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Originally Posted by darklord700
Maybe Bowie is the Andy Warhol of the music world. He was a generation before me so when I got in touch with his music, it was already mid to late 80s. But I detected traces of Bowie in the bands of my time such as Depeche Mode, Joy Division/New Order, Suede just to name a few.
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In some ways I see him like Elvis, nothing Elvis did was hugely innovative, all that rock and roll and blues was already out there, but Elvis made it popular to an audience that might not have heard it otherwise, made it acceptable but also set a template for younger musicians to emulate.
Having said that Bowie was way more musically innovative than Elvis.