#BOWIE DRAKE

[thekingofspin]

I definitely come on here and say this every time I watch this episode, but the final roof scene in life on Mars gives me chills every single time with the music and the drama. it's just everything.

[totallytimtastic]

So, when you say you're bisexual, what does that mean?

Please- this is my villain origin story

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[incorrectquotesconaisseur]

assigning david bowie songs to lom/a2a characters:

sam - life on mars? (we all lost it anyway over the matching lyrics so) or rock 'n' roll suicide (it fits SO well) or five years

gene - the man who sold the world (I want to say the jean genie but yk. the lyrics fit better. and are sadder.) or space oddity

alex - lady grinning soul (the LYRICS)

annie - under pressure

chris - lady stardust

ray - moonage daydream

shaz - rebel rebel

[bandcampsnoop]

7/11/24.

I learned about Friends Again (Glasgow, Scotland) "Trapped and Unwrapped" through an article on Discogs titled "10 Essential Sophisti-Pop Albums". Turns out, I love "sophisti-pop". I already own three of the top picks - Aztec Camera, Prefab Sprout and The Style Council.

Friends Again caught my attention because of their Glasgow roots and the fact that the writer, Jim Allen, mentioned David Bowie and Nick Drake.

This definitely falls into the Prefab Sprout/Aztec Camera area of pop. But there are also moments where this sounds like fellow Scotsmen Orange Juice and Boots For Dancing (note: Aztec Camera are a Glasgow band too).

Actually, if you read Jim Allen's article, you'll learn that he thinks Scotland is the epicenter of "sophisti-pop".

Past Night From Glasgow reissued a remastered version of this LP back in 2022.

[roachesforthewin]

Young Just us as Bowie album covers

[missesmisery]

some of my fav 70s men

[officialhouseguest]

bowie jane number 9 trend in the united states… nothing but respect for my aussie president 🫡

[mayonneise]

anyways. listening to space oddity right now um you know

[ladycharles]

I have to hand it to him, Drake's line "Kendrick just opened his mouth, someone hand him a grammy now!" was actually a read...

(Too bad Drizzy can't bring that clairvoyance to sports betting.)

[gerogerigaogaigar]

David Bowie - Low

This was the first of Bowie's Berlin trilogy where he worked with Brian Eno. Influenced by krautrock bands and Eno's own ambient experimentation it is drastically different from anything he'd done before. The first few tracks recall some of the angular rock that was on Station To Station, but the entire latter half of the album is populated by spacey, ambient electronic explorations. The album basically becomes less and less rock and more ambient as it goes on. By the end Subterraneans is just an ambient track. Flickers of ideas pop up and fade away as songs evolve within their musical motifs. It's probably Bowie's artsiest album.

Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman

I think I like Yusuf/Cat Stevens just fine. His music is good? I'm certain. I dunno it just doesn't do much for me. I can't really identify why. I like a lot of other artists like him so why shouldn't this album be up there with Neil Young or Harry Chapin? Oh well I'm indifferent to Cat Stevens.

Kanye West - Graduation

https://youtu.be/wvgehVhF9D4

https://youtu.be/e7e5BFJa-Ug

After two game changing albums Graduation is absolutely a victory lap. Ye seems content to prove that he could do this as much as he wants and we are just not gonna get sick of it. He's right. Graduation mainly continues what Kanye was doing on his previous two albums, beautiful lush beats with soul samples and strings. That isn't to say that he doesn't innovate on Graduation, in fact the best tracks feature significant electronic influence most notably Stronger and Flashing Lights. In the end we know where the story goes and Ye would not continue on this way, but the bleakness of 808s And Heartbreak only makes Graduation an even more triumphant finale to the trilogy of albums that marks phase one of Kanye West's career.

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

Nick Drake is kind of a hidden gem among the late 60s folk rock scene. Hipsters love him on account of how he died young and is obscure, but he never hit the mainstream. Drake's delicate airy voice is the aural equivalent of autumn leaves blowing in a gentle wind. He is the sound that old trees make in the winter. And if his previous records with their lush but haunting string arrangements didn't take him into the public eye then Pink Moon definitely wasn't going to. Stripped down to nothing but Nick Drake's voice and guitar Pink Moon is an album that sound like it might fall apart if you so much as breath on it. Gentle arpeggios make up the instrumentation and they are carried by Drake's unique sense of melody that is equal parts folk rock and tin pan alley. The album is stark, stripped down, and speaks of alienation and fear at every turn. It's one of the most beautiful and personal albums of all time and, despite what reviewers at the time of its release said, it's actually quite inviting as long as you meet it on its own terms.

Björk - Homogenic

Every step in Björk's career is a step towards further weirdness. Homogenic is a defining album in her career as it establishes the point of no return for her experimentation. The trip hop from Post is leaned into harder, but with more strings and crunchier drums. The drums have been fine tuned into a bit crushed nightmare and the cold string and distant vocals make the album feel apocalyptic. Björk albums are, as a rule, bizarre and unsettling but Homogenic manages a cold powerful dispassionate energy unlike any of her other work.

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders

The first three albums by A Tribe Called Quest form a sort of stylistic trilogy. Midnight Marauders is the final piece of the trilogy and incorporates bits of both previous records. It's a little looser than Low End Theory and a little tighter than People's Instinctive Travels and I actually think that hurts it a bit. It doesn't manage the jazzy cohesiveness of the former or the free spirited just vibing attitude of the latter. Now being the weakest of the first three is kinda nothing, Midnight Marauders is a nine instead of a ten boohoo. But I might not put it on a top 500 albums list. Either way it's still a fantastic record with that unique A Tribe Called Quest sound, jazzy but not in a new jack swing way. They just kinda bop around dealing with serious and lighthearted stuff alike in a casual conversational style of rapping.

Sade - Diamond Life

Sade Adu manages to ride such a fine line on her debuted record. She manages to have the best of both the soul and sophistipop with neither of their downfalls. She is suave and sexy with a cool attitude but always avoids the bourgeois pretention of most sophistipop. She can manage lengthy love songs without the occasional tedium of 80s soul artists. She's somehow extremely catchy while also being low key. She manages these sweet bass grooves without it feeling like it's going to become funk or hip hop. She brings everything into her wheelhouse. It's an impressive piece of artistry. A singular vision recognized.

Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted

Slanted And Enchanted is a fantastic album. The second best of Pavement's output. I support this album being in the list but strongly oppose it being rated higher than Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. Slanted And Enchanted is the most straightforward Pavement album. It has the quintessential 90s indie sound and it shows in a lot of their contemporaries work. Kind of wistful, thoroughly modern but with one foot in the garage rock of the 60s. Pavement really nail a sound that is exactly one step removed from the mainstream alt rock.

[starrybluez]

tagged by @modernmanblues to post nine of my favourite album covers - thank you! 💙

Haven't heard all these in their entirety, mind you - there were a few I just really liked the look of! I even create a 2nd one of these...

Tagging: @vanillaveils @musicacuantica @pauls-mccharmly @tiggertaylor @slashscowboyboots @dancingonthevalentine @fatal-plastic-kiss @comeundone-dd @whats-her-name-virginia-plain and anyone else who's interested!

[venusforfran]

last six months check out I guess

[michaaall]

OCTOBER 31, 2022 // you gave me 17 outfit ideas for dynia🎃

[shithivemaggot]

i think the biggest outlier in my music taste is. Drake

[charlott2n]

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[doublebeau]

listening to the rolled for s2e8 of pd and really in my mind the reason it would be a dc comic is because young justice is the closest vibe to these characters we have NVM HE JUST SAID THAT LMAO