To echo Dave’s sentiments on music, the internet, and having so many different artists to listen to, it only gets more complicated when you throw older artists into the mix.
The music industry is just that. An industry. And albums have been cranked out for decades and decades, leaving us with a very rich and diverse musical history. Still, it’s hard to sort through all of it, and going back and getting into artists or albums that were around before you were even born can be tricky. For all you know, you might be living your life missing out on some great music that really works for you.
That being said, music still gets passed down to us through numerous avenues. Our parents, friends, TV, radio, movies, the internet, and finding out which artists influenced our favorite artists. If it wasn’t for The Life Aquatic, or the fact that David Bowie is the most referenced musician in the Venture Bros., I may have never really gotten into him.
There are a few covers of Bowie songs that also played a big role along the way, particularly Nirvana’s cover of “The Man Who Sold the World” and the Get Up Kids’ cover of “Suffragette City.” Recently all of these things clicked, and really got me into a lot Bowie’s stuff, particularly the album, “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.”
In summary, I say keep digging for music and sorting through stuff. It might also be good to learn how to pronounce artists’ names to avoid mishaps like Avril Lavigne’s mispronunciation of “Bowie.” Rhymes with “snowy” not “Maui.”
Here are a few tracks from Ziggy Stardust.
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Tags: Bowie, David Bowie, Music, Ziggy Stardust
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