Another well observed study, we both appreciate the unique artistry involved in this soundscape. Low truly transcends space. and takes you to unknown places.
This is one of my favorite albums of all time, especially thanks to the Eno-esque instrumentals. Every single track on this album is just masterful and deep. Bowie is my favorite artist, hands down, and it's been exciting to get to follow you on your journey!
The V2 was the rocket that the Germans bombed London with. The world's first long-range guided ballistic missile. Sense of Doubt is exactly how you put it. Moss Garden...think of Hiroshima. Neukoln is a district of Berlin :)
Lodger and then scary monsters. Personally I feel like scary monsters is a cousin to the Berlin trilogy that's more like a brother. I feel a lot of textural and conceptual ideas bleeding over.
V2 Schneider ❤ Low was Bowie’s last real coke album; Heroes was the move to Europe with Iggy where they both became committed and enthusiastic drinkers. Considering that, a lot of it makes sense. Like “A New Career”
The whole ‘Heroes’ album is brilliant and is one of my favourites from Bowie's discography, along with Low and Diamond Dogs. That said, if "Moss Garden" had lasted twenty minutes on the whole B-side it wouldn't have bothered me in the least, as this soothing instrumental is a thing of beauty (even after thousands of listens over the years).😎
With no vocals, Bowie allows the listener to create their own interpretations, the ups and downs. A very enjoyable listen. Thanks L33 for bringing us thoughtful music. Blessings and joy to all.
Great reaction. The Berlin Trilogy are Bowie's greatest works without exception and they're relatively ignored by the mainstream (with the exception of Heroes' title track) simply because they're too interesting. Laughed out loud at what you said about Low side 2 late at night. I've been there many times - it's also good for long walks in the snow. Butterfly flutterby.
honestly you can do either one because even though Lodger is technically a part of the trilogy, it couldn't be more different then the first 2. I personally would love to see your reaction to Young Americans 🙂
@@IlanaEdits 👍I couldn't agree more! Lodger is very different from Low and "Heroes" (no instrumentals, weird musical mishmash, you can feel Bowie and Eno running out of inspiration after their previous sonic experiments). Personally, Lodger is a disappointment after the two previous gems. Going back with Young Americans would not be so much a break in the so-called Berlin trilogy (in any case Lodger was not recorded in Germany). It would be like an intermission, before starting again with Lodger and then Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), because these two have some sonic points in common (although Scary Monsters is a real artistic achievement compared to Lodger!😉).
Incidentally, it's the part of Berlin I grew up in. It has a huge Turkish population, and apparently the 'voice' on the track is supposed to represent the plaintive cry of a Turkish 'Gastarbeiter' yearning for his homeland.
This album is an example of why Bowie and Neil Young are two artists on the summit of my "music mountain": two massively creative persons who made/make the music they want to, without regard to the possible consequences or reception to it. That they intersected - when David covered Neil's "I've Been Waiting For You", on Heathen - made me very happy.
A crazy thing about the 1978 tour was that Bowie indeed did the sombre Sense of Doubt plus some instrumentals from LOW along with stuff from Ziggy and Station to Station.
@@suz5862 I wasn’t ( sadly to young)but the nature of the material is contrasting. It’s quite an exercise to integrate “Hang On to Yourself" with “Sense of Doubt” in the same show without loosing the audience i think.
@@vegdagol2843 It was a brilliant concert. You would have loved it. Bowie’s album Live released in 1974 stands as a testament to how audiences were sophisticated enough to enjoy an eclectic mix of music ☺️
Side 2 always reminds me of the film, Christiane F. It features Bowie's Berlin Trilogy & Station To Station as the soundtrack. Based on a true story of Teenagers in West Berlin falling victim to the Heroin epidemic. The girl was a huge Bowie fan & David actually makes an appearance in the film. Highly recommend it! & Moss Garden is on my playlist of songs that help me relax lol it's gorgeous
Imagine after listening to Station To Station and hearing Bowie on the radio all the time and you pick up the next album, Low. Very strange. Then next year you pick up "Heroes". Very, Very Strange. What the hell is Bowie doing? Then comes Lodger and you finally understand what Bowie was trying to say. Absolutely Brilliant. Also.. Do Not Sleep on Scary Monsters(And Super Creeps). Another Masterpiece from a master chameleon of an Artist. Enjoy!
I can’t imagine what it was like hearing this when it came out. Like I said, the balls on these guys to do this ambient side TWO times in a row. Absolutely wild
@@L33Reacts As you seem to have greatly appreciated the ambient "Moss Garden", Please note that a 40 minute time stretched version can be found under the title: David Bowie, Brian Eno - Moss Garden [40 Min Time Stretched] (HQ). 40mn of pure bliss. Enjoy!😎
I do like Moss Garden,very Japanese.Doesnt get this creative again until Buddha Of Suburbia.V2s were sent to bomb london in ww2.Lodger is basically a snapshot of his world wide isolar 2 tour which you should check out esp the Station To Station song sung live is a treat.
If anything beats side two of Low, this is it. Another album I knew I would play to destruction so I bought two copies and left one in its plastic cover (still untouched in my vinyl vault). Incomparable!
I always loved the way Sense of Doubt takes you from the paranoia of Cold War Berlin and leads straight into a dream of ancient Kyoto’s Zen gardens, and that creepy panned noise in Moss Garden gives you a chilling reminder that you’re gonna wake up back in Germany (Koln) with David’s monster sax.
Neukõlln is pronounced noy-coun, the 'cou' pronounced like the cou in could with an n on the end. The piece represents the borough in Germany upon which the Berlin Wall was built although Bowie spells it with one l rather than 2.
Speaking of “Side 2’s”, if you haven’t listened to The Cars 1978 debut album yet, Side 2 should be played straight through non stop. The songs flow together. It is AWESOME. Link below. Thanks! The Cars “Side 2” from their 1978 debut. ruclips.net/video/h3FOhCYwFGY/видео.htmlsi=ly-M07oma2iCkkkn
Excellent reaction to an excellent album! Definitely do Lodger next, it’s a better fit, then you can do Young Americans. A couple of things, there is a song “I pray, olé’ which was recorded during the Heroes sessions, great song that rocks! It has been released and well worth looking for. Lastly, avant-garde composer Philip Glass wrote and recorded two symphonies one based on Low, the other on Heroes. While not everyone’s cup of tea, it’s interesting to hear someone of Philip’s stature interpreting These amazing albums.
"Koln" is the German name for the city of Cologne. The pronunciation of "Neukoln" can therefore be anglicised to "New Cologne." (You know... just in case that makes it easier!) I like to think of "Neukoln" as a sister-piece to Low's "Warszawa" (Warsaw), although I'm not aware of any actual link between the cities or the tracks.
It's pronounced NOY-koln (in Germ-lish). Songs like these are the reason some put Bowie's Berlin period into a prog-adjacent area also occupied by Roxy Music. I can imagine the record company was a bit confused by it all, but hey -- it was the 70's. As mentioned below, "The Secret Life of Arabia" nicely sets up 'Lodger'.
At some point you should check out Philip Glass Low Symphony and Heroes Symphony. He was inspired by the work of Bowie and Eno and wrote some Jaw dropping classical pieces based on the movements and progressions on both of those albums.
Butterfly! I think you might as well continue and finish with Lodger. But the remix or the original? I personally prefer the original, although Visconti did some nice things on the remix, the end of Yassassin for example, but changed stuff on other songs that imo lost something! Always the same with remix albums I find. Your choice man.
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That last song takes you straight into Lodger. Perfect really x
I get a new feeling from these tracks every time i listen. So many layers...you never get to the bottom.
I can’t wait till I’m on spin 25 of this album and I really start to get it lol
@@L33Reacts It sounds better each time. Good with a nice smoke ;)
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Has to be lodger
I really don't mind. Even what I believe to be his worst album (Let's Dance) is worth a listen.
Absolutely Lodger. Look back in Anger at the very least is one of his finest.
Lodger
Lodger please.
Another well observed study, we both appreciate the unique artistry involved in this soundscape. Low truly transcends space. and takes you to unknown places.
I agree with your thoughts about the Secret Life... it's perfect at the end, such a palate cleanser.
@@PanarchyInTheUK that was the perfect spot for that song. Totally ended the album right
Maybe Bowie’s greatest album for me, and that’s saying something since all his 70’s albums are incredible.
This is one of my favorite albums of all time, especially thanks to the Eno-esque instrumentals. Every single track on this album is just masterful and deep. Bowie is my favorite artist, hands down, and it's been exciting to get to follow you on your journey!
This was one of John Lennon's favourite albums. He thought it was wonderous and brave x
Source from a book maybe?
The V2 was the rocket that the Germans bombed London with. The world's first long-range guided ballistic missile. Sense of Doubt is exactly how you put it. Moss Garden...think of Hiroshima. Neukoln is a district of Berlin :)
Lodger and then scary monsters. Personally I feel like scary monsters is a cousin to the Berlin trilogy that's more like a brother. I feel a lot of textural and conceptual ideas bleeding over.
I can’t wait to get to scary monsters. I’ve heard a live version of the title track and it was HEAVY bro I loved it
This^^ Go back to Young Americans another time.
The Secret Live of Arabia was George Murray’s (Bass) favourite Bowie song that he did. Relisten to the bassline, it’s weird and wonderful.
It's got to be lodger. Complete the Berlin trilogy. Please Lee
V2 Schneider ❤
Low was Bowie’s last real coke album; Heroes was the move to Europe with Iggy where they both became committed and enthusiastic drinkers.
Considering that, a lot of it makes sense. Like “A New Career”
So excited, morning from Australia 🎉❤
The whole ‘Heroes’ album is brilliant and is one of my favourites from Bowie's discography, along with Low and Diamond Dogs. That said, if "Moss Garden" had lasted twenty minutes on the whole B-side it wouldn't have bothered me in the least, as this soothing instrumental is a thing of beauty (even after thousands of listens over the years).😎
That bum note Bowie played on Moss Garden was just left in. It's a wonderful album is Heroes .Butterfly 🦋
With no vocals, Bowie allows the listener to create their own interpretations, the ups and downs. A very enjoyable listen. Thanks L33 for bringing us thoughtful music. Blessings and joy to all.
Butterfly ;) Great music. Great reaction. Thank you
Great reaction. The Berlin Trilogy are Bowie's greatest works without exception and they're relatively ignored by the mainstream (with the exception of Heroes' title track) simply because they're too interesting. Laughed out loud at what you said about Low side 2 late at night. I've been there many times - it's also good for long walks in the snow. Butterfly flutterby.
V2 Schneinder is an all time favorite of mine.
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Young Americans, Young Americans, I want the Young Americans ... all night!
Young Americans is the only Bowie album I hate! It put me off buying his albums for years. Even hearing it 40 years later I still think it's poo.
You've already done half the album as individual reactions. Maybe include tracks from 'The Gouster' version.
I'm the butterfly you know on Patreon and Discord as DavyBaby (my '80s DJ name).
@@lemming9984 Polarizing, yes, but it's my favorite of ALL his albums!
So the vote is on. Back to "Young Americans" or straight to "Lodger" ? Let me know! The album with the most likes/comments will win.
Lodger is fantastic too and Scary monsters after that. Scary monsters bookends one of the greatest runs of creativity ever put to vinyl.
As previously said there seems little merit in splitting up the trilogy now you have started. It is still unclear why you skipped Young Americans 😔
honestly you can do either one because even though Lodger is technically a part of the trilogy, it couldn't be more different then the first 2. I personally would love to see your reaction to Young Americans 🙂
LODGER
@@IlanaEdits 👍I couldn't agree more! Lodger is very different from Low and "Heroes" (no instrumentals, weird musical mishmash, you can feel Bowie and Eno running out of inspiration after their previous sonic experiments). Personally, Lodger is a disappointment after the two previous gems. Going back with Young Americans would not be so much a break in the so-called Berlin trilogy (in any case Lodger was not recorded in Germany). It would be like an intermission, before starting again with Lodger and then Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), because these two have some sonic points in common (although Scary Monsters is a real artistic achievement compared to Lodger!😉).
Love it. Pretty sure I've played this as background music on Christmas day in years gone past.
Forget everything... Once you hear V2 Schinder, you'll hit the repete 3 or 4 times...
My favourite on the album ❤
Neuköln = New Cologne (pronounced noy køln)👍
Gotta be the best pronunciation yet. Cheers, Lee. Love you, Bro.
Incidentally, it's the part of Berlin I grew up in. It has a huge Turkish population, and apparently the 'voice' on the track is supposed to represent the plaintive cry of a Turkish 'Gastarbeiter' yearning for his homeland.
Slather me in BUTTER...FLY me to Mars, and back in time for Young Americans!
What a mystifying album. Very high highs and such interesting "Lows". This is David stretching as far as his creativity could go.
Gotta do Lodger. Then Young Americans.
I said the same.
The koto is a Japanese string instrument.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)
Amazing.
This album is an example of why Bowie and Neil Young are two artists on the summit of my "music mountain": two massively creative persons who made/make the music they want to, without regard to the possible consequences or reception to it.
That they intersected - when David covered Neil's "I've Been Waiting For You", on Heathen - made me very happy.
Fripp, Eno, and Bowie get all the credit, but the Berlin Trilogy owes soooooo much to George Murray and Dennis Davis.
Elecronic Butterfly, I love this album---thanks for playing it.
Do LODGER next.
Butterfly! Magnificent side 2.
A crazy thing about the 1978 tour was that Bowie indeed did the sombre Sense of Doubt plus some instrumentals from LOW along with stuff from Ziggy and Station to Station.
I was there. Why was it crazy?
@@suz5862 I wasn’t ( sadly to young)but the nature of the material is contrasting. It’s quite an exercise to integrate “Hang On to Yourself" with “Sense of Doubt” in the same show without loosing the audience i think.
@@vegdagol2843 It was a brilliant concert. You would have loved it. Bowie’s album Live released in 1974 stands as a testament to how audiences were sophisticated enough to enjoy an eclectic mix of music ☺️
That live album "Stages" is fascinating.
@@XFLexiconMatt It was actually called “Stage”. I love it even though It was panned when it first came out ☺️
Side 2 always reminds me of the film, Christiane F. It features Bowie's Berlin Trilogy & Station To Station as the soundtrack. Based on a true story of Teenagers in West Berlin falling victim to the Heroin epidemic. The girl was a huge Bowie fan & David actually makes an appearance in the film. Highly recommend it! & Moss Garden is on my playlist of songs that help me relax lol it's gorgeous
Dude you have to hear "Outside" - the 90s Bowie/Eno team up that is every bit as good (IMO) as "Low"/"Heroes"
Imagine after listening to Station To Station and hearing Bowie on the radio all the time and you pick up the next album, Low.
Very strange.
Then next year you pick up "Heroes".
Very, Very Strange.
What the hell is Bowie doing?
Then comes Lodger and you finally understand what Bowie was trying to say.
Absolutely Brilliant.
Also..
Do Not Sleep on Scary Monsters(And Super Creeps).
Another Masterpiece from a master chameleon of an Artist.
Enjoy!
I can’t imagine what it was like hearing this when it came out. Like I said, the balls on these guys to do this ambient side TWO times in a row. Absolutely wild
@@L33Reacts As you seem to have greatly appreciated the ambient "Moss Garden", Please note that a 40 minute time stretched version can be found under the title:
David Bowie, Brian Eno - Moss Garden [40 Min Time Stretched] (HQ). 40mn of pure bliss. Enjoy!😎
"What did she give you?"
"Everything but her fly!"
I do like Moss Garden,very Japanese.Doesnt get this creative again until Buddha Of Suburbia.V2s were sent to bomb london in ww2.Lodger is basically a snapshot of his world wide isolar 2 tour which you should check out esp the Station To Station song sung live is a treat.
If anything beats side two of Low, this is it.
Another album I knew I would play to destruction so I bought two copies and left one in its plastic cover (still untouched in my vinyl vault). Incomparable!
I always loved the way Sense of Doubt takes you from the paranoia of Cold War Berlin and leads straight into a dream of ancient Kyoto’s Zen gardens, and that creepy panned noise in Moss Garden gives you a chilling reminder that you’re gonna wake up back in Germany (Koln) with David’s monster sax.
Neukõlln is pronounced noy-coun, the 'cou' pronounced like the cou in could with an n on the end. The piece represents the borough in Germany upon which the Berlin Wall was built although Bowie spells it with one l rather than 2.
Not exactly, it's closer to 'noy culn'.
Finish the trilogy up and then proceed directly to Young Americans.
I always pronounce the new-klon because I'm a stupid American lol. But its closer to Noy-kerl-lin i think?
Hahaha I’m a stupid American too. European languages other than English frighten me when I have to read them 😀🤣🤣
The Schneider in V2 Schneider refers to Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk, appropriately enough.
Indeed. It is so.
Another engaging reaction Lee. That plane you heard at the start was bound for Virginia. It was a Virginia Plane.
You will indeed find that repeated listenings will bring new revelations and a greater appreciation of this music.
Next on your list....? David Bowie, STAGE
Nah...the bootlegs were better.
This album side is so wonderfully out there
some of this reminds me of Eno's ambient music, which I used to play as background when I was studying in college. Love it
Speaking of “Side 2’s”, if you haven’t listened to The Cars 1978 debut album yet, Side 2 should be played straight through non stop. The songs flow together. It is AWESOME. Link below. Thanks!
The Cars “Side 2” from their 1978 debut.
ruclips.net/video/h3FOhCYwFGY/видео.htmlsi=ly-M07oma2iCkkkn
Butterfly ❤ bowie Wednesdays ♥
Still long way to go ~
LODGER
Excellent reaction to an excellent album! Definitely do Lodger next, it’s a better fit, then you can do Young Americans. A couple of things, there is a song “I pray, olé’ which was recorded during the Heroes sessions, great song that rocks! It has been released and well worth looking for. Lastly, avant-garde composer Philip Glass wrote and recorded two symphonies one based on Low, the other on Heroes. While not everyone’s cup of tea, it’s interesting to hear someone of Philip’s stature interpreting These amazing albums.
LOW is the best album
"Koln" is the German name for the city of Cologne. The pronunciation of "Neukoln" can therefore be anglicised to "New Cologne." (You know... just in case that makes it easier!)
I like to think of "Neukoln" as a sister-piece to Low's "Warszawa" (Warsaw), although I'm not aware of any actual link between the cities or the tracks.
Butterfly
Lodgers, then Scary Monsters !
LODGER!!!!!!
Finish up the Berlin Trilogy!
It's pronounced NOY-koln (in Germ-lish). Songs like these are the reason some put Bowie's Berlin period into a prog-adjacent area also occupied by Roxy Music. I can imagine the record company was a bit confused by it all, but hey -- it was the 70's. As mentioned below, "The Secret Life of Arabia" nicely sets up 'Lodger'.
Gosh I think Young Americans might be too much of a change, I'd say continue with the Avant Garde and do Lodger.
You want to seek out the _"Heroes"_ bonus track "Abdulmajid" to complete album. Decades of it's time.
At some point you should check out Philip Glass Low Symphony and Heroes Symphony.
He was inspired by the work of Bowie and Eno and wrote some Jaw dropping classical pieces based on the movements and progressions on both of those albums.
Neukoln is in Berlin
Moss Garden could easily be on Another Green World or Before and After Science.
Nu Koln. New Cologne
Lodger then Scary Monsters.
You should complete the Berlin trilogy & then, like a butterfly, fly back to Young Americans.
Hahaha very good well played
May I suggest, Cracked Actor, Suffragette City.
Stop gaslighting us
- you've just done Part 1 and Part 2 of a trilogy.
YOU know and WE know you're going to Part 3.
Bring on Lodger.
Neuköln = a neighborhood in Berlin, pronounced “noy coaln.”
Neuköln is German for New Cologne and is pronounced Noykerln. Hope that helps.
Butterfly! I think you might as well continue and finish with Lodger. But the remix or the original? I personally prefer the original, although Visconti did some nice things on the remix, the end of Yassassin for example, but changed stuff on other songs that imo lost something! Always the same with remix albums I find. Your choice man.
Neukoln is a neigbourhood in Berlin. You can pronounce it something like Noykuhln. Somthing like that,
I've seen this version of v2 schneider played live by him in 97 ruclips.net/video/8C9g5IW0DzY/видео.html
So THINK this is an album from a Star who take your own riks an d wath a risks.
Chec out King Crimsons renditon of Heros, it',s so Great ❤
"Neuköln" is pronounced new-koln. At least that's how I pronounce it.