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Post by phil on May 4, 2008 7:30:53 GMT -5
WOAH! Thunk ... Heroes is not in your Top Ten Bowie Songs ...?? It has to be number 11 ... Yes?  ? |
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Post by KooL on May 4, 2008 9:44:25 GMT -5
"Heroes" aint all that. Thunk's biggest omission here is "Lady Grinning Soul".
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Post by maarts on May 4, 2008 15:20:24 GMT -5
Yes it is. And much much more too. Lady Grinning Soul.....nah. |
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Post by phil on May 4, 2008 20:21:36 GMT -5
*Heroes* is one of the few songs that still stops me dead in my tracks!
But you don't have to take my word for it ...
Song Review by Ned Raggett
Not even ending up as a Microsoft commercial theme could quench the sheer power and beauty of "Heroes,"
arguably David Bowie's finest individual song throughout his varied, fascinating career.
The story of its inspiration got a bit muddled over time — it might have been two employees at the recording studio near the Berlin Wall who Bowie saw in an embrace,
or simply two random strangers in the shadow of that Cold War symbol.
But inspired by that and with the collaborative help of Brian Eno and, with a jaw-dropping set of solos, guitarist Robert Fripp, Bowie, his backing band and producer Tony Visconti created a true classic. Clearly drawing from the various German influences he had absorbed while still relying on the dramatic power of rock and roll, the song becomes an anthem, Fripp's exquisite work at once celebratory and an electric requiem. That feeling of valediction is reflected in Bowie's lyric about individual connection and response in the face of a crushing, anonymous outside world — but it wouldn't be half so grand without Bowie's simply breathtaking vocal.
Starting with an almost conversational tone, by the end of the song he's turning in a performance
that could almost be called operatic, yet still achingly, passionately human.
Indeed!
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Post by upinkzeppelin2 on May 5, 2008 17:33:20 GMT -5
WOAH! Thunk ... Heroes is not in your Top Ten Bowie Songs ...?? It has to be number 11 ... Yes? ? Yeah, probably that or "Star". I actually dig "John, I'm Only Dancing" more than most people, I think. Could be wrong though. |
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Post by Ayinger on May 5, 2008 20:06:30 GMT -5
I frankly can stand without hearing "Ashes To Ashes" and "Fame" most times.....
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Post by maarts on May 11, 2008 1:33:35 GMT -5
Understandable. But Bowie's catalogue is so big, there are plenty of top tens you could make.
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Post by Ayinger on May 11, 2008 2:17:22 GMT -5
I just about hate those songs though,,,,esp. "Ashes To Ashes".... I do more appreciate the older ones (yeahUP "Panic In Detroit"!!) but really I could do more of Tin Machine ("Under The God") than the endless MTVd "Ashes" or "Fame" for that matter......
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Post by Dr. Drum on May 13, 2008 19:20:59 GMT -5
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Post by maarts on May 18, 2008 4:39:25 GMT -5
It's still blank to my eyes, Doc...
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Post by RocDoc on May 18, 2008 15:04:41 GMT -5
rauschenburg's passing, right?
bless 'im and his charlatan ways, i suppose...r.i.p., sir.
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Post by achn2b on May 20, 2008 19:11:02 GMT -5
Hey all. Just a drive-by post to toot my own horn. Here's a link to a pic of me(and my trusty Mondonico) finishing our local hill climb time trial on Saturday. Pardon the huge watermark. bigdawg.smugmug.com/gallery/4953327_C5Xww#297484787_5c8Dvman, I gotta get serious about losing some more weight.  |
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Post by RocDoc on May 20, 2008 22:11:51 GMT -5
call it what i do (well, til i finally lose the poundage), 'healthy living'...
great to see you check in again, achn.....and festival season comin' up, eh?
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Post by maarts on May 21, 2008 4:49:23 GMT -5
Cycling's the way to do it. And you get to wear lycra. So carry on.
Hope evrything else's OK too!
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Post by phil on Jun 6, 2008 20:00:49 GMT -5
Top Ten Tentative List of show I wanna see
at the Festival international d'été de Québec
which start July 4th ...
1) Zappa Plays Zappa ... Hell yes!
Eldest Son's date with me ...
2) Angélique Kidjo ...
3) Calexico ...
4) Spanish Harlem Orchestra ...
5) Feist ...
My date with Better-Half
6) The Wailers ...
7) Primus
My date with Eldest Son
8) Great Big Sea ...
9) California Guitar Trio / Toni Levin / Pat Mastelotto
10) Pascale Picard Band ...
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