Ok, I said I would never do this. It’s exceptionally difficult as such a huge Bowie fan to rank his best songs for three reasons. First, the sheer number of brilliant, life affirming, life changing songs that you have to leave out of what I have decided is a top 60. I’m already feeling sadContinue reading “David Bowie’s 60 best songs – just for one day”
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Ranked: David Bowie’s studio albums
I’ve written before of my love of all things Bowie. Here’s my latest attempt to rank his 26 studio albums in reverse order. 26. David Bowie (1967). Easy to forget that the great man started his career as a purveyor of novelty pop, sounding like a cross between Anthony Newley and Tommy Steele. We’re meantContinue reading “Ranked: David Bowie’s studio albums”
Bowie: just better than everyone else
Everyone has their own taste, their own likes and dislikes. Music is a hugely varied form and what we love or hate or don’t really get is entirely personal. All that said, can we all just agree on one thing: David Bowie is without parallel, an absolute genius who is just a little bit betterContinue reading “Bowie: just better than everyone else”
Why do we need to know what music you hate?
There’s an awful lot of awful things happening. War in Ukraine, emerging environmental catastrophe, democracy itself facing multiple threats in the era of post-truth politics. The horror of the global Covid pandemic has not gone away. We have so much on our plates. But perhaps what we really should be focusing on is why youContinue reading “Why do we need to know what music you hate?”
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