Also "Yassassin' and 'African Night Flight'.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 14:27 (eight years ago) link
I like the first song a lot, though the MO of the latter seems way more Eno than Bowie (nothing wrong with that). Mentioned above, but Eno gets co-write credit on most of this disc,
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 14:31 (eight years ago) link
Always wanted to start a thread about songs like 'African Night Flight' and Joni Mitchell's 'The Jungle Line' in which big rock artists go 'exotic'.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 14:33 (eight years ago) link
Brian Eno – synthesizers, ambient drone, prepared piano, cricket menace, guitar treatments, horse trumpet, eroica horn, piano, backing vocals
"African Night Flight" is the one featuring "cricket menace."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 14:35 (eight years ago) link
"Red Sails", you guys.
― Narayan Superman (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 14:36 (eight years ago) link
... it's "Monza" by Harmonia with Bowie on vocals, Adrian Belew on guitar. That'll do for me.
― Narayan Superman (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 14:37 (eight years ago) link
i really love this record and it is definitely my favourite when I am listening to it and shouting about THE HINTERLAND and THUNDER OCEAN.
― woof, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 14:43 (eight years ago) link
FAFAFAFAFAFAFA
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 14:49 (eight years ago) link
my favorite Bowie album
octave jump on "Move On" -- "somewhere someone's calling me / when the chips are downnnnnnnnn" = LOVE
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 15:04 (eight years ago) link
this is my favorite of the 'berlin trilogy'
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 15:18 (eight years ago) link
AYAOOHAYAOOH
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 15:20 (eight years ago) link
Cyprus is my island
― Narayan Superman (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 15:22 (eight years ago) link
in fan voyage love how he takes that trailing interrogative in "we'll never say anything nice again, will we?" - it should just hang loose at the end there, an afterthought - but he just fucking hits it & pushes itweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
― woof, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 15:32 (eight years ago) link
yes
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 15:35 (eight years ago) link
I've been playing all my Bowie songs on random this week and Move On practically lept from the speakers. That is a titanic song.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 16:29 (eight years ago) link
"All the Young Dudes" backwards!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 16:31 (eight years ago) link
Is that what the weird background vocals are? Another "how did he do that" riddle solved. Now if I can only figure out what musical instrument is producing that crazy sound during the verses of TVC15.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 16:37 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYgNomvJpMs
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 16:38 (eight years ago) link
Well, I'll be damned.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 16:42 (eight years ago) link
Now if I can only figure out what musical instrument is producing that crazy sound during the verses of TVC15.
I assumed those were falsetto vocals, but now that I listen more closely, who the fuck knows. Sounds like something on a loop, almost.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 16:44 (eight years ago) link
sounds like fuzzy guitar to me, if we're listening to the same part.
belew is so great on lodger. one thing i love about the mix is how his solos sound like they were beamed in from a studio on another planet and just left as is.
― home organ, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 18:10 (eight years ago) link
This album rules. "Fantastic Voyage" may be one of my favorite all-time tunes. "Never say anything nice again will we?" definitely an incredible moment. The lyrics in this song are amazing. "We're learning to live with somebody's depression".
"Move On" is really nice. Sails....moving on.... voyages... there is a lot of travelling on this album. Maybe the Krautrock/motorik influence?
I like the queasy feeling on "Repetition". "Red Money" is a nice way to close out but I may have had it ruined by hearing Iggy's superior "Sister Midnight" first.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 18:23 (eight years ago) link
Space Oddity - hunky dory - ziggy stardust is my favorite run. Love those three albums. Actually not completely sold on the berlin trilogy.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:01 (eight years ago) link
think of it as dream pop
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:15 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3L58KyHC_M
I'll probably be the odd man out on this thread, but I've never understood the sequencing on this album. Opening with Look Back in Anger, Boys and DJ would have made more sense to me.
― Darin, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link
it's a fantastic voyage!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:21 (eight years ago) link
the wrong words make you listen
ha yeah it works conceptually I suppose. I'm just not crazy about side one of this album.
― Darin, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:22 (eight years ago) link
the side with "African Nighe Flight," "Move On," "Yassassin," and "Red Sails"?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link
that's the one! I don't know. Maybe I need to give it another listen...
― Darin, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:25 (eight years ago) link
You're the odd man out.
― Narayan Superman (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:27 (eight years ago) link
I usually am!
Reading Strange Facination by David Buckley (Alfred - I think you recommended this in another Bowie thread?) and he alludes to lots of material going unreleased that may see the light of day upon Bowie's passing.
― Darin, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:35 (eight years ago) link
My favourite on this record is 'Look Back In Anger', because drums.
― Turrican, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:41 (eight years ago) link
woah i love side one. the sequencing on this album is perfect. i like "DJ" opening side 2.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
side one is "Another Green World"-style dream-pop, side two is mutant disco
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:47 (eight years ago) link
I like how 'Boys Keep Swinging' is exactly the same chords as 'Fantastic Voyage', but with everyone on the "wrong" instruments and a different topline.
― Turrican, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 19:52 (eight years ago) link
Long time ago, I thought it was John Lennon doing the "waiting so long, I've been waiting so long" vocals on Don't Look Back.
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 20:07 (eight years ago) link
xpost yes and they are pretty simple chords. it's all a lot of open A's and E's and D's and G's. nothing really fancy. these are his punk records, pretty much. just really simple straight-ahead songs that have been altered and skewed.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 20:08 (eight years ago) link
Scary Monsters always has seemed to get higher praise than Lodger, but I think Lodger is a far more consistent record. I always felt Scary Monsters dropped off a little on side 2.
― Turrican, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 20:19 (eight years ago) link
― pplains
I've always thought they sound like George Harrison!
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 20:44 (eight years ago) link
xpost Maybe, but that's because side one has Up the Hill, Fashion, Ashes to Ashes, Scary Monsters and It's No Game!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
scary monsters is my total favorite bowie but even i admit side 2 has a bit of sag. But only a bit.
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 20:49 (eight years ago) link
please keep discussion of inferior albums by The David Bowie off the "The Lodger" thread please
― i have measured out my life in Goffey, Coombes (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link
foiled by mark's interrogative thread title
― j., Wednesday, 13 January 2016 21:00 (eight years ago) link
David the Bowie
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 21:02 (eight years ago) link
― Turrican
the second side of SM is Bowie writing and singing to match Fripp's guitar and uh
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 21:34 (eight years ago) link
– chap
Ha, probably a little more accurate. Maybe was thinking of John because of "Fame".
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 22:39 (eight years ago) link
the "waiting so long" bit always reminded me of the "please don't be long" chorus in the Beatles' Blue Jay Way, so someone thinking it was Harrison makes sense to me.
― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 23:09 (eight years ago) link
I usually am!Reading Strange Facination by David Buckley (Alfred - I think you recommended this in another Bowie thread?) and he alludes to lots of material going unreleased that may see the light of day upon Bowie's passing.
"I Pray, Ole" is on the Ryko reissue I have from those sessions which is a pretty solid cut.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 14 January 2016 03:02 (eight years ago) link