Comments for Bowie's Tin of Stewing Steak

Comment on Unfit for Human Consumption by Jossy

Jossy — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:43:11 +0000

My mate at work who´s old enough to remember Bowie in his prime, told me that after buying Pin Ups he was so disillusioned and felt so robbed that he never bought a Bowie album again. Yes it´s shite. Also think Young Americans is a steaming pile of plastic crap.

Comment on Berlin Wall of Sound by Wiiicharrd

Wiiicharrd — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:25:03 +0000

Zig the Wonder Kid (sad name btw), I’m afraid that you’ve missed the point entirely.

Firstly, on the point of ‘Black Tie…’, I can’t help but agree with Stewart. I too wanted to love this album (and did for a while). This was the first ‘proper’ Bowie offering since ‘Scary monsters…’. I will even state that it has a few good tracks. But it doesn’t stand up to the earlier stuff, nor indeed the later albums ‘Outside’, ‘Heathen’ or ‘Reality’. I’m grateful for it as it signalled something of a return to form and clearly did him so good (as did Tin Machine), but a good ‘album’ it is not. There were great expectations at the time and I remain fond of it, but am not deluded by it’s relative quality.

But the real point you’ve missed is that Bowie is an eclectic soul. His music is built on the notion that nothing is dismissed out of hand and has its own merit (and can be recycled)! The fact that you disagree with Stewart and have chosen to dismiss his views so swiftly demonstrate a mind that fails to grasp this notion and cannot be relied upon to put it in the context of the produciton of the music. Bowie is a great artist, but he has clearly not always produced great work. If you believe ‘Black Tie…’ to be great, quantify your statement and join the grown up discussion.

I also fear that this site contains a humour slightly out of your grasp…

Comment on Covered in Gravy by Wiiicharrd

Wiiicharrd — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:12:58 +0000

I was always disappointed that Bowie never chose to cover the only musician greater than himself: Cliff Richard. Cliff spanned 5 decades, has proven beyond doubt that he can write a tune and even had a dance ‘hit’ under a pseudonym. If only David had covered ‘Living Doll’… Or even ‘Mistletoe and Wine’. It would be better than ‘Little drummer boy’ anyway… Failing that I’d settle for a cover from that Bredon duo ‘Mother of a thief’. Not sure which one would best suit david’s vocal style though. Any ideas?

p.s. Stewart, I don’t have a copy of ‘I pray, Ole’ anymore. Can you sort me out? Missing this little number.

Comment on Covered in Gravy by HXH

HXH — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:51:12 +0000

I hate to say it but bowies covers are usually shit.

Comment on David’s Rare Cuts by admin

admin — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:34:06 +0000

Cheers Laney,

Here is the youtube link to what was the B-side to Drive in Saturday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDzSys1fPok

Comment on David’s Rare Cuts by laney

laney — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:24:52 +0000

I always thought boz’s version of chuck berry’s ’round and round’ was great, complete with trademark handclaps!

Comment on Bowie’s Beef - Ten Rounds of Celebrity Boxing by TigerOnVaseline

TigerOnVaseline — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:39:31 +0000

How about Bowie vs Elton. Elton John is camper than Bowie but has a weight advantage and can throw a tantrum. Must admit I’d be torn. P.S. I think the award for worst Bowie song on a good album goes to “Fill your Heart” on hunky Dory.

Comment on Berlin Wall of Sound by Zig the Wonder Kid

Zig the Wonder Kid — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:15:37 +0000

I know what climatic means but I wonder if you do - not sure what you meant by ‘anti-climatic Black Tie, White Noise’. From the tone of your piece, obviously something negative. Shame, because it’s a good album.

Comment on Berlin Wall of Sound by admin

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:18:41 +0000

I refer you to the opening paragraph of this article.

Comment on Berlin Wall of Sound by Zig the Wonder Kid

Zig the Wonder Kid — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:20:19 +0000

I’ve stumbled across your crappy website - how dare you criticise an artist such as Bowie and offer up such drivel yourself? You’e ’so simple-minded you can’t drive your mudule’ as the great man says.