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I first met David Bowie during the Serious Moonlight tour in 1983.
Listen here to your amusement to live reports from the show at Sullivan Stadium, just outside of Boston, provided by one of my DJs, Bradley Jay, and me. Later we smoke Bowie’s cigarette butt on-the-air.
David Bowie, a personal inspiration, hero and friend.
I was fortunate to travel Japan with him in 1992 while he was in the conglomeration Tin Machine. His insight made the country even more special.
This photo is from my private collection. I snapped it during an intimate conversation in a hotel room in Tokyo.
David will live on forever. He is “Lazarus”.
“Lazarus” from Blackstar
David Bowie will release an incredible 25th studio album on January 8th, his birthday.
“Blackstar” is the title track and also the theme song for the television series The Last Panthers, a European crime drama.
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David Bowie will soon be releasing an elaborate greatest hits compilation entitled Nothing Has Changed.
One new song will appear, the wildly jazz improvisational “Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)”.
In 2010 Peter Gabriel recorded an album entitled Scratch My Back.
It consisted of gorgeous cover versions of songs by artists that he admires, including Lou Reed, Bon Iver, Regina Spektor, Radiohead, David Bowie, Talking Heads and Arcade Fire.
Many of these same artists have returned the favor by recording his songs on the album And I’ll Scratch Yours.
Listen here to Peter Gabriel’s version of Arcades Fires’ “My Body is a Cage” and then Arcades Fire performing Gabriel’s “Games Without Frontiers”.
“My Body is a Cage”
“Games Without Frontiers”
David Bowie just released an expanded version of his album The Next Day.
Included is the James Murphy remix of “Love is Lost”, entitled “Hello Steve Reich Mix”.
This is a reference to the avant-garde composer Steve Reich’s composition “Clapping Music”, performed entirely by clapping.
The song and the video.
“Love Is Lost” (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA)
Arcade Fire, one of the finest outfits of the 21st century, has readied their 4th album, Reflektor.
Working with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, the amazing first single includes David Bowie on background vocals.
Expect the album in late October. In the meantime the band continues to push the limits of video technology with “Reflektor”. To have the experience, you need Google Chrome.
As we mentioned yesterday, The Next Day is David Bowie’s new album and his first in 10 years.
Throughout his illustrious career he has given us seminal songs and images that have become imbedded in rock’s vocabulary. He has also been a personal inspiration for me.
The Next Day is Bowie in full maturity and works wonderfully as an album. Yes, there are selected singles but the record needs to be absorbed from beginning to end.
That being said, through multiple listenings different songs emerge as favorites.
Today I am enthralled by a song near the end of the album “You Feel So Lonely You Could Die”.
Truly one of the greatest musical artists of all-time, David Bowie’s body of work continues to expand.
Who else has had a career of such diversity, challenge and interest?
Constantly redefining himself, Bowie’s various incarnations have become iconoclastic in the musical world. His oeuvre is filled with memorable songs, striking characters and formidable collaborations. And while some of his explorations have not been wildly successful, his evolution has always been fascinating, forever enhanced by the beauty of his tenor.
His gorgeous new album The Next Day is his first in 10 years. He has been busy with other projects in the interim but we have missed his music.
We spotlighted “Where Are We Now?” in January.
“The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” is the latest single and video (starring Tilda Swinton).
Tomorrow more music from The Next Day.
It’s been 10 years since we have heard something new from David Bowie.
A personal inspiration and one of my favorite artists of all-time, David continues to be unpredictably innovative and charmingly provocative.
“Where Are We Now?” is from his forthcoming album The Next Day.
