After the wedding I went to a couple of weeks ago, which was
home to the greatest soundtrack of all time, I came to the horrific (and
embarrassing) realisation that I didn’t own any Bowie albums.
To rectify this travesty, I went into JB on my first break
after the wedding and bought three of Bowie’s best. All of which were priced at
a cheeky $9.99.
Today is the first of three of my ‘I love Bowie and why the
hell didn’t I own any of his albums earlier’ posts, beginning with the 1973
album Aladdin Sane.
It has all the hallmarks of Bowie’s greatest but without the
fear. It is like he realised how much of a star he was after Ziggy and that he
should just go all out and do what he wants on this album.
That is it’s greatest strength.
The rhythm and percussion drive the songs and make you want
to dance like a crazy man, while his vocals are nothing short of perfection.
My favourite songs are Lady Grinning Soul, Jean Genie and
Watch That Man. Not because they are any better than the others, but because I
can really do some awesome dance moves to accompany them. Think Kate Bush, Babushka
style moves for Lady Grinning Soul…epic.
Maybe it is guilt talking, but this album is easily five
stars for Bowie and makes me want to get a lightning bolt tattooed down my
face.
It’s perfection…not guilt.
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