Quote Originally Posted by Batman View Post
4 years ago today that Bowie went.

I think I'll be having a Bowie marathon along with my Stella tonight.
She will love it. Even my wife enjoys the music of Bowie. There is something in that back catalogue for everyone. For me lately it is Diamond Dogs. The ballads on there are sublime and I love the cut up lyrics and concept. Utterly bonkers but crystalline in its dark decadence. You feel Bowie edging to the precipice that lead to Station to Station. I tend to skip Young Americans. That's the weakest of the 70's canon for me, but if they had kept in the outtakes it is up there again. Still a decent album. STS is almost supernatural and otherworldly though. Maybe my favorite, but then there are all those other classics. What a back catalogue. The best of all time for me.

You get bands like The Stones repeating and doing it worse each time, then you have someone like Bowie who always tried to take it a little bit further or do something different. I would be very shocked to see any of those legends produce a Blackstar. Such a strong album and so fresh sounding. Ridiculous really.