... Not only does he look good but also he sounds as good as ever but with a return to "form" musically with the album Heathen.
Now can I just say that I'm writing this at a year since the release but I need to tell you of the "childlike excitement" I felt in the couple of weeks leading up ... Read review
For all of his perceived shortcomings in recent years--perhaps Bowie was unduly derided ... more
for the drum&bass bandwagoneering ofEarthlingbut rightly castigated for the Turner Prize art-rock balderdash ofOutside--Heathenis, in essence, the first "traditiona...
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Advantages: a return to form Disadvantages: I wanted more
...I could see Mr Bowie's Heathen sat just to my right waiting for me to snap him up.
I couldn't wait to get it home and give it a play.
The version of the album I got is the two-disk gatefold sleeve limited edition/deluxe package.
Disk 1 is the album itself. The track listing is as follows
Sunday
Cactus
Slip Away
Slow Burn
Afraid
I've Been Waiting For You ...very new and fresh). Heathen sees him playing his style and playing it at its best.
Disk 2 has a number of interesting mixes though to be honest I feel the Moby mix of Sunday destroys the album version.
That is it really. I recommend going out to buy this album. Take it home. Listen to it and then listen to it again and again and again and..........
I would like to take this opportunity to ask David Bowie ... more
I have decided that this opinion is going to be my opinion of the David Bowie of today rather than a discography.
The problems with discographies are they are often very boring, very opinionated and very full of hot air. I am no good at any of these. Well OK I can do the hot air bit but that has no place other than an opinion on indigestion remedies.
David Bowie has to be the most enigmatic of musicians. His career has spanned 5 decades. His music through its highs and low's still manages to captivate those who follow him and even those who wouldn't call themselves a fan of his.
Bowie now aged 56 still looks as good as he ever did (gorgeous and I dare you to disagree). Not only does he look good but also he sounds as good as ever but with a return to "form" musically with the album Heathen.
Now can I just say that I'm writing this at a year since the release but I need to tell you of the "childlike excitement" I felt in the couple of weeks leading up to the release of this album. I am now 38 years of age. I cannot enjoy the top 40 countdown anymore. I do not do TaTu! When I heard of the release of this album, it was as if I was 16 again. The guy I idolise was releasing his new album and I could not wait. On the Monday morning, I shot down to my local HMV. As I walked through the door, I could see Mr Bowie's Heathen sat just to my right waiting for me to snap him up.
I couldn't wait to get it home and give it a play.
The version of the album I got is the two-disk gatefold sleeve limited edition/deluxe package.
Disk 1 is the album itself. The track listing is as follows
Sunday Cactus Slip Away Slow Burn Afraid I've Been Waiting For You I Would Be Your Slave I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship 5.15 The Angels Have Gone Everyone Say "Hi" A Better Future
Disk 2 lists as follows
Sunday (Moby remix) A Better Future (remix by Air) Conversation Piece (written in 1969, recorded in 1970, re-recorded in 2002) Panic in Detroit (outtake from a 1979 recording)
My favourite tracks have to be Sunday, Slip Away, Afraid and Everyone Say "Hi".
I recommend this album because it is a return to form for David Bowie.
Why is it a return to form?
David Bowie has always been the innovator. People have looked to him to see where music was heading. I guess the guy felt as though he had to come up with something conceptual with very new release. The thing is I guess at some point he stopped being him, him being a first class rock musician.
After the release of Let's Dance in 1983, I feel Bowie kind of lost his way for a while. He released a number of albums with many good tracks on them but I cannot think of one really good "whole" album until Earthling came along where he experimented with the Drum n Bass sound and did it very well indeed.
What we have here is Bowie being Bowie and playing his style of music (Bowie music). This time he has not gone out to create anything new (although the album sounds very new and fresh). Heathen sees him playing his style and playing it at its best.
Disk 2 has a number of interesting mixes though to be honest I feel the Moby mix of Sunday destroys the album version.
That is it really. I recommend going out to buy this album. Take it home. Listen to it and then listen to it again and again and again and..........
I would like to take this opportunity to ask David Bowie if he is reading this, "would you like to go out sometime?" I think you are great, gorgeous, sexy and wonderful!
Thank you CIAO for allowing this unashamed flirt. :)
Advantages: David's Back! Disadvantages: It took so long
...way through the tunes on Heathen with his customary prowess, ably backed up by the keyboard magic of Mike Garson, the diminutive Gail Ann Dorsey - who alternates between slamming and caressing her bass - and Sterling Campbell's powerhouse drumming. We're back in Bowie-space children - and that's got to be a positive thing. Here's the track list, but you can't get the feel for the outright energy of Afraid, the soulfulness of Slip Away or the poppy ... ...my mere words.
Sunday
Cactus
Slip Away
Slow Burn
Afraid
I've Been Waiting For You
I Would Be Your Slave
I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship
5.15 The Angels Have Gone
Everyone Say "Hi"
A Better Future
The bottom line is, if you want to experience Bowie's version of back to the future, slip this CD into whatever player you prefer, kick back with your favourite brew, and just listen to David weave his musical web. Our favourite alien has ...
Beatmonster 02.03.2004
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Advantages: The Album which made me a fan Disadvantages: perhaps too low key to impress new fans
To me this is a return to the David of old, with an emphasis more on astonishingly well written lyrics than on experimental music which seemed to be his preoccupation on a few previous albums. I was not a bowie fan for many years, and it was on this album that a few of his songs really grabbed me, having a real haunting quality to them which stayed in my head. From then I wanted to hear more and he is now my favourite artist. Conversation piece is ...
cokane 11.10.2005
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Bowie: Tonight
1987 DavidBowie: Never let me down
1988 Tin Machine I
1990 Changesbowie
1991 Tin Machine II
1991 Tin Machine live
1993 DavidBowie: Black Tie White Noise
1995 DavidBowie: Outside
1997 DavidBowie: Earthling
1999 DavidBowie: Hours
2002 DavidBowie: Heathen
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Apart from that there are lots of bootlegs. My favourite ones were „The Thin White Duke (1976, live at Nassau Colliseum. DoLP) including one of the best versions of Brecht‘s Alabama-Song and „The Forgotten Songs of David Robert Jones" including „Love You Till Tuesday".
More information about other bootlegs you will find on
http://www.weinreder.com/davidbowie/000bowielist.htm (execellent listing):
movies (selection):
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Der Mann, der vom Himmel fiel, 1975) - actor
Cat People ...
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel includes: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, saxophone, keyboards, stylophone, drums); Kristeen Young (vocals, piano); Tony Visconti (guitar, recorder, bass, background vocals); Mark Plati (guitar, bass); David Torn (guitar, omnichord, loops); Pete Townshend, Dave Grohl, Carlos Alomar, Gerry Leonard (guitar); Lisa Germano (violin); Jordan Ruddess (keyboards); Tony Levin (bass); Matt Chamberlain (drums, percussion, programming); Sterling Campbell (drums, percussion). The Scorchio Quartet: Greg Kitzis, Meg Okura (violin); Martha Mooke (viola); Mary Wooten (cello). The Borneo Horns: Lenny Pickett, Stan Harrison, Steve Elson. Recorded at Allaire Studios, Shokan, New York and Looking Glass Stuidos, New York, New York. "Slow Burn" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. There's more than a hint of things turning full circle in the 21st century's first original David Bowie full- length album. On HEATHEN, Bowie not only reunites with co-producer Tony Visconti, but within the first 15 minutes references his '70s hit "Heroes" in the suitably smoldering "Slow Burn," and turns around late co-conspirator John Lennon's "God" in "Afraid" ("I believe in Beatles"). Bowie wisely gives himself the space to toy with old R&B rhythms and weighty, pre-punk guitar riffs, juxtaposing Bjork-like string sections with looped rock drums and hissing synth backgrounds on "I Would Be Your Slave," while coyly harking back to his Ziggy Stardust persona on "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship." "A Better Future" features a chirpy '60s arrangement underlying the sort of fallout-saturated pop ditty that might one day become a favorite of the protagonists of "Drive-in Saturday." As you might expect from a Bowie/Visconti collaboration, the production is both high-tech and down-and-dirty--one minute all overloaded mics and booming drums, the next all chiming synths and breathy backing vocals. Featuring smartly chosen guests Pete Townshend and Dave Grohl, HEATHEN is a righteous return to form from an erratic but consistently intriguing pop master.
Album Reviews
Q (12/02, p.65) - Included in Q Magazine's "The 50 Best Albums of 2002." Uncut (1/03, p.94) - Ranked #10 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year" - "...A stirring return to form....Bowie kicked it into high gear vocally, lyrically and imaginatively..." Rolling Stone (6/20/02, p.82) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...HEATHEN is the sound of Bowie essentially covering himself - to splendid, often moving effect. The album sparkles with hindsight..." Q (6/02, p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...HEATHEN has the beefiest sound of a Bowie record since 1980's...It's great....A return to form. Definitely." Mojo (7/02, p.108) - "...A fine restatement of classic Bowie elements with contemporary twists...the production is back-toform too..." NME (6/15/02, p.28) - 8 out of 10 - "...It's great. All of it....Bowie is still a zillion times more inventive, brave and rocket-to-Mars brilliant than anyone who's been prodded by the genius stick..." CMJ (6/02, p.13) - "...Bowie's vision is fully realized with the help of lush string arrangements, acoustic guitar and minimal electronics....If only more artists could age with this much grace."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Sunday
2.
Cactus
3.
Slip Away
4.
Slow Burn
5.
Afraid
6.
I've Been Waiting For You
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I Would Be Your Slave
8.
Gemini Spacecraft
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5.15 The Angels Have Gone
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Everyone Says Hi
11.
Better Future
12.
Heathen
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