Wednesday, 9 January 2013
David Bowie: The Next Day. That album cover design
Why “Heroes”?MORE
If you are going to subvert an album by David Bowie there are many to choose from but this is one of his most revered, it had to be an image that would really jar if it were subverted in some way and we thought “Heroes” worked best on all counts. Also the new album is very contemplative and the “Heroes” cover matched this mood. The song Where are we now? is a comparison between Berlin when the wall fell and Berlin today. Most people know of Bowie’s heritage in Berlin and we want people to think about the time when the original album was produced and now...
Tony Visconti On New David Bowie Material
Miles Davis - What I Say/Yesternow (Oslo, Norway 1971-11-09)
Bonus:
Directions (The Electric Factory Philadelphia November 17, 1970)
For Dave & Calypso Frelimo (Paris 1973-11-15)
Hear Some Cave Rock from Pacitan, Indonesia
In a small town in south
east Java, a family determined to preserve the local cave's endangered
cave "rock music." For more details, please visit www.mariabakkalapulo.com
(Photo by Niall Macaulay)
(Photo by Niall Macaulay)
Singers who came in from the cold
Frank Sinatra
When the Bobby Sox audience moved on Sinatra’s career went into swift decline. Re-emerged in the mid-50s with a new, sophisticated “swinging” style on In The Wee Small Hours. Now every out-of-ideas rocker makes a “swing” album.
Elvis Presley
They said “the King” was all washed up, starring in naff movies while the Beatles stole his crown. The 1968 “Comeback Special” TV show re-invented Elvis, 33, as a leather-clad rocker who had lost none of his sex appeal.
Marvin Gaye
After the 1973 triumph of "What’s Going On", Gaye became a troubled European tax exile, playing darts with locals an Ostend pub. His stunning return in 1982 with "Sexual Healing" is now the subject of a film starring Lenny Kravitz.
Kate Bush
Twelve years of silence ended when Bush emerged from a life of domestic bliss with Aerial, an ambitious double album mixing pop, classical and folk themes. Energised by the positive response, it took Bush just six years to produce its successor.
Morrissey
Languishing without a record deal for six years after a series of critical failures Morrissey’s 2004 "You Are The Quarry" album marked a surprise return to form, spawning four top ten singles and elevating the ex-Smiths singer to festival headliner status.
Leonard Cohen
Retreated to a Buddhist monastery in 1994 with little intention of performing again but embezzlement of his pension funds forced Godfather of Gloom out on tour and now is playing his finest shows, aged 78.
and then there was David Bowie
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
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