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David Bowie: Where Are We Now?

Absurdistan
Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
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New single to celebrate his 66th B'day. Pretty good but more 80's than 70's unfortunately.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FOyDTy9DtHQ
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  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    Very poor in my humble opinion. Struck by what a doppelganger for Arsene Wenger he has become...
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,070
    I like it
  • BowieAddick
    BowieAddick Posts: 1,192
    I like it and it grows on you, I am obviously a Bowie fan you only have to look at my user name to know that but I will be the first to admit he lost his way on some albums but if this is a taste of what is to come I am really looking forward to the new material.
  • maybe_baby
    maybe_baby Posts: 2,609
    Not a great Bowie fan but this is spot on for his time in life...It's thoughtful and simply arranged and reflective without being cringey. Didnt think I would be impressed, but I am.
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,377
    Its good (imho), once again Bowie does something different.
    Not many, if any, artists have continually changed their style and still draw such attention to their work. The Stones are still with us but same old tunes and greatest hits shows from the late 60s early '70s, after that I'm struggling to think of an artist/band that last the test of time so well.
    1964ish through to 2013 not bad going.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,962
    Bit schmaltzy and over produced.
    Song is crying out for the accompaniment to be simpler and maybe more acoustic.

    IMO, of course. ;o)

    But love the way he keeps re-inventing himself.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,058
    charltonkeston said:

    Its good (imho), once again Bowie does something different.
    Not many, if any, artists have continually changed their style and still draw such attention to their work. The Stones are still with us but same old tunes and greatest hits shows from the late 60s early '70s, after that I'm struggling to think of an artist/band that last the test of time so well.
    1964ish through to 2013 not bad going.

    There aren't many! Scott Walker is still going, but his later stuff is very, shall we say, niche? The only other artists I can thnk of who hae been relevant for a considerable perioid of time are Paul Weller and Madonna. Not everyone's tastes, but they keep it fresh.
  • chilham
    chilham Posts: 306
    IMHO he wasn't much good when he was 'good', but I suppose this dirge will get saturation airplay. Oh for the years of Davy Jones 50 years ago in Bromley!
  • Bill_Stumps
    Bill_Stumps Posts: 886
    Dylan, Springsteen and Leonard Cohen are still producing good stuff, as is Paul Simon though his recordings are few and far between these days. Neil Young is still going strong and Robert Plant has made some excellent albums in recent years. Neil Diamond, too.

    I really like Bowie's new single. I'm a fan of his from way back but his work over the last thirty years has been very patchy. I've never quite understood how artists like Paul McCartney, George Michael and Bowie, who as everyone knows have written some wonderful songs in their time, seem quite unable in their later years to find a decent melody and instead churn out one tuneless dirge after another.
  • maybe_baby
    maybe_baby Posts: 2,609
    edited January 2013
    Oggy Red said:

    Bit schmaltzy and over produced.
    Song is crying out for the accompaniment to be simpler and maybe more acoustic.

    IMO, of course. ;o)

    But love the way he keeps re-inventing himself.

    I know what you mean Oggy, but it's not over produced studio wise...the vocals are not crushed by over compression and the percussion breathes nicely. If you mean it's over produced instrument wise then there is no right or wrong as it's all about preferences, but it is often the case that the mix of instruments is first, the melody line second and the story last. If a song is written in this way it is difficult to strip it back later.


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  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,962
    Yep, that's exactly what I mean, Maybe - and appreciate your reasoning.

    It's a decent enough song in it's own right, but I find it's drowned by the over heavy instrument mix.

  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,846
    Not bad - but I reckon he looks more like Voldemort than Wenger.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Not for me I found it dull! Perhaps his next one can be the A-Z of London.
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Anyone going to the Bowie exhibition at the V&A from march? Got our tickets but they're selling fast and that was before he came out of hiding this week!
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    My immediate thought was "Poor sod - pension's obviously not performing as well as he'd hoped"!
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Check out the "new" version of the video on YouTube, Harry Hill has hijacked it. Hilarious!
  • thewolfboy
    thewolfboy Posts: 2,931
    Kevin Ayers 'The Unfairground' says it all a lot better. i.e aged hippy reflecting on what life is all about.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,067
    BBC1 22.35 David Bowie:Cracked Actor - An Imagine Special

    It's a repeat of Alan Yentob's documentary following Bowie across America in 1974.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,385
    edited April 2013
    I never 'got' Bowie at all .. 'got your mother in a whirl, she's not sure if you're a boy or a girl' .. nah not for me
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,067
    Lincsaddick said:

    I never 'got' Bowie at all .. 'got your mother in a whirl, she's not sure if you're a boy or a girl' .. nah not for me

    I'm not surprised we rarely have the same opinion. Smiley, smiley, no offence.

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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,385
    Covered End said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    I never 'got' Bowie at all .. 'got your mother in a whirl, she's not sure if you're a boy or a girl' .. nah not for me

    I'm not surprised we rarely have the same opinion. Smiley, smiley, no offence.
    C E ... you'se a whreal geezah !!!! (:->)
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    BBC are in the process of a major new Bowie documentary called Five Years which will be shown in May.
    http://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-bowie-five-years/
    Make a change from seeing Cracked Actor yet again.

    The new album is growing on me.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,375
    I never 'got' him either. Always seemed to be trying too hard to make some weird image out of himself. "I'm bisexual.....or am I? Hmmm" (who gives a f***!)
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    I got him. A major part of my formative years. Stopped getting him in mid 80's. been many false dawns since then, this latest album really does seem his best in 30 years. Although not much to contend with in that time.
  • kafka
    kafka Posts: 2,372
    Riviera said:

    I got him. A major part of my formative years. Stopped getting him in mid 80's. been many false dawns since then, this latest album really does seem his best in 30 years. Although not much to contend with in that time.

    Agreed. All ended at Scary Monsters for me. It was like the talented DB had been replaced by D. Jones from Beckenham; Palace supporter. New album has given us all some hope
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,132
    Basically agree with Riviera and Kafka, although I think that Heathen and Reality had real merit.
  • Mosscat
    Mosscat Posts: 197
    Love David Bowie
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,857
    Loved his early stuff. Cygnet Committee on Space Oddity is a great track. Many a time I listened to that stoned out of my head.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,067
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Basically agree with Riviera and Kafka, although I think that Heathen and Reality had real merit.

    Basically agree with Riviera, Kafka & Six-a-bag-of-nuts
  • bertpalmer
    bertpalmer Posts: 1,776
    Hunky Dory best album ever

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