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Originally Posted by roachboy[B
]i would imagine that "low" and "heros" would be really difficult to cover, given the enoproduction that is all over both. [/B] more generally, now that i have stopped laughing at spektr's post, which says pretty much all i have to say but much better than i could manage, i still dont understand what the claim at the origin of the thread actually means. try writing pop hooksat all--it aint easy to do--if you manage that, try working a series of hook-based tunes into a cycle anything like the complexity of what bowie manages. put the results up and maybe then we'll see if there is or is not a link between musicianship in general and bowie's songwriting.
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Eno didn't produce any of
Low, it's a great rock myth, you have to give credit to Tony Visconti. Clearly though Eno's influence is all over the place on those records.
Bowie isn't the strongest guitarist, but he's pretty golden on every other insturment he touches. He is also a vocalist with few peers in the rock world. Not to mention he had the good taste to pick Mick Ronson and Robert Fripp to play guitar, not exactly slouches on six strings.