Oh yeah sorry!
I know you didā¦
Hate em. The embodiment of 80s stuff that I viscerally cannot get on with - 1/5
Pretty sure Bowie was the first one of these. Think people were voting more just on the music at that point. As these have gone on I think questions about the artistās conduct etc have been way more of a factor in peopleās voting. Canāt say for sure, but I doubt Bowie would score as highly if the thread was run today
Well yeah, I just told you
Some good singles but that 80s excess also kind of make me feel a bit physically sick.
So 2/5.
The wobbly synth line on Save A Prayer is worth at least a 4 all by itself.
Oh sorry, I wasnāt clear. I was watching you.
I donāt blame you!
Not yetā¦
If it was based purely on music (which I tend to), Iād give Bowie a 5 and Morrissey aā¦2? The Smiths were alright but not my cup of tea, and his solo stuff doesnāt appeal to me at all.
So it might just come down to that, as well as the fact that Morrissey is now horrendous.
Duran Duran were a brilliant band. So many good songs. 5.
Not as good as Itās Your Letters
Things I will not be clicking onā¦
The Reef covers are actually OK, once they hit the chorus.
The punk rock version is not OK, especially when they hit the chorus.
From what I remember Bowie was one of the first of these and there wasnāt really a debate on how we should judge things outside of music until the end of the thread/after. I donāt think heād score as highly now (although Miles Davis didā¦)
Oh never mind Radbitt said this already.
Yeah Bowie was the first thread. I know you pointed out the problems with him at the time (Iād never heard of them before that thread) but it didnāt come up as much as in subsequent threads. I think the art/artist thing has evolved a bit since then and obviously weāve debated it countless times and I think everyone that votes in these threads regularly has settled into a system or criteria that theyāre comfortable with using to judge everyone with.
I think thereās a bit of a recency thing too, Bowie, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye etc, their behaviour is something weāve read about in recollections of a past none of us were around for, whereas Morrissey etc is something weāve experienced in real time. Mark E Smith was an interesting one actually, with a few Fall fans getting quite defensive in a way that hadnāt come up since the very early HGATR days.
Not sure where Iām going with this and itās not all relevant as a reply to Jordan but thatās my 2 cents.
Now for completeness we just need Duran Duran covering Place Your Hands