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  1. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    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. "PSF: I've also heard that David Bowie was interested in Neu! Did you get to meet or...
  2. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    This is what I'm loving about this thread - excellent analysis, great stuff. Re: the harmonica on A New Career.....someone said elsewhere that harmonica is generally used as a vocal substitute; for me it's interesting to listen to that track with that in mind. It's a very emotive melody line...
  3. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    Incidentally fact fans - the female vocalist on Sound and Vision is Mary Hopkin, who was married to Tony Visconti at the time. She also sang on records by The Radiators from Space and Thin Lizzy! Mary Hopkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  4. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    Don't know about a 12" but there is this 808 State remix-
  5. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    Cool. I'll pm you to arrange a hand over. Maybe near a wall somewhere.
  6. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    If anyone asks just say, "everyone knows there IS no other David Bowie album". Incidentally, I've got a copy of this going spare if anyone wants it.
  7. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    Yep I always felt Albarn's vocal style was heavily influenced by Bowie, and musically too, I hear a lot of Bowie's very early stuff in Blur's music.
  8. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    Brilliant post Scutter. I agree with your earlier post about not knowing how to articulate how I feel about this record. I know this album very very well, but I have struggled too with trying to critique it for the album club, which I haven't. But your post here speaks for me too, and I've...
  9. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    Keep calm and listen to Bowie lad
  10. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    Totally agree. I love the mix of a really rockin' funky band and the electronics. It must have been an odd one at the time; I'm sure fans and critics alike didn't know what to make of it. I had side 2 on when I was reading there on Saturday and it also works as lovely, relaxing ambient music-...
  11. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    Incidentally, Bowie's own compilation of his instrumental music, All Saints, is worth checking out. A great selection of key tracks, It covers the years 1977 to 1999. It's probably on YouTube, I can't link to it using my stoopid phone!
  12. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    Worra gent :D
  13. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    It was on a bbc4 series called music moguls (awful title) but I missed it. I enjoyed that bit though. I wonder if that bit about Visconti kissing your wan by the wall is true? Don't suppose he'd lie though. Good story inanyways.
  14. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    That's brilliant, I hadn't seen that before. Great to hear the tracks solo'd, those guys could really fucking play.
  15. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    These were all mainly improvised pieces that Bowie and Eno edited into song form later, so that's why they use so many fades etc. The whole idea was to move away from structured song writing into more free form styles. The band had no idea what the music they were playing on would turn out like...
  16. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    Slapping on the LP now, this is deadly!!
  17. travispickle

    David Bowie - Low (1977)

    Great choice and a great album too. On a related note there' s a good album called Subterranean (new designs on Bowie's Berlin) by Dylan Howe, which works as a nice companion piece to Low et al. It also ties in neatly with Blackstar in that it's also relocating Bowie's music in a jazz setting...
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