Forty Year Friday (1983) – DAVID BOWIE “LET’S DANCE”
It’s Forty Year Friday again. For more information on this series, please read the opening paragraph of the first post, which featured Never Surrender by Triumph. Posted on my Facebook … Continue reading
Forty Year Friday – DAVID BOWIE “LOW” AND “HEROES”
Artist: DAVID BOWIE Album: LOW and “HEROES” [Welcome to Forty Year Friday, the weekly series on my favorite albums of 1977] Between November 2011 and February 2012 I immersed myself … Continue reading
DAVID BOWIE – We Live For Just These Twenty Years
So much has been written & said in the days since we learned that David Bowie had died, and his impact on fans, fellow musicians & pop culture will be … Continue reading
Compilation Or Catalog? – MY GATEWAY COMPILATIONS Part 1
In each of my previous Compilation Or Catalog? posts I discussed a compilation which was the only album I owned by a particular artist. The goal was to listen to … Continue reading
B-Sides The Point – THE STOOGES
[KamerTunesBlog presents B-Sides The Point, where I occasionally write about smaller artist catalogs, or even compilations and box sets, in a single post instead of revisiting the entire recorded output … Continue reading
KamerTunesBlog Year In Review 2012
It’s that time of year again, to look back on all the music I heard over the past 12 months and figure out which were my favorites. In addition to … Continue reading
DAVID BOWIE Part 9 – A Better Future / In Conclusion
To this point, David Bowie has only released two studio albums in the 21st century. They’re both worthy additions to his already incredible catalog, but before delving into them I … Continue reading
DAVID BOWIE Part 8 – Earthlings Outside For Hours (Before Y2K)
In the second half of the previous millennium’s final decade, David Bowie released three studio albums that couldn’t have been more different from one another. One was a dark concept … Continue reading
DAVID BOWIE Part 7 – Welcome To The (Tin) Machine, Black Tie Optional
After the relative lack of commercial and critical success for Never Let Me Down, and the extravagant Glass Spider Tour that followed, it wasn’t surprising that David Bowie decided to … Continue reading
DAVID BOWIE Part 6 – Major Tom Was A Junkie (Bowie In The ‘80s)
Before I began delving into David Bowie’s back catalog a couple of months ago, I couldn’t say I was completely familiar with any of his albums. I already knew most … Continue reading
DAVID BOWIE Part 5 – The Berlin Trilogy (1977-1979)
Between 1977 and 1979, David Bowie released three albums that came to be known as “The Berlin Trilogy.” Despite the fact that only one of them was fully recorded in … Continue reading
KamerTunesBlog Year In Review 2011
It’s that time of year, when music critics, bloggers and fans compile lists of their favorite albums of the year, and KamerTunesBlog is no exception. I created this blog to … Continue reading
DAVID BOWIE Part 4 – From Plastic Soul To The Thin White Duke
After David Bowie veered away from the glam-rock that defined his Ziggy Stardust era with the release of 1974’s Diamond Dogs (which I revisited for my previous post), he took … Continue reading
DAVID BOWIE Part 3 – He Was Stardust, He Was Golden (or That Lad Was Insane)
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972), aka Ziggy Stardust, is the quintessential David Bowie album; the one a new fan would likely check … Continue reading