david bowie

david bowie.

where to start?

at the butt cheeks!

go: station to station, low, heroes, lodger. imo.

Low is his best imo, the second side is GLORIOUS ambient / synth music, first side is bent pop

Heroes the album after (2nd in the "Berlin Trilogy") and is quite good but not as good as Low

Hunky Dory has some utterly essential shit on it but also a few tracks ('Kooks' comes to mind) that have not aged well at all

Station to Station is fantastic but probably not a good one to get into early on, maybe give Heathen a go as it is fucking fantastic and is a bit more modern sounding (it's from 2002). 'Sunday' and the title track are absolutely mindblowing.

The EP he released for I'm Afraid of Americans is a good one to get into early; it's essentially a Nine Inch Nails record and is pretty killer

Ziggy Stardust is a good one as well.

Ziggy, Hunky Dory and Scary Monsters. Young Americans is also a personal fav, even though it's not "considered" to be one of his best.

yes! im listening to Low now....the second half is indeed huge

the best place to start is his best of bowie at the beeb set. it's got his best music from each phase of his career in stripped down to rock band arrangements. really the only bowie album anybody needs to own.

his punk influences pop up throughout, which is great

Drive In Saturday is one my favourite Bowie tracks.

Damn fine song, that one

Listen to the AFX remix.

Download the original.

Hate it.

Download Earthling.

Like it.

Hear him here and there.

Get his greatest hits.

Done.

  On 4/14/2011 at 2:47 PM, MortstoX said:

Ziggy, Hunky Dory

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  On 4/14/2011 at 2:32 PM, futuregirlfriend said:

go: station to station, low, heroes, lodger. imo.

followed by

  On 4/14/2011 at 2:47 PM, MortstoX said:

Young Americans

followed by

  On 4/14/2011 at 2:47 PM, MortstoX said:

Scary Monsters.

You should be thoroughly hooked by then.

Tin Machine

i'm with futuregirlfriend. that's what got me hooked.

Heroes is the best place to start, IMO. The first side is very much the Bowie your probably expecting to hear. Second side is trippy goodness. Robert Fripp and ENO are on it FFS and I'm sure your already familiar with those fellas.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

  On 4/14/2011 at 2:31 PM, funkaholic said:

at the butt cheeks!

i was going to say, but him a bunch of drinks and talk to him sweetly...

Hunky Dory was the album that did it for me. There are some fantastic tunes on there.

might as well post my favorite david bowie song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9pByyFqrFI

almost every album hes done is at least worth a listen.

but my totally essential ones are:

Hunky Dory

Station to Station

Low

Heroes

Lodger

Scary Monsters

Heathen

glad someone else mentioned Heathen. that album is fucking amazing...he has aged well...solid crooning voice.

Berlin trilogy is amazing

*now real fan*

Went through a massive Bowie stage about a decade ago. It took me a while to get into him because the bloke wears make-up lol.

I would say Hunky Dory, Scary Monsters, Low, Heroes, Spiders from Mars are all classics.

  On 4/14/2011 at 6:35 PM, disparaissant said:

Tin Machine

i'm with futuregirlfriend. that's what got me hooked.

Tin Machine 2 was actually the first Bowie album I ever bought... when I was a lad.

Hunt and Tony Sales from Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life" and "The Idiot" are back with Bowie on it.

Best rock rhythm section since Zeppelin.