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Topics => Entertainment => Topic started by: Pablo de Fleurs on October 03, 2013, 10:34:55 PM

Title: The Next Day
Post by: Pablo de Fleurs on October 03, 2013, 10:34:55 PM
Re-listening to Bowie's 'The Next Day', on ear buds as I surf-type-comment, released earlier this year  - which, for fans of the former thin white duke, was & still is a satisfying listen (and an amazing testimony to his vocal chords @ 66 years old). Usually, I'm a Brian Eno/Ambient/Drone/Robert Fripp (just ordered a remastered double CD copy of 'Red') ... but Bowie writes some smart lyrics & backs it with some tight arrangements...so he's my rock "go-to" guy.

Anyone else buy #TheNextDay?

(http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd27/gablabs/2013%20Blog%20Art/TheNextDay_zps88bbd1a3.jpg) (http://s226.photobucket.com/user/gablabs/media/2013%20Blog%20Art/TheNextDay_zps88bbd1a3.jpg.html)
Title: Re: The Next Day
Post by: IronDioPriest on October 04, 2013, 06:32:10 AM
Nope, I've not heard it.
Title: Re: The Next Day
Post by: Pablo de Fleurs on October 04, 2013, 06:45:26 AM
Sample (plays online) 'How Does the Grass Grow?'
http://www.divshare.com/download/24603431-7be (http://www.divshare.com/download/24603431-7be)
Title: Re: The Next Day
Post by: IronDioPriest on October 04, 2013, 08:12:35 AM
Hmmmm.... not really my cup-o'-tea I guess. But then my appreciation for Bowie has always fallen within a pretty narrow window of his work.

Looks like this new record is very well reveiwed though, so it must be me that's out of the loop.
Title: Re: The Next Day
Post by: Pablo de Fleurs on October 04, 2013, 08:43:51 AM
Quote from: IronDioPriest on October 04, 2013, 08:12:35 AM
Hmmmm.... not really my cup-o'-tea I guess. But then my appreciation for Bowie has always fallen within a pretty narrow window of his work.

Looks like this new record is very well reveiwed though, so it must be me that's out of the loop.

Yeah but your background is metal (Dio), no? And Bowie's never been able to deliver that sound (did a pretty good job w/Jungle-Techno on Earthling).

Rock's definitely an example of "to each his own" - and I'd be the first to admit that DB has churned out almost as much crap as stuff I like -- but it's his edge-pushing ability that I like most about his abilities...& he's definitely hit & left a mark that very few others will come close to attaining.
Title: Re: The Next Day
Post by: IronDioPriest on October 04, 2013, 09:00:15 AM
I really like a wide variety of musical styles. It doesn't have to be metal for me to like it. Doesn't even have to be rock. I just go by what is pleasing to the ear.

Re; Bowie, I'm just partial to his early/mid 70's stuff. He grabbed my ear again in the mid 80's. Otherwise, I've just never really been a huge fan.

I didn't like the sound of the song you linked, so I went to iTunes and listened to others off the new album. Just doesn't resonate.
Title: Re: The Next Day
Post by: ToddF on October 04, 2013, 09:11:15 AM
Eno + Bowie =  ::thumbsup::

I don't have the new one yet, but my favorites are the early folkish albums and the late 70's Eno ones.
Title: Re: The Next Day
Post by: Glock32 on October 04, 2013, 10:18:29 PM
I really only know Bowie's more popular stuff. There's something haunting in Space Oddity when he sings "I'm stepping through the dooooor". A sort of existential futility. Or something.
Title: Re: The Next Day
Post by: Pablo de Fleurs on October 04, 2013, 10:39:06 PM
This is a good one...from the "Heroes" sessions. The vocal range is stunning.

David Bowie - The Drowned Girl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2BULDi00xM#)