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Thread started 11/14/05 6:12pm

weepingwall

the man who sold the world(album) occult references..

so were to begin..i've reading up alot of interesting atricles saying that the man who sold the world has occult references..i mean mostly in the lyrics..i know that the width of a circle..has some crowley references..does not anyone know the others?..i love album..becuases its somewhat surreal/borderline schizo/and well its rocks....wow i'm pretty dizzy.
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Reply #1 posted 11/14/05 6:36pm

GangstaFam

did we ever finish the Survivor for this?
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Reply #2 posted 11/14/05 6:49pm

lilgish

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Bowie is an occultist, most of his work has some occult significance.
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Reply #3 posted 11/14/05 6:54pm

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I think the song is about a character from a book though shrug
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Reply #4 posted 11/14/05 7:26pm

GangstaFam

Hard to believe this came on the heels of Space Oddity. One of his biggest shifts I'd say.
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Reply #5 posted 11/14/05 7:44pm

weepingwall

GHULI FROM NEXT!!!...she was scary..
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Reply #6 posted 11/14/05 10:04pm

GangstaFam

weepingwall said:

GHULI FROM NEXT!!!...she was scary..

YES! I didn't think anyone would catch that. lol
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Reply #7 posted 11/15/05 3:55am

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did we ever finish the Survivor for this?


I think we kicked about 5 songs from TMWSTW. Anything else after that up to Let's Dance deserves to stay, so I'd say we're finished!
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Reply #8 posted 11/15/05 3:13pm

GangstaFam

calldapplwondery83 said:

I think we kicked about 5 songs from TMWSTW. Anything else after that up to Let's Dance deserves to stay, so I'd say we're finished!

I still wanna go through his 70's albums. Maybe I'll start a Hunky Dory thread.
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