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Post by upinkzeppelin2 on Nov 14, 2006 18:53:01 GMT -5
Dern, that was the hardest one. I had no choice but to leave off some really good ones. And I had to leave that last option.
Your welcome, Bowie fans. I dig 'im too.
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Post by Kensterberg on Nov 14, 2006 19:02:52 GMT -5
Come on and show me say the bells of old Bowie ...
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Post by riley on Nov 14, 2006 19:04:11 GMT -5
The Fucking Raspberries
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Post by JACkory on Nov 14, 2006 19:08:25 GMT -5
The Sex Pistols. Without them punk could have very well faded away. They left such an indelible impression. Without them there would never have been a Joy Division/New Order (as well as countless others INCLUDING The Clash), and that alone is worth awarding them that coveted "ownership" trophy. Bowie probably gets second place, IMO, but I'm not gonna vote for a second place winner when the Pistols have been left off of the list.  |
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Post by Kensterberg on Nov 14, 2006 19:12:22 GMT -5
The Sex Pistols. Without them punk could have very well faded away. They left such an indelible impression. Without them there would never have been a Joy Division/New Order (as well as countless others INCLUDING The Clash), and that alone is worth awarding them that coveted "ownership" trophy. Bowie probably gets second place, IMO, but I'm not gonna vote for a second place winner when the Pistols have been left off of the list. I'm not disagreeing with a word you just wrote, JAC, but the same argument can be applied to the Ramones. |
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Post by rockysigman on Nov 14, 2006 19:17:14 GMT -5
Or Iggy.
Or the New York Dolls, for that matter.
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Post by JACkory on Nov 14, 2006 19:27:21 GMT -5
I know where you're coming from, but I disagree. I understand that the three artists/bands you mentioned played a huge role in the punk revolution and indeed all were influences of the Sex Pistols. But for some reason they didn't make quite the splash that the Pistols did. It was a "right place/right time" kinda thing that turned them into the icons that they became. They became the stuff of legend the minute that Sid croaked...amazing how they were already legendary before the end of that decade. Even if you haven't heard a note of punk rock there's a good chance that you've heard of Johnny Rotten and (perhaps especially) Sid Vicious. And that kind of legend-making is why the Sex Pistols own the 70's...  |
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Post by Galactus on Nov 14, 2006 21:08:40 GMT -5
The difference of course being that The Ramones, Iggy and The New York Dolls don't suck...
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Post by JACkory on Nov 14, 2006 21:29:22 GMT -5
No doubt Johnny Rotten would agree.
I don't, though. I'd rather listen to the Pistols over the Ramones, Iggy (even with the Stooges) and the NY Dolls (and I love all three of those).
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Post by Adam on Nov 15, 2006 1:00:25 GMT -5
Stevie Wonder.
5 great albums in a row: Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fullfillingness' First Finale and Songs in the Key Of Life.
He would never be this good again.
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Post by Kensterberg on Nov 15, 2006 1:06:51 GMT -5
Stevie Wonder. 5 great albums in a row: Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fullfillingness' First Finale and Songs in the Key Of Life. He would never be this good again. Wonder would be right up there ... but still behind Bowie. The Thin White Duke cast a long shadow on that decade. |
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Post by Galactus on Nov 15, 2006 1:37:02 GMT -5
Honestly, and I know no one here will admit it, but if you're being honest you'll have to admit that the 70's were in fact ruled by Kiss. Bowie did this and that yeah yeah yeah but Kiss embodied all that was 70's rock.
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Post by rockysigman on Nov 15, 2006 1:43:04 GMT -5
So I guess the question is, Did the Seventies Belong to someone who best embodied the best things of the decade, or to the one who most embodies all aspects of the Seventies.
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Post by Kensterberg on Nov 15, 2006 1:48:46 GMT -5
The seventies were really all about the Bee Gees and ABBA. ;D
But really, all you need to know is contained in Bowie's catalog. For better (Low, Ziggy, "Heroes") or worse (David Live, Diamond Dogs), Bowie at least touched on every significant trend in the decade.
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Post by rockysigman on Nov 15, 2006 1:52:07 GMT -5
So he gets to own the decade because he followed every single trend that came along? For being a trend-hopper?
Beck owns the 00s?
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