On Jul 7, 7:51=A0am, jussi.jalo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On 7 hein=E4, 00:09, sigidu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> > I think taking one of his early hits out (second? third?) there'd be
be=
some difference, though it would need a better
> > Bowieologist than me to say just what.
>
> "Life on Mars" was not an early hit, but instead a late bloomer.
>
> By the time when the song finally became a hit, Bowie had already
> released four top-ten LPs and six top-ten singles - or seven, if you
> include "All the Young Dudes" for Mott the Hoople. Plus, Bowie had
> already produced "Transformer" for Lou Reed. His career was pretty
> much on its historic trajectory, even without "Life on Mars".
True.
>
> Yes, yes, "Life on Mars" was originally released on "Hunky Dory"
> already in 1971, but at that time, the album and this one track were
> pretty much ignored...
ESPECIALLY in the US.
until "Ziggy Stardust" suddenly made Bowie into
> a star, and people started to be interested also in what he had done
> before. After that, he wisely decided to capitalize on his previous
> work, and released "Life on Mars" as a single in 1973.
Not to mention the re-releases of his '60s material, like "Laughing
Gnome"
>
> So, my guess, removing this one track would have zero im****tance.
> Alternatively, another surrealistic Bowie song titled "My Way" would
> belatedly top the UK charts by the late 1973.
Agreed here.
>
> > Second knock-on: no "My Way". =A0Is this good or bad? =A0Sinatra's
care=
er may never
> > recover -- "My Way" was what gave him his second wind in the early
'70s=
..
>
> I thought he retired for the first time shortly after that, anyway?
> And after his comeback a few years later, his career in the '70s was
> less than stellar - or, well, at least his public appearances and
> statements were less than stellar.
Perhaps more of a concentration on acting rather than singing? Sinatra
seemed still capable of giving good acting performances in the '70s if
he was interested enough in the role - e.g. "The First Deadly Sin".
And
once he came out of retirement, his voice was in very noticeable
decline.
Hard to see him giving up singing completely, given that he continued
performing live as long as he could stand up, but perhaps he does
concentrate more on acting.
However, by the 80s he'll clearly be too old to have leading roles
(that's about the time that his contem****aries Kirk Douglas and
Robert Mitchum did their last roles as leading men) and it's
anyone's guess if he'll still work in character roles for the rest of
the decade. By the end of the '80s, we'd be looking at TV movies
and miniseries, occasional performances, and a winding down of
his career.
>
> > On the other hand, the rest of us won't have to listen to "My Way" at
f=
unerals and testimonial
> > dinners for the next forty years.
>
> So, it's "Another one bites the dust" instead?
Unless we have a TL in which John Entwistle's "Ted End" or "Heaven
and
Hell" become massive hits - which produces its own knock ons and
butterflies. (Entwistle as a successful solo artist combined with the
already existing tensions within The Who probably means a Who break
up in the early '70s. Townshend and Daltrey go on to successful solo
careers and Moon goes into comedy. No "Quadrophenia" nor anything
that came afterwards."Who's Next" is "Who's Last". At least they go
out with a strong album. )
Best,
Stan B.
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