tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post4847644341570349537..comments2024-03-28T14:09:53.330-07:00Comments on The Song In My Head Today: Holly A Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-83431668528414720672013-05-10T10:24:04.052-07:002013-05-10T10:24:04.052-07:00Well, from a "fellow Kinks fan" -- I lov...Well, from a "fellow Kinks fan" -- I loved this write-up of one of my favorite Bowie songs. Bravo!Betty Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155852272383173880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-50862094912971139962013-02-28T18:22:19.868-08:002013-02-28T18:22:19.868-08:00I responded to your questions, and I do think ther...I responded to your questions, and I do think there are likely to be multiple categories of Bowie fans attracted by different parts of his persona/catalog.<br /><br />But I was thinking ahout your comment that, " I find that fellow Kinks fans are a pretty reliable fit with my other tastes, and even share my outlook on life. There is a clear profile to being a Kinks fan."<br /><br />I wonder if part of that is that identifying as a Kinks fan is relatively unusual, at this point, and so it identifies a pretty specific interest. I wonder, for example, if you would be as likely to feel like your tastes overlap with those of another random Elvis Costello fan -- I think there's a broader cross-section of people who would identify as EC fans than Kinks fans and so knowing that one fact about them revels less information.NickShttp://www.beforeyoulisten.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-63478642842096346572013-02-26T18:21:19.051-08:002013-02-26T18:21:19.051-08:00I don't think of myself as a Bowie fan, but th...<i> I don't think of myself as a Bowie fan, but then I can't imagine what Bowie fans would be like.</i><br /><br />Okay. <a href="http://www.beforeyoulisten.com/2013/02/on-being-a-david-bowie-fan/" rel="nofollow">On Being A David Bowie Fan</a>.NickShttp://www.beforeyoulisten.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-3870292470283729492013-02-25T20:31:32.693-08:002013-02-25T20:31:32.693-08:00I must have been thinking about this because of th...I must have been thinking about this because of the buzz around the new Bowie album. Funny that there's still buzz. I don't think of him as a great musician, but as a conceptual artist, he's one of the giants. I don't think of myself as a Bowie fan, but then I can't imagine what Bowie fans would be like. He's such a chameleon, an almost Dadaist artist. Endlessly fascinating to me. <br /><br />Now that I've gone down this particular rabbit hole, I may be stuck for a while in this oddball cluster of albums. <br /><br />Could be worse.... Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-27936539771220359162013-02-23T23:23:33.175-08:002013-02-23T23:23:33.175-08:00I felt the same way about Every Picture Tells a St...I felt the same way about Every Picture Tells a Story Don't It ... but ... yep. All your posts are good; this is especially good. You're an extra fine writer Ms. Hughes, don't let nobody tell you different. Beat, beat, wait for it :-) Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-4626079760948074192013-02-23T11:47:15.657-08:002013-02-23T11:47:15.657-08:00Linda Ronstadt's Greatest Hits, for some reaso...<i>Linda Ronstadt's Greatest Hits, for some reason, and Maria Muldaur's Waitress in a Donut Shop. Dylan's Nashville Skyline. Stevie Wonder's Innervisions. The soundtrack to The Harder They Come. Frank Zappa's Hot Rats. Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells a Story. Steve Miller's The Joker. J.J. Cale's Naturally. Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water (probably because the store didn't have Bookends, the one I really wanted). And -- one of the most random purchases of the day -- David Bowie's Young Americans.</i><br /><br />You did well. Not all of those hold up as classics, but many of them do. <br /><br />You probably know that Bowie has a new album coming out soon, but I don't know if you noticed that Jimmy Cliff released an album last year (I only heard about from Amazon's recommendation -- I too find them useful). It's not perfect, but surprisingly good, and full of energy. As you can tell from the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIzMOcgdoww" rel="nofollow">lead single</a> (my second favorite track, but that performance is good). <br /><br />It was funny reading this post because I like David Bowie and have listened to "Young Americans" a number of times (on a greatest hits collection, not the album), and I realize I've never actually paid attention to the lyrics. As soon I saw the title in your post I could hear the sound, but almost none of the quoted lyrics meant anything to me. I like David Bowie's lyrics but, apparently, that isn't true of "Young Americans."NickShttp://www.beforeyoulisten.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-49910983176841273702013-02-23T11:38:33.274-08:002013-02-23T11:38:33.274-08:00Quite possibly my favorite post of yours. Ever. It...Quite possibly my favorite post of yours. Ever. It made me, immediately, grab my iPod and search for the track. I can tell the song means a lot to you. Uncle Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570327775449916376noreply@blogger.com