"Classic Albums" - the ones immediately before that were better

"Classic Albums" - the ones immediately before that were better Mar 22, 2019 17:02:48 GMT

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Post by mrellaguru on Mar 22, 2019 17:02:48 GMT

Mar 22, 2019 16:55:15 GMT gameboy said:

Mar 22, 2019 16:34:44 GMT mrellaguru said:

That may be so, but this is a shit example. Let's Dance went to #1 in both the UK and the US and was a big hit all over the world. Modern Love, China Girl and Under Pressure were bigger hits in the UK than the US.

No, my point is that the only Bowie songs which went to the American top 40 were the pop junk. Sure, pop hits number one in Britain too. But real rock also hits the top 40 in Britain, rarely in America. What's #1 in the U.S.? Mariah Carey. What hits #1 in Britain? Ziggy Stardust! Most Americans have never heard of Ziggy Stardust.

Sure, but let's also not pretend that there's anything sophisticated about the likes of Gary Glitter, Slade and Oasis.

Ziggy Stardust is far from obscure in the US. Those other Bowie songs might not have been big top 40 hits but they've been played to death on classic rock stations.