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068: David Bowie - Station to Station (1976)

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast

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Bowie - Station to Station

Rich: This is really the closest bow we ever got to a Prague epic Even though what this part mostly reminds me of is Elton John at his most ambitious I'm thinking specifically of something like Lovelies Bleeding. The intro, like literally being influenced by a craft-versk song matches that pretty well They literally have a famous song about driving on the Autobahn And it also kind of vaguely reminds me Of the machines theme from Jeff Williams War of the Worlds But so it's strange, I can't shake that I always feel a tiny bit disappointed when it shows up It's the loss of that sense of anticipation Like one of my teachers in high school called this December 24th syndrome

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