I'm a huge Bowie fan, I got 'Lodger' on cassette from a discount bin in 78 or so, that's my entry and of course the radio hits back in the day. Lodger hangs together as an album as does Heroes and many others by him though your criticism of Let's Dance and Never Let Me Down is super valid. For me Blackstar is just too dark, I feel like I'm being indoctrinated into a cult or something though of course it's amazing art. I love your vid and thanks 🙂🙂
Bowie was a real artist. If you stuck him on a desert island, he'd find away not only to remake art but remake himself. Blackstar is hard for me to watch/listen to. It really gets to me, on many levels. God rest his soul. Also: I totally agree with the idea of being able to fit more on CD, v. the kind of songs produced on the limited space of vinyl. Limitations of this kind force an artist to dig deeper, cut out all the fat, and get to the heart of the matter.
I loved the Heathen album and especially the remixes. At that point I thought Bowie had really done something special. Then Blackstar dropped. Now I cannot even really enjoy Heathen because it just feels old fashioned by comparison. The use of especially syncopation in this album is absolutely incredible. One thing about this album is that it came out a few years after the film Birdman which famously the soundtrack is largely heavily syncopated jazz drumming, and the drummer is actually in the edges of the scenes playing. I feel like this album kind of picks up where Birdman leaves off in a way, like they are having a dialogue.
To write your own musical eulogy!...So now shall we review that recent doc-film 'Moonage Daydream'...Excellent surrealistic take on his career...
I've got to check that out. It looks good. Thanks
My first Bowie album was the Changes One comp. As a teenager, money was scarce, so I wanted the most bang for my buck.
That was my second or third. I was in the same position.
I'm a huge Bowie fan, I got 'Lodger' on cassette from a discount bin in 78 or so, that's my entry and of course the radio hits back in the day. Lodger hangs together as an album as does Heroes and many others by him though your criticism of Let's Dance and Never Let Me Down is super valid. For me Blackstar is just too dark, I feel like I'm being indoctrinated into a cult or something though of course it's amazing art. I love your vid and thanks 🙂🙂
That does make sense to me now that you have said it. The album is very dark and a bit scary. Thanks so much for watching.
Bowie was a real artist. If you stuck him on a desert island, he'd find away not only to remake art but remake himself. Blackstar is hard for me to watch/listen to. It really gets to me, on many levels. God rest his soul. Also: I totally agree with the idea of being able to fit more on CD, v. the kind of songs produced on the limited space of vinyl. Limitations of this kind force an artist to dig deeper, cut out all the fat, and get to the heart of the matter.
That's very well said. He really was the best. Thanks for watching.
I loved the Heathen album and especially the remixes. At that point I thought Bowie had really done something special. Then Blackstar dropped. Now I cannot even really enjoy Heathen because it just feels old fashioned by comparison. The use of especially syncopation in this album is absolutely incredible. One thing about this album is that it came out a few years after the film Birdman which famously the soundtrack is largely heavily syncopated jazz drumming, and the drummer is actually in the edges of the scenes playing. I feel like this album kind of picks up where Birdman leaves off in a way, like they are having a dialogue.
That is very cool. I enjoyed Birdman. I'll need to give that soundtrack a listen. Thanks.