Hi Blogheads;
Today I'd like to talk about a song I like to listen to at the moment. Music has been a huge part of my life and the one musician who has been a constant part of it is, or, sadly now, was, David Bowie. The song that I can't get out of my head at the moment is "Blackstar", the title track of Bowie's latest album of the same name. It is an amazing piece of work, as good as anything he's done in a 50 year-long career. It is the work of someone at the very top of his game. Bowie peaked as a "pop musician", not doubt, long before any of you were born, yet, he continued to push the bounderies of modern music until his dying day. He died of liver cancer on January 10th, 2016, 2 days after "Blackstar" was released, 2 days after his 69th birthday.
The first time I heard the song was on November 19th of last year (2015). At first, I didn't know what to make of it. I found the video quite distracting and I missed out on a lot of the musical twists and turns. Actually, I'm quite sure that is the type of reaction Bowie would be happy to recieve, to make you think about what was going on through abstract expression. I like this song because, musically, it mixes so many styles and emotions. Pop, Jazz, Hip´Hop, Rock n' Roll, and Electronic combinde to create something new and edgy. Lyrically, the song is Bowie at his best, mixing truth and myth with humour and mystery. The more I listen to the song, the more it amazes me.
So, as you can gather, I'm a Bowie fan. However, I love lots of musical styles and love getting recommendations of new bands or artists to listen to.
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What it's called,
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When you hear it for the first time,
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I never heard David Bowie before, I just knew of his death. It´s a very crazy song, but it´s good. I´ll listening more of this.
ReplyDeleteBowie its so popular these days. I know almost anything about him.
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Im not in Fau bloggers :(
He was a brilliant artist,so sad that he left :C
ReplyDeleteThe starman, Bowie is such an inspirational character for me, he's was a rebel at all times and that's amazing. he's left us with only his music, and i think he tried to tell us that he was dying in his last album, we didnt see it come anyway. Great song by the a great musician.
ReplyDeleteWell, I heard Davie Bowie, but only the name, never his music
ReplyDeleteWe can be heroes, just for one day...
ReplyDeleteWe can be heroes, just for one day...
ReplyDeleteI never listen the music of bowie, but i think that is never late to start with a new artist and his music
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