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PrintableTRON said: KingSausage said: TRON said: KingSausage said: DudeDrops said: Well...all I know is...I GOT MY BOWIE TICKETS THIS MORNING!!! TRON, we gotta hang out before the concert--I'll buy you a slice of overpriced concert pizza!
You guys should come to the MPLS show...we can all enjoy shitty concert food together! I wish I could. I'm outta $ though.  Tell you what...I'll eat some shitty food in your honor...  Gee thanks man!  No problem! "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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TRON said: No, but it's not 2001 either. I thought he was a one hit wonder. Bowie's a legend.
If that's the case, a lot of living legends would be on top-Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, etc. Sometimes they just don't connect with what's out today. | |
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KingSausage said: TRON said: KingSausage said: TRON said: KingSausage said: DudeDrops said: Well...all I know is...I GOT MY BOWIE TICKETS THIS MORNING!!! TRON, we gotta hang out before the concert--I'll buy you a slice of overpriced concert pizza!
You guys should come to the MPLS show...we can all enjoy shitty concert food together! I wish I could. I'm outta $ though. Tell you what...I'll eat some shitty food in your honor... Gee thanks man! No problem! Did you get tickets yet? | |
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TRON said: KingSausage said: TRON said: KingSausage said: TRON said: KingSausage said: DudeDrops said: Well...all I know is...I GOT MY BOWIE TICKETS THIS MORNING!!! TRON, we gotta hang out before the concert--I'll buy you a slice of overpriced concert pizza!
You guys should come to the MPLS show...we can all enjoy shitty concert food together! I wish I could. I'm outta $ though. Tell you what...I'll eat some shitty food in your honor... Gee thanks man! No problem! Did you get tickets yet? This Saturday, my friend, this Saturday...keep your fingers crossed for me! "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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KingSausage said: This Saturday, my friend, this Saturday...keep your fingers crossed for me!
I will. I hope you get something great! Will the Mrs. be going with you? | |
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It debuted about where I expected it to.
Prior to the release, and even the week of it, the promotion was all in Europe. The US leg of the promotional tour only started toward the end of last week (the Today show) and early this week (Letterman on Monday and Carson last night). How would people know that it was out? There's no single at radio, I still haven't seen the video, even though it's purportedly on the VH1 playlist, and several of the reiews in the more widely-read publications (such as EW) were less than glowing. The better reviews have come since, but I'd say that #29 is about right for the amount of buzz and promotion (none) done in the US up to the point and the week of the release. Besides, Bowie hasn't sold well in the US since 1984. | |
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otan said: I'll say THIS - the ONE commercial I saw for the wrecka made it look like a "Greatest Hits" album - showed all his old personas... which led me to believe it was just another Greatest Hits package - of which I'm not interested because I already have the good bowie records - INCLUDING Tin Machine.
that commercial was actually a commercial used to sell some bottled water in Europe. in the US, it's doubling as the commercial for the album. | |
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AaronMaximus said: It debuted about where I expected it to.
Prior to the release, and even the week of it, the promotion was all in Europe. The US leg of the promotional tour only started toward the end of last week (the Today show) and early this week (Letterman on Monday and Carson last night). How would people know that it was out? There's no single at radio, I still haven't seen the video, even though it's purportedly on the VH1 playlist, and several of the reiews in the more widely-read publications (such as EW) were less than glowing. The better reviews have come since, but I'd say that #29 is about right for the amount of buzz and promotion (none) done in the US up to the point and the week of the release. Besides, Bowie hasn't sold well in the US since 1984. You're right on all counts. | |
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AaronMaximus said: It debuted about where I expected it to.
Prior to the release, and even the week of it, the promotion was all in Europe. The US leg of the promotional tour only started toward the end of last week (the Today show) and early this week (Letterman on Monday and Carson last night). How would people know that it was out? There's no single at radio, I still haven't seen the video, even though it's purportedly on the VH1 playlist, and several of the reiews in the more widely-read publications (such as EW) were less than glowing. The better reviews have come since, but I'd say that #29 is about right for the amount of buzz and promotion (none) done in the US up to the point and the week of the release. Besides, Bowie hasn't sold well in the US since 1984. Yeah, but that doesn't me it doesn't suck. | |
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TRON said: AaronMaximus said: It debuted about where I expected it to.
Prior to the release, and even the week of it, the promotion was all in Europe. The US leg of the promotional tour only started toward the end of last week (the Today show) and early this week (Letterman on Monday and Carson last night). How would people know that it was out? There's no single at radio, I still haven't seen the video, even though it's purportedly on the VH1 playlist, and several of the reiews in the more widely-read publications (such as EW) were less than glowing. The better reviews have come since, but I'd say that #29 is about right for the amount of buzz and promotion (none) done in the US up to the point and the week of the release. Besides, Bowie hasn't sold well in the US since 1984. Yeah, but that doesn't me it doesn't suck. of course. but Bowie isn't for everyone. and i wouldn't want him to be. Let's Dance and the rest of the 80's have convinced me of that  | |
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AaronMaximus said: of course. but Bowie isn't for everyone. and i wouldn't want him to be. Let's Dance and the rest of the 80's have convinced me of that
I suppose you're right. | |
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TRON said: KingSausage said: This Saturday, my friend, this Saturday...keep your fingers crossed for me!
I will. I hope you get something great! Will the Mrs. be going with you? Oh yes...she wouldn't miss this!!! "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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TRON said: The Ying Yang Twins? Bubba Sparxxx? A Perfect Circle?
All these debuted ahead of David Bowie on the Billboard album chart. 
If it wasn't clear already, I'm now absolutely sure that the state of music has gone straight to hell.  I used to say the same thing in the 80's and early 90's about P's chart position, but I'd recommend you relax and let history judge. It will always be kind to Bowie. You also ought to search NPR's site and find the Bowie interview on "Fresh Air." It was really good. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Don't sleep on Bubba Sparxxx's "Deliverance." If you don't like southern fried rap that's one thing, but his release has some of Timbaland's and Organized Noize's best production to date. Tim goes all out and the ON crew really rocks out with the guitar. "That...magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it."-Dreamshaman32 | |
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don't hate...that down and dirty south hip hop is ON TOP BAYBEE | |
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TRON said: KingSausage said: DudeDrops said: Well...all I know is...I GOT MY BOWIE TICKETS THIS MORNING!!! TRON, we gotta hang out before the concert--I'll buy you a slice of overpriced concert pizza!
You guys should come to the MPLS show...we can all enjoy shitty concert food together! I wish I could. I'm outta $ though.  that's ALWAYS your story
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otan said: I'll say THIS - the ONE commercial I saw for the wrecka made it look like a "Greatest Hits" album - showed all his old personas... which led me to believe it was just another Greatest Hits package - of which I'm not interested because I already have the good bowie records - INCLUDING Tin Machine.
Just because you say "Tin Machine" is good doesn't make it true. I heard it a few years back...awful! Just didn't get it. | |
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VinnyM27 said: otan said: I'll say THIS - the ONE commercial I saw for the wrecka made it look like a "Greatest Hits" album - showed all his old personas... which led me to believe it was just another Greatest Hits package - of which I'm not interested because I already have the good bowie records - INCLUDING Tin Machine.
Just because you say "Tin Machine" is good doesn't make it true. I heard it a few years back...awful! Just didn't get it. he's right. it is good. i think it's actually the best of his 80's albums. | |
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AaronMaximus said: he's right. it is good. i think it's actually the best of his 80's albums.
Not including Scary Monsters, right? That one never gets mentioned as an 80's album. | |
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TRON said: AaronMaximus said: he's right. it is good. i think it's actually the best of his 80's albums.
Not including Scary Monsters, right? That one never gets mentioned as an 80's album. hadn't thought about it, but... i dunno. sometimes i like Tin Machine more than Scary Monsters.  | |
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AaronMaximus said: TRON said: AaronMaximus said: he's right. it is good. i think it's actually the best of his 80's albums.
Not including Scary Monsters, right? That one never gets mentioned as an 80's album. hadn't thought about it, but... i dunno. sometimes i like Tin Machine more than Scary Monsters. Blasphemer! | |
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TRON said: AaronMaximus said: TRON said: AaronMaximus said: he's right. it is good. i think it's actually the best of his 80's albums.
Not including Scary Monsters, right? That one never gets mentioned as an 80's album. hadn't thought about it, but... i dunno. sometimes i like Tin Machine more than Scary Monsters. Blasphemer! i know  | |
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AaronMaximus said: TRON said: AaronMaximus said: TRON said: AaronMaximus said: he's right. it is good. i think it's actually the best of his 80's albums.
Not including Scary Monsters, right? That one never gets mentioned as an 80's album. hadn't thought about it, but... i dunno. sometimes i like Tin Machine more than Scary Monsters. Blasphemer! i know I'll let it slide this time. But only cuz you used the word sometimes. | |
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TRON said: AaronMaximus said: TRON said: AaronMaximus said: TRON said: AaronMaximus said: he's right. it is good. i think it's actually the best of his 80's albums.
Not including Scary Monsters, right? That one never gets mentioned as an 80's album. hadn't thought about it, but... i dunno. sometimes i like Tin Machine more than Scary Monsters. Blasphemer! i know I'll let it slide this time. But only cuz you used the word sometimes. Scary Monsters loses me somewhere in the middle. Teenage Wildlife, Scream Like A Baby, Kingdom Come... they're lost on me. actually, i guess Reality is kind of like that too. i'm only half paying attention from The Loneliest Guy through Days. | |
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AaronMaximus said: Scary Monsters loses me somewhere in the middle. Teenage Wildlife, Scream Like A Baby, Kingdom Come... they're lost on me.
actually, i guess Reality is kind of like that too. i'm only half paying attention from The Loneliest Guy through Days. The only one I find lacking on SM is Scream Like A Baby, but I like it. The only one I find lacking on Reality is Try Some, Buy Some, but I'm learning to like it. | |
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