David Bowie - Low (1977) (1 Viewer)

[MacDara]

Side A and side B dude

Which is my whole point - you can only comfortably fit, what, 20 minutes on a side of wax? Hence Bowie and band rush through 30+ minutes of material in 20. Every song I was like 'ahhh I was just getting into that, sake'.

 

[egg_]

Ah I get you now.

I'm not really enjoying side B, it's just too soundtrack-y, can't keep my attention on it

 

[travispickle]

Which is my whole point - you can only comfortably fit, what, 20 minutes on a side of wax? Hence Bowie and band rush through 30+ minutes of material in 20. Every song I was like 'ahhh I was just getting into that, sake'.

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, or if it would even be used. Everything was written in the studio with no demos or draft versions to work from.

 

[Richie]

Not a member of the album club, but I thought ye might find this amusing:

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[hugh]

It' definitely an album of two sides. I sometimes wonder how it would have been if they had decided to release all the uptempo song-oriented stuff from Low and Heroes as one record and all the downbeat instrumentals as another.

Anyway, work finished. Home alone this evening. Beers purchased. Dinner organised. Cranking this fucker to the max now.

 

[pete]

Not a member of the album club, but I thought ye might find this amusing:

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[Jerry Twig]

Right, so, my impression after my first listen - it feels like two different records.

It' definitely an album of two sides.

Fair play lads. You might also notice that side 2 has no singing and stuff....

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

The Eventide H910 Harmonizer is it? Well,

The Eventide H910 Harmonizer was used extensively on the drums on "Low". It created a pitching cascade effect, which is fairly subtle it has to be said

Are the drums also a bit severely gated? I thought this the other day when I was listening. Its like you miss the initial attack and then miss the tail and just get this blast of white noise.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Wrong album but great video showing Bowie and Visconti's working methods around the same time.
Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track, BBC Arts - BBC

 

[travispickle]

Wrong album but great video showing Bowie and Visconti's working methods around the same time.
Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track, BBC Arts - BBC

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

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Are the drums also a bit severely gated? I thought this the other day when I was listening. Its like you miss the initial attack and then miss the tail and just get this blast of white noise.

How do youse notice this shit?

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

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

It seems to be new, has a 2016 copyright on it.

 

[GO]

Wrong album but great video showing Bowie and Visconti's working methods around the same time.
Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track, BBC Arts - BBC

That is AWESOME!!

 

[chris d]

Are the drums also a bit severely gated? I thought this the other day when I was listening. Its like you miss the initial attack and then miss the tail and just get this blast of white noise.

em, dunno! i was only told about the harmonizer yolk yesterday. good factz though waznt it?

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

It really was

 

[travispickle]

It seems to be new, has a 2016 copyright on it.

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.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

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.

I think Bowie mentioned it in an interview around the time of Reality, he never said it before because he didn't want Visconti to get in trouble with his wife.

 

[travispickle]

I think Bowie mentioned it in an interview around the time of Reality, he never said it before because he didn't want Visconti to get in trouble with his wife.

Worra gent

 

[MacDara]

Wrong album but great video showing Bowie and Visconti's working methods around the same time.
Breaking down David Bowie's 'Heroes' - Track-by-track, BBC Arts - BBC

This is great stuff. 'What, no cowbell?! Fuck it, I'll just hit this thing.'

 

[chris d]

That was deadly. I'm in a mad buzz to record now.