David Bowie returns (4 Viewers)

[Bunny]

Yep the 70's were so impressive for Bowie, everything else goes downhill after Scary Monsters in 1980. I still think Lodger is a very underrated album, great tunes all over it, except for the 2nd last one 'Repetition', I think he was drunk. 'Red Sails' kicks ass!

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[Lili Marlene]

The new comp is deadly; I opted for the 3CD one, and I'm tempted to get at least one of the vinyl versions, just to have. It's a very definitive collection, bang up to date and I like the reverse chronology approach.

I am listening to this now. Only took me 3 months!

 

[therealjohnny]

'Red Sails' kicks ass!

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This is cool.

I was kind of hoping it was a cover of the Colm CT Wilkinson version of Red Sails in The Sunset though

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

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Good!

 

[pissypants]

Yeah just came here to post it meself. Really like this. Fair fucks, he still has it.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I thought it sounded immediately dated. If he had released this just after Scott Walker brought out Tilt, I wouldn't have been surprised. I'll give it another go as everyone else seems to think it's great.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

But he's an old lad now

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

But he's an old lad now

And?

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

And?

Well, just that it's not entirely fair to judge him for not being all fresh and contemporary.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Well, just that it's not entirely fair to judge him for not being all fresh and contemporary.

I don't know about that. He's an artist that has built a career on capturing the zeitgeist.

 

[hugh]

Fuck the zeitgeist. It's overrated. Drunk post. Just saying. Actually I dont agree with that.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Fuck the zeitgeist. It's overrated. Drunk post. Just saying. Actually I dont agree with that.

I'm not saying he needs to do dub step or whatever's cool now but all the best Bowie albums sounded like (and indeed in many cases still sound) like the imminent future. This sounds like an out take from his 90s electronic stuff to me.

 

[Hector Grey]

Is there anything in the current Zeitgeist worth capturing. This poster thinks...no. So fuck that.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

shitegeist. heh heh heh

 

[nooleen]

zeitshite

 

[chris d]

I think it's great.

 

[hugh]

I'm not saying he needs to do dub step or whatever's cool now but all the best Bowie albums sounded like (and indeed in many cases still sound) like the imminent future. This sounds like an out take from his 90s electronic stuff to me.

Yeah I get that but it's totally unreasonable to expect someone to keep doing that. It sounds like a decent addition to his body of work. Sure it's got the Scott Walker influence (as had one of the songs on Next Day) but it's not like popular music is now overrun with people picking up on Tilt. I'm happy enough that Bowie would do that. And I think this is a lot better than an outtake from a 90s album. It's better than most of the "big" tracks on his 90s albums (E.g. I'm Afraid Of Americans).

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

It doesn't sound a bit like Tilt

 

[Lili Marlene]

That song is great! You're all mad.

You know what was shite though? Where are we Now? Sounded like some sub-Radiohead crap from 1998 like Embrace or the Unbelievable Truth.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I like it too