When David Bowie hit it big in 1983 with his album, Let's Dance, my young self would have told you, that was his first outing. I'd never heard any of his music from the sixties and seventies. Heck, I hadn't even heard Under Pressure (Queen) at this point. As far as I knew, he was a new 80's act. That happened a lot to me as a kid.
As I started growing my CD collection, I found myself inadvertantly hunting down Bowie albums. Somehow, I've managed to amass all but three of his studio releases from his debut in 1967 through 1987's Never Let Me Down, the latter being his last entry into the 80's. However, I've never really taken the time to listen to many of them. To date, I've only heard his debut and Let's Dance. It's something I definitely need to rectify, and I guess today we'll tick off another.
Since it's so vast, and I really only know what Wiki would tell me, I'll skip the history lesson. I've been doing that as of late anyway. Instead, I'll just dive headlong into 1980's Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps).
First and foremost, wow! Did David Bowie usher in the 80's, or what? This album feels way ahead of its time for what was the norm on the Billboard 100. If I had known Bowie could deliver like this, I would have checked in a lot sooner.
Personally, I favored the first half of Scary Monsters to the back half, or side B if referencing the vinyl. That's not to say that the second part was bad by any means, but perhaps the novely of it wore off by the twenty twenty-five minute mark. Whatever it was, I found myself less and less invested, and actually kind of wishing that it would just end.
Admittedly, part of this could have been an overall fatigue from music for the day. Including this one, I listened to five on a Saturday. It got to the point that I kind of just wanted to do something else, but yet at the same time was forcing myself through so I could be done with it.
At the end of it, I will still say the album was enjoyable. It had its better moments, but overall was good. It definietly makes me glad I have more Bowie at my disposal, and I'll defintiely be getting around to it sooner than later...I hope.
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