Innovation didn’t stop with scary Monsters - a blues guitarist & a danceable beat - influential & you’d see the prevalence of horns throughout the ‘80’s
You should do a reconstruction or a (re)discover of the Quiet Life album by Japan. Japan had a huge influence on DD early on, especially off the self titled first album. John Taylor drew heavy influence from Japan’s Mick Karn. As for the album Quiet Life, a masterpiece imo
Most would say Scary Monsters is his last innovative album, I say Let’s Dance, why? Play Planet Earth & I Just Can’t Get Enough (both followers of Bowie’s “New Romantic” phase) back to back & then play Let’s Dance or Modern Love - they EXPLODE out of the speakers in comparison. Innovative? Dance music with a blues guitarist - never been done before, I remember hearing Let’s Dance on the radio for the first time on May 2, 1983, the world was never the same
David Bowie fans will say this is one of his worst albums. Its the only David Bowie album I have because it was the one that came out when MTV was popular and he had music videos there. I think my favorite song in the album is "China Girl".
Chia Girl has so much stereotypes going on and in the 80’s, when I was learning English and, as a big Bowie fan, I naturally wanted to understand the lyrics. Needless to say, I was horrified. Now I just laugh it off as a joke song.
Gotta say that since I was kid, to me David Bowie was synonymous of Duran Duran and vice-versa so it's true when you say that it's impossible to ignore him if you're a DD fan. I'm agree with you about the fact that a song like Chinagirl would sounds extremely politically uncorrect in an era of politically correct & censorship, btw Bowie make a gesture in the video wich nowadays would probably considered so embarrassing to get immediately censored (the famous gesture of the almond's eyes) and what really piss me off is the fact that Bowie made that gesture back then being absolutely in good faith, obviously not with a racist meaning. Bowie has been often misunderstood about his political views and not so rarely considered nazi. Absolutely ridiculous if we consider that the greatest love of his life is from Somalia and of muslim religion. Aniway my favorite Bowie's album is "Scary Monsters" released in 1980 and probably the one that mostly influenced the 1st DD album. Curious to notice that DD made a cover of "Fame" in 1981 as B-Side of Planet Earth, at least in some countries, and even if "Fame" was a 70's song, released as a single taken from "Youngamericans", the DD version sounds exactly with the mood of the 1980 "Scary Monsters", in other words just like if Bowie could have been done that song as a track for his first 80's album.
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Bowie wrote China Girl for Iggy Pop’s 1977 record “The Idiot” during the Low/Heroes/Lodger Berlin era-all projects with Brian Eno.
Quentin Tarantino used Cat People very effectively in Inglorious Basterds
Very good, keep it up!
Ricochet really sticks out like a sore thumb on this album and it's by far the best song!
Innovation didn’t stop with scary Monsters - a blues guitarist & a danceable beat - influential & you’d see the prevalence of horns throughout the ‘80’s
You should do a reconstruction or a (re)discover of the Quiet Life album by Japan. Japan had a huge influence on DD early on, especially off the self titled first album. John Taylor drew heavy influence from Japan’s Mick Karn. As for the album Quiet Life, a masterpiece imo
I'm pretty sure that Notorious was also done by Nile Rodgers.
It was
Most would say Scary Monsters is his last innovative album, I say Let’s Dance, why? Play Planet Earth & I Just Can’t Get Enough (both followers of Bowie’s “New Romantic” phase) back to back & then play Let’s Dance or Modern Love - they EXPLODE out of the speakers in comparison. Innovative? Dance music with a blues guitarist - never been done before, I remember hearing Let’s Dance on the radio for the first time on May 2, 1983, the world was never the same
Definitely not one of Bowie’s best albums by far. My Top 5:
1.Hunky Dory
2. Aladdin Sane
3. Ziggy Stardust
4. Station to Station
5 Scary Monsters
I forgot all about hunky Dory. I love that album.
Probably an odd example to apply "cancel culture" to; were Bowie around now and wanted to release a song called China Girl, he would, and rightly so.
David Bowie fans will say this is one of his worst albums. Its the only David Bowie album I have because it was the one that came out when MTV was popular and he had music videos there. I think my favorite song in the album is "China Girl".
It is! Lol
@@Pinerocks I think Never Let me Down would fight for that title
Chia Girl has so much stereotypes going on and in the 80’s, when I was learning English and, as a big Bowie fan, I naturally wanted to understand the lyrics. Needless to say, I was horrified. Now I just laugh it off as a joke song.
Ireally like this album, I don't care what anyone thinks, and screw camcel culture
Gotta say that since I was kid, to me David Bowie was synonymous of Duran Duran and vice-versa so it's true when you say that it's impossible to ignore him if you're a DD fan. I'm agree with you about the fact that a song like Chinagirl would sounds extremely politically uncorrect in an era of politically correct & censorship, btw Bowie make a gesture in the video wich nowadays would probably considered so embarrassing to get immediately censored (the famous gesture of the almond's eyes) and what really piss me off is the fact that Bowie made that gesture back then being absolutely in good faith, obviously not with a racist meaning. Bowie has been often misunderstood about his political views and not so rarely considered nazi. Absolutely ridiculous if we consider that the greatest love of his life is from Somalia and of muslim religion. Aniway my favorite Bowie's album is "Scary Monsters" released in 1980 and probably the one that mostly influenced the 1st DD album. Curious to notice that DD made a cover of "Fame" in 1981 as B-Side of Planet Earth, at least in some countries, and even if "Fame" was a 70's song, released as a single taken from "Youngamericans", the DD version sounds exactly with the mood of the 1980 "Scary Monsters", in other words just like if Bowie could have been done that song as a track for his first 80's album.
I would highly doubt the David Bowie would be anything near racist. The song personally doesn’t bother me because of that.