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Lots of good bands have been mentioned, sweet and even the rubettes did lots of great stuff and lasted for decades as working units.
I feel I should mention pilot too, superb guitar work.
I recently got a box set of the first 5 Tyrannosaurus Rex/T Rex albums and...er...they’re pretty dire tbh. Acoustic ramblings about elves and cloaks and fairy folk with spoken word poems read by John Peel. Bolan didn’t hit his stride until Electric Warrior which was his sixth album. Then, sadly, his work declined pretty quickly. I would say T Rex had a run of brilliant singles for a couple of years, but Slade were a quality live band who made decent albums.
But Chicory Tip were better than both. (I’m kidding)
I was a big fan of The Move too
I think Roy was originally the instigator of ELO with Jeff Lynne and they fell out very early on ; a great band would have been even greater.
But Bowie for the win.
@p90fool
i watched that Bowie early years and saw it as someone learning and experimenting in an era where record contracts were handed out to fledgling bands and artists as loads of labels got caught with their pants down and needed to sign young artists. Much of what was embryonic in that early stuff was channeled in to his big success simply more refined and focussed.
that said my mate went to school with him and I asked him did he stand out back then and he said nope totally unremarkable so obviously took a while to find his stride
I said maybe.....
Some artists take time to find themselves.
Was he careerist? Yes, of course- but no less than Jagger or Lennon.
Space Oddity to Hunky Dory to Ziggy to Thin White Duke periods were all amazing though.
He surrounded himself with great players as well and gave a lot of unknown players a platform.
I even don't mind some of the Tin Machine and electronic period work.
Blackstar is probably the best final album of any artist I can think of.
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And thats why the loss of Bowie is all the sadder for me as much as some of Tin machine and experimental stuff did not reach me.
I always felt he had more to say and think if his body had not given out we may well have seen a great 2nd coming I always thought he knew when he needed to be commercial and accessible then he could go back to tinkering around his more fringe activities.
A much missed artist
What is slightly strange is I was born on his birthday- 8th January.
He died on our wedding anniversary - 10th January.
It is probably just a coincidence.
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