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May 10, 2009
Vintage David Bowie is pure classic
When I'm at the gym breaking a sweat on the gazelle machines (some people call them elliptical trainers or cross trainers), I like to listen to mp3s and here is one complete digital album I have not been able to get enough of lately: "Hunky Dory," by David Bowie, his first album for RCA in 1971 and altogether the fourth album of his career.
It is difficult to believe this classic work is as old as it is -- isn't that true of all classic rock from the early '70s? -- because it stands up so well over time, even to modern rock standards: songs like "Oh! You Pretty Things" "Life On Mars" and "Andy Warhol" were solidly ahead of any pop conventions of that time. I was 12-years-old at the time, and remember seeing and hearing the album for the first time at a family friend's house, via the RCA record club, in 1972.
And his next album on RCA (which I also have on digital mp3) was stellar as well: the amazing "Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars."
I've been to see the Thin White Duke only once in my life, but I can honestly say if I had a dollar for every hour I have spent listening to Bowie I would have a pretty fat stack of greenbacks. And for awhile, we even shared a common trait: one blue eye and one brown eye. Mine was a medical condition that cleared up; his was permanent. It was fun having something in common with him though.
So thanks, Thin White Duke, for helping me lose 11 pounds since Easter!
-- TONY SPINELLI
Posted by Spinelli on May 10, 2009 9:15 PM
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