https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszLwBaC4Sw

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"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."

Dude just keeps going.....Respect....

GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....

Am I hearing the chord progression of Someday At Christmas in parts of the middle section of this shit?

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And it fucking worked, too, lol.


-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

I haven't enjoyed a full album of Bowie's in a long time, heard he had health issues and might be retired. I will check out this album tho.

all at the same time

LOL

R.I.P. Loud But Wrong Guy
Dec 29th 2009 - Dec 17th 2017

I always WANT to like Bowie's music more than I actually do like it. He has joints of course, but that last album was pretty meh to me. I really enjoyed the single for it, but nothing on the album sounded like it so I was thrown off. Legend he is, but his contemporary stuff isn't anything I'll throw on frequently.

I hadn't realized that he had sworn off interviews and, according to his producer, just wants to make albums at this point (no touring either - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie#2013.E2.80.93present:_The_Next_Day_and_Blackstar).

A lot of what we are hearing feels to me like an attempt to mash up find something of a culminating sound, something that represents everything he's done over his nearly 50-year career. As such, I think it will take time to assess - here, I get giddy over another epic structure of the sort we haven't seen from him in years (long, multi-sectional, sprawling), and the lyrics have that aphoristic Bowie imprint.

And I'm pretty sure that is him on the sax - when was the last time dude played the horn on record?

Going to go back to The Next Day this morning, but I remember really liking a lot of that record when it dropped.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

Or, How Twerking In A Circle Looks In The Future

ps: great subject header

I like what I've heard so far

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Really interesting, need another listen but this is what I want from my aging artists. Just go full out left field and experiment and don't worry about trying to get on the radio any more. *Cough* Prince take notes!

Really wish he'd come back with a live tour but not sure if its his health or just not wanting to, respect it, just would love to see him live one time.

just off the fact that he'd been listening to a ton of kendrick before making this album, and I love the name. for those who have heard it, how is it?

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"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."

gotta youtube it

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Has another artist made an album this good at damn near 70? Maybe George Clinton with the funkadelic project a few years ago

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is great and worthy of the accolades it receives.

But yeah, Bowie's recent revitalization has been great to witness and is giving us some wonderful music. I wish more aging artists would do what he did and sit out the game for a while, find some inspiration and direction. It really worked for him.


-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

re: those dudes dancing.

some things are top tier and some are 3rd tier. depends.

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

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...so far, haha.

Beautiful album.

Happy 50th D’Angelo: https://chrisp.bandcamp.com/track/d-50

Can't help thinking that he put his life into this one.

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"I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am 1 thing, a musician." � Miles

"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."

This news hits *hard* for me for so many reasons. Shit shit shit.


-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

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fuck.

I find it fascinating that his process involved our lack of knowing what was happening. Almost like the work has a timer built-in for it's power to be unleashed. I don't quite know how to put it in words....but the work can only be understood by us now. It was in a time-capsule before last night.

Very post-modern....very Bowie.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

Both albums that the artists made knowing it would be their last, with many allusions made towards their death.

Much like Dilla, there will also be a similar response of people proclaiming Bowie as one of the GOATS (deservedly so) and a new generation digging into his catalog, along with contrarians complaining that he's being overrated in his death.

Blackstar is an amazing final act to go out on though, and with repeated listens I think it'll be recognized as one of the best in Bowie's discography.

Happy 50th D’Angelo: https://chrisp.bandcamp.com/track/d-50

"The idea that the piece of work is not finished until the audience come to it and add their own interpretation....and what the piece of art is about is the grey space in the middle".

In a way....his death was PART of the work.

This album just got under my skin
grand opening, grand closing.

http://islasoul.bandcamp.com

song on the album, esp in his vocal phrasings.

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Something happened on the day he died / Spirit rose a meter then stepped aside / somebody else took his place and bravely cried / I'm a Blackstar


woo, sounds like lines from the interludes of TPAB, Kendrick's gotta get on that, I think Bowie would approve.

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"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."

Definitely caught my attention.

Blackstar will probably go down as one of the best Bowie albums.

RIP

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here is a sped up version of

Girl Loves Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBDoaIMpZw4

I can't think of a similar situation to this. Yes Dilla comes to mind but I'm talking about

1) artist is aware that he will probably die
2) artist explicitly puts references to his death/mortality in general in his work. album is intense. dark. a "blackstar" is a cancer lesion etc etc etc
3) I mean, "Lazarus" what the fuck
4) Artist releases video for cryptic ass song "Lazarus" that is like, in a nutshell "I'm in heaven"..dies a few days after
5) public DID NOT KNOW anything about artists' illness

too many coincidences

I had only heard 3 other bowie albums before this (which I immediately downloaded after hearing of his passing), all of which range from great to amazing (self titled, Station to Station and my favorite Ziggy Stardust..mind blowing album) but this has impacted me so much...like dude literally made his death art. I'm probably going to dive into the rest of his discography now .

impossible to separate that context from the music. And the music is amazing - every track - it was a great idea to bring those jazz musicians in because the subtle jazzyness with that hard, driving, rock edge at times is just beautiful. I love the drumming here too. "Black Star", "Lazarus", "Dollar Days", "Girl Loves Me" are like....masterpieces.

the album and the circumstances surrounding the album are essentially what phrases like "he was on some next shit" exist for

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>I can't think of a similar situation to this. Yes Dilla comes
>to mind but I'm talking about
>
>1) artist is aware that he will probably die
>2) artist explicitly puts references to his death/mortality in
>general in his work. album is intense. dark. a "blackstar" is
>a cancer lesion etc etc etc
>3) I mean, "Lazarus" what the fuck
>4) Artist releases video for cryptic ass song "Lazarus" that
>is like, in a nutshell "I'm in heaven"..dies a few days after
>5) public DID NOT KNOW anything about artists' illness
>
>too many coincidences
>

then of course there is the continuation of his obscure meta references to the history of rock n' roll... such as this:

https://youtu.be/w_UHZ_62GCI

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Not into Christianity or penis. Alien thing came from a delusion about being involved in orchestrating the WTC controlled demolition. Heard Low a bit as a kid so it's special but more inclined to listen to Peter Hammill, Todd Rundgren or Gary Numan.

Some other fun facts about a cultural relevance commodity

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