Billybob wrote:
Egads, is that a camel toe?
Billybob wrote:
toomanyhatz wrote:Bowie by a longshot
solarskope wrote:your favourite rather than most creative or influential etc (but feel free to comment on anyway).
solarskope wrote:toomanyhatz wrote:Bowie by a longshot
stabbed in the BCB back.
i hope i never get to hear a member of the WCC whining about bowie's popularity on here ever again.
Footy wrote:
The Who / Jimi Hendrix Experience Saville Theatre, London Jan '67
. Got Jimi's autograph after the show and went on to see him several times that year
keith jennings wrote:Well you've got 11 votes so far Adam, I'd say you've done well to get that many. Mind you I never underestimate BCB's numbingly predictable predilection for the "iconoclastic". You will always get people voting for the less favoured option just to be different.
keith jennings wrote:meat and potatoes
solarskope wrote:i'd say people are more afraid to vote against the BCB grain, G.
GoogaMooga wrote: The further away from home you go, the greater the risk of getting stuck there.
the science eel experiment wrote:Jesus Christ can't save BCB, i believe i can.
Jeff K wrote:When you stick 70's in front of Bowie he'll win against almost anybody. He owned that decade.
Sir John Coan wrote:Jeff K wrote:When you stick 70's in front of Bowie he'll win against almost anybody. He owned that decade.
No question.
Sir John Coan wrote:Jeff K wrote:When you stick 70's in front of Bowie he'll win against almost anybody. He owned that decade.
No question.
solarskope wrote:keith jennings wrote:Well you've got 11 votes so far Adam, I'd say you've done well to get that many. Mind you I never underestimate BCB's numbingly predictable predilection for the "iconoclastic". You will always get people voting for the less favoured option just to be different.
i'd say people are more afraid to vote against the BCB grain, G.
Rank Bajin wrote:Sir John Coan wrote:Jeff K wrote:When you stick 70's in front of Bowie he'll win against almost anybody. He owned that decade.
No question.
Indeed and in this instance its an embarrassing mismatch.
Sir John San Juan And His Old Lady wrote:Shakey could kick his ass quite handily.
the science eel experiment wrote:Jesus Christ can't save BCB, i believe i can.
Jeff K wrote:As for who 'owned' the 70's I'd rank them in this order...
Bowie
Young
Elton John
Springsteen
Rod Stewart
Footy wrote:
The Who / Jimi Hendrix Experience Saville Theatre, London Jan '67
. Got Jimi's autograph after the show and went on to see him several times that year
Jeff K wrote:Sir John San Juan And His Old Lady wrote:Shakey could kick his ass quite handily.
I wouldn't say "quite handily" but he came the closest to matching Bowie's output during the 70's. Matt had a thread about the two them a couple of years ago and from what I recall, it was pretty even.
As for who 'owned' the 70's I'd rank them in this order...
Bowie
Young
Elton John
Springsteen
Rod Stewart
Big John Gooly wrote:Rank Bajin wrote:Sir John Coan wrote:
No question.
Indeed and in this instance its an embarrassing mismatch.
I wouldnt say mismatch - there was a fair amount of ultra-high quality, genuine variety coming from Rod during this decade (You wear it well, Dance Sing or Anything, Killing of Georgie); Bowie was much much more of an innovator and inspired the next generation all down the line. I chose Bowie as well (of course you would) but if you put away all objectivity, I can see why you might set them up for a bit of a tussle in some respects. Both of em lost it now though.
toomanyhatz wrote:Jeff K wrote:As for who 'owned' the 70's I'd rank them in this order...
Bowie
Young
Elton John
Springsteen
Rod Stewart
Commercially? Critically? Some combination thereof? 'Cause if you're talking commercially, certainly Elton tops them all. And (as much as we'd prefer to think otherwise) you'd have to put Steve Miller in there too. And critically there's Patti Smith, Lou, Cale, etc. And I'd add in Kevin Ayers if personal taste enters into it.
the science eel experiment wrote:Jesus Christ can't save BCB, i believe i can.