Anyone notice that David Bowie

afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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sounds like Mott the Hoople?
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    I think you got it backwards.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Which came first the Bowie or the Mott?

    Anyway it's funny that I played Mott after playing Bowie. I thought my player glitched and put Bowie back on again lol.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    I like Mott's Young Dudes better than Bowie's.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    That happens a lot. Tonight I was listening to a new download from Bleed From Within. The first song, Clarity, reminded me of Baby Metal.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Baby Metal reminds me more of Marilyn Manson or Cindy Lauper not sure which one.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    BlueFox wrote: »
    That happens a lot. Tonight I was listening to a new download from Bleed From Within. The first song, Clarity, reminded me of Baby Metal.


    Now I am playing Kai Hansen, Left Behind, and it reminds me of Smashing Pumpkins. Is there nothing original left in the world? :)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,895
    Just picturing Mott the Hoople doing, say Heroes or Blackstar...

    https://youtu.be/kszLwBaC4Sw
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  • gfong
    gfong Posts: 1,079
    edited April 2018
    Bowie wrote the song for them. Most people get it mixed up and think that Bowie is singing.
    Wiki....
    Was released in 72 after Bowie found out that the group was breaking up. Bowie offered them Suffragette City off of his yet unreleased album Ziggy but Mott turned it down so he wrote Dudes for them. Mott the Hoople been around in various incarnations since 69.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,895
    edited April 2018
    All the Young Dudes -- which has been said to be, it is probably worth noting, a parody, of sorts, of Hey Jude -- contains one of my favorite lines in all of rock and roll.
    Is there* concrete all around or is it in my head?

    I did not know that Bowie had offered Suffragette City to Mott the Hoople.
    It's a great song.

    I didn't much appreciate Bowie too much when he was in his prime; he struck me as far too much of a poseur. Only later did I realize that every time he changed style, he was at the vanguard of a new thing. He did lead the charge over and over again -- at least in the mass (pop) market.

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    * Wikipedia sez "is this concrete..." -- but that works, too :p


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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    edited April 2018
    Unless you were drunk, I think it would be difficult to mistake Bowie for Mott.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Unless you are a **** it is difficult to deny the influence. "David Bowie had long been a fan of the band. After learning from Watts that they were about to split,[1] he persuaded them to stay together and offered them "Suffragette City" from his then yet-to-be-released Ziggy Stardust album.[1] They turned it down. Bowie also penned "All the Young Dudes" for them and it became their biggest hit."
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    edited April 2018
    Dude, I have been both a Mott and Bowie fan since 1969 early 70's for Mott. Yes there is an influence but neither sound at all alike to me, anyway. No need to go off the rails. You asked the question, don't like the answers?

    Go lick your **** then.

    BTW, Motts rendition of "Dudes" is superior to Bowies. Just happens to be one of my all time favorite songs, ever.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    Now children, play nice !!!!!
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    Dude, I have been both a Mott and Bowie fan since 1969 early 70's for Mott. Yes there is an influence but neither sound at all alike to me, anyway. No need to go off the rails. You asked the question, don't like the answers?

    Go lick your **** then.

    BTW, Motts rendition of "Dudes" is superior to Bowies. Just happens to be one of my all time favorite songs, ever.

    Figures, you must be on drugs.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Don't try to play innocent Richard.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    afterburnt wrote: »
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    Dude, I have been both a Mott and Bowie fan since 1969 early 70's for Mott. Yes there is an influence but neither sound at all alike to me, anyway. No need to go off the rails. You asked the question, don't like the answers?

    Go lick your **** then.

    BTW, Motts rendition of "Dudes" is superior to Bowies. Just happens to be one of my all time favorite songs, ever.

    Figures, you must be on drugs.



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  • Jaybeez
    Jaybeez Posts: 748
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Is there nothing original left in the world? :)

    Plenty. You just won't hear it on any media that resembles mainstream. Pretty much all "new music" I hear on local radio, Apple Music and TV I can pick up the influence(s) they are trying to meld together into something new immediately.
    Listen to NPR, sometimes on Spotify, or go to small clubs in hotbed cities where artists think they could make a living (LA, New York, Nashville, Seattle, etc.) and you just might hear something you've never heard before.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    NPR, I agree is a good place to discover new music.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,895
    edited April 2018
    new*?
    try some Lucius, tUnE-yArDs, or DakhaBrakha

    https://youtu.be/8Pk_2dVPjms

    https://youtu.be/c8FML8QhcZo

    https://youtu.be/hsNKSbTNd5I

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    * remember I am an old guy; so new is relative... but these are all a little different than the mainstream, in (I'd opine) a good way.

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