Kanye West is doing a David Bowie covers album
http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/19/thousands-have-signed-a-petition-to-stop-kanye-west-doing-a-david-bowie-covers-album-5632871/#mv-a
Assuming Kanye actually appreciated his music, this is actually kind of sweet. Idk why people are getting so anal over it.
Is it going to be called Blackstar?
>>61869498
kanye haters are some of the most annoying and entitled fucks, and i don't even like kanye that much
>>61869634
Kanye fanboys (KTT, hhh) and anti-Kanye drones (reddit in general, dadrockers) are both some of the worst groups in music.
He's at the very least a decent artist with 2-3 good albums even for people who (understandably) hate Yeezus and 808s.
Even critics like Scaruffi enjoyed MBDTF and tCD.
>rumors
high-level kek
>>61869498
Like he "covered" bohemian rhapsody?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocCYI7aJ9aw
>>61869498
Being the hack he is, I'm sure it'll suck no matter what
>>61869634
entitled to what?
i feel like i'm entitled to listen to good music
>>61869698
i don't even find the fanboys that annoying
like they're just enjoying the music, and for the most part keep to themselves. have yet to see kanye fanboys make a petition to keep an artist from recording music or playing at a festival, lol.
>>61869843
>for the most part keep to themselves
looooool
>>61869810
https://www.change.org/p/glastonbury-festival-cancel-kanye-west-s-headline-slot-and-get-a-rock-band
>>61869547
>>61869634
>>61869698
they have a reason to believe why its not gonna work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_NdPmsgTe8
>>61869634
Like that time Stronger was released and everyone was saying he stole Daft Punk's song
How dumb do you have to be?
>>61869755
You do have to admit, he's objectively a better singer than Pavarotti ever was.
>>61869905
looooool
not talking shit about kanye west, but has he even listed bowie as an influence before recently? i never recalled him being a fan
>>61869498
i like kanye but pls don't do this
>>61869999
Quads confirm that Kanye shouldn't do this
>>61869870
probably for the best
This is autism at a new level. "Sacrilege"? Kanye makes mediocre music for the most part but if you have such a fucking problem with then don't listen to it. Fuck, people are obnoxious.
>>61869498
That's cute. Shame he doesnt know how to sing, though, but at least we can have a few laughs when it comes out
>>61869993
fan =/= influence and you can be influenced in other ways that musically. Not that they're really comparable artists but Kanye and Bowie can both put on a good show.
lol if you don't like it don't listen?
some people would rather cry than ignore and enjoy themselves.
Why are people hating on Kanye over an obviously fake rumor
Are they bored or something?
>>61869905
That emotions when struggles to hit the notes "mama"
*brings a tear to my eye*
>>61869877
Hahahahahaha. He hit those notes so off pitch.
>>61869498
>thousands-have-signed-a-petition-to-stop-kanye-west-doing-a-david-bowie-covers-album
I hate my generation
>>61870149
I'll take any chance to shit on Kanye
>>61869698
Wrong, Scaruffi did not enjoy Kanye and neither does anybody with taste. Kanye is a fucking joke and you're legitimately an inferior person for pretending that he is anything special. He's nothing. He's scum. He's trash. He's garbage. I have listened to every single album in his discography and not ONCE have I thought, "hmm, that was original" or "what a clever line." He is undeniably a mediocre rapper, he plagiarizes most of his mediocre production, he has zero celebrity appeal, and is basically a walking talking commercial. Don't EVER post this verbal diaherra again on my board, we take music seriously here and Kanye West is NOT serious music.
/BTFO
>>61870176
Let it happen. The dude is an attention whore.
>>61870176
If it makes you feel any better, we fucking hate memerap fags like you too.
>>61870111
I really dislike condescending people like you.
>>61870205
But seriously, almost 4,000 people signing a petition over a tabloid rumor?
Did the Taylor Swift incident and the "I am a God" interview traumatize people or what?
>>61870233
>fags
I'm not even gay but stop using this darn word, some find it offensive
>>61870233
>we
Don't act like you 'fit in' anywhere, you loser faggot lmfao
only if he covers fantastic voyage and station to station
The Guardian wrote a fantastic article about this. http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/jan/19/kanye-west-david-bowie-covers-album
It's interesting to see the opposing side uses "here's a cover of bohemian rhapsody as a STANDARD kanye cover" and titles the article "thousands" then claims "1659 have signed at time of writing".
Metro is cancer
>>61870264
>some find it offensive
That's exactly why I use the word though
I'd only let him cover songs inbetween Let's Dance and Outside.
>>61869698
Scaruffi actually gave MBDTF a 7.5. Pretty impressive
>>61870603
Especially considering the highest he's ever given any hip hop record is 8.
>>61870645
Which one?
>>61870691
Dalek one and It Takes Millions
>>61870140
sounds like a youtube comment
>>61869843
>and for the most part keep to themselves
Were you on this board when Yeezus came out? Clearly not
>>61870930
That doesn't make any sense.
>>61871002
Shitposting on 4chan isn't really comparable.
That's it. Kanye is finished. It was a fun ride, but he hasn't released an album since he married Kim Kardashian, and its pretty obvious that marrying her ruined him.
This is a pretty stupid career move.
>>61870211
damn . . .
>>61870211
>>>/9gag/>>>
>>61870211
BTFO
/// Kanye is a Stealer at best.
I wonder if he'll chipmunk bowie samples, or maybe he'll recreate entire songs using modern hip hop sounds and production methods. I can't actually imagine him singing most of these lyrics, so maybe he'll rap similar things in his own way. I don't think it'll actually just be "covers"
Niggas be like "uh I am in the Kardhasian family"
plus a bunch of infiniteness corny stuff
>>61869498
It's fulfilling a musical prophecy.
>>61871425
>K
>WEST
>FIVE
>YEARS
>>61871425
I really wouldn't doubt this
>>61870211
name one time he "plagiarized" his production
>>61871497
>Kanye makes a Ziggy Stardust like character for this album
FUCK
>>61869498
Well, on the bright side
If it ends up being just as good as his Bohemian Rhapsody cover it might finally end his career and I'll never hear from him again.
>>61871497
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/26/aphex-twin-kanye-west-avril-14th-sample-blame-game
>"It's not yours, its ours"
What an untalented piece of shit
WE
>>61869498
Qualifier: I don't hate kanye, though I'm not a fan, and I'm only a casual appreciator of bowie.
This seems like an opportunistic attention grab to me. If it were a tribute album with a lot of artists, including kanye, doing bowie covers that would be fine, no one would bat an eye. But kanye doing an entire album of bowie covers just smacks of him trying to capitalize on the masses' collective angst over an icon's death by flinging himself peanut-head-first into someone else's limelight.
>>61871887
Nah man, Kanye already has money. He doesn't need this album.
>>61871935
He needs attention.
>>61871770
WUZ
>>61871961
he's already putting out one of the most anticipated albums this year next month
is it not possible that kanye just really appreciates bowie?
>>61871444
It's funny that people say the five years thing, because the song is about the end of the world. So I guess living in a Kanye West era is truly the end of all mankind
also nice trips
>>61872000
Oh shit it's a doomsday prophecy.
>5 YEARS
>K.WEST on the cover of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
>He makes a tribute album
>It's so bad it destroys planet earth
>5
>>61871935
The rich don't typically stop accumulating money at some arbitrary "I'm rich now" line. Besides, if it isn't obvious that dollars aren't the only currency he's interested in, then you haven't been paying attention.
>>61871998
Is it not possible that Kanye has made a career out of attention-seeking antics? Is it not possible that anticipation for his album dropped after he released several embarrassing singles that were rejected by his fans and popular audiences? Is it not possible that he has never mentioned any interest in David Bowie until after Bowie's death and probably will never even realize this project?
Yes, it's all very fucking possible.
>>61869755
He's a talented rapper, producer, and writer, but he's a terrible singer. If he turns them into rap tracks I might listen.
>>61872133
>He successfully takes some of Bowie's greatest tracks and rebuilds them in to great rap
Is this a likely possibility?
>>61872082
Yes, but he doesn't need to make a David Bowie tribute to get more money, he could just drop any album and people would buy it
>>61872159
I don't know what would sound worse, Kanye rapping over David Bowie or Kanye singing over David Bowie.
>>61872159
STARMAN'S WAITIN' IN THE MUTHA FUCKIN' SKY
IF HE COMES DOWN TO MEET US HE'LL BLOW OUR FUCKIN' MINDS
>>61869877
He can't even sing. He just pronounces the lyrics that are within his incredibly limited range and then pawns off the rest onto the audience. Goddamn. How about he produce a voice that's worth a piss.
>>61872256
>Kanye gives his tribute album a narrative
>He resurects the character of Ziggy Stardust
>>61872420
That might actually be good.
>>61872212
People who are already kanye fans, or likely to be exposed to kanye's music in a positive context would buy it. Making a bowie tribute album isn't about money, it's about fame and attention. It's about hitching himself to another explosively popular artist at the very peak of his popularity. There would be nothing suspect about it if he had done so, say, two years ago. Doing it now would be capitalizing on bowie's death. It's scavenging.
>>61869755
not bad desu, get what he was going for
>>61870211
scaruffi gave both tcd and mbdtf 7.5s
>>61869566
underrated post
>>61869877
>>61871608
>>61870166
>>61872260
this is Youtube-comment tier butthurt trash
yeah, he didn't hit the notes. He wasn't planning on doing. You think he doesn't know he can't sing?
there is a chance this could be good but I'm pretty sure it's probably going to be mediocre or bad
>>61873544
>You think he doesn't know he's a shit musician with zero technical skill?
Unfortunately, yeah. He is surrounded by morons like you who keep encouraging him, so I'd be surprised if anybody ever raised the possibility that he isn't talented to him.
There's nothing America hates more than a confident black man.
>>61873723
*There's nothing people around the planet hate more than an obliviously untalented black man
>>61871659
wow
Jesus Christ, people are fucking assholes. Like, genuinely, cmon. I'm butthurt. If you don't like him, if you don't like his music, if you think his an overglorified overrated human embodiment of ego and asshole, that's absolutely fine. But holy shit, let the guy do something nice and considerate and show appreciation for a fuckin fellow artist. This is ridiculous dude
Go ahead and meme but you know damn well this is bullshit, he shouldn't be chastised for ATTEMPTING to make an album out of respect for an artist's career and passing. If it's shit, then wreck havoc after he releases it and give him hell. But getting pissy that he said he wants to do it is childish
>>61873723
*there's nothing America hate's more than an overconfident hack butchering the work of superior artists
>>61873649
lol rekt
>>61870233
>defends human being
>gets shat on for apparently defending a genre
NOICESTRAWMANBREH.jpg
>we
What, your army of rockist autists? Lmao faggot
>>61873791
I'd like to honour your dead father by doing what he did best, fucking your mother. It's just something nice I'd like to do for him. Hope you don't mind, even if you did lol who cares.
>>61873860
are you actually non-ironically implying that the male version of Lady Gaga has more talent than Kanye?
>>61873791
Fuck off cuck KOONYE has no business paying tribute to a REAL ARTIST like David Bowie.
He needs to stick to his tribal African nigger shit
>>61874019
everybody go home this thread is 100% shitty bait and everyone is taking it!
>>61874019
are you non-ironically still living having non-ironically not killed yourself?
>>61874019
Not that guy but just about any musician is more talented than Kanye
Please let this happen the butthurt will be tremendous
>>61873921
That's a flawed analogy and you know it. Fair point, he'll probably fuck it up and piss on Bowie's grave by doing so, but you guys love making fun of Kanye so much, won't that just be another good reason to shit on him? Imagine how long you could hold that piece of shit over the heads of memerappers like "look, look child. Look what your puny god did".
>>61874034
Yeah man fuck the raps, bring back the real music!!!!1!1!1!! It ain't even art man!!!1!!!!1!!!1 No one can make music unless I greenlight it so we can all have the same exact tastes and make anyone with different tastes feel bad because we're insecure with our own!!!1!1!1!2!1!!
>>61873791
>make an album out of respect for an artist's career and passing
>respect
yeah must be a coincidence that Mr Pay Attention to Me waited til Bowies death to release this "respectful tribute" huh? the body isn't even cold yet and he's already riding on the fan's mourning.
if you think this is a true "respectful" tribute and not a cheap cash grab, I have bad news for you
>>61870211
>>61874034
hello reddit!!!
>>61874373
>must be a coincidence he's making a tribute album NOW, huh?? HUH???
Uh no. He died. Tributes are pretty appropriate after someone has passed, friend. You guys might be reading to far into this. He already has attention from GOOD Friday, SWISH, Kim and his newborn son, and his fashion line rn
>>61874373
>someone making a tribute album when someone dies
UNHEARD OF
How could anyone hate Kanye after hearing Late Registration?
>WE
>WUZ
>ALWAYS
>A
>FAN
>OF
>DAVID
>BOWEL
>N
>SHIT
>HERES
>MUH
>TRIBUTE
>CALLED
>NIGGER
>STARDUST
>>61869498
Man, I truly do feel sorry for Kanye West. The media has brainwashed people so hard that he LITERALLY can't do anything to make anyone happy. They will look at anything he does, no matter how positive, and turn it into a negative. Do people have nothing better to do with their time? Jesus Christ.
>>61873791
Man, you bait me like a dude
Hold your shitpost, I cried
Tis a pity you are a pleb
>>61869843
true. Kanye stans will always defend him when people hate on him excessively (and he gets more undeserved hate than almost anyone) but they never attack anyone first.
>>61875238
maybe if he wasn't a no talented baboon constantly looking for attention the reaction would've been different
people can only tolerate so much LOOK AT ME before it backfires
>>61875238
>''They will look at anything he does, no matter how positive, and turn it into a negative''
>implying he doesn't do that himself
>>61872420
Niggy Stardust
>>61873544
>You think he doesn't know he can't sing?
Maybe he should just accept his limits then and y'know just not attempt to cover Bowie.
>>61875305
Are you literally 14? This sounds like it came straight from a rockist.
>>61875320
He doesn't. Damn, him and his wife vowed to donate 1,000 pairs of shoes and people in the comments were destroying him. Just for trying to dos something nice.
>>61873649
...I just said that I know he isn't a talented singer
he knows it too, he's said it very clearly in many interviews
why are you still telling me this like it's news
are you fucking retarded or what
>>61875334
It actually is an album brah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inevitable_Rise_and_Liberation_of_NiggyTardust!
>>61875238
I have a feeling he realized this a while ago post-taylorgate, and just gave up on appealing to the public
>>61875334
Saul Williams did it first.
I've been with Kanye since CD. You should be used to assmad white people trying to shit on him and bring him down. A nigga is the greatest rockstar alive in a time where rock has lost relevance, Nd it makes people mad as fuck. Reminder that Kanye told the truth about George Bush on live television a little over ten years ago. This is nothing new.
>>61875367
It just goes to show how easy it is for the media and paparazzi to destroy someones life.
If you're not talking about Kanye, lets talk about Charlie Sheen. The dude is probably riddled with depression and he has an obvious drug and alcohol problem.
Let's not leave him be, lets harass the fuck out of him and chastise him for every single fucking thing he does. God I hate the media.
>>61875366
Thank you for that, anon
>>61875339
he won't straight cover Bowie as a singer, that's a joke and he would never suggest it
>>61875384
this tbqh
>>61875341
kanye west IS a no talent baboon. you might have to be over "literally" 14 years old to see that.
>>61875341
>literally missing the whole fucking point
Its his own fucking fault that people hate them so much, this is the part u don't get
>b-but he's just a humble musician
No he isn't. He is a narcissistic, borderline autistic egomaniac who thrives on attention, exact same thing with his goblin no talent wife who is famous for who knows what. So when they go "OK PEOOPLE WE ARE GOING TO DO X THING" of fucking course people's first reaction is to treat it as just another attention whoring scheme, because SURPRISE, that's what they fucking do.
If it had been say, any other of the gorillion rappers/artists who don't have to constantly shove their ape face and misuses "big words" in everyone's face, then the reaction would've been a whole lot different. But this is Kanye, the King of Attention Whores, so of fucking course people will first react with disdain, you fucking KTT drone
>>61875435
>>>/pol/
>>>/taste/
>>61875435
At least try and come up with an argument instead of shit posting endlessly.
If it's anything like this it'll be great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9hwx-yn6-k
>>61875462
>>61875465
le kanye is a genius meme
>>61873791
>let the guy do something nice and considerate and show appreciation for a fuckin fellow artist.
By releasing an album of covers, which he's gonna charge for wew.
I don't even see the similarity between Bowie and Kanye, I can see similarity with Bowie and GaGa, but Kanye?!
>>61875444
>KTT drone
I have literally never, ever used that site you dumb cunt. Besides, even if I did, would it matter? Generalising an entire fan base is fucking retarded and you should feel stupid for even mentioning it you childish fuck.
>>61875485
>>61875485
>implying there has ever been any other album close to the magnitude of MBDTF.
>>61875488
The difference is Bowies costumes were tame. Lady GaGa's were shock value for the sake of shock value. She think's she's a hero, but she's done fuck all for society.
>>61875515
lol
>>61875444
>this furious poster
>>61875515
Kanye had like 100 people to do that album for him kek
>>61874034
>>61875226
>>61875305
>>61875334
>>61875435
Kill yourself.
>>61875563
I hear Walmart is run by a single person too.
>>61875563
60 people IIRC
and it didn't even matter. all that hard work, kanye shat on by mixing the album loud as fuck, simply because Jay z's album came out a few weeks earlier, and kanye wanted it to be louder
literally king of insecurity
>>61875580
>>>/ktt/
>>61875580
People who hate Kanye West don't realise they've been spoon fed garbage by the media. It's actually incredibly easy to be swayed by them. I'm sure I have to an extent on one topic or another. The fact that people are so easy to brainwash shit that the TV tells them is astounding.
>>61875628
Jay-Z is his best friend you fucking faggot. Jesus Christ you people will make up anything just to feel like you're smart. Neck yourself.
>>61875624
no but blackstar was written by a single one
>>61875726
Incredible. And I'm sure Kanye West is the only person to have ever worked with other artists. Ever heard of constructive criticism? Ever heard of working in groups to get different ideas flowing? Ever heard of work you fucking neet cunt.
>>61875670
>Jay-Z is his best friend you fucking faggot
that is besides the fucking point you stupid nigger. Kanye is still an insecure retard who has an inferiority complex, SPECIALLY regarding Jay Z. Have it ever crossed your little brain that they can be "friends" and Kanye can still be the pathetic insecure manlet he is?
christ kanyefags are so fucking stupid
How retarded do you have to be to fall for that bullshit?
>>61875777
>If I make something up maybe it's actually true
This is literally what you're doing. Making absolute bullshit up to make yourself feel better.
>>61875769
>I'm sure Kanye West is the only person to have ever worked with other artists.
Kanye rarely even "works" on his music you fucking retard. His camp, and even himself, have admitted he's more of a "curator" these days aka ALRIGHT PEOPLE MAKE ME A BEAT I'LL BE BACK BY 5 I BETTER LIKE IT BTW
>>61875819
>implying you literally factually know what goes on behind closed doors
>>61875515
>>61875515
>The difference is Bowies costumes were tame.
I suppose in general his costumes were tame in a non-sexual way but they were still shocking and flamboyant for the time and like Gaga, done for a reaction none the less.
Thinking back I can't really think of a single artist that came after bowie who had the same kind of shock value in terms of dress/style sense that raised eyebrows like Bowie did other than punk/glam and then came Boy George in the 80's, again highly influenced by Bowie, though his shock value was more down to being an openly gay guy, caked in makeup wearing womens/flamboyant clothes during an era of rampant AIDS/HIV synth-pop and poodle-rock.
>>61875769
admit you got BTFO by me
>>61875855
no, I don't, that's why I am quoting what came from the horse's mouth
>>61875810
http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/8883-dirty-projectors/2/
>"I love that album so much, I love the production, and I love the way it feels-- but does it have to be so hot?" It literally sounds lower-fi than it probably did when they were working on it because it's mastered so fucking hot. I was like, "Why did you do that?" And he was like, "That's just what Kanye wants. He just wants it to be louder than Jay's album." I love that.
literally ruining his masterpiece's dynamic range simply because he is an insecure nigger lmfao
>>61875877
>non-sexual way
>>61875803
Shhhhh...
>>61869877
wow. he literally cannot sing. just wow.
>>61875927
>in general his costumes were tame in a non-sexual way
don't cherry pick mate
>>61875515
>The difference is Bowies costumes were tame
are you out of your fucking mind? Bowie costumes and persona were absolutely outrageous for that era. That was the entire point. Gaga's seem more b/c in comparison Bowie's are now tame as fuck. But that wasn't the case back then
>>61876013
Dude
>>61875274
How am I baiting? And this has NOTHING to do with tastes dude, don't be a dick. You know this is fucked up as well as I do. It's just the principal of boxing in art. And you can shitpost like
>art
"LOL YEA NIGGERS YELLING OVER A LOOP OF JAMES BROWN WITH SOME DRUMS IS ART KEKEKEKEKEK"
But you know exactly what I mean. Everyone and anyone should be able to make whatever music they want, regardless of quality.
>>61875488
He may not charge for it, I doubt he will actually.
You know how much money Ye could be making off of GOOD Fridays right now?! If he does charge for it, then you may have a point there, but it's still considerate. He didn't do this when Michael Jackson died, who was like his hero, and he could've done a cover album of Michael way better than he could for Bowie, AND that would have sold like hell, so that leads me to believe this isn't for monitory gain or publicity.
>>61876013
>>61876105
DUDE
>>61876105
>>in general
Again don't cherry pick, I can show you two dozen non-sexual Bowie outfits to every 1 of yours
>>61876213
During the Ziggy Stardust era??
That might be tame nowadays but it certainly wasn't during the early 70's, lad
>>61876337
>That might be tame nowadays but it certainly wasn't during the early 70's, lad
I know, I was born in the 70's.
But again, my point was in general Bowies costumes were tame in a non-sexual way
Not the keywords here "in general"
>>61875286
this
h
i
s
Kanye fans are generally mature people, every fanbase has its dark side, but threads like these are the threads that make /mu/ a walking, talking dark side for music. Why must we generalize fans as immature when we know damn well there's simply too many different opinions to truly pick out "annoying fans" ...
Yes, there is annoying fan bases with annoying poeple, but if you were really any more reasonable than them, you wouldn't care.
>>61876666
>Kanye fans are generally mature people
>>61871167
the article is based on a rumor you stupid fuck. Kanye is not going to do this.
also,
>hating on yeezus
pleb
>>61876809
please enlighten me with the origin of the stereotype of immature kanye fans
why do people put this guy on a pedestal so much, he's pretty average in my opinion and not bad but people treat every small thing he does to a ridiculous level
>>61876809
>not checking satanic quads
>>61875877
Marilyn Manson?
>>61876666
BTFO.
David Bowie turned marketing into the essence of his art. All great phenomena of popular music, from Elvis Presley to the Beatles, had been, first and foremost, marketing phenomena (just like Coca Cola and Barbie before them); however, Bowie turned that into an art of its own. With Bowie the science of marketing becomes art; art and marketing become one. There were intellectuals who had proclaimed this theory in rebellious terms. Bowie was, in many ways, the heir, no matter how perverted, of Andy Warhol's pop art and of the underground culture of the 1960s. He adopted some of the most blaspheme issues and turned them upside down to make them precisely what they had been designed to fight: a commodity.
Bowie was a protagonist of his times, although a poor musician: to say that Bowie is a musician is like saying that Nero was a harp player (a fact that is technically true, but misleading). Bowie embodies the quintessence of artificial art, raises futulity to paradigm, focuses on the phenomenon rather than the content, makes irrelevant the relevant, and, thus, is the epitome of everything that went wrong with rock music.
>>61877183
neck yourself
The Petition Era has to end. Nothing ever comes from these dumb fucking petitions. I have yet to see a single petition accomplish jack shit other than show how butthurt the people who made it and signed it are.
>>61877183
>poor musician
I'm not really denying the first part but m8
>>61873723
>There's nothing communists hate more than a corporate shill.
ftfy
>>61877183
Waiter, this pasta's a bit on the cold side may I have another?
>>61875226
Saul Williams actually sorta did this, and it was great.
>>61877243
Passive protest based on confirmation bias.
>>61877183
>poor musician
kill yourself senpai
>>61874019
>>61877322
>>61877252
Each element of his art is the emblem of a true artistic movement; however, the ensemble of those emblems constitutes no more than a puzzle, no matter how intriguing, of symbols, a roll of incoherent images projected against the wall at twice the speed, a dictionary of terms rather than a poem, and, in the best of hypotheses, a documentary of the cultural fads of his era.
Reading the chronicles of his times, it is clear that what caused sensation was the show, not the music. The show that Bowie set up was undoubtedly in sync with the avantgarde, as it fused theater, mime, cinema, visual art, literature and music. However, Bowie merely recycled what had been going on for years in the British underground, in particular what had been popularized by the psychedelic bands of 1967. And he turned it into a commodity: whichever way you look at his oeuvre, this is the real merit of it.
>>61876893
Because he's fucking Kanye West
He's made a huge impact on pop culture (good or bad is up to the audience member), and hopefully will continue to do so for years to come.
David Bowie probably enjoyed a Kanye track or two
