I really don’t like David Bowie. …(…)… He’s not a patch on Sparks, Roxette, Meat Loaf and Sir Cliff. Just my humble opinion!
But you should perhaps be held accountable if you have no taste at all.
It’s true that there’s no accounting for taste
January 9th, 2013 · 16 Comments
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1 KJ // Jan 9, 2013 at 2:46 pm
I’ve never been a Bowie fan either, if I’m honest. But that alternative list (with the possible exception of Sparks) I mean ‘kin ‘ell, send the taste Police round and arrest that man IMMEDIATELY!!
2 James // Jan 9, 2013 at 3:07 pm
Struggling to give any percentage of a fuck what Iain Dale thinks about anything, let alone pop music.
3 Stuck-Record // Jan 9, 2013 at 3:23 pm
Wow. Iain Dale is still alive?
4 Unity // Jan 9, 2013 at 3:24 pm
Judging by Dale’s alternatives he was born middle-aged.
Sod what he thinks, I’ve got Hunky Dory on in the background and can think of no better soundtrack to a quiet afternoon save, perhaps, for a good old wallow in Dark Side of the Moon.
5 Peter Risdon // Jan 9, 2013 at 3:54 pm
It’s like reading a music review written by a particularly dull shade of the colour beige.
6 KJ // Jan 9, 2013 at 3:55 pm
I tend to veer more towards the wordsmiths rather than your actual bona fide musicians.. Leonard Cohen for me, the master lyricist.. never been better and there’ll never be another..
I’m sure some of you snarks will say thank fuck for that now!
7 Runcie Balspune // Jan 9, 2013 at 3:58 pm
At least he’s making a living doing what he does/did best, others either use the law or change the law to make money.
8 ukliberty // Jan 9, 2013 at 4:04 pm
Whenever I see Sparks mentioned I always think of Vic and Bob’s er… homage instead of the original This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us.
9 Tim Newman // Jan 9, 2013 at 4:32 pm
I’ll confess I’m a closet Roxette fan. And one or two Meatloaf songs are good, for what they are.
10 Dennis The Peasant // Jan 9, 2013 at 5:32 pm
‘Scary Monsters’ was the last genuinely interesting thing Bowie did.
Time hasn’t been especially kind to even the best of what he did.
11 MakkajazMakako // Jan 9, 2013 at 7:02 pm
“Time hasn’t been especially kind to even the best of what he did”
Hmmm
one word
subterraneans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yke-c1z8_9Q
I’ll just let you look like an idiot
12 SadButMadLad // Jan 9, 2013 at 8:22 pm
ABBA FTW
13 Dennis The Peasant // Jan 9, 2013 at 9:08 pm
“I’ll just let you look like an idiot”
Actually, your selection pretty much confirms my observation. “Low” was dull then, and time hasn’t changed that.
Bowie was a number of things, but musical innovator was never one of them.
I suppose that your encore will be telling us how important Lou Reed’s “Metal Machine Music” was…
14 Arnald // Jan 9, 2013 at 11:00 pm
Peasant
You look like an idiot.
15 Dennis The Peasant // Jan 10, 2013 at 1:28 am
Arnald! Nobody’s missed you. What, been double-shifting at Burger King over the holidays? Saving up for that Bay City Rollers box set you’ve always wanted?
16 mike power // Jan 10, 2013 at 10:43 am
Sir Cliff?! Nuff said.
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