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by David Bowie, w/ insane Robert Fripp guitar playing. It’s maybe sort of a diss track at musicians and and critics who thought he could be replaced by the next hot new thing? idk
It just sounds so good
Jul 17, 2024
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For me, Bowie’s strongest work is his 90’s-era stuff, especially the tracks from the Outside & Earthling albums.
I love all the classic songs like Space Oddity and Changes, of course, but the drums never really got mixed right and it drives me nuts, especially if it’s that stereo left-channel right-channel only shit instead of mono. This is a huge gripe I’ve always had with songs from the 50’s/60’s.
I’m a drum and synth guy, what can I say? Something so primal and pristine in this track. He has a pulse like no other.
Feb 23, 2025
Acoustic guitars! What?!? I’m pretty sure that very early teenage me thought this intro was amazing. So when the Electric Guitar and Drums enter, they do so with Aplomb. To put it mildly. The guitar is HUGE. The riff is HUGE. All Of This And Nothing - the band’s most ambitious piece, at that juncture. 6 minutes 23 seconds.
A phonebook full of accidents
A girl to drive your car
A suit to wear on Mondays
And a coat a magazine
A heavy rain a holiday
A painting of the wall
A knife, a fork and memories
A light to see it all
You didn't leave me anything
That I can understand
It’s pretty great, really great, and then, well, it doesn’t *quite* deliver the money shot.
Hey, I never meant that stuff
I want to turn you round
But then the final, excellent conclusion
Now I'm left with all of this
A room full of your trash
Maybe a touch too much sax, but lovely.
The band that refuses to be a rock pop band makes an almost perfect rock pop album.
I'm pretty sure my first band started almost right after this. I couldn't play for shit, but then, I didn't NEED to.
Jun 6, 2025
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