More and more lyrics getting posted:
Nabokov is sun-licked nowUpon the beach at GrunewaldBrilliant and naked justThe way that authors lookClare and Lady Manners drinkUntil the other cows go homeGossip till their lips are bleedingPolitics and allI’d rather be highI’d rather be flyingI’d rather be deadOr out of my headThan training these guns on those men in the sandI’d rather be highThe Thames was black, the tower darkI flew to Cairo, find my regimentCity’s full of generalsAnd generals full of shitI stumble to the graveyard and ILay down by my parents, whisperJust remember duckiesEverybody gets gotI’d rather be highI’d rather be flyingI’d rather be deadOr out of my headThan training these guns on those men in the sandI’d rather be highI’m seventeen my looks can prove itI’m so afraid that I will lose itI’d rather smoke and phone my exBe pleading for some teenage sex,YeahI’d rather be highI’d rather be flyingI’d rather be deadOr out of my headThan training these guns on the men in the sandI’d rather be high
Clare and Lady Manners drinkUntil the other cows go homeGossip till their lips are bleedingPolitics and all
I’d rather be highI’d rather be flyingI’d rather be deadOr out of my headThan training these guns on those men in the sandI’d rather be high
The Thames was black, the tower darkI flew to Cairo, find my regimentCity’s full of generalsAnd generals full of shit
I stumble to the graveyard and ILay down by my parents, whisperJust remember duckiesEverybody gets got
I’m seventeen my looks can prove itI’m so afraid that I will lose itI’d rather smoke and phone my exBe pleading for some teenage sex,Yeah
I’d rather be highI’d rather be flyingI’d rather be deadOr out of my headThan training these guns on the men in the sandI’d rather be high
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 9 March 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
I have really liked both singles, just like I also liked his two 00s albums.
Sure he doesn't innovate pop music anymore like he used to, but who would expect a 66 year-old to do that? If this finds him sitting roughly around his "Scary Monsters" style like the two early 00s albums, then that is fine with me.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 10 March 2013 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_66_year_old_artistic_innovators_throughout_history
― ledge, Sunday, 10 March 2013 09:26 (eleven years ago) link
I would think classical composers would have been able to be innovative at 66 (if they even lived for that long), but it appears even Joseph Haydn had largely stopped composing at age 66.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 10 March 2013 09:59 (eleven years ago) link
Ned, don't do that again.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 10 March 2013 12:24 (eleven years ago) link
Van Ronk said to Bobby/"She's the Next Real Thing" Does sound better the more I listen, and the musicians seem capable of anything he wants them to do. Inner dynamics, shading, or at least suggestions emerge, but he's always been more effective when not relying this much onto the old stomp-along---his limited idea of hard rock beats. It's not like the limber precision of say, "Fame" and "Golden Years" distracted from the intimations of mortality, tension etc which are also helpfully provided here: The Next Day and The Next Day and The Next Day Thanks Dave! Although so far I kinda prefer the caffeinated variety of Tempest, esp. its sneers: So muchfor the wasted years. But, even though I keep thinking I need to take a break from Bowie's grim slabs, the music pulls me along, and yeah the last two songs make a strong ending. And even "Where Are We Now" is effective in context, as something of a breather, as time takes a cig etc.
― dow, Sunday, 10 March 2013 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
Monteverdi wrote two operas in his mid-70s.
― timellison, Sunday, 10 March 2013 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
Mozart, Schubert and Schumann were all decomposing at 66:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU0gyiFAJrs
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 10 March 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
i understand the costs etc, but i would have preferred the bonus tracks to have been on a separate cd as they did for heathen/reality given that they do change the mood of the final section of this album.
3 listens in and i'm loving this a lot ..
― mark e, Monday, 11 March 2013 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
My review.
― 誤訳侮辱, Monday, 11 March 2013 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
I agree w a lot of that (and yeah, headphones help a lot). Somebody pls describe bonus tracks.
― dow, Monday, 11 March 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
loved loved loved the burning ambulance review
― u r the best magician ever. my bad levitate me pls (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 March 2013 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah that's top notch.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 March 2013 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
(should point out that's the review right above dow's last post)
― u r the best magician ever. my bad levitate me pls (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 March 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
My favorite review.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 March 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
That's the first review I've read in which no obvious clichés about Bowie, his age or his history are present. What a relief! Clearly, lots of close listening and thought went into the piece - loved reading it. (Even though I see where you're coming from when you compare "Dirty Boys" (my favourite) to the Tom Waits songs, the first thing that I associated the (use of) that sax with was Laurie Anderson's "From the Air")
― willem, Monday, 11 March 2013 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
I still think the record is meh but P's take was inspiring.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 March 2013 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
Okay via the official FB page:
TND AT #1 IN 40 COUNTRIES ON iTunes"What In The World?"The Next Day has gone straight to the top of 40 different countries’ iTunes charts and it’s also Top 10 on iTunes in another 10 countries.Just sayin’.
"What In The World?"
The Next Day has gone straight to the top of 40 different countries’ iTunes charts and it’s also Top 10 on iTunes in another 10 countries.
Just sayin’.
I am trying to imagine Bowie himself going "Just sayin'" and it ain't happening.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 March 2013 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
that "you can set the world on/you can set the world on fire" song is fucking catchy and makes me want to strut around the office
― u r the best magician ever. my bad levitate me pls (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 March 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
Viral video plz
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 March 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― u r the best magician ever. my bad levitate me pls (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 March 2013 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
"Do the St. Paul shake"
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 March 2013 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, geeta's got a good review up
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2013/03/david_bowie_s_the_next_day_reviewed.html
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
That's a nice piece about Bowie framed around an album that it barely engages with, and then mostly tangentially.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
Panel discussion with Simon Reynolds, Geeta dayal, and Carl Wilson:http://www.cbc.ca/day6/blog/2013/03/12/simon-reynolds-geeta-dayal-and-carl-wilson-discuss-bowies-the-next-day/
― brio, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
Carl being mehh = yay!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
First listen to this was yesterday when I bought the CD. Don't think I'll get tired of it for a while - it's very strong. It could do with one or two amazing, instant tunes - why can't he just knock out a 'Let's Dance' or something? - which would put it up there with his best, but even so it easily matches up to, say, Side 2 of Scary Monsters, a side that it took me at least 15 listens to love and which I've listened to hundreds of times since.
At first I thought it would be better trimmed down - 14 tracks too much. Which to lose? 'If You Could See Me' and 'I'd Rather Be High' for me, at least.
I deliberately bought the standard CD cos I hate the bonus track thing (and I was gonna avoid the vinyl which I otherwise would've bought because they include them), but then at work I listened to the album on Spotify with those tracks and they're mostly great. 'So She' is the most melodic of these new songs and should've been on the album proper. 'Plan' is the (terrific) instrumental riff that started off the 'Stars Are Out Tonight' video. 'I'll Take You There' is a straight rocker that's as good as some of those on the album. He could've made this a double album I reckon. So I might just buy the vinyl and consider it as such.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
why can't he just knock out a 'Let's Dance' or something?
I don't mean this snarkily but, well, he's not 35 anymore? If you mean quick little rock tunelets, well, this album's full of them!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
If you haven't seen this already
http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/12/david-bowie-how-made-next-day
― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
<3 Geeta repping for Outside
― batteries not included (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
see now THAT record is my best-since-Space Oddity.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
why can't he just knock out a 'Let's Dance' or something?I don't mean this snarkily but, well, he's not 35 anymore? If you mean quick little rock tunelets, well, this album's full of them!
35, 66, what's the difference? I really like this record! I don't know what quick little rock tunelets are.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
The appetite to write good throwaways wanes? I mean, when you're gone 10 years you don't record in 17 days or whatever like Bowie-Rodgers did.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
How long did the average Tin Machine song take to record?
― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
just enough to make it great
― u r the best magician ever. my bad levitate me pls (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
You're thinking of a different Tin Machine
― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
yeah Tin Machine II was a bit better, but i like them both
― u r the best magician ever. my bad levitate me pls (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 23:17 (eleven years ago) link
You know there are a lot of people who think this record is the first thing he's done since Tin Machine.
― OutdoorFish, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
I'll take you there is one of the best tracks on this, weird he 'left it off' although since it's on the cd and the vinyl I'm not sure what's bonus about it. they should have just sequenced these into the album because it's a poor closer as opposed to Heat.
― akm, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 01:35 (eleven years ago) link
"I'll Take You There" sounds like a Never Let Me Down update with less garish production. Bowie should never position himself as a guy who takes "you" "there" -- ick.
otoh David Torn is in good form on "So She."
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
Headed for #1 in England.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
Shep was also the guy who hooked up William H. Macy with Steve Buscemi in Fargo.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
Oops--meant for the Madonna thread!
David Bowie IS Frances McDormand...
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
SFJ review
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
He's (SFJ) hearing 80s production gimmicks in this? Is he listening to the samealbum?
― That elusive North American wood-ape (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
He's right about the drums, although I have no idea what "sports bar guitars" are. Do they sound like wine bar bass lines?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
Here there everywhereIt's hip to have a square over your face
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
7-11 synth bass
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
The female backing vocals on 'You Will Set The World On Fire' quite 80s. And the song also sounds like Iggy's 'Bang Bang', the Never Let Me Down closing track. 'Love Is Lost' sounds like a throwback to the 'Let's Dance' album and 'How Does The Grass Grow' is even a little NLMD in places.
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Wednesday, 13 March 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link