^^^ But, like, it's clear from the beginning post that this has nothing to do with the politician.
And I'm just really tired of bringing up Scott Walker and everyone talking about that other asshole who happens to have the same name. I don't want to talk about Jesus freak crypto-fascists, I want to talk about... whatever David Bowie is doing now. Or how great Tilt is.
^^ Thanks...
OP is literally just a Youtube embed.
Like, we have all made "the easy joke" in threads before. Let's not pretend we haven't.
Honestly, while I can tell that he's been listening to a lot of Walker's work, it's way too groovy to be ripping off latter-day Walker wholesale. In terms of chord progressions, rhythmic centre, timbres and later melodies, it's very... Bowie, but the structure and arrangement and the opening melodies are very Scott Walker.
I like both, and at one point Bowie was probably the more cutting edge of the two, but at this point trying to be Scott Walker is a bit of a fool's errand. Since "The Electrician" it's been one, really, and that was thirty-seven years ago.
I think his fanbase overrates him but he's....fine for what he is, I guess? He mines a pretty narrow vein from what I've heard.
You really have to like a certain kind of hip-hop that centers around vocal theatrics and technically simple but memetically sticky lines ("ride up in that pussy like a stroller") to "get" it, I think. Future's in the same vein but less fun and more gloomy.
Honestly, that makes him sound more like hip-hop's Alice Cooper than David Bowie. The latter is very diverse in his output, but you automatically recognise him regardless.
Again, I feel like Alice Cooper is a better comparison. Does one thing but does it well, has rabid fans and a wacky sense of humour, pisses people off for reasons that sane people fail to understand, and so forth. But it is an amusing comparison either way.
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Could you please not intentionally miss the point while Godwinning yourself?
Most figures in the rock canon have some of that, but he has more than most.
Bowie is cool too
I have nothing constructive to add to this, really