Happiness is...

[inulro]

Finally having a copy of Diamond Dogs on CD.

Virgin had a sale. I got not only Diamond Dogs, but also The Man Who Sold the World and Space Oddity and REM's Monster for £6.99 each.

Space Oddity, title track aside, is hippy bollocks. Some of it is good hippy bollocks, but a classic Bowie album it's not. Man Who Sold the World may be one of the works Bowie himself is proudest of, but it's never done a lot for me (title track aside - see a theme with the early works?). (Still, sad Bowie fan and completist I had to pick them up as they were cheap). Have realized that I don't have Hunky Dory on CD yet, but I doubt the world needs me singing along loudly with Life On Mars anyway.

Diamond Dogs, OTOH, is sheer genius and I'm happy to have it on something other than scratchy old tape.

Monster doesn't suck either.

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[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

Are these Virgin sales national or on a branch-by-branch basis? I really need Stage on CD, and possibly Scary Monsters and Low. Yes, Low, I think that's probably my favourite.

I wonder if I can still remember Future Legend from Diamond Dogs in its entirety, as I've not listened to it for years. ...

And Life On Mars *has* to be sung along to - even I do that.

If you're interested I have a cheapie 'early works' album - I could see what state it's in an MP3 it. Off the top of my head it includes Please Mr Gravedigger, Maids Of Bond St, Little Boy Blue, Uncle Arthur, Rubber Band, Love You Til Tuesday, .... and there memory fails.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

I've got all those early gems on a tape somewhere.

I don't have Stage in any format, but I picked up both Scary Monsters and Low on CD for reasonable prices within the last year - I think I got Low cheap on ebay.

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

I'll dig it out and see what condition it's in. Not likely to be soon though due to work/Whitby/etc. Stage too, though I do recall that having an irritating jump in it. I may need reminding. But I really should get all the old vinyl out anyway.

Stage is one of only three live albums [by anyone] that I like. The other two are by Siouxsie and, um, ~gets coat~ Dire Straights.

[zoo-music-girl.livejournal.com]

HMV has Hunky Dory in their sale for about £5.99.

Diamond Dogs is my favourite Bowie album, probably one of my favourite albums of all time.

HMV sale

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Doh! Unfortunately I'm either about to be unemployed or have my hours cut in half (announcement pending when I make up my mind), so I have to stop spending money. I do at least have Hunky Dory on vinyl, it's just a matter of fighting my way through the stuff in front of the stereo to put it on.

I don't have a favourite Bowie album, and trying to choose one leaves me more confused than trying to choose a favourite Nick Cave song.

FWIW, Heathen has *really* grown on me.

Re: HMV sale

[zoo-music-girl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm normally no good at picking favourites, but DD really stands out for me.

I must pick up a copy of Heathen.

Re: HMV sale

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

Heathen has that effect, I found. You play it once and think "It'd quite good, but not brilliant". Bowie has so much brilliant stuff out there that it takes a lot of to rate that reaction. But more the more you play Heathen, the more it lodges itself in the back of your mind, firmly and obstinately, and it just won't leave.