that's pretty freaky, Bowie

I wonder what music David Bowie listens to.

Pretentious, over rated side show act looks down his nose at another performer, meh.

nopokerface: Pretentious, over rated side show act looks down his nose at another performer, meh.

You either haven't listened to the best anything Bowie's ever done, or you haven't heard the best that Hillary Duff's ever done.

Sun God: I wonder what music David Bowie listens to.

His own voice.

Still a great musician -- better businessman though.

nopokerface: Pretentious, over rated side show act looks down his nose at another performer, meh.

Um. No. Amazing musician, pretty good actor. (See Man Who Fell to Earth (^) and Labyrinth (^))

cerote:

You either haven't listened to the best anything Bowie's ever done, or you haven't heard the best that Hillary Duff's ever done.

I'm no Duff fan, and I like some of Bowie's stuff, but this is just bullshiat.

[Parent] is horrified that [his/her] [child] listens to [current artist, rather than what parent liked at that age].

Saving us some time.

Anyone else notice the pic to the right? Teh Duff got buff.

I prefer looking at Hilary Duff rather than David Bowie.

Um ... the kid is seven. Show me a seven-year-old who DOESN'T listen to stuff like Hilary Duff or Hannah Montana.

/worst is High School Musical
//have two seven-year-old nieces
///Hilary would be an improvement
////slashies

VickInABox: Um ... the kid is seven. Show me a seven-year-old who DOESN'T listen to stuff like Hilary Duff or Hannah Montana.

My daughter is ten and, luckily for me, she can't stand Duff, Montana or HSM. Her tastes run more to Weird Al Yankovic and They Might Be Giants.

Nestea Plunge;

Here's a big can of RAID for that huge bug up your ass

Nestea Plunge: Let me guess, you like Clapton?

In case you were really wondering, no, I'm not a Clapton fan. But, I have to admit he's a talented guitar player.

benlonghair: nopokerface: Pretentious, over rated side show act looks down his nose at another performer, meh.

Um. No. Amazing musician, pretty good actor. (See Man Who Fell to Earth (^) and Labyrinth (^))

QFT. Man Who Fell to Earth -- classic, classic film.
Labyrinth has amazing puppetry & a kickass soundtrack.

But really... what about The Prestige? Hmm??

I've seen Bowie at Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, LCD Soundsystem, and I regularly hear my friend's spotting him at various bizarre shows.

SO yeah, that's what he's listening to.

And he's like a billion years old.

My daughter used to listen to Hilary Duff, back when she was in middle school. I heard it. It wasn't nearly as bad as the bubblegum-pop of my generation. Actually had some crunchy guitar riffs on a couple of songs. I've heard worse.

Compare it to Bowie's "Wild Is the Wind" and tell me which is more horrifying. I dare you.

/bowie fan, actually

wpmulligan: My daughter is ten and, luckily for me, she can't stand Duff, Montana or HSM. Her tastes run more to Weird Al Yankovic and They Might Be Giants.

Your kid is made of awesome.

Cletus from Canuckistan: Your kid is made of awesome.

Thanks. She certainly thinks so. As do I.

nopokerface: Pretentious, over rated side show act looks down his nose at another performer, meh.

Pretentious? Have you ever heard him speak or seen him interviewed? He's a pretty humble dude and simply loves making music.

Fark.com = using words like "pretentious" "fascist" and the like whenever they don't like something.

Overrated? Go listen to Five Years and any live version of Heroes and think a little harder about it.

Damn it, there I go forgetting this is Fark again ... never mind, resume listening to Rush.

WaltzingMathilda: "pretentious"

He thinks quite highly of himself. While he is talented, there is no need to bash other artists. It detracts from him when he does it. I never said he wasn't good, he is, but he is overrated. His schtick was pretty cool, but nothing to go gaga over.

/my college softball team was "The Leper Massiahs"
//I am not unfamiliar with his work

WaltzingMathilda: Damn it, there I go forgetting this is Fark again ... never mind, resume listening to Rush.

Oh, that's a keeper.

/seen Bowie a few times, including the Diamond Dogs tour.
//my lawn: you know the drill

wpmulligan: VickInABox: Um ... the kid is seven. Show me a seven-year-old who DOESN'T listen to stuff like Hilary Duff or Hannah Montana.

My daughter is ten and, luckily for me, she can't stand Duff, Montana or HSM. Her tastes run more to Weird Al Yankovic and They Might Be Giants.

That's awesome.

/grew up to Wierd Al
//TMBG came later
///yay!!

Most of what any seven year old listens to/watches is horrifying to a normal adult (with the exception of my hero, Spongebob). Deal with it.

jaharley: Most of what any seven year old listens to/watches is horrifying to a normal adult (with the exception of my hero, Spongebob). Deal with it.

I know I'm probably some sort of freak, but my favorite music at the age of 7 was Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, and Pink Floyd.

On a slightly related note: I played The Robots by Kraftwerk for my 3-year-old son yesterday, and he loved it.

David Bowie is also really into the Arcade Fire. They played together at some VH1 fashion show thing, you can find it online. They did Five Years, Heroes(I think) and Wake Up. Five Years from that show is one of my favorite versions ever.

Using this thread as reason to put a gratuitous pic of the Labyrinth bulge up.

Good day.

wpmulligan: My daughter is ten and, luckily for me, she can't stand Duff, Montana or HSM. Her tastes run more to Weird Al Yankovic and They Might Be Giants.

Oh, I hope I'm as good as a parent as you.




/TMBG FTW
//Baby's due in about five weeks.

That's gotta hurt. But after all, she's only seven, so you've probably got to give her a pass, Dave.

wpmulligan: VickInABox: Um ... the kid is seven. Show me a seven-year-old who DOESN'T listen to stuff like Hilary Duff or Hannah Montana.

My daughter is ten and, luckily for me, she can't stand Duff, Montana or HSM. Her tastes run more to Weird Al Yankovic and They Might Be Giants.

you're doing something right

No_47: that's pretty freaky, Bowie

Wear an eye patch, man.

AnArmyOfNuns: WaltzingMathilda: Damn it, there I go forgetting this is Fark again ... never mind, resume listening to Rush.

Oh, that's a keeper.

/seen Bowie a few times, including the Diamond Dogs tour.
//my lawn: you know the drill

To be fair, someone said this about Fark and Rush fans a couple of days ago. It's accurate though.

nopokerface: WaltzingMathilda: "pretentious"

He thinks quite highly of himself. While he is talented, there is no need to bash other artists. It detracts from him when he does it. I never said he wasn't good, he is, but he is overrated. His schtick was pretty cool, but nothing to go gaga over.

/my college softball team was "The Leper Massiahs"
//I am not unfamiliar with his work

Schtick? He killed Ziggy Stardust almost as soon as he was birthed. For the rest of his career he just wrote great music. The guy is a legend. It's not an "album sales = quality" argument at all, either. You don't have to think he's as good as other people do, but his impact on rock is far too widespread to say he's overrated. If you want, do a little digging and see how many artists have covered his songs as a tribute.

vitalogygirl: //Baby's due in about five weeks.

Get all the sleep you can now.

wpmulligan: Cletus from Canuckistan: Your kid is made of awesome.

Thanks. She certainly thinks so. As do I.

Uh oh. Be careful to make sure she has some "cool" interests as well or she'll become a nerd girl!



/loves TMBG and Al
//i recommend you both check out Jonathan Coulton

mofomisfit: David Bowie is also really into the Arcade Fire. They played together at some VH1 fashion show thing, you can find it online. They did Five Years, Heroes(I think) and Wake Up. Five Years from that show is one of my favorite versions ever.

Well, I guess I can forgive Bowie for that slip.

/thinks Arcade is seriously over-rated
//loves Bowie's music

I_Love_Cheesecake: mofomisfit: David Bowie is also really into the Arcade Fire. They played together at some VH1 fashion show thing, you can find it online. They did Five Years, Heroes(I think) and Wake Up. Five Years from that show is one of my favorite versions ever.

Well, I guess I can forgive Bowie for that slip.

/thinks Arcade is seriously over-rated
//loves Bowie's music

There's that word again, "overrated." Dude, they were able to fill up the Hollywood Bowl after only 2 (musically fantastic) records, both released on an independent label. Not too many people get to play the bowl, and many don't fill it.

See his pug-nosed face. Pug, pug. Pug, pug.
(Best Bowie song ever.)

CarnySaur

yes!

Bowie on Extras (new window)

So tell me Bowie, do you have just one glitter jumpsuit or do you have many ch-ch-ch-changes?

WaltzingMathilda: I_Love_Cheesecake: mofomisfit: David Bowie is also really into the Arcade Fire. They played together at some VH1 fashion show thing, you can find it online. They did Five Years, Heroes(I think) and Wake Up. Five Years from that show is one of my favorite versions ever.

Well, I guess I can forgive Bowie for that slip.

/thinks Arcade is seriously over-rated
//loves Bowie's music

There's that word again, "overrated." Dude, they were able to fill up the Hollywood Bowl after only 2 (musically fantastic) records, both released on an independent label. Not too many people get to play the bowl, and many don't fill it.

There's no accounting for taste.

/still says Arcade Fire is over-rated
//Bowie FTW!

I_Love_Cheesecake: WaltzingMathilda: I_Love_Cheesecake: mofomisfit: David Bowie is also really into the Arcade Fire. They played together at some VH1 fashion show thing, you can find it online. They did Five Years, Heroes(I think) and Wake Up. Five Years from that show is one of my favorite versions ever.

Well, I guess I can forgive Bowie for that slip.

/thinks Arcade is seriously over-rated
//loves Bowie's music

There's that word again, "overrated." Dude, they were able to fill up the Hollywood Bowl after only 2 (musically fantastic) records, both released on an independent label. Not too many people get to play the bowl, and many don't fill it.

There's no accounting for taste.

/still says Arcade Fire is over-rated
//Bowie FTW!

I love them both. I agree that there is no accounting for taste ... and by that measure, there is no "over-rated."

If I ever have children, I'm going to make them listen to Captain Beefheart and FZ.

benlonghair [TotalFark] 2008-05-01 07:37:07 AM
nopokerface: Pretentious, over rated side show act looks down his nose at another performer, meh.

Um. No. Amazing musician, pretty good actor. (See Man Who Fell to Earth (^) and Labyrinth (^))

Ah yes, starring a bunch of puppets and David Bowie's package.

Well, I'm horrified he wouldn't pay Stevie Ray Vaughn more than scale.

Sorry about the table Brett!

nutmilk: I've seen Bowie at Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, LCD Soundsystem, and I regularly hear my friend's spotting him at various bizarre shows.

SO yeah, that's what he's listening to.

And he's like a billion years old.

I think Bowie can do what he wants.

nopokerface: Pretentious, over rated side show act looks down his nose at another performer, meh.

TROLL!?

If not, Bowie is up there with the best you silly person.

nopokerface: I have to admit he's a talented guitar player.

If you have to admit that much, I think you might have to rethink your assessment of Bowie because it's just true that Bowie wtfpwns Clapton.

WaltzingMathilda: There's that word again, "overrated."

No doubt! Saying that something is overrated is way overrated.

I_Love_Cheesecake: There's no accounting for taste.

I don't agree here. I mean, just because people have different views about what they'd like to listen to, to which bands are better than others, there are certain ways of comparing the relative merits of this or that band or song along agreed upon indexes of evaluation.

For example, suppose that one thing of value, one thing that makes a singer 'good' is that they can hit notes without having to use pitch-correcting software, such as Pro-Tools, or what have you. Bowie needn't do that. I doubt he ever does that in the studio, unless he's farking around with modulating things, doing multiple layers, etc. That is, he doesn't HAVE to in order to sound good. Anyone wanna bet that Hillary Duff scores as well as Bowie on that index? SO, then, we have a pretty good way of judging the relative merits of Bowie and Duff without throwing up our hands and going "oh there is no accounting for taste."

Second, does Duff write her own songs? Does she even play an instrument? I dunno. Even so, I doubt she's very skilled, and has others propping her up. Does Bowie? Nah, he has collaborators, sure, but that's something totally different. He is an accomplished artist.

Put it this way, there is a lot more skill, craft, technique, talent, and the like in Bowie's music than there is in Duff's.

So, it's hard to say that Duff > Bowie.

UNLESS you really feel like eating a dirty, maggot infested hot dog than prime rib. Because that's what Duff is to Bowie.

So, yeah, someone who'd rather eat a dirty, maggot infested hot dog rather than prime rib, well, they REALLY do have some real bad taste there....

Bhasayate:, pretty much everything you said