David Bowie - The Next Day

I mean, it didn't sound like Bowie at all. When he consents to these things it's the reporter who often thinks he's eavesdropping, Bowie's so garrulous.

i thought bowie and iggy had a falling out a while back?

Now I'm actually curious to read the thing. Hmm.

FWIW:

https://twitter.com/godisinthetv/status/410890616105467904

And

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10151835709306546&id=6499156545

After three hours of getting to the bottom of it. I'm afraid the David Bowie interview was incorrect. After our Bowie Month we were really excited to believe that Mr Bowie may speak to us. We are really sorry we made an error of judgement in trusting our writer's word that he had spoken to Mr Bowie as he had never fabricated any of his previous interviews and claimed this to be genuine. We couldn't gain verification from the writer himself or any other source so we added a disclaimer that the 'veracity of the interview was with the writer'. We trusted someone's word, he let us down, and we won't make that mistake again. But this in no way excuses the publication of the piece. We apologise to our readers for publishing something that was not from a trusted source. We have worked for 10 years to provide you with interesting and genuine content. Please be assured that all previous and future content on the site is 100% genuine, and we have learnt our lesson. Thank you for your feedback and continued support. Again apologies to you and Mr Bowie who we revere in the deepest possible terms.

feel bad for 'em: they got suckered. But jeez, if you're going to make up an exclusive Bowie interview, do it with a bit more verve and wit. That thing read like someone had used "The Next Day"'s wikipedia page as their main reference.

Also from the writer in question:

I have apologised to Bill and Lisa already. This was a case of drunken enthusiasm, mixed with a bit of anger over Bowie's Vuitton ad. My mistake was sending it to Bill in an altered state - he had no reason not to trust, as I had never done such a thing before. I have never 'worked for' God Is In The TV, though I have contributed many articles, and clearly won't again. Keep up the good work, and once again, all apologies

Of all things.

lolcohol

"Why Vuitton? I ALWAYS PREFERRED COACH."

RAGH THAT COMMERCIAL WAS 10 MINUTES LONG RAGH

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lcct5

David Bowie has given Guy Garvey the World Exclusive of his new single Sue, how amazing - so, it's David Bowie Day on the Finest Hour.

According to Guy they are now best friends, we'll see eh?

If Guy can contain his excitement this week's theme will be tunes relating to the moon, including Moon by This Is The Kit, Canned Heats Poor Moon and Speck Mountain's Hey Moon.

Oh and don't forget it's David Bowie Day on Guy Garvey's Finest Hour, first play ever in the whole wide word of his new single - Sue, all a delicious 7 minutes and 27 seconds.

Will not listen to Garvey's dreadful salt of the earth Northerner schtick under any circumstances

Oh wait that's the Elbow guy. Yeah...don't blame you.

Yeah that's the one major blight in this - having to listen to an hour of Garvey's patented 'that guy down the pub who talks a lot and you try to avoid'. Although the track'll be posted somewhere soon enough this afternoon.

The new single is a collaboration with Maria Schneider, of all people ... looking forward to hearing it one of these days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GodUgnO7lY

That's a great song.

The new single is a collaboration with Maria Schneider, of all people ... looking forward to hearing it one of these days

yes, the Gil Evans protege ... this sounds great!

yep, this new song is excellent.

Scott Walker 60's style melody

will there be a new album?

that is really great!

xpost -- greatest hits comp in a month.

bummer..

he should record a whole album of this "Scott walker Drum n Base Jazz Kraut" style

as I posted on facebook...Scott Walker fronting the Soft Machine in 1969. Or 70. I can't remember which I said. Whatever.

that must be jazz -- i can't stand it

ha, definitely was not expecting live drum n' jazz but i'm not mad at all.

hrmmmm, not sure about this. There's certainly some cool stuff going on in the orchestra, but there's something a little too plodding about the way his vocal moves over the band, and maybe the band is just a hair too busy for his vocal.

Some neat little D&B loop quotes going on in the drums, and I like the sound of the whole thing.

New song Tis A Pity She Was A Whore is actually really good fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o32okU676_Q

http://wp-images.emusic.com/assets/2014/11/david-bowie-tis-a-pity-she-was-a-whore-lyrics.jpg

I like it.

Is there another thread discussing Nothing Has Changed? The first disc (on the 3 disc set) is the first time I've really unselfconsciously enjoyed a sustained side of post-Scary Monsters Bowie. The sequencing probably has a lot to do with it. And suddenly "Sue" has clicked, possibly due to being the kick-off track rather than a stand alone. I'm curious how this would do in a poll of Bowie best-ofs.

I haven't listened to it but that is a pretty great track selection, limited though it is.

WTF is Dancing in the Street on this comp?

it just seriously ruins Disc 2

"Dancing in the St" was included either out of charity (do proceeds still go to some sort of relief fund?) or perversity. The real oddball missing track on disc 2 is "Cat People," which Tarantino made hip again

iirc that track has always been hip, weird omission

It's really the first disc that I find most interesting, as it's so strong and also so unfamiliar if you haven't been paying attention. (I'd given cursory listens to the albums it pulls from, but never *loved* any of them). The other two discs just strike me as a grab bag...definitely feels like the most thought went into the first.

agree, tho' 1st disc shortchanges Reality (a pretty strong record) in favor of Hours (a really not v. strong one). the opening 1-2-3 is a great sequence.

on "Where Are We Now": https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/where-are-we-now/

Reading that has reminded me I haven't listened to The Next Day for a long, long while... I'll have to give it another listen and see how it's held up. Looking at the tracklisting now, I can recall near enough every song on it, so that's a good start!

I love this album.

Finally listened to this over the last week. It's quite good, isn't it? Has struck me more than Heathen, the other recent(ish) Bowie I've picked up since he died. Surprised at the lack of talk about the title track, which was my immediate favourite.

otm

As already written in another thread: For me, the title track is putting everything from hours to Reality to shame in terms of sheer vitality, force and also fun. His voice is so strong, remarkable lyrics and generally it sounds like an unreleased b-side from Lodger, like an excellent mix of Repetition and Red Sails.

I gave it another go before and after he died and it still sounds tentative and a couple of times actually embarrassing.

Is there any collection / writing about Bowie b-sides anywhere? I assume PAOTD covers them but are they all listed together anywhere or something?

Revisiting this again - 'Heat' is so fucking good.

Weird to think this album is five years old now. THAT time passed strangely quickly.

Yeah, agreed - one last, quick burst of creativity and then he was gone foe good.

*for