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I envy you. I'm sure I could go to a Bowie concert nowadays, but back then he was in his prime cutting the best records in the scene. Most of his work was seemingly unheard of.

Sleep with dawgs and you wake up with... oh wait, you don't wake up from this. R.I.P.

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I might as well go right out and say it: This is the best album David Bowie made. Now that I've gotten that outta the way, lemme say a few words as to why I think so. For one, this is one of those albums that was crafted and fine tuned until every song was as good as the one that preceeded it. In other words, one can listen to it without skipping a track. Those were the days when albums would be less than 40 minutes of material, but the quality was so rich in timbral texture that it was all one needed. Those were the days when an artist was not afraid to challenge the public by introducing his work with complex compositions. A ten-minute track, like the title's namesake, could be pulled off without a hitch or complaint from anybody; the work of genius is hardly ever questioned. There's about a five minute pre-amble before the song kicks into high gear and it couldn't come any sooner. Every subsequent sound afterwards is carefully manoeuvered and choreographed - one can almost see the legendary Bowie on stage stylistically dancing to it. Here's a listing of the songs in the album: 1 Station to Station 2 Golden Years 3 Word on a Wing 4 TVC 15 5 Stay 6 Wild Is the Wind If the sound of waves were to take the form of music, then this album emulates that ebb and flow of the sea's calmness and fury as the title track moves onto the world-famous "Golden Years", into the mellow and chill "Word On A Wing", to the choppy terrain of "TVC 15", and back to the still waters of "Stay" and "Wild Is The Wind". The album takes one on a venture ranging from mania, the paranoia technology brings, heartbreak, and... even true love. Good bog, if you have not heard "Wild Is The Wind", you have missed out on one of the most romantic, sad, and sweeping Rock ballads ever recorded. It's not Bowie's original composition, but he sure made it his. Normally, this would sound/read like a deluded tirade from a music/Bowie fanatic (which I am), but read the other reviews at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00001OH7U/002-6514082-5213640?v=glance&n=5174 It has a near perfect score with 92 other music listeners. If you're planning on getting new music, I couldn't recommend a better album to buy at the moment

Wait... is this... is this a bot? Haha! IT IS! Well, you and your universal internship can go have a mayo and bakin soda sandwich!

I'm gonna go ahead and recommend some more songs, but that are not much related to what you described in your original post. Ha! Just wanting to plug in some of my faves Chris Isaak "Lie To Me" "Wicked Game (Instrumental)" "Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)" Roxy Music "Just Like You" "Just Another High" "Avalon" "True To Life" "More Than This" Bryan Ferry "Slave To Love" "Which Way To Turn" "Don't Stop The Dance" "Zamba" Seals And Crofts "Diamond Girl" "Summer Breeze" Steely Dan "Deacon Blues" "Hey Nineteen" "Pixeleen" The Durutti Column "Sketch For Summer" (I love this instrumental) "A Smile In The Crowd" Tuxedomoon "In A Manner Of Speaking" (a little like Aqualung's song) NewOrder! Have you given NewOrder a shot? "Thieves Like Us", "Subculture", "Sooner Than You Think" - heck! The entire Low Life album sounds like something you'd like

Whenever I read the term "soft rock", I am reminded of groups like Bread, Ambrosia, Seals And Crofts - that sort of thing. I really doubt you wanna hear that kind of musak when you want stuff which sounds like Aqualung Try this on for size: Jackson Browne's "Late For The Sky" (the only non-original song featured in the Taxi Driver score) and Rita Coolidge's "We're All Alone". You'll then know what I'm talkin about

Hell, I wish I had that on camera, so I could watch it. At the time, it wasn't that funny. I thought I broke my jaw, but everyone's laughter sort of brought me out of the moribund state the fall left me in. Little things like that taught me that laughter is good even when your face hits the sandy pavement of a stadium.

Well, there was the time I tripped on the big stairs of a stadium, but I didn't quite fall so easily. I was flailing my arms like a bloody windmill all the way down to the bottom, trying to keep my balance, and finally hit the bottom and scraped my chin. I had this gi-normous scab on me chin for weeks. Later on, I was skateboarding and fell face first... right on the chin!

Funny you should quote Paracelsus. You know his name was "Bombastus"? I think that became the root for "bombast" and "bombastic". Would you believe a bombastic speaker? Bah! Drink up, sonnyboy

"Everything Will Flow" has a pretty good build-up with the orchestra at the end. It makes one feel like they're in the swell of emotions that the song is trying to emit. Good stuff. My favourite from that era has to be "Leaving", though.

Yay

Not really a one-hit wonder, if you count his previous hit, "Stuck In The Middle With You" (as Stealer's Wheel )

Man, there's just no way I could introduce a Vini Reilly track in these top 10 lists

Yeah, but we're talking Thompson Twins! They rule!

Nothing recent has caught my attention, so I try to catch up on the classics or the stuff I should've seen long ago, but didn't get to for some reason or another. I'm definitely gonna check out The Public Enemy (the old Jimmy Cagney movie where he shoves the grafruit on that chick's kisser), The Re-Animator (I can't believe I've missed this!), and The Day The Earth Stood Still (mainly because of the famous Bernard Herrmann score in which he used theremins).

Musical interlude to "Lies" by Thompson Twins

A black lie is just a stereotype. They're as average as the white lies

I once told this chick at the check-out line that the credit card machine was voice-activated, so she leaned towards it and said her name

Even I got lost in that one

- The Stereo MCs also had "Elevate My Mind" and "Step It Up". That makes three - Falco had "Der Komissar" and to a lesser extent "Vienna Calling". That makes three - The Breeders' "One Divine Hammer" is debatable. It most likely did not reach any charts, but its music vid got heavy rotation on MTV here in the US. That gives 'em 1 and a half

What about a black lie

- Three's Company - Ditto on the old Degrassi series from way back. I saw a couple of the recent ones, but couldn't get into them. - The Office. Not the crappy American show, but the one they based it from. First season's ace, the second is cringe-inducing, but funny as well. I haven't seen the Christmas special, but am looking forward to that I've yet to see such humour over on this side of the pond with the exception of Daria (ha! Now that was a great show!).

http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0402/iceage.html The Bible Doesn't Mention Any "Ice Age," So Shut Up About It! Movie Review FREEHOLD, IOWA - After only 2-minutes into Disney's film, "Ice Age," its clear that the intent of the feature is not to entertain young viewers, but to indoctrinate them with "scientific theories." These theories (secular lies) are already being placed into our children's poor little heads each day they attend public school and are taught by lisping, homosexual, home-room teachers who spit AIDS and secular lies onto their clean white faces. Apparently, liberal scholars and most scientists now agree that a so called "ice age" was caused by an avalanche set off by a mutated (secular word for "demon-shaped") squirrel with buck teeth looking for acorns. Would you believe that unsaved people are buying into this outrageous garbage! If scientists would stop spending 8-hours a day talking to monkeys and crack open the Holy Bible, they would be in for a rude awakening! The fact is, friends, there is no mention of "ice" in the Bible and the only mention of "age" refers to people who lived to be 900 years old. And if they lived that long, they most certainly would have remembered a so-called "ice age" and have wrote something down about it. Landover Baptist Creation Scientist, Dr. Jonathan Edwards explains, "The fountains of the great deep broke up after Noah parked his boat mount Ararat. This brought hot water and lava from Hell to the earth's surface right about the same time Noah's son, Ham (the first colored man) and generations of his offspring were cursed to be slaves because Ham got caught staring at his dad's tallywhacker. The debris from Satan's lair probably released water vapour and ashes from the lake of fire into the atmosphere. This possibly blocked out sunlight and cooled the land. Since the Bible doesn't really talk about an Ice Age, it's clear that the secular notions of such an event are based on theory rather than fact. The fact is, that Noah might have seen a few snow flurries, if anything at all, but that's about it." With today's slick Hollywood special effects, True Christians® are being bombarded with false images of huge mammoth creatures being taken out of the ice and gigantic dinosaur bones being pulled out of canyons. "It's out of control," says Pastor Deacon Fred. "None of this has been proven and the people at the Discovery Channel refuse to let accredited Creation Scientists examine their 'so-called' evidence. Now our innocent Christian children are watching secular history cartoons like 'Ice Age' that fill their little heads with fantasies about talking animals that never existed! Well, friends- the Bible makes it perfectly clear in the book of Genesis, Chapter 1 and Numbers, Chapter 22 that the only animals that can talk are snakes and donkeys." Most Pastors agree that if Christian parents would take their children out of public schools and invest their money in providing a sound Biblical education at a private Baptist School, it would solve most of the world's problems. "Kids won't even want to watch movies like 'Ice Age,'" says Pastor Deacon Fred. "There are so many more interesting stories in the Bible, and they are ALL true!" In most True Christian® schools, like Dr. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, in Lynchburg, VA, they monitor, edit, and approve the movies that students are allowed to watch. Liberty University, a Baptist school, receives state funding and accredidation. "They have to teach evolution in their Biology classes in order to get that funding," said Pastor Deacon Fred. "But since I received a degree from that school, I can tell you that they teach it, and then they tell you it's a load of bunk." For those parents who cannot afford to send their children to a private Christian school, Landover Baptist Educator and mother, Kathy Anne Hargraves, gave some sound advice at an emergency meeting of the Baptist Homeschooling Association. "If you don't know how to answer your child's questions after they see a movie like this, just tell them that Satan is the author of confusion and if they don't stop asking questions, demons are going to jump out from under their beds and bite off their feet," she said. "In most cases it's probably the truth and your child's mind will be put to rest. They're not likely to search for any knowledge outside of the Bible ever again. Shout Glory!" I love these satire sites. Nothing beats The Onion, but this one's pretty sharp By the way, I went to see this Ice Age 2 movie and it was good