Played this lp last night and was again taken aback by how great it is. Also, I forgot how crappy the vinyl pressing is—very noisy. Is there a good quiet pressing?
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 14 June 2019 04:14 (four years ago) link
As with many syncretic talents, Bowie needed the right band:
I was reading this interview with Matt Chamberlain the other day and he talked about the Heathen sessions, with just him and Bowie and Visconti, and how much Bowie fed off of what he was coming up with:
David is kind of like Tori, in that nothing is too precious and everything is permissible. You can try anything because if you don’t—and you just do what he wants—then what’s the point in having me there? He just let me go, and it was kind of mind-blowing. He would write a song and say, “Alright, what do you think”? And I would go, “Well, let me make a loop.” Then he and Tony would disappear and I would sit in the studio by myself. At the time, I was using a cheap Boomerang pedal to make loops and the whole time I was thinking, They’re letting me create the vibe of this song? This is a David Bowie record. Aaahhh!
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 14 June 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link
It just occurred to me that people might be working with a general usage of "dissonant" as meaning something like "harsh/unpleasant/not belonging together". When discussing harmony, it refers to unstable harmonies that seek resolution and are an important element in tonal music. I don't believe that anyone hears #iv m7b5 as stable and resolved.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 14 June 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
Harmony has multiple meanings as well
― ilm jive mind (FlopsyDuck), Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:01 (four years ago) link
Man, she punched me like a dude
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 15 June 2019 23:16 (four years ago) link
those last two WOOs! on ‘Tis a PityDamn
― flappy bird, Sunday, 16 June 2019 16:27 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 17 June 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
I'm not a film star!
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 June 2019 11:55 (four years ago) link
i'm not a gang starr!
― old cloud yells at man (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 June 2019 14:19 (four years ago) link
we should do a ★ videos poll next
― old cloud yells at man (voodoo chili), Monday, 17 June 2019 14:20 (four years ago) link
Tbh I feel like anyone not voting for the title ★ is fronting or taking it for granted.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 17 June 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
the tension in the chorus before resolving with 'away' is the most magical part of the song IMO.
I saw NIN perform this on their last tour and it was pure magic.
― akm, Monday, 17 June 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
― flappy bird, Monday, 17 June 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Monday, 17 June 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
today i learned that a black star can be italicized
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Monday, 17 June 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link
Like giancarlo esposito, sure
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Monday, 17 June 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
Title track through Sue is up there with Remain In Light for me in terms of all-time unfuckwithable Side 1’s
― One Eye Open, Monday, 17 June 2019 15:55 (four years ago) link
Er thru Lazarus that is, lol
― One Eye Open, Monday, 17 June 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
3 hours left to vote
― ilm jive mind (FlopsyDuck), Monday, 17 June 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
very surprised to see Lazarus so low (though i voted for ★)
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link
Definitely surprised by those results. For me it's ★, Sue, Whore, Give, Lazarus, Girl, Dollar (the only song on the record I actually dislike).
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 01:10 (four years ago) link
glad Blackstar won
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
Black struck the kiss, she kept my cockSmote the mistress, drifting on
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 01:41 (four years ago) link
and happy Tis a Pity placed so high
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 01:47 (four years ago) link
I still can't listen to this record though, I've barely revisited it since 2016. Just too much... I probably said this before but to face death with such dignity, strength, and risk. A truly remarkable man.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 01:49 (four years ago) link
Sue is a really good song! Damn.
― but everybody calls me, (lukas), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 02:10 (four years ago) link
Yeah Sue is really something else. When I listen to the album straight through, by the time Sue is finished I usually need to turn it off for a minute and take a break to get my bearings
― One Eye Open, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 12:21 (four years ago) link
Is Turrican on holiday
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
You could put it like that.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:16 (four years ago) link
it's more accurate to say that we're on holiday
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:19 (four years ago) link
Not banned is he? I assumed he was wisely stepping back from ILX for a while.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
a little r and r at a ranch they call number 51
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
xp banned with extreme prejudice, I think he hit 55 before they pulled the plug
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link
Oops.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link
The earlier version of "Sue", from the Nothing has Changed comp alerted me that Bowie was really back, and still much prefer it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NYgRuxO2sw
― bendy, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:48 (four years ago) link
i was the only "girl loves me" vote?!?
i'm not decided between the "nothing has changed" versions of "sue" and "'tis a pity" and the blackstar versions. they're both good in their own way!
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:59 (four years ago) link
also "astronomy (8th light)" was robbed
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
I couldn't choose, but I might have voted for Girl Loves Me if I had been able to
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 01:22 (four years ago) link
xp, yeah i think the og version of sue absolutely destroys the blackstar version
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 02:09 (four years ago) link
It’s more highbrow, but I love the dirty drum’n’bass workouts of the album version. A little nod to Earthling which I still rate.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 04:20 (four years ago) link