 3 songs together I think of Hollywood leaches (Weinstein) preying on the young and innocent. These songs are on the Diamond Dogs album. The three songs should be listened to as one 8-minute-epic song.
Nice review and thank you for doing it. Seems like fun. I've been a Bowie fan since the beginning of his career (I'm 62 yo). I have all his LPs and even dressed up as A Lad Insane for Halloween at a college fraternity party in 1977 (lightening bolt and red hair!). His varied catalogue is so huge, it would be impossible to suggest a favorite. I listened to David Live album in the 70s, which is very representative of his early stuff if you wanted one place to go. Here are 10 that I play on guitar, which I guess would be among my favorites: Ashes To Ashes Diamond Dogs Heroes Lady Grinning Soul Moonage Daydream Station to Station Suffragette City The Man Who Sold The World Word On A Wing Young Americans
First heard that song 40 years ago and it grips me now just as it did then. I only wish it didn't fade out so soon; I could listen to the last 20 seconds on a loop all day. Timeless!
Never performed live, this gorgeous closing track shows Bowie's great use of chord & melody in a more traditional composition... listen to the half step chord in the closing... Ronson's flamenco guitar & Mike Garson's piano is a stunner... beautifully recorded by legendary producer Ken Scott... could've been in any James Bond feature!
WHY didn't he ever perform it live? He did Aladdin Sane and everything else. Queen did Bohemian Rhapsody. Did Bowie not like this one? One of his best.
@TinyDancer250 I have no idea to tell the truth, I'm from Leeds, and I lived at that time, I was lucky enough to see Bowie many times, at different stages, and I never knew why he didn't play it live, he made other songs worse. I also don't understand the comparison with Queen, Bowie had a very extensive catalog, and songs even more interesting than this.
With you on your reaction. Though his albums generally had a theme running through them, the musical variety on the tracks kept them from being as mind-numbing as many contemporary artists. Personal favorites include the title track on _Aladdin_ _Sane_ and "Sweet thing-Candidate" on _Diamond_ _Dogs_, as well as his covers of "My Death" and "Cactus" (though I also love most anything Pixies).
Excellent review! There is the obvious hits and then “sleepers”. Hunky Dory has “Changes” as a hit, but Eight Line Poem and Bewley Brothers are the ones overlooked. Ziggy has Suffragette City, but Rock N Roll Suicide is the sleeper. Aladdin Sane has Panic in Detroit, but this song and Aladdin Sane.... Diamond Dogs has Rebel Rebel, but Sweet Thing/Candidate, We Are the Dead....Young Americans has the title track, but Right or Somebody Up There Likes Me or Win are so strong. Station to Station is known for Golden Years, but the title track and Stay....etc. Also, don’t forget David Live...Width of a Circle, All the Young Dudes... Good Luck in your listening!
I don't think, in 1973 in my group of friends, for many it was not one of the 3 best, I think that today it is considered among the 3 best, or at least among the 3 most transcendent (at the time my favorites were Watch That Man , Time and Cracked Actor, although that is something totally personal and because of my experience and my environment, critics probably thought that this was the best)
Great reaction to one of my favourite Bowie songs. This song has always held a special place in my heart as when I was a teenager I lost my virginity to a girl a couple of years older than me while listening to this song on repeat!
Thank you for doing this! This reaction was great! First, it's totally okay to listen to the remasters. Almost all of them sound pretty good with those newest remasters that Parlophone did. They're clear and have a balanced enough sound. There's not many things removed if any even on the weakest ones. Second, the guitar was acoustic-electric. Third, this song was written about a woman named Claudia Lennear who David had an on and off relationship with during the 70s. What's great with David Bowie is no one song really defines his style or who he was because very few of his songs sound the same or have the same subjects. Only a few songs really take a wide scope that covers more than one phase of his career, and they're songs on transition albums from one focus genre to the next. Who Can I Be Now covers the concept of putting on different personas, and Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise) covers 5 separate genres in a single song. Both are profound and have really strong vocals. You might find that build up you're looking for in both of them. You'll definitely find emotion.
By the way, the pianist here is Mike Garson. He's on a bunch of David's albums ranging from this one Aladdin Sane from 1973, to his album Reality from 2003.
The secret to this song.was david mixing a few styles in it.e.g production /hairy rock .in the guitar sound./classic instruments./ flamingo guitaring/& also his vocals in this song .was classical in his tones .
There was never a pitch in Bowie songs. That was him playing a 12 string acoustic guitar , one of the many guitar played on the recording of the track. It is called layiring on top of each other, pretty much like a double vocal does sometimes on some songs!!
This song is VERY like his 60s stuff but better arranged., BOWIE has a very strange structure in his songs, especially in his 60s songs that´s why those ones didn´t do much for him., he needed some polish but the structure of his songs is not predictable, is like a deformed skelleton or something
Hey "Caught in the Mix" Chris Meadows (Who doesn't necessarily see eye to eye with me LOL) and I both reccomend that you consider reacting to "Young Americans" by David Bowie. Cheers from the past!
This album is tainted by Bowie's experience of touring in America - the hollowness and comercialism of life there compared to the UK (at the time) - so Aladin Sane is a darker, being a Rock Star is Shit, character and the band on this - most especially with the addition of Mike Garson on Piano - really makes some extraordinary sounds - the piano on the title track is u-n-b-e-l-i-e-v-a-b-l-e.... Diamond Dogs, that comes after gets missed usually - but goes further into the nether world and has some great tracks too.
Great reaction! You can’t go wrong with 70s Bowie! Skip the 80s output and pick back up with Outside. I’d recommend Aladdin Sane (title track) man who sold the world, ashes to ashes, beauty and the beast, so many great songs!
The only thing to consider if he doesn't do 80s Bowie is he won't have context for how huge Bowie got with Let's Dance. He'd at least have to watch some live videos.
Ashes to Ashes, Fashion, Wild is the Wind, Let's Dance, China Girl, Cat People (Putting Out Fire), Blue Jean and Loving the Alien are all incredible releases and all from the 80s. I understand that it's not your favourite period of his but for others, it's their favourite period. The 70s are my favourite period of his but he brought out some great music in the 80s too! I think some fans are too lazily dismissive of 80s Bowie, probably because the 70s was such an incredible period for him. :)
Lol! You would think so from the lyrics, right? Apparently it is about Claudia Lennear, a background singer for many and an Ikette for a time. She did release a solo album that, unfortunately, wasn't supported well and then her star seemed to fade. She was appreciated by many, notably Mick Jagger, Leon Russel and, of course, Bowie himself.
Maybe go listen to the Album track.........Aladdin sane............its incredible........I normalised it when i was 10 yrs old when my sister played it in the bedroom and sneakily smoked a cigarette!
Yeah it was too short song. I would have preferred it to last like 30 min. Great reaction without knowing the song, wow! This definitely was written for a woman, dont throw rocks at me but i cant remember her name right now, but in reality its Bowie himself whos dating multiple women at the time and was the more elusive one as he was also married 😂 i guess thats taking artistic liberties 😄Bowie is the man, and what a great song!
If you are not familiar.with Bowies tunes, perhaps you should listen to a couple dozen of his hits before you start commenting, the man was a musical chameleon.
Oh my God you cannot say distography one more time. Please tell me you've corrected this LOL Enjoying your reviews. Have you listened to all the madmen yet? I'm sure you've covered a lot of ground as this video is 9 months old. Nice job bro
His peak period was 71-80. There were a few Duffs there also. After and including the album Tonight. It was pap! Let's Dance started the downward spiral, from David Bowie into David Vegas, as he went commercial. Mick Ronson guitarist, should not be underestimated in getting this sound out from Bowie you're playing right now. His whimsicality was typically English. Bye-bye 👋🇬🇧
Stay with the Obvious Introduction songs of David Bowie, and go straight to "Suffragette City." Don't let the Deep Track fans take you into Mediocrity.
The irony is this deep cut got a higher rating and more praise than Suffragette City. David isn't about singles. He made albums that were good all the way through for the entire 70s and his most creative songs didn't fit radio formats. He was an outsider and someone different from the people whose goal it was to write hits. Singles are important for context, but CITM will be better off hearing masterpieces than just likable songs that get people moving. If his next songs are Fame and Let's Dance, this would be over like with other reactors who started Bowie but stopped 5 songs in.
@@chrismeadows4216 Don't get me wrong, I love deep track songs. But what old Rockers like myself forget, is that although WE'RE sick of "Young American's" by Bowie, most Kids have never heard it. Let the Kids hear the same Great High Energy songs that got us Hooked on a Band back in the Day, and then let them discover the deep track songs for themselves. That's my recommendation.
@@radar0412 I definitely do understand that approach, but younger people now are very different than young people were then. There's generally more of an appreciation for David Bowie through the out of the box songs because people who would want to start listening to him now are looking for "music with more meaning than today". They hear Bowie is one of the best artists of all time and want to know what makes him different from the people around him. While singles like Young Americans and Changes have great lyrics that have a lot of relevance now and sounds that carry over well and are great introductory songs, they still feel like 70s songs, and songs like Rebel Rebel and Starman have production that heavily dates them and lyrics that make them seem earmarked for 70s radio. Iconic songs, but something to adjust to if you're not regularly listening to "classic rock". Meanwhile, you show someone in their 20s a song like Teenage Wildlife, Lady Stardust, Letter to Hermione, Five Years, Within You, or Word on a Wing and you have something that will connect with their modern ears because those songs were well ahead of their time. They have immediately timeless sounds that young people can easily get into, and really strong messages. In between songs like those, you can put Space Oddity and 1984 and Golden Years and China Girl. They'd work well.
By the way, I actually would be interested in a Young Americans reaction. It would just be hard to get a positive response for the production and the vocals because of how rough that session was. Other songs on the album had better vocal takes and mixes. David would have caught that if he was sober at the time, I think. Still, it's one of the most important songs he recorded.
@@chrismeadows4216 Kids are the same as we were. There's no difference. Check out the "first time reaction video" of Edgar Winters "Frankenstein." You'll recognize the same delight you had when you heard it for the First Time. Cheers from the Past.
His range is exactly why I only listen to Bowie. No matter what mood I’m in he has an album for it- and they are all simply brilliant
Absolutely not. Everything after and including TONIGHT was pap!
@@steffanhoffmann8937 ok, but surely you have everything up to scary monsters which is everything you could possibly want. But then you have his later stuff like the next day- then his incredible finale, an album which, for me, is one of his greatest, the amazing Blackstar. If you want more than that you’re just greedy!
@@steffanhoffmann8937What lazy judgement. Tonight was indeed mediocre. But he made several great albums after Let's Dance. Several that were significantly better.
Possibly Bowie's most beautiful song! A haunting masterpiece Ronson and Garson are incredible on this track.
Ronson on guitar and Garson on piano - perfection
Far out, you rend my heart with your comment. At least, what's left after listening to the song after who knows how many times. :)
RONNO FOR LIFE
Totally agree. Ronson and Garson put in a performance of legendary status. Amazing work.
Great bass part too.
I thought Rick Wakeman ( of YES) played piano on this….
Brilliant Bowie classic. Always thought this would have been a brilliant Bond Song!. James Bond in "The Living End" lol x
Finally a reactor has hit this great little known Bowie song!
This was his glam rock period
It’s not a little known gem.
@@personalcheeses8073 Sure it is. I love when you feel the need to correct people with ignorance.
@@wpollock1 if so little known then why are there so many covers of this song. you're a goofball.
No, it’s true. It’s a little known fact that it wasn’t included on every Aladdin Sane album. It was on my copy and maybe yours -we were lucky, but the vast majority of them (90%, at least) just had dead air where the song should have been. It also happened with Won’t Get Fooled Again from The Who’s, Who’s Next album, but since it was included on their Greatest Hits album, it is well known, unlike this song.
Little known song? Not gonna say anything else.
It's always nice when someone discovers Bowies artistry.
I’ll never forget the first time I heard this song.
My favourite Bowie song, just beautiful. Extraordinary musical composition and vocal.
While Mick Jagger wrote Brown Sugar, supposedly about Claudia Lennear, so too did David Bowie. And here it is, Lady Grinning Soul. The entire Alladin Sane album is a favourite of mine. Mick Ronson is very much underrated as a guitarist, composer and engineer. Mick's beautiful arrangements woven softly between the classically jazzed pianists, Mike Garson, is enough to have anyone salivating for more!!!
Nice reactions. Some personal Bowie favorites- Width of a Circle, Moonage Daydream, Sweet Thing/Candidate, Drive-In Saturday, Bewlay Brothers, Young Americans, Win, Station to Station, Sound and Vision.
A review of Sweet Thing / Candidate / Sweet Thing (Reprise) would be really interesting to hear. When I listen to these 3 songs together I think of Hollywood leaches (Weinstein) preying on the young and innocent. These songs are on the Diamond Dogs album. The three songs should be listened to as one 8-minute-epic song.
Michael Brady then straight into Rebel Rebel, I mean it would be a sin to cut it off
@@clareshaughnessy2745 To true. The gender-bender emphasis of Rebel Rebel is a great counter-point, with plenty of attitude as well.
Great pics....you can tell you are a educated fan.....
@michaelz You have great taste in Bowie songs, if I may say so.
Note his haunting soaring vocals… no other rockers can touch that distinction.
Mick Ronson, a giant amongst guitarists.
Yes.
Garson’s piano isn’t too shabby either.
A masterpiece by Bowie ⚡️
Nice review and thank you for doing it. Seems like fun.
I've been a Bowie fan since the beginning of his career (I'm 62 yo). I have all his LPs and even dressed up as A Lad Insane for Halloween at a college fraternity party in 1977 (lightening bolt and red hair!). His varied catalogue is so huge, it would be impossible to suggest a favorite. I listened to David Live album in the 70s, which is very representative of his early stuff if you wanted one place to go. Here are 10 that I play on guitar, which I guess would be among my favorites:
Ashes To Ashes
Diamond Dogs
Heroes
Lady Grinning Soul
Moonage Daydream
Station to Station
Suffragette City
The Man Who Sold The World
Word On A Wing
Young Americans
This is such a brilliant song
I LOVE this song. WOW!
The Best James Bond Theme song that never was
The best Bowie song....the next one you listen to.....lyrically, never ever surpassed....
A timeless masterpiece.
First heard that song 40 years ago and it grips me now just as it did then. I only wish it didn't fade out so soon; I could listen to the last 20 seconds on a loop all day. Timeless!
that's my favorite song off aladdin sane - as soon as i heard him departed i started a music mix cd with this song leading the rest.
Never performed live, this gorgeous closing track shows Bowie's great use of chord & melody in a more traditional composition... listen to the half step chord in the closing... Ronson's flamenco guitar & Mike Garson's piano is a stunner... beautifully recorded by legendary producer Ken Scott... could've been in any James Bond feature!
WHY didn't he ever perform it live? He did Aladdin Sane and everything else. Queen did Bohemian Rhapsody. Did Bowie not like this one? One of his best.
Extremely difficult to sing live on a consistent basis. @@TinyDancer250
@TinyDancer250 I have no idea to tell the truth, I'm from Leeds, and I lived at that time, I was lucky enough to see Bowie many times, at different stages, and I never knew why he didn't play it live, he made other songs worse. I also don't understand the comparison with Queen, Bowie had a very extensive catalog, and songs even more interesting than this.
I really love how you delve into album tracks and not just the hits like other channels
With you on your reaction. Though his albums generally had a theme running through them, the musical variety on the tracks kept them from being as mind-numbing as many contemporary artists. Personal favorites include the title track on _Aladdin_ _Sane_ and "Sweet thing-Candidate" on _Diamond_ _Dogs_, as well as his covers of "My Death" and "Cactus" (though I also love most anything Pixies).
Sweet Thing is my all time fav Bowie, and that's saying something,cause I love him so.
I mean Sweet Thing/Candidate/ Sweet Thing Reprise. A stunner
Thanks! I’ll have to check these out
Bowie is a legend
Excellent review! There is the obvious hits and then “sleepers”. Hunky Dory has “Changes” as a hit, but Eight Line Poem and Bewley Brothers are the ones overlooked. Ziggy has Suffragette City, but Rock N Roll Suicide is the sleeper. Aladdin Sane has Panic in Detroit, but this song and Aladdin Sane.... Diamond Dogs has Rebel Rebel, but Sweet Thing/Candidate, We Are the Dead....Young Americans has the title track, but Right or Somebody Up There Likes Me or Win are so strong. Station to Station is known for Golden Years, but the title track and Stay....etc. Also, don’t forget David Live...Width of a Circle, All the Young Dudes... Good Luck in your listening!
Right is a favorite of mine. Love that one :)
the most underrated Bowie song
I don't think, in 1973 in my group of friends, for many it was not one of the 3 best, I think that today it is considered among the 3 best, or at least among the 3 most transcendent (at the time my favorites were Watch That Man , Time and Cracked Actor, although that is something totally personal and because of my experience and my environment, critics probably thought that this was the best)
Great reaction to one of my favourite Bowie songs. This song has always held a special place in my heart as when I was a teenager I lost my virginity to a girl a couple of years older than me while listening to this song on repeat!
I didn't think the song could get any better😁
Thank you for doing this! This reaction was great!
First, it's totally okay to listen to the remasters. Almost all of them sound pretty good with those newest remasters that Parlophone did. They're clear and have a balanced enough sound. There's not many things removed if any even on the weakest ones.
Second, the guitar was acoustic-electric.
Third, this song was written about a woman named Claudia Lennear who David had an on and off relationship with during the 70s.
What's great with David Bowie is no one song really defines his style or who he was because very few of his songs sound the same or have the same subjects. Only a few songs really take a wide scope that covers more than one phase of his career, and they're songs on transition albums from one focus genre to the next. Who Can I Be Now covers the concept of putting on different personas, and Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise) covers 5 separate genres in a single song. Both are profound and have really strong vocals. You might find that build up you're looking for in both of them. You'll definitely find emotion.
By the way, the pianist here is Mike Garson. He's on a bunch of David's albums ranging from this one Aladdin Sane from 1973, to his album Reality from 2003.
This was amazing, thanks for so much insight!
@@caughtinthemix4691 You're welcome, fam! Keep up the good work!
For more interesting piano. The title track from Aladdin Sane.
The secret to this song.was david mixing a few styles in it.e.g production /hairy rock .in the guitar sound./classic instruments./ flamingo guitaring/& also his vocals in this song .was classical in his tones .
It was used to great effect covered for "peaky blinders" by AnnaCalvi...very haunting...love DB always.
You should totally listen to Sweet Thing/ Candidate/ Sweet Thing there's a whole world in that song alone...
How about Future Legend ? " This ain't rock and roll, this is Genocide "
@@Mr.Steve-O Sure, but I'm partial to Sweet Thing, it's my favourite Bowie song :P
Off-putting _ It's one of the best ending of any song I have ever heard! Just brilliant!
There was never a pitch in Bowie songs. That was him playing a 12 string acoustic guitar , one of the many guitar played on the recording of the track. It is called layiring on top of each other, pretty much like a double vocal does sometimes on some songs!!
I agree that the song could have been longer but the album packed so much into that 40 min. max vinyl limitation.
Thank you. Isn't it a wonderful thing?
Bowie's catalog is amazing - are you going by decades or random order? Really nicely done on the review!
Thanks! Random order just going off of suggestions :)
"Whimsical"? I think you mean 'dripping with emotion on every single syllable'... ;) :)
It could be on his first album. But here Bowie's voice is haunting and majestic.
The minute you said shimmering keys, I knew you got it 🙂🤷🏼♀️
This song is VERY like his 60s stuff but better arranged., BOWIE has a very strange structure in his songs, especially in his 60s songs that´s why those ones didn´t do much for him., he needed some polish but the structure of his songs is not predictable, is like a deformed skelleton or something
Good choice. RIP David.
Gorgeous song 😘
Hey "Caught in the Mix" Chris Meadows (Who doesn't necessarily see eye to eye with me LOL) and I both reccomend that you consider reacting to "Young Americans" by David Bowie. Cheers from the past!
I have never heard this song sung live
PS and this was the only real love song that David Bowie ever wrote.
This album is tainted by Bowie's experience of touring in America - the hollowness and comercialism of life there compared to the UK (at the time) - so Aladin Sane is a darker, being a Rock Star is Shit, character and the band on this - most especially with the addition of Mike Garson on Piano - really makes some extraordinary sounds - the piano on the title track is u-n-b-e-l-i-e-v-a-b-l-e.... Diamond Dogs, that comes after gets missed usually - but goes further into the nether world and has some great tracks too.
Great reaction! You can’t go wrong with 70s Bowie! Skip the 80s output and pick back up with Outside. I’d recommend Aladdin Sane (title track) man who sold the world, ashes to ashes, beauty and the beast, so many great songs!
The only thing to consider if he doesn't do 80s Bowie is he won't have context for how huge Bowie got with Let's Dance. He'd at least have to watch some live videos.
Ashes to Ashes, Fashion, Wild is the Wind, Let's Dance, China Girl, Cat People (Putting Out Fire), Blue Jean and Loving the Alien are all incredible releases and all from the 80s. I understand that it's not your favourite period of his but for others, it's their favourite period. The 70s are my favourite period of his but he brought out some great music in the 80s too! I think some fans are too lazily dismissive of 80s Bowie, probably because the 70s was such an incredible period for him. :)
Cool reaction !
To hear how extreme Bowie's range is I recommend listening to this piece done with Brian Eno: Moss Garden ua-cam.com/video/HaZ0hwd_cCQ/v-deo.html
This song could be a metaphor for cocaine.
Anyway beautiful song. One of my favorites of Bowie.
Temazo!
I think she may be a professional type
Lol! You would think so from the lyrics, right?
Apparently it is about Claudia Lennear, a background singer for many and an Ikette for a time. She did release a solo album that, unfortunately, wasn't supported well and then her star seemed to fade. She was appreciated by many, notably Mick Jagger, Leon Russel and, of course, Bowie himself.
@@brucedillinger9448 ooh, good Bowie knowledge!
Bowie and his friend Iggy Pop are considered to be main influences in the creation of punk.
I don't know if your interpretation is correct but from your description I can say Bowie's first wife was that way.
Maybe go listen to the Album track.........Aladdin sane............its incredible........I normalised it when i was 10 yrs old when my sister played it in the bedroom and sneakily smoked a cigarette!
Great song but Trevor Bolders bass line is always overlooked. Listen again and discover how sublime it is.
Yeah it was too short song. I would have preferred it to last like 30 min.
Great reaction without knowing the song, wow!
This definitely was written for a woman, dont throw rocks at me but i cant remember her name right now, but in reality its Bowie himself whos dating multiple women at the time and was the more elusive one as he was also married 😂 i guess thats taking artistic liberties 😄Bowie is the man, and what a great song!
My favorite is Sorrow. React to Tonight with Tina Turner.
If you are not familiar.with Bowies tunes, perhaps you should listen to a couple dozen of his hits before you start commenting, the man was a musical chameleon.
Genius
Oh my God you cannot say distography one more time. Please tell me you've corrected this LOL
Enjoying your reviews.
Have you listened to all the madmen yet?
I'm sure you've covered a lot of ground as this video is 9 months old.
Nice job bro
Perhaps he's referring to a distopian discography?
Always thought this song is about death
His peak period was 71-80. There were a few Duffs there also.
After and including the album Tonight. It was pap!
Let's Dance started the downward spiral, from David Bowie into David Vegas, as he went commercial.
Mick Ronson guitarist, should not be underestimated in getting this sound out from Bowie you're playing right now.
His whimsicality was typically English.
Bye-bye 👋🇬🇧
69-80
intro too long man. love what you are doing with bowie
Acoustic guitar.
Thank god you made it available to skip your monotonous rant. Just listen! Its Bowie - for Christ's sake. I suspect I shan't come back.
Stay with the Obvious Introduction songs of David Bowie, and go straight to "Suffragette City." Don't let the Deep Track fans take you into Mediocrity.
The irony is this deep cut got a higher rating and more praise than Suffragette City.
David isn't about singles. He made albums that were good all the way through for the entire 70s and his most creative songs didn't fit radio formats. He was an outsider and someone different from the people whose goal it was to write hits. Singles are important for context, but CITM will be better off hearing masterpieces than just likable songs that get people moving. If his next songs are Fame and Let's Dance, this would be over like with other reactors who started Bowie but stopped 5 songs in.
@@chrismeadows4216 Don't get me wrong, I love deep track songs. But what old Rockers like myself forget, is that although WE'RE sick of "Young American's" by Bowie, most Kids have never heard it. Let the Kids hear the same Great High Energy songs that got us Hooked on a Band back in the Day, and then let them discover the deep track songs for themselves. That's my recommendation.
@@radar0412 I definitely do understand that approach, but younger people now are very different than young people were then. There's generally more of an appreciation for David Bowie through the out of the box songs because people who would want to start listening to him now are looking for "music with more meaning than today". They hear Bowie is one of the best artists of all time and want to know what makes him different from the people around him. While singles like Young Americans and Changes have great lyrics that have a lot of relevance now and sounds that carry over well and are great introductory songs, they still feel like 70s songs, and songs like Rebel Rebel and Starman have production that heavily dates them and lyrics that make them seem earmarked for 70s radio. Iconic songs, but something to adjust to if you're not regularly listening to "classic rock". Meanwhile, you show someone in their 20s a song like Teenage Wildlife, Lady Stardust, Letter to Hermione, Five Years, Within You, or Word on a Wing and you have something that will connect with their modern ears because those songs were well ahead of their time. They have immediately timeless sounds that young people can easily get into, and really strong messages. In between songs like those, you can put Space Oddity and 1984 and Golden Years and China Girl. They'd work well.
By the way, I actually would be interested in a Young Americans reaction. It would just be hard to get a positive response for the production and the vocals because of how rough that session was. Other songs on the album had better vocal takes and mixes. David would have caught that if he was sober at the time, I think. Still, it's one of the most important songs he recorded.
@@chrismeadows4216 Kids are the same as we were. There's no difference. Check out the "first time reaction video" of Edgar Winters "Frankenstein." You'll recognize the same delight you had when you heard it for the First Time. Cheers from the Past.