EP07: 1989 - Tin Machine vs. Oh Mercy, or the Crack Deadening of 1989

Jake and Charlie try very hard not to be a-holes with b-holes for brains in this hard PG/soft PG-13 episode of Bowie vs. Dylan, but can't make any promises as they take a ride on the Nadir-O-Rater in the year 1989.  Bowie heads back to high school to start a socially-conscious rock band with his mates, while Dylan lets Daniel Lanois turn his late 80's song output into something actually listenable.  Dylan and the Dead somehow further tarnishes Bob in his worst decade; and nothing compares to the grand tradition of scintillating creativity quite like the song Tin Machine on the album Tin Machine by the band Tin Machine, written by all 4 equal members of...Tin Machine.  Will Bowie's communal contraption pump out points, or will Dylan have him saying, "Oh Mercy"?

Don't forget to take a little taste of the year's songs with our 1989 Spotify playlist at bit.ly/BvD-EP07.