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Thread started 04/16/13 12:00pm

GoldenEPump

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Stevie Wonder or David Bowie

I think these artists are eligible for comparison.

Both of them were originally known as singers, and then transformed themselves into self-sufficient musicians; both with a prolificism and a body of work that are almost unprecedented in the seventies.

Both of them have experimented with various types of pop music, especially with styles outside of their own respective cultures.

Who would you say is the better artist?

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Reply #1 posted 04/16/13 12:11pm

Timmy84

Bowie.

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Reply #2 posted 04/16/13 12:16pm

Gunsnhalen

Timmy84 said:

Bowie.

whaa!!1 i am suprised at this one from ya Timmy lol

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Reply #3 posted 04/16/13 12:49pm

andykeen

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Bowie

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Reply #4 posted 04/16/13 12:51pm

purplethunder3
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Both!

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #5 posted 04/16/13 12:56pm

Rococo

Bowie.

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Reply #6 posted 04/16/13 1:06pm

TonyVanDam

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Good question. But my vote goes to Stevie Wonder.

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Reply #7 posted 04/16/13 1:47pm

duccichucka

Gunsnhalen said:

Timmy84 said:

Bowie.

whaa!!1 i am suprised at this one from ya Timmy lol

Me too!

I would say "Wonder" although it's mostly apples and oranges.

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Reply #8 posted 04/16/13 2:15pm

GoldenEPump

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Interesting that many of you are saying Bowie. Whilst I think Bowie is more consistent, as he doesn't have many 'bad' albums as Stevie does, his highs are not on the same level as Stevie's. 'Talking Book', 'Innervisions', 'Fulfillingness' First Finale' and 'Songs in the Key of Life' are all greater than anything in Bowie's catalogue for me. But after 'Hotter Than July' Stevie nosedived faster than any artist I'm overly familiar with, I'd say.

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Reply #9 posted 04/16/13 2:38pm

Timmy84

Gunsnhalen said:

Timmy84 said:

Bowie.

whaa!!1 i am suprised at this one from ya Timmy lol

biggrin

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Reply #10 posted 04/16/13 2:38pm

Timmy84

GoldenEPump said:

Interesting that many of you are saying Bowie. Whilst I think Bowie is more consistent, as he doesn't have many 'bad' albums as Stevie does, his highs are not on the same level as Stevie's. 'Talking Book', 'Innervisions', 'Fulfillingness' First Finale' and 'Songs in the Key of Life' are all greater than anything in Bowie's catalogue for me. But after 'Hotter Than July' Stevie nosedived faster than any artist I'm overly familiar with, I'd say.

Hahaha you were expecting everyone to say Stevie huh? smile

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Reply #11 posted 04/16/13 2:48pm

Gunsnhalen

This is a tough one cause in the 70's they both made osme of the greatest most innovative albums of all time.

80's wise Bowie had Scary Monsters which is in my top 3 for him & i really like Lets Dance despite what others think.

I think Hotter Than July & In Square Circle are both good but that is it.. nothing great but still good Stevie tunes.

the 90's they were both lost musically lol

00's was a lot better.

Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener

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Reply #12 posted 04/16/13 2:55pm

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Wonder.

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Reply #13 posted 04/16/13 2:56pm

Timmy84

Gunsnhalen said:

This is a tough one cause in the 70's they both made osme of the greatest most innovative albums of all time.

80's wise Bowie had Scary Monsters which is in my top 3 for him & i really like Lets Dance despite what others think.

I think Hotter Than July & In Square Circle are both good but that is it.. nothing great but still good Stevie tunes.

the 90's they were both lost musically lol

00's was a lot better.

Bowie got better over time. Wonder faded out after 1982. sad

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Reply #14 posted 04/16/13 3:01pm

namepeace

On merits, there's no wrong choice.

My preference . . . Stevie.

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Reply #15 posted 04/16/13 3:03pm

Timmy84

TBH, because they're both great artists, this is just as unfair a comparison as Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye was last week. lol

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Reply #16 posted 04/16/13 5:24pm

mjscarousal

Stevie Wonder

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Reply #17 posted 04/16/13 5:25pm

mjscarousal

Horrible comparision by the way but I prefer Stevie...

Bowie is great for what he does as well but I am more into Stevie Wonder.

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Reply #18 posted 04/16/13 5:46pm

Cloudbuster

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Ouch! Love 'em both. Possibly Stevie though, his very best work lifts me like few others do.

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Reply #19 posted 04/16/13 5:57pm

LinnLM1

Bowie.Love and respect the hell out of both artists but Bowie is the answer. Stevie released "I Just Called To Say I Love You" in 1984 and never really recovered artisticly speaking. Bowie deserves major props for consistently challenging himself musically even well into his 50s and 60s. His 1990s output was ballsy.
the music knows what your motives are when you are making it

listen to The Replacements - its good for the soul
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Reply #20 posted 04/16/13 6:24pm

TD3

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Wonder, by a country mile. biggrin
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Reply #21 posted 04/16/13 7:26pm

aardvark15

Damn it! You have to put two of my favorite artists against each other! I think I'll have to say Bowie because while I love 70's and early 80's Stevie after that his career got dry. Bowie's latest album is a masterpiece, I can't say that about any of the Stevie Wonder albums in the past 25 years.
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Reply #22 posted 04/16/13 7:36pm

nd33

I don't see the merit in this contest!

Music, sweet music, I wish I could caress and...kiss, kiss...
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Reply #23 posted 04/16/13 8:48pm

Timmy84

nd33 said:

I don't see the merit in this contest!

lol

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Reply #24 posted 04/16/13 10:16pm

MarkThrust

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Garth Ennis put out this comic book called The Preacher. One of the underlying story lines revolved around the progeny of an angel and a demon. It was a cantankerous offspring, bereft of any real character development...but the premise had some merit.

Bowie is more of an artist than musician. Wonder is more of a musician than an artist. One is more calculated, one is more divinely inspired. They've both stepped outside of these definitions and improved themselves for it. They've both attempted to deny or transcend their strengths - what they bring to the world - and created questionable work by doing so. One is an atheist. The other is deeply religious. Both reflect it in their work and the subjects of their focus.

I've always been a Bowie fan, but if I had to stick to a hundred minutes of music from either of them to last the rest of my life, I'd have to go with Wonder.

I'm not sure where I was going with The Preacher metaphor...I have a distant memory of being disappointed that the comic never developed what this child would be like. Like, what would a collaboration between Bowie & Wonder might be like...they've both collaborated with mostly like-minded folk, but just throwing those two names together invokes the potential of creating something like we've never heard before.

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Reply #25 posted 04/17/13 1:06am

SpookyElektrix

Stevie, no doubt.

mostly whites will say bowie, blacks stevie.

always find it strange when Prince fans always like other artists that are the most unfunky beings ever.

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Reply #26 posted 04/17/13 2:29am

Gunsnhalen

SpookyElektrix said:

Stevie, no doubt.

mostly whites will say bowie, blacks stevie.

always find it strange when Prince fans always like other artists that are the most unfunky beings ever.

Psssh not every Prince song is funky lol

And not every Bowie song is rocking out.

smile

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Reply #27 posted 04/17/13 2:54am

Javi

This is a very good question, as Bowie and Wonder are, in my opinion, the two most creative and influential artists of the 70s. As much as I love Stevie's music, I'd choose Bowie.
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Reply #28 posted 04/17/13 3:57am

mancabdriver

Solid back catalogue – Stevie.

more interesting – Bowie

Personal favourite – Bowie!

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Reply #29 posted 04/17/13 4:23am

novabrkr

Better artist? Bowie.

Musician? Stevie.

Bowie's music is more important to me personally than Stevie's, so if I had to pick one that I'd favour over the other then it would have to be Bowie.

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