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That movie was made in the 70's.

i didn't click on the link, i thought it was like the video for "poison" or some of his hair metal shit.

When you ASSUME you make an ASS out of You and not Me.

it's getting hostile here, so fuck it.

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead
Diamond Dogs > Station to Station > Ziggy Stardust

Sweet Thing-Candidate-Reprise is the greatest medley ever and We Are the Dead is an awesome song

aladdin sane tops all those records

Yes.

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

Weak?

Yet now
We feel that we are paper, choking on you nightly
They tell me "Son, we want you, be elusive, but don't walk far"
Always breaking in the new boys, deceive your next of kin
For you're dancing where the dogs decay, defecating ecstasy
You're just an ally of the leecher
Locator for the virgin King, but I love you in your fuck-me pumps
And your nimble dress that trails
Oh, dress yourself, my urchin one, for I hear them on the rails
Because of all we've seen, because of all we've said
We are the dead

I'll make you a deal, like any other candidate
We'll pretend we're walking home 'cause your future's at stake
My set is amazing, it even smells like a street
There's a bar at the end where I can meet you and your
friend
Someone scrawled on the wall "I smell the blood of les tricoteuses"
Who wrote up scandals in other bars

I'm having so much fun with the poisonous people
Spreading rumours and lies and stories they made up
Some make you sing and some make you scream
One makes you wish that you'd never been seen
But there's a shop on the corner that's selling papier
mache
Making bullet-proof faces, Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing

So you scream out of line
"I want you! I need you! Anyone out there? Any time?"
Tres butch little number whines "Hey dirty, I want you
When it's good, it's really good, and when it's bad I go to pieces"
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing

Well, on the street where you live I could not hold up my head
For I put all I have in another bed
On another floor, in the back of a car
In the cellar like a church with the door ajar
Well, I guess we've must be looking for a different kind
But we can't stop trying 'till we break up our minds
'Til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knights
Who press you on the ground while shaking in fright
I guess we could cruise down one more time
With you by my side, it should be fine
We'll buy some drugs and watch a band
Then jump in the river holding hands

Weak.

Someday they won't let you, now you must agree
The times, they are a-telling, and the changing isn't free
We've read it in the tea leaves, the tracks are on tv
Beware the savage jaw of 1984
They'll split your pretty cranium, and fill it full of air
They'll tell that you're eighty, but brother, you won't care
You'll be shooting up on anything, tomorrow's never there
Beware the savage jaw in 1984
Come see, come see, remember me?
We played love all my movie roll
You said it would last, but I guess we've grown
In 1984, who could ask for more
1984, who could ask for mor-or-or-or-ore
Mor-or-or-or-ore
I'm looking for a vehicle, i'm looking for a ride
I'm looking for a party, i'm looking for a side
I'm looking for the treason that I knew in '65
Beware the savage jaw of 1984
Come see, come see, remember me?
We played love all my movie roll
You said it would last, but I guess we've grown
In 1984, who could ask for more
1984, who could ask for mor-or-or-or-ore
Mor-or-or-or-ore
1984
1984
1984, more
1984,
1984, more
1984

The Rykodisc Bowie releases have the bonus tracks, but the EMI/Virgin reissues from 1999 have improved audio quality. The bass/drums are a bit punchier and the guitars/vocals are crisper, and audio is less thinly spread in general. I'm pretty sure that Bowie himself said that the 1990 Rykodisc of ZIGGY was too thin/weak sounding.

Anyway, either release would ultimately be a worthy investment... DO NOT however choose the 30th Anniversary double disc reissues of any of the albums. They have hideous artificial sounding audio, and not only are the Left/Right channels REVERSED on the ZIGGY release, but certain sounds and cues are MISSING from the mix. It's just generally fucked up.

In summary... Rykodisc reissues from 1990 have nice bonus tracks, and EMI/VIRGIN reissues from 1999 (while album only) have the best standard CD audio.

Best albums IMO...

HUNKY DORY
LOW
ZIGGY STARDUST

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

Diamond Dogs > Station to Station > Ziggy Stardust

Sweet Thing-Candidate-Reprise is the greatest medley ever and We Are the Dead is an awesome song

Fuck yes. I'm glad to see someone else out there recognizes the brilliance of Diamond Dogs.

Def. my favorite Bowie album. Not a weak track on there. (Although a lot of people hate "Rock N Roll With Me")
How people can not love it is a mystery to me.