Hard to believe this was 1975…

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“[Following 40 minutes of raving about the genius of Young Americans…] In Bowie terms, it worked remarkably well. It’s a really sharp pop record. But it’s quite difficult to enjoy Young Americans on its own merits without contemplation of the horrors that it went on to spawn. Because when I say that this is the record that Bowie went on to invent the 80s, the 1980s he invented was the 1980s of, y’know, men with padded shoulders and their suit jackets rolled up playing their stupid keyboards that you wore like they were guitars. Young Americans has a great case to answer in that respect. This album is to blame for Spandau Ballet.”
– Journalist on this DVD

THAT’S IT. I can’t get into this album because it reminds me of the stuff my parents listened to in the car when I was a small child. The stuff played on ENDLESS INTERMINABLE MIND-NUMBING SOUL-DESTROYING REPEAT when I stocked shelves at a drugstore in high school.

I know it’s not Bowie’s fault. That would like blaming Nirvana for Bush. Blaming Pearl Jam for Creed. Blaming Alice in Chains for Godsmack.

But still, having not been around in that era to see Bowie come first and be better than his watered-down imitators, it’s hard to get past my initial squick and appreciate the quality. (I’m working on it.)

BTW, this same music critic also blames the cover of Young Americans for the subsequent covers of “every John Hughes brat pack film.” Which… now that you mention it… yikes:

Current Mood: amused

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Stupid Netflix

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Netflix won’t let me post a review because “This review contains one or more words that is larger than 25 characters.” First of all, WHAT? And second of all, I counted, and no it doesn’t. Assuming technical issues, I tried removing all quotes, dashes, and parenthesis, but it kept giving the error, so fuck it. I’ll post my 2-star review of this DVD here instead. :P

( posted for posterity because Netflix is stupid )

Current Mood: annoyed

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