treeduck Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 On my 3rd listen. Yup, very good. Critics calling it "jazzy". Critics know shit. There's a few sax breaks in it, whoopee-doo. Not jazzy. A very progressive art-rock statement though, IMHO.That's because they found out he was using a few jazz musos for the recording so that automatically makes in jazz in their eyes, but they don't know what jazz is! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) http://img.cdn2.wmgecom.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1174/image/600x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/d/b/db-vinyl-alllithos_1.jpgSo you have the album and I've not got it????????? it showed up in the mail yesterday. I preordered it from David Bowie's site.Bowie has done well. And he did well when he got rid of his ex-wife Angie too, she's 66 but I saw a picture of her today (she's doing some celebrity crap show) and she looks about 96! And Iman looks fuckking hot as fuckk! Here's Angie today: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/01/03/14/2FC2702E00000578-3382662-Music_to_our_ears_Producer_David_Gest_will_enter_the_house_this_-m-69_1451830521345.jpg Jesus Christ Pat! What a train wreck! 69 96 What's the difference? Edited January 18, 2016 by RUSHHEAD666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Union got me thinking about David Bowie and an Elvis song, so I started looking into it a bit and found this from a recent Telegraph article... Does Elvis's song Black Star hold the key to Bowie's final album? In 1960, Elvis Presley recorded a country-tinged song called Black Star. It was intended to be the title track for a film, but when the film's title changed to Flaming Star, Presley's song was ditched and wasn't released until the Nineties. Black Star's lyrics are particularly telling: "Every man has a black star A black star over his shoulder And when a man sees his black starHe knows his time, his time has come" "Black star don't shine on me, black starBlack star keep behind me, black starThere's a lot of livin' I gotta doGive me time to make a few dreams come true, black star." Bowie always cited Elvis as an influence, but was particularly fascinated by the fact The King shared his birthday, January 8 – the release date for Blackstar. In an interview with Q in 1997 Bowie said of the date: "I was absolutely mesmerised by it. I couldn't believe it. He was a major hero of mine. And I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 The last two songs are such a fantastic ending to this album, probably my favorite ending by him other than Rock N Roll SuicideI still think it's one of his best closers. The honeymoon phase did not affect my judgement too much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The K Man Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Yep, this album is still pretty awesome. The title track, Lazarus and the last two songs are all fantastic. And the other three songs are all highly enjoyable as well. Terrific record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Best of the year for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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