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Breaking Glass - The David Bowie Catalogue

by VultureHound Magazine | Entertainment & Wrestling

Hi, hello and welcome to Breaking Glass - The Bowie Catalogue. Old friends and Bowie enthusiasts Mike and Adam sit down to discuss each album in turn. Discussing their favourite songs, the projects that didn't work so well and some tracks that are truly bizarre. Join them as they muse at length about the pros of Low and the many merits of Tin Machine.

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Episodes

Ep. 17 – Never Let Me Down

1h 15m · Published 03 Apr 12:55
Ladies and gentlemen, a public service announcement; David Bowie has an important issue he would like to discuss with you that those fat cats in Thatcher's cabinet don't want to talk about. Please listen. You can help. Elsewhere, Adam and Mike take a look at Bowie's 1987 folly/misunderstood masterwork Never Let Me Down. - Did Bowie really buy a Glass Spider than make an album around it? - Why is Mickey Rourke here? - Why didn't Bowie help the lady being assaulted in the video of 'Day In Day Out? - How much can Adam tolerate? - What exactly is a Spazz Attack and will we survive?

Ep. 16 – Tonight

1h 25m · Published 21 Mar 19:43
So many questions on Episode 16 as Adam and Mike discuss the monolithic 80s David Bowie classic 'Tonight'. Get your Marimbas at the ready and prepare the jet for Borneo because we're gonna need some God Damn HORNS! Which leads us to the first of many questions: - How many Borneo horns does it take to ruin/make a song. - Why is Tina Turner here? - How many Wangs can Vince McMahon shame in an hour? - Is 'Tonight' our hero's laziest album? - Why does Adam love 'Tumble and Twirl' ever so much?

Ep. 15 – Let’s Dance

1s · Published 07 Mar 21:24
If there's one thing you can say about Adam & Mike is that; they know when to go out and know when to stay in... get things done. This episode the discussion is all things 'Let's Dance', David Bowie's 1983 Pop Opus that thrust the rock icon into popular Mega Stardom. Some would say betraying many of his ideals on the way but goodness did the music shake! On the docket: - Is Ricochet the first pop song to reference W.H. Auden? - Is Modern Love the best album opener ever? - Does Nile Rodgers really sound like the "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes - How awesome is Ricochet? - Why don't like Ricochet?

Ep. 14 – Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

2h 14m · Published 15 Feb 20:27
Widely regarded as David Bowie’s last true masterpiece, until ‘Blackstar’ of course, Adam and Mike kill some time discussing 1980’s ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps). Learning from the mistakes of the ‘Lodger’ episode, mostly don’t drink on the job, the topics of discussion are: How much Columbo can you watch whilst Tom Verlaine is in the studio? How good was Bowie’s Japanese accent? Is ‘Ashes to Ashes’ flawless? Is ‘Teenage Wildlife’ on of rocks first “Diss tracks” Should the phrase “Diss” still be said in this day and age. How afraid are we for what comes after this album?

Ep. 13 – Lodger

2h 9m · Published 30 Jan 22:01
Talking about David Bowie's 1979 album 'Lodger', Adam and Mike find themselves at a crossroads. One loves the third part of the Berlin Trilogy. One follows general consensus that it's a mess of an album. Who will you agree with? Amongst general arguing, also on the agenda is: - How many Bowie Stamps will YOU be buying? - How much of a cuss was Frank Zappa? - Is 'Boys Keep Swinging' a bit of a 'Rebel Rebel' - How ridiculous is 'African Night Flights' - Will there be another fascinating Iggy Pop monologue?

Ep. 12 – “Heroes”

2h 15m · Published 11 Jan 21:39
Happy New Year to the handful of you! To mark one year since the Great David Bowie's passing, Adam and Mike discuss the monumental "Heroes". The documentary 'The Last Five Years' is also up on the docket along with Bowie news items. Join us one time (or maybe a few more) where the following is up for debate: - How do you pronounce Neukoln? - Does the title track suffer the Rebel Rebel effect? - How much of a masterpiece is 'Just a Gigolo' - What's Bowie talking about on Joe the Lion? - Who does the best German accent; Adam or Mike? Come in from the cold.

Ep. 11 – Low

2h 19m · Published 01 Jan 20:37
Happy New Year to all in sundry. Adam and Mike cross time and geographical boundaries once more to discuss David Bowie's seminal 'Low'. There's not much news but by gum there's a lot to talk about on this album. Up for discussion this time round: - How many words in total feature on the album? - Were children's piano tunes stolen from them in a disgusting act of thievery? - Why does Adam not remember Iggy Pop's 'The Idiot'? - Is 'Always Crashing in the Same Car' the birth of Goth Rock - How many times can Mike say the word "Apparently" in a couple of hours. These questions and more will be drawn out to within an inch of their lives.

Ep. 10 – Station to Station

1h 49m · Published 16 Dec 12:39
With Adam blending in on an oil rig Mike is left to his own devices on the one good branch of Greggs on the high street. Their Facetime chat finds them discussing David Bowie's all time classic Station to Station. How much do they love it? Perhaps too much to form cohesive sentences. Come let's gush together and also discuss; - Mike's skills as a foley artist - Do you believe Dwight Yoakam's Hoakem? - Should a Bowie song ever be cut down for singles? - Is anything on the album less that a 9 out of 10?

Ep. 09 – Young Americans

1h 44m · Published 01 Dec 16:34
David Bowie News aplenty means a bumper edition of the podcast! Adam & Mike discuss the rolling news from Blackstar sleeve secrets to the Sotheby's auction via Mike's opinion on the Lazarus show. Plus the main event - chatting about the much overlooked masterpiece Young Americans. On this episodes agenda: - Did anyone need Bowie Legacy? - How angry was Visconti not to be at the Fame session? - Is the album one of the smuttiest of Bowie's career? - How many spectre's are allowed in the VIP area? Come hear the answers.

Ep. 08 – Diamond Dogs

58m · Published 16 Nov 21:39
It was supposed to be simple. A trip to Cybertron? Count us in. There's been a miscommunication between Adam & Mike about which Transformers we were talking to so now we've ended up on Moon Base 2. The conversation doesn't stop though as Diamond Dogs is on the agenda. Just how much Orwellian fury is at work? How much glam still coarses through it's veins? Why do Adam & Mike dislike Rebel Rebel so much? These questions amongst others... WILL. BE. TOUCHED. UPON!!!

Breaking Glass - The David Bowie Catalogue has 36 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 37:10:50. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 21st 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on June 14th, 2023 02:03.

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