David Bowie- Soul Love (REACTION//DISCUSSION)
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Song Link: • David Bowie - Soul Love
"I'M AN ALLIGATOR..."
Just can't help expecting it.
I'm a Mama/Papa comin' to you! I'm a Space Invader! I'll be a Rock'n'Rollen Bitch for you!
And that's DB Himself on Sax!
It's always mystified me how this song is so underrated. It's rhythmically one of the more sophisticated songs on the album, but apart from that,
it's got a supremely catchy melody, deep lyrics and a gorgeous arrangement, topped off with some seriously slick sax-playing. Great song!
It is a lovely track, a real favourite since it was first released, but not really that sophisticated rhythmically. I'll give you that time changes in Bowie's songs are not that common, but this is just 3 bars of standard 4/4, and then one bar of 2/4 that gives it that little jolt. If you compare this with what someone like Genesis or Gentle Giant do with time signatures then this is pretty basic stuff.
This song sometimes gets the same treatment as the album Never Let Me Down. On both counts I think the majority is wrong.
@@davidcopson5800 The demos Bowie did for Never Let Me Down prove that those songs were some of his strongest of the 80s.
I think it's mainly the production that "lets down" the album. Plus the fact that Bowie felt extremely disillusioned with the music biz at the time and had serious thoughts about quitting for good, which is why he didn't really take much of an active role in the album's creation. He mostly left it to the producers to put it all together.
Unfortunately, when he did decide to continue, his newfound ambition coupled with his midlife crisis, led to the formation of Tin Machine...
Cant wait for the reaction to Moonage Daydream!. its my favourite song from the album, and one of my favourite songs from Bowie.
“I want to know what this is leading into” well it goes something like, “IM AN ALLIGATOR”
Damn, I'd forgotten how stacked the first side was. Usually I think about the two next tracks, then the entire second half as the highlights, but Soul Love is so freakin' smooth.
Mick Ronson was a major part of this album's unique sound, the next track (Moonage Daydream) is my favorite.
MD is my fav as well. Not on this album, but really like "The Width of a Circle". One of my favs. Especially seeing Ronson pay it one-handed during a live video (Bowie's (first) farewell concert? Can't remember) .
MIck Ronson's beautiful guitar tone and production on this album. This is a seminal disc. Then next song rips!
a superb song! One of my definite favourites of any pop ballad.The lyrics are telling the stories of love without using one single cliche,that is so rare.Bowie was a one of a kind,one of those unique artist that we so seldom are blessed with.I salute you sir for listening to the best of the best,and your understanding of the compex elements of music is impressive.Love to listen to and watch your reactions.You spread a lot of joy man.
This has to be the heaviest contender for favorite Bowie Track for me. There's just nothing I can find to criticize. Nor would I ever want to. It's pure bliss packed into a few minutes.
In retrospect I can see that that the seeds for Young Americans went all the way back to this song. Thanks for the video.
Mick Ronson's storming guitar almost transforms what is already a really good track. A unique & powerful guitar sound for me
Mick Ronson's guitar solo on Moonage Daydream is a real favorite. I blew out a pair of very good speakers by cranking the volume for it. I get chills every time I listen to it, and still crank the volume.
This album is best listened to as a whole. You missed the great transition into Moonage Daydream :)
One of the greatest and most exhilarating segues in rock history, it still makes me tingle after nearly 50 years.
Imagine when this album came out, how new and unique it seemed. It was a creative act: this record has a mood that feels like a whole work of art. That is why you keep wanting to move to the next track like the rooms of an art exhibit or the next scene of a movie. David’s later work is much more experimental and “artistic” but this was just different enough to feel at the time like it was breaking new ground. Yet the components are not new: rock and soul. No experimental instruments. So this record felt new with not new components.
Great great points Michael! Ty!
i cant wait for your reaction to Moonage daydream the Mark ronson solo at the end... FIRE
"I'm an alligator!"
Mick Ronson 😉
Every moment of this album is burned into my memory. It's the best Bowie album. Start-to-Finish Brilliant.
Good talk, glad you're enjoying this great album. Mick Ronson was an unique and wonderful musician. Bowie relied on him for years as a close collaborator. He's greatly missed, he played on Transformer and with Bob Dylan too.His solo albums are all pretty good.
Yes, Mick was such a wonderful musician and his part in Bowie’s early work can’t be overstated.
...and his work wth Ian Hunter over the years. Ian's first album was KILLER RONSON throughout....an all time favorite album for me....
@@stevenmurano7863 Me too.
The sound of that guitar is just awesome! Me, I'm waiting for the next track!
You did such a nice reaction to this song. It's always been one of my favorites. Hits me hard right in the gut
Omg, I’ve been listening to XTC non-stop since you reviewed them!
Awesome! Glad you've been enjoying them!
Fantastic track from a classic album The Rise and fall ziggy stardust and a phenomenal legend in DAVID BOWIE so mist RIP🙏💔
So love this track!!♥️
Ah yes, the album where Bowie looked into the future and printed Kanye West’s name on the sign above his head (see the cover). Thanks for the video JP 😁
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For me personally, it has always been the sax on this song that moved me. JP, loved your interpretation of Bowie's unique lyrics. His turn of a phrase is one of the things that intrigued me from the very beginning. I am greatly enjoying your Bowie journey with us! 👍
Appreciate it Chris! :D
For me it’s the sax,guitar and the back up singers
great hearing this one again!
I remember when this album came out, my 14 year old brother and the 10 year old me, went totally nuts over this. 1972 was a great year for music.
One of my personal favorite, DB tracks. But I don't recall it being talked about much back in the day, aside from the interesting lyrics. Most people remember the obvious rockers like the song coming up next. ;) What a great groove though, and its an iconic "fuzz tone" guitar track from Mick Ronson.
This is great, but I'm mainly excited about what's coming next, and next, and next...
And on to the next... Every song rocks on this album! Lovin' your reactions🌹
As others are (and will) be saying, when you get to Moonage Daydream, rewind to the fade out of Soul Love!
When you do the next reaction, if you can't start off with the last few seconds of Soul Love, which would be ideal, I hope you at least can remember that pleasant groove you felt just before Moonage Daydream hits...as we will.
Hi JP. Dave from London. Buona Sera. This sounds almost like a T Rex song, and Bowie seems to sing it a bit like Marc Bolan. I know they were friends and were quite competitive too. I recommend the episode in the TV series Urban Myths which imagines David and Marc meeting for the first time (they both have the same manager who has asked them to repaint his office).
right on.
Mick Ronson - fabulous guitar, occasional piano, and … the fabulously tasteful string arrangements.
I've kept myself from checking out these reactions after Five Years so I could binge them and have my thoughts in order.
This song is a very tricky one, because it's not really much involved with the album's theme. This is David Bowie as David Bowie, singing a love song; the kind that people need after hearing about the apocalypse in Five Years. It's arguably the heaviest song on the album, but also the prettiest. David himself played the saxophone, in what is maybe his best composition on that instrument. 12-string acoustic guitar, as well. That's how you know it's a '70s David Bowie song, really. Every single thing is there. It's a beautiful piece of music, and Mick Ronson certainly played a great solo on it. Glam rock meets soul meets folk. Mick also did a version himself, called Stone Love.
I think I haven't heard this song since the 70s - diggin' it.
Pretty spot on! Hadnt heard SL in a while; now I wanna hear the rest...
1980 (11 years old), I was listening to Kiss and Aerosmith. I was raised on Simon and Garfunkle, Kingston Trio, and Bob Denver. My sister called me to her room, told me to sit and listen, and put on this album. It was school. Then followed YES and Tull. Tool is the latest in the line. Thanks, Kim.
Can’t wait til you wrap up these individual listens and get to go back and just listen start to finish and enjoy it (without “working”)
Definitely will do!
Good song. Good review. Looking forward to what tomorrow will bring.
It's the G to Em to C chords that remind you of Stand By Me...I've noticed quite a few songs have that sequence in a similar way. Every Breath You take by the Police too.
Something by Arcade Fire as well, if I am not mistaken, though it isn't on the tip of my tongue. Maybe Wake Up?
@@maruad7577 Yeah...I just had a listen; Wake Up has that same sequence.
The drummer he had for this era (era being maybe 3 years/4 albums something like that) was great. Drumming on Man Who Sold the World LP is bonkers.
You might care to check out Mick Ronson with Elton John on the original take of "Madman Across the Water", which was released as a bonus track on Tumbleweed Connection. For the actual album release, they cut the soloing and brought in a string section and mellowed it all out with reverb, but I think Ronson's performance is very powerful.
“Get your groove on, new shiny shoes on”… Wishing On a Dog Star by Perry Farrell and Satellite Party - check it out! You bustin’ those moves at the beginning just make me think of this tasty little song.
It’s leading up to wham bam thank you ma’am.
Seconding that a big part of the impact with this song is the way it absolutely *crashes* into "Moonage Daydream." Once you've done that, listen to them back to back.
oh man. hahahahaa it hurts me to hear this without leading into the next song (Moonage Daydream) where Ronson takes OFF !!! Ronsons guitar tone is always impeccable....at times it's both razor sharp and smooth as silk at the same time ...if that makes sense. anyway....great album...i think you will love it all.
Mick Ronson was an extremely talented musician, and his contribution was far more than just as a guitarist, he was an arranger too, and responsible for taking Bowie's songs into a whole other level. By all accounts he was also a really nice and modest guy and, along with the rest of The Spiders, was harshly dumped when Bowie decided to move on to his next project. Bowie was amazingly astute at recognising exceptional talent, and winning people over with his charm and charisma. He always surrounded himself with the most innovative and creative people to collaborate with, which is understandable, but sadly the importance and level of their contributions didn't always get the public recognition from Bowie that they truly deserved. He made a bad habit of dropping groups of people very quickly once he felt they no longer served his purpose, people who truly thought they had a long time connection where suddenly stonewalled.
In Bowie's defense, I think it is a bit more complicated than that. Ronson did release 3 solo albums in subsequent years along with his work with Mott, Dylan, Mellencamp & Morrissey. He also worked with Bowie in '92 on "Black Tie White Noise" so they were not estranged. Bowie recognized that the best way to change your sound, was to change up the people you worked with. Garson, Alomar, Slick, Eno, Visconti, were just several contributors who were with him over the years, but not on EVERY project. Ronson was certainly very important & mega talented, and it is a shame we were not able to see what more he could have achieved, but not every talented person in the music industry gets their just rewards.
I get it when you say this album wants you to get into the next tracks. The best is yet to come…
It's uncanny how T. Rex's The Slider album has songs that have the same sound as this one (with the Flo and Eddie-like backing vocals), and yet Ziggy Stardust and The Slider were released around the same time.
Yes I agree... The same vibe. I Love The Slider album.
@@dana_brooke_27 I really like it too. It's funny how Flo & Eddie aren't credited in the cover notes of The Slider, but according to Wikipedia, their vocals were recorded in LA and mixed into the tracks.
Duh, figured it out - Flo and Eddie are credited on the Slider by their real names -- Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman!
@@bobholtzmann Cool makes sense... Great catch on that!
@@bobholtzmann Loved them in The Turtles.
I'm an Alligator!!!!
For the next song moonage daydream, you should play the last couple seconds of soul love Because they somewhat lead into each other
This is a great album. It’s very popular. That’s why I voted for another one. It was going to win anyhow. I voted for Aladdin Sane instead. You’ll get there.
Wow! Arcade Fire really was influenced heavily by David Bowie. You can hear this song in their music. And, no wonder Bowie became a big fan of theirs, even giving away their Funeral album as X-mas gifts. He's awesome. If you haven't reacted to Bowie's song "Ashes to Ashes" you should react to the video for your video reactions. It's weird AF, and the song, which is the sequel to Space Oddity, is great and really trippy.
He was a big fan of VdGG and Peter Hammill!
Mick Ronson is so great on this album as well as Aladdin Sane (1973).
Pretty predictable but, I like the Bowie sax parts, I like hearing his playing.
First time I saw David he played the sax... After that he stopped.
@@dana_brooke_27
It’s not your fault… is it?
@@-davidolivares Lol..No
Difficult for a frontman to play sax, especially with vocals. But he certainly played sax onstage in later years. Have you checked out his GQ Fashion concert in '97? Seven Years in Tibet - gorgeous tune. Here's a link if you are interested. m.ruclips.net/video/ebsyYTzH53g/видео.html
Madge, is my soul love.
Just wondering if JP received my email with the music
In my opinion this albums sound mostly comes from Mick Ronson ,one of the best,I think,his two solo albums from the 70's worth checking out
RIP, Rono.
Keeping the context of the concept in mind (ie impending doom) what he’s really saying is all these different versions of love are ultimately pointless. Ps the drum opening is basically the same as Five Years.
The next track is killer, then comes a very popular song but personally my least favorite. Side 2 is all platinum.
should have been a single
Strange to hear a channel-swapped mix. The sax is coming from the left, not right.
It is classic Bowie, with that unmistakable sound of his. That said, this's just ok to me. Gentle, simple tune, fairly low energy guitar and sax solo's, it's ok. Don't get me wrong, this is a true, classic album, but a slow starter imho. To make an analogy, if this album were a concert, then this, and Five Years constitute the support band. For me, Moonage Daydream is were this album really takes off, and from there to the end it's gold all the way. Roll on the next track.
Mick Ronson
The first time I've heard this song, and it's a little boring. What happened between Space Oddity and this? Oddity is a song I really got into as a teen, but I didn't follow Bowie too much, later.
It's a great album, but not a perfect one. This is a track to skip for me.