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Your thesis needs rewording. If Bowie wasn't an excellent musician, he wouldn't have a bloody clue what a good pop song required - chords, melody, rhythm - he would be writing 3 chord Ramones songs. Think about that. Then consider his vocal range - do you have the variety of tone colors he does at the extremes of your range? Not even you, but did Kurt from Nirvana, or Jakob Dylan? What you consider to be better musicianship is really your idea of better interpretation.
And to the Ramones fans, and all other people I've insulted today: The Ramones didn't write musical songs, they wrote catchy ones, and Nirvana and The Wallflowers stand alone as excellent bands, but the fact is that they weren't doing anything new while Bowie was, and they won't stand the test of time as singers or guitar players.
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