tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613724486830661308.post8949011596659631645..comments2023-09-28T08:45:28.674-05:00Comments on Music Writemare: Diamond DogFoodJ. Temperancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689038795727052643noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613724486830661308.post-17737797940265143852007-08-14T10:47:00.000-05:002007-08-14T10:47:00.000-05:00Yup, Candidate (Demo), while bearing zero resembla...Yup, Candidate (Demo), while bearing zero resemblance to Candidate, is also the shit.<BR/><BR/>A cock ain't a cock on a 12 inch screen, brotha!<BR/><BR/>DD was my first Bowie record, and I never looked back.<BR/><BR/>In anger, or otherwise. Oooh, bad.Mattie-Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18192203712330476526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613724486830661308.post-42584828180993537982007-08-13T21:41:00.000-05:002007-08-13T21:41:00.000-05:00diamond dogs is the shit. period. it's really th...diamond dogs is the shit. period. it's really the album that sold me on bowie. in fact, j. temp, i seem to recall the first time i heard it was with you, playing mario tennis one balmy summer in saratoga. awesome.<BR/><BR/>i can't hear a single song from diamond dogs without all out indulging in the entire album. if that's not the hallmark of a great record, i'm not sure what is.<BR/><BR/>moreover, the unreleased version of "candidate" tacked onto the re-release is probably one of the best songs ever with the lyrical content to back it up.Shatrawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111710943725135532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613724486830661308.post-44562600587163261002007-08-13T18:23:00.000-05:002007-08-13T18:23:00.000-05:00Crazy that as I revised this post to include all o...Crazy that as I revised this post to include all of the info you just provided, you provided it just in case. <BR/><BR/>Crazy.J. Temperancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07689038795727052643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1613724486830661308.post-48231925397078108262007-08-13T18:04:00.000-05:002007-08-13T18:04:00.000-05:00It should also be noted that during his 13-album r...It should also be noted that during his 13-album run o' the 1970s, Bowie also appeared on Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" (doing the sax outro!), wrote and produced The Idiot and Lust for Life (far and away the best solo records of Iggy's career), and GAVE Mott the Hoople "All the Young Dudes," one of the great anthems of the era, if not ever.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, "Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)" is *the* consensus pick amongst hardcore Bowiephiles as his best work, and I'm in no mood to argue.Mattie-Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18192203712330476526noreply@blogger.com