David Bowie - The Next Day

Yeah i bet they just took the Microsoft Arial font and 'oh that is a new font we have been working on'. It really isn't particularly interesting.

The new song, yeah it's kind of a snore, but it's also nice to listen to. I don't need to be blown away by everything i hear. This was a really nice thing to hear this morning.

I do think Henry Cows socks count!

I like this well enough, it would have been one of the better songs on Hours... but thats damning with feint praise really.

Momus cover! Blimey, that didn't take long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF1QQW0LHNQ

Cool way to go Momus!

The new song is kinda boring, but it's also rather nice and I like it. It's plainly an album track though - it's like he's deliberately going for a low-impact comeback, and why not?

Bass on the new track is by Tony Levin. He was in King Crimson in the 80s.

Tony Levin has played with everyone. Paul Simon, John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Seal, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Bryan Ferry, etc.. He also played on the last two Bowie records.

Quick ILX Presents...?

01. The Next Day 3:51
02. Dirty Boys 2:58
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56
04. Love Is Lost 3:57
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08
06. Valentine's Day 3:01
07. If You Can See Me 3:16
08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53
09. Boss Of Me 4:09
10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24
11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41
14. Heat 4:25

I actually think I would have liked the cover if they had done it irl - a handwritten note taped to the cover or something.

Kinda like...?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/AnotherMontyPythonRecordCDCover.jpg

The record should sound like that. Just Bowie shouting the title over his old songs: "Ziggy played guit-LOVE IS LOST LOVE IS LOST and the Spiders from Mars; he played it left LOVE IS LOST LOVE IS LOST"

https://twitter.com/TheBlackDog/status/288675073995460609

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 5:07 PM (1 hour ago)

This is going to become a meme, I think.

Given that I thought Bowie had retired from making music completely, I'm happy with what I can get at this stage!

Yeah, I'm hoping this is an 'album track that got released as a single due to a poor decision, rest of album rocks out a bit more' situation.

You know what to do.

ILX Pre-Covers Bowie's _The Next Day_

Given that I thought Bowie had retired from making music completely, I'm happy with what I can get at this stage!

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, January 8, 2013 6:39 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't understand this point of view - you really like an artist, so you're content with them putting out crap simply because it has their name on it?

you don't have to listen to the crap when you don't want to

I mutter a bit.

I like the song ok. That album cover is terrible.

I don't understand this point of view - you really like an artist, so you're content with them putting out crap simply because it has their name on it?

It's not too tough to understand, outside of some real garbage albums like Total Devo or hell even some of Bowie's post-Let's Dance junk, if you're a fanatic then theres almost always SOMETHING to like about a new album. As iatee says if you don't like it just throw it in the trash.

I don't understand this point of view - you really like an artist, so you're content with them putting out crap simply because it has their name on it?

― emil.y, Tuesday, January 8, 2013 7:12 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Of course not, and that's not what I'm saying at all (especially since I think that Tonight in particular is an awful album). More that I'm delighted that we're getting a new Bowie album at a time when I thought he would going to produce no more new music, and I'm not going to be all on a downer until I've given the album a fair hearing. I also have very reasonable expectations of this - it would be stupid to think that he could match Station To Station or Low in 2013... but if it's as good as Reality or Heathen then I'll be a very happy bunny.

*would=was.

This isn't crap though. It's just understated and subtle.

Besides, if the album isn't any good, I don't think it'll particularly matter. Bowie's discography is already so huge that there's plenty to keep coming back to, and the album at least exists for Bowie fanatics to get their teeth stuck into and cherry-pick from.

Ach, fair enough T. I will disagree with Adam, however, it's pretty bloody crap. It reminds me of Keane or something, ffs.

After thinking this is like a chopped-and-screwed "Absolute Beginners", I found this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSbxBTY4YTU

Lovely song. I'm happy he's back and Visconti producing (I'm a "Heathen" stan).

Word is at the moment, no tour, no promo or interviews, just the record.

the best part of the single is after the first minute if you kind of stipe the lyrics; listen to them sonically without intent to understand

Another new promo photo:

http://www.davidbowie.com/sites/davidbowie.wmg-gardens.com/files/styles/blog_image/public/2013_db_by_jimmy_king_v2_600sq.jpg

great video by tony oursler (and i love the song)

ugh. he looks like he's doing his marina abramovic impression.

This really does sound like one of the "stately" numbers from the numbing hours

Yeah I'm sticking with the "Fantastic Voyage" x hours... combination as the shorthand for this. I do enjoy it but it's skating close to the edge at points.

who is that with burroughs in the background photo?

um...

Don't push me cuz I'm sleeping on the edge.

haha, sorry.

well burroughs always looks like burroughs and the other guy (thought it was a woman, actually) could have been any old hipster.

lest we forget

http://www.chartstats.com/images/artwork/36017.jpg

i don't hate this and is not bad. was expecting a lot worse after reading the thread first before listening.

I really like the song! Sounds a lot to me like one of Momus' melancholic tracks (no surprised he's covered it) but with good production.

Perhaps ironically, the Momus cover is awful.

David Bowie track 'not eligible' for UK singles chart

I kind of home the whole album is creepy and understated, it would be a good album for him to go out on, face it, it's unlikely we'll get another one after this. not too surprised he won't tour but too bad, he could do a focused and intense set around his more neglected material. he didn't really tour for heathen either, except for some isolated shows which I think were split between heathen and low material. something like that would be great.

try NOT hearing alan partridge's voice when you read this -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/08/david-bowie-shebang-jonathan-ross

in other news: "Where have my orgasms gone?"

The reference to Col Parker is o_O

His biggest musical hero releases a new single, and Wossy still manages to jaw on for ages about himself, his celeb mates ("I know a miserable bloke from Manchester, whose name begins with 'M'. Betcha can't guess who I'm talking about, eh?"), his kids, etc..

i like how he makes sure to blame his producer in print

"It was all Andy's fault. What am I expected to do, DJ and play the records as well?"

COnversely, the M bloke manages to do an interview in Uncut about Mick Ronson, and manages to admit things about himself in relation to Mr Ronson...