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This is what I'm loving about this thread - excellent analysis, great stuff.I'm playing catch up.
Another one I included in my 25.
I think I first heard Low in the mid 90's. Being into Suede, there was never a review or interview which didn't mention David Bowie. So I started getting curious. I only really knew the hits. Any top 5 Bowie albums lists will always have Low & Hunky Dory in them. Both very different albums. Both great. I re-listened to it again. It is hard to separate the music from the mythology. The detached coldness & the allure of living some cool bohemian lifestyle in Berlin in the mid 70's. First off, I love George Murray's bass playing on side 1. The drums sound great, the snare especially sounds huge. It is a strange album for a "star" to release. But it's part of what made Bowie so interesting.
1 -Speed of Life
Great intro for the album. It does sound like it was slowed down. Love the drum sound.
2 -Breaking Glass
Wonky blues licks. The whole song sounds a bit unsteady, just held together. It's very short and sounds like a sketch, unfinished.
3 -What in the World
Love the drums intro & arcade sounds. Funky but angular. Throwaway but very cool. Demented outro guitar solo.
4 -Sound and Vision
The single. I love the bass playing. Great mysterious synth string line. The best vocal on the album so far.
5 -Always Crashing in the Same Car
This is my favourite "song" on Low. Love all the swirling, phasing sounds. Really nice guitar melodies all the way through. Great snare sound & I love the fade out swirl.............
6 -Be My Wife
Saloon piano, mockey cockney. The repeating piano riff makes the song. Really like this one.
7 -A New Career in a New Town
Love this. Really cool synths on the intro. This track is a strange mix of ideas. The harmonica for one, but it works. I would have prefered an electronic kick drum sound in the quiet parts.
8 -Warszawa
If I didn't know who this was I would guess, Tangerine Dream. It really resonates. Didn't Philip Glass do an orchestra version of this? The vocals are okay, I could live without that part.
9 -Art Decade
Oh yeah, Love this. Brooding. Very Germanic.
10 -Weeping Wall
Quiet avant-garde it must be said. I especially like the spooky section.
11 -Subterraneans
Love the intro, all the backwards shimmers. Again the vocal part, is okay but I would prefer it without vox.
Wait, your 25??
I went for 15 and felt bad about choosing so many!Was there 20 or 25 spaces on the voting form?
I can't remember.
I went for 15 and felt bad about choosing so many!
Bowie originally wanted to record with Michael Rother and Neu as his backing band! Can you fucking imagine what that might have been like? Here's a snippet from a Perfect Sound Forever interview with Rother.you hear over the years that side B of Low is strongly influenced by these guys especially cluster and neu!
i've given this a few more listens to see if i could get in on what everyone else is loving about it, but i've ended up liking it less and less
Pretty much sums up my feelings about the awful NMH albumi've given this a few more listens to see if i could get in on what everyone else is loving about it, but i've ended up liking it less and less
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