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Tom Ozric 
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 Topic: New David Bowie - Blackstar - 1/8/16
Posted: January 11 2016 at 01:23 |
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Did I just hear that Bowie has passed on ??? WTF ????
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Kazza3
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Posted: January 09 2016 at 22:42 |
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Absolutely fantastic album, right up my alley. The spacier, melodic stuff is gorgeous (especially on Bowie's part) and then the anarchic stuff and songs like Sue are surprisingly hard-hitting. Mark Guiliana on drums is fantastic, readily displaying the 'live drum machine' influence of Deantoni Parks of The Mars Volta (which he's talked about before), and the saxophonist is understated where he needs to be and fiery as anything when he needs to be. Really great.
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Posted: January 09 2016 at 16:53 |
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Not quite as radical as I expected (the last two tracks are fairly 'normal') but very consistent. A little short but better than too long with too much filler. The best thing he's done since Earthling IMO.
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AZF
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Posted: January 09 2016 at 16:49 |
Lost count of the amount of times I've listened to it over and over. I still love "The Next Day" but this is a massive leap from that. I love how the middle section in the title track seems like a memory from the times before Blackstar law was imposed. The saxophones being the lead instruments over guitars really works and elevates it. So nowhere near as "uncommercial" as the mainstream media would tell you, but every bit as vital as they say Bowie is. I hope he doesn't tour and brings us another album, but this will do me for the next couple of years and what an album to go out on if it's the last!
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Posted: December 28 2015 at 22:59 |
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Looking forward to its release. Quite the pitch the second half of the clip is.
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Posted: December 28 2015 at 21:50 |
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P.S. Check out "Outsiders", the new London Suede single if you are into proggish post Bowie shoe gaze/glam. Their new album should prove to be a murky, cranky, spacey killa' !
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TheNyteFli
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Posted: December 28 2015 at 21:46 |
That's pretty darn fantastic. Sure it's derivative of things both he and others have already done BUT... It's a step in a direction I, for one as a long time Bowie fan, can dig. "Lazarus" sounds great too. I that going to be from the new record too?
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Posted: December 04 2015 at 19:41 |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted: November 26 2015 at 13:09 |
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That single just might be the best thing I've heard all year. Really looking forward to the album.
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"Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl."
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Posted: November 26 2015 at 10:49 |
 zravkapt wrote:
The thread title should be changed to 1/8/16
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So it releases on August first?  In Denmark we go by day, month, year. Makes absolutely no sense to go month, day, year. It'd be like minute, hour, second on a digital clock 
Aaaanyway, I'm genuinely looking forward to this. I've been a big fan of Bowie's the last 20 years, but I have honestly never been this excited about an upcoming album.
Edited by Guldbamsen - November 26 2015 at 11:14
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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RayRo
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Posted: November 25 2015 at 12:02 |
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Posted: November 25 2015 at 11:55 |
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^oops, fixted.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted: November 25 2015 at 06:43 |
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The thread title should be changed to 1/8/16
Edited by zravkapt - November 25 2015 at 06:44
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: November 24 2015 at 22:57 |
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Very odd indeed. He still sounds great, this epic of sorts is very cinematic. Only Bowie can get away with something this bizarre.
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Posted: November 24 2015 at 20:58 |
Prog indeed---Very nice---could be my fav stuff of his lol. Glad he's doing what he wants to do at this point in his life.
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Posted: November 24 2015 at 12:49 |
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As long as he keeps the freaky vibrato, he'll be makin music forever. Bowie never ages!
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listen to streaming stuff! no commercials!
http://wmom.servemp3.com:8000/listen.pls
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Posted: November 23 2015 at 23:54 |
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Great Stuff. I am glad he is still making music.
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Posted: November 23 2015 at 22:16 |
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In an interview he said a big inspiration for the album or atleast the sound was Kendrick Lamar - they listened to TPAB throughout the recording process.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Posted: November 23 2015 at 21:05 |
Very strange and also very interesting.
I thought I was listening to Radiohead for a while...
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Posted: November 23 2015 at 20:14 |
I love it, love it, love it!!! Not quite know what to think of it except that I love it!  It's brilliant!!! I am so happy, Bowie is back! Yay! Bounce, bounce, happy bounce! Very weird and strange song and even weirder video, but I love it!
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