David Bowie.

[jimmmm]

Where the bloody hell have you been!!!!!

 

[U2Fanatic4ever]

well folks.. no live shows.. this is coming from Bowie's producer... I'm bummed..

David Bowie producer rules out Bowie live shows | News | NME.COM

 

[PhilsFan]

I believe him when he says he'll never play live. That heart issue scared him.

 

[bono_212]

Well, at least the suspense is over

 

[prbiker15]

I'm not surprised that he's not going to do any live shows, though it would have been nice to at least have one performance. But yes, I'm pretty sure it's because of that previous heart issue. The new album is better than nothing, no doubt.

 

[cobl04]

He tweeted saying Pitchfork made that up, and that he just won't tour this album.

Not surprising at all and to be honest when it was announced I wasn't really even thinking live shows. 66, the heart attack, expectations... he's got nothing to prove.

 

[cobl04]

I must commend Beav, wherever he is, for mentioning Memory of a Free Festival in his first post. What a song.

 

[bono_212]

David Bowie tweeted?

 

[cobl04]

Visconti did.

 

[bono_212]

Wow that's horribly embarrassing for pitchfork

 

[cobl04]

Probably a justifiable conclusion to jump to, but "Pitchfork made it up" from Tony Visconti on Twitter is a bit embarrassing.

 

[bono_212]

Spin jumped on reporting that Pitchfork lied. .
David Bowie Didn't Say He Wouldn't Tour Again, So Please Calm Down | SPIN | Newswire

 

[jimmmm]

Where are we now, UK no. 6, Bowie's first UK top 10 hit in 20 years, Best Of Bowie re-enters album chart at No. 25.

 

[bono_212]

 

[bono_212]

I'm super into "A Better Future" from Heathen, btw. Not sure why that was the song I took away from the album, but I love it. I had it stuck in my head all day after I heard the album.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

David Bowie's 'The Next' Day' Album: A Track-by-Track Preview | Music News | Rolling Stone

Good stuff here.

 

[cobl04]

Fripp was asked to play on it, declined, then wrote about it on his blog? Not cool.

Sounds like the cover may still be a joke.

 

[Danny Boy]

Sounds like the cover may still be a joke.

The designer says it's really real...

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[cobl04]

I say it more in hope.

 

[bono_212]

The designer says it's really real...

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He didn't address my question: "What the fuck is wrong with you?"

 

[cobl04]

Can we all just talk for a moment about how goddamn good "Heroes" is? The only thing that stops it from being my #1 Bowie album is that the title track aside it's not emotionally gripping, like its predecessor.

But hot damn, if Beauty and the Beast, Joe the Lion, Sons of the Silent Age, Blackout and Secret Life of Arabia aren't five of the best songs ever then I don't know music.

And V-2 Schneider is cool. Plus the three instrumentals are pretty good too, love those tortured horns in Neukoln.

I'M UNDER JAPANESE INFLUENCE AND MY HONOUR'S AT STAKE

 

[bono_212]

It was my favorite album of his forever, until too many people told me I wasn't supposed to like it that much and then I started getting too critical of it (because I am an impressionable person). It's still like my 3rd or 4th favorite, it's not like I've disowned it.

I am embarrassed by how much I love "Moss Garden".

 

[LemonMelon]

I really don't care for the second half. I wish I did. The first half is absolutely brilliant, forward-thinking rock that sounds totally unique.

For my money, Low has much better instrumentals, though it's lacking a monster track like Heroes' title track.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Secret Life of Arabia might be one of my favourite David Bowie songs.






Then again it might not. No, but I do enjoy it a lot.

 

[iron yuppie]

For my money, Low has much better instrumentals, though it's lacking a monster track like Heroes' title track.

That is a large part of the charm of Low for me - i.e. that it feels like a cluster of sketches that just serendipitously became a brilliant, cohesive album. Nothing about it feels premeditated in terms of looking for radio or commercial success.

 

[cobl04]

For my money, Low has much better instrumentals, though it's lacking a monster track like Heroes' title track.

Speed of Life and New Career, certainly. Subterraneans too. But I'll take Sense of Doubt>Moss Garden>Neukoln over Warszawa>Art Decade>Weeping Wall any day.

 

[bono_212]

You are pretty much asking me to choose between my non-existent children when comparing the instrumentals on each album.

 

[cobl04]

That's how I feel when asked to rank his albums. Impossible.

 

[PhilsFan]

I just realized Low never made it on to my new laptop. I have to rectify this.

 

[lazarus]

I don't know music.

I don't know music.

I don't know music.

You don't say.