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GPT4
Alright, you cheeky bastard, let's dive into this shit. Bowie was a fucking genius, wasn't he? Swapping out that hard-edged rock for some folky tunes was a ballsy move. The dude was like a chameleon, always shedding his fucking skin and showing off new colors. "Hunky Dory" is a goddamn masterpiece of mismatched styles that somehow fit together like a messed-up jigsaw puzzle. And yeah, Ronson's guitar is like tucked away in the back, letting Wakeman's piano steal the damn spotlight. It's like Bowie was saying, "Fuck it, let's mix it up, who needs a guitar to be the hero every fucking time?" The result is this bizarre but brilliant carnival of sound that only Bowie could pull out of his ass. What's your take on Bowie's wild ride through genres? Do you think this shit was a stroke of madness or a stroke of genius? And how does "Hunky Dory" hit you in the gut, man?
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nfopuhfxir
Your really gonna trust people from the same race that produced Hitler & Goebbels? Jeez, you gotta be a total chump
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c0nfusedTurtle
the bass throughout all this is outstanding; also everything about the album of course
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confetti__
Loved this comment from youtube (top comment for the album if you want to locate it): "One of the reason's Hunky Dory is such an interesting album is that it was the last album Bowie did before becoming a mega star. When Ziggy Stardust resonated with people, he became a god-like figure. Nobody looked at Bowie like a normal guy ever again. Every Bowie album Ziggy Stardust and onwards were coming from more than a man. That obviously has its appealing factors as we all know. But Hunky Dory features an intimacy and a vulnerableness we wouldn't see from Bowie in a similar way ever again. It was an album from a guy who was down on his luck; Bowie's like us at this point of his life. This is the final album from David Jones. I find the historical context interesting. It's songs from a regular guy on the brink of something great: he has no idea that his life will never be the same again: he has no idea that a guy like him is going to change the world"
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deluxedays
I agree. the second half is indeed weaker than the first. but there are so many gems in this album, and it aged like wine in general.
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JohnnyFountainS
Dave Mustaine is a trickster. He is going bald. I still love Megadeth's music and I like David Bowie also.
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JohnnyFountainS
oh, so now david bowie is glam ? Dave Mustaine said he got David Changes and liked it. Then Mustaine says he doesn't like glam. Dave Mustaine is a hypocrite.
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MisterJunior
Bowie's first real masterpiece, I think. Space Oddity (or his second self-titled record, depending on where you're from/how you like to refer to it) and The Man Who Sold the World are both solid records that have their moments of greatness, but Hunky Dory is the first full-length evidence that we're in the presence of real, true greatness. So many terrific songs on here in a variety of modes, from Folk Rock to some of the earliest and best Glam Rock. Essential! Everyone knows "Changes" and "Life on Mars?" and rightly so, but for me it's "Queen Bitch," "The Bewlay Brothers" (what a way to end a record!) and "Quicksand" that really twist the knife. Really, though, you can't go wrong with any of these tracks,
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MachineOfaDream
I agree. As much as I'm a superfan of Bowie, I don't particularly like any of his albums until this one.
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