I agree I apologise - your'e right the command of the english language is far better illustrated below;
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you don't catch me"
Ha ha ha, oh, dear me
(Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me"
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me")
(One more time, yeah)
What was I thinking -- its practically Wordworth in his pomp
Whilst I don't know who Wordworth was, I'll agree that song was shite: but it was an Anthony Newley piss-take! You could have just as easily picked "Yellow Submarine" or "Don't Pass Me By" from The Beatles. More pertinently, Tin Machine were
awful, and he had a lot of misses early in his career before he found his groove (and the brilliant Mick Ronson). But Bowie has been a massive success both critically and commercially. At this point in time he is rightly seen as a national treasure. His musical CV is pretty much unsurpassed IMO. From
Ziggy to
Let's Dance he delivered 8 genuinely great albums, covering-and in some cases creating-a huge range of styles. He was influenced by great music and influenced
even more great music. The man is an artist and an icon who stayed ahead of the curve for the best part of two decades. I even had 3 or 4 mates when I was growing up who loved his drum & bass stuff! Anyone who has ever been
anywhere near cool likes Bowie. I'm just thankful that I saw him at Glastonbury when he was still playing live-I've been to about a thousand gigs in my life, but that set is in the top 5, no question.
He even found time to write a song about you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE
As for Marillion...most people would say "who?" The rest of us would just laugh. They're a creative dead end, going nowhere new, offering little to anyone bar their fan-boy old-man audience.