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I take it on the road
Those kilometers and the red lights
I was always looking left and right
Oh, but I'm always crashing in the same car
Jasmine, I saw you peeping
As I pushed my foot down to the floor
I was going round and round the hotel garage
Must have been touching close to 94
Oh, but I'm always crashing in the same car
Or take some driving lessons. ; )
This past April, I took a tour of the studio where Low, Heroes, and Lodger were recorded (or at least engineered) - Hansa By-The-Wall studio in Berlin. Very cool place. Also saw the apartment where Bowie and Iggy lived while in Berlin on Hauptstrasse. Was great to walk around Berlin while listening to Low, Heroes, and Lodger.
Great! But i must complete by saying that the session for"Low" was mainly registered at the Château d'Hérouville St Clair, in "my sherish" Normandy.
There is each year a great festival at the same place, the Festival of Beauregard, if you come in Normandie, don't miss it. Every year i think that David was in the same place...
Mr. Bowie is making records in the great beyond now? Awesome! If that's the case, I'll assume he's with a bunch of other rockers, and then when it's my time I wont be so afraid of it!
David Jones created, then killed off many characters: Ziggy, Thin White Duke, Diamond Dog…and I think he’s killed off Bowie after seeing poor health/heart attack and uncertainty of time creeping up on him. Look at the pics of him a few days before he died of liver cancer. Does he look ill? Or even gaunt?
I figure he’s off somewhere enjoying the rest of his life. Godspeed.
Not buying that Station To Station and Young Americans were irrelevant. Not. Buying. This sounds like some kinda hipster-take to me.
Absolutely. Station To Station is among his very finest.
Did Bowie crash that car on Dirty Blvd.?
Otherwise I don't get the Lou Reed reference
The "gated drum" sound on the snare drum was actually created by a digital phase shifter that producer Tony Visconti brought to the studio during the recording of Low, which was the first time it was used on a commercial album release. I always wondered how they got that sound!
Peter Gabriel (thanks to producer Hugh Padgham) would later feature a drum sound with "true" gated reverb on the song "Intruder", played by Phil Collins who would later use it to great effect in later Genesis/solo albums (including that famous, iconic drum fill in "In The Air Tonight").
This is an interesting read.
http://recordingology.com/2015...
Yes, the story goes that it was Hugh Padgham who accidentally "discovered" the sound, but Padgham was the engineer on that album; Steve Lillywhite was the producer.
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Listen to these gated drums, the whole production of this. The whole album feels fresh, intelligent, and important.
Having said that, there's a better version of this on the Bowie @ the Beeb album. Amazingly intimate and lush. Strong recommendation.
Not buying that Station To Station and Young Americans were irrelevant. Not. Buying. This sounds like some kinda hipster-take to me.
Ah yes. Cocaine...... so much innocence, so much promise, so much wishful thinking, so much bull shit.
Mind you, if I could get my mittens on some coca leaves, I would be all over it.
Maybe if it was not for the tobacco, David Bowie would still grace us with his presence.
Gotta ask Steely_D: "Gated Drums?" You are referring to the gated reverb, no cierto? I understand the audio output but not the terminology, hence the question.
Final request: keep up the DB commentary. I enjoy it and as you might have guessed, in my ageing wisdom, I have developed a far keener appreciation of Bowie's music.
The "gated drum" sound on the snare drum was actually created by a digital phase shifter that producer Tony Visconti brought to the studio during the recording of Low, which was the first time it was used on a commercial album release. I always wondered how they got that sound!
Peter Gabriel (thanks to producer Hugh Padgham) would later feature a drum sound with "true" gated reverb on the song "Intruder", played by Phil Collins who would later use it to great effect in later Genesis/solo albums (including that famous, iconic drum fill in "In The Air Tonight").
This is an interesting read.
http://recordingology.com/2015...
Listen to these gated drums, the whole production of this. The whole album feels fresh, intelligent, and important.
Having said that, there's a better version of this on the Bowie @ the Beeb album. Amazingly intimate and lush. Strong recommendation.
Ah yes. Cocaine...... so much innocence, so much promise, so much wishful thinking, so much bull shit.
Mind you, if I could get my mittens on some coca leaves, I would be all over it.
Maybe if it was not for the tobacco, David Bowie would still grace us with his presence.
Gotta ask Steely_D: "Gated Drums?" You are referring to the gated reverb, no cierto? I understand the audio output but not the terminology, hence the question.
Final request: keep up the DB commentary. I enjoy it and as you might have guessed, in my ageing wisdom, I have developed a far keener appreciation of Bowie's music.
I was a college sophomore, playing this repeatedly in my room to the point that my roommate would tell me to turn that shit off. He has since apologized for being wrong. Also, I turned him on to Dylan via Highway 61 Revisited. He was/is a brilliant guy - but these just weren't on his radar at that point. Now he runs a great record store near Austin.
Well, it took me quite some time to love Bowie, too. It wasn't until my early twenties. I know some friends tried to convert me much earlier, First time when I was 15 - no idea why …
I was a college sophomore, playing this repeatedly in my room to the point that my roommate would tell me to turn that shit off. He has since apologized for being wrong. Also, I turned him on to Dylan via Highway 61 Revisited. He was/is a brilliant guy - but these just weren't on his radar at that point. Now he runs a great record store near Austin.
Listen to these gated drums, the whole production of this. The whole album feels fresh, intelligent, and important.
Having said that, there's a better version of this on the Bowie @ the Beeb album. Amazingly intimate and lush. Strong recommendation.
I completely agree with this. Well said.
Oh yeah, David, so are you.
Mr. Bowie is making records in the great beyond now? Awesome! If that's the case, I'll assume he's with a bunch of other rockers, and then when it's my time I wont be so afraid of it!
yep, Bowie was ahead of his time
Oh yeah, David, so are you.
It's been a go to for a while
This era of his work (1977-79) is much more electronic than his earlier (and later) stuff and Brian Eno collaborated on this, so yes, there are a lot of electronic "sound effects" on this album. Whether or not they're annoying is a matter of opinion, I guess. This album helped get me through high school in the late 1970s.
Let the music play....
Listen to these gated drums, the whole production of this. The whole album feels fresh, intelligent, and important.
Having said that, there's a better version of this on the Bowie @ the Beeb album. Amazingly intimate and lush. Strong recommendation.
Damn! That lady had a way with words.
Love that treatment on that wonderfully tortured solo.
We may not have much in common, but well always have Bowie and Squeall to hate.
I Agree...superbad
Wow, George Michael listens to Radio Paradise - hiya George, I loved 'Faith'
Who knew it was possible to make 23 spelling mistakes in a single word?
Very entertaining.
This whole era of Bowie caught me in a weird way when I was younger (early 80's). I liked it but thought it a bit cold. Well guess what, I was right LOL. That's the appeal.
total ego driven poser......his output is tripe
I'm guessing B.C. refers to your favourite music era?
Jealous?
oldfart48 wrote:
total ego driven poser......his output is tripe
This past April, I took a tour of the studio where Low, Heroes, and Lodger were recorded (or at least engineered) - Hansa By-The-Wall studio in Berlin. Very cool place. Also saw the apartment where Bowie and Iggy lived while in Berlin on Hauptstrasse. Was great to walk around Berlin while listening to Low, Heroes, and Lodger.
Very cool! I wouldn't have thought to do that - will be sure to do the same next time in Berlin!
Oh dear, grand-dad's off his meds again.
This past April, I took a tour of the studio where Low, Heroes, and Lodger were recorded (or at least engineered) - Hansa By-The-Wall studio in Berlin. Very cool place. Also saw the apartment where Bowie and Iggy lived while in Berlin on Hauptstrasse. Was great to walk around Berlin while listening to Low, Heroes, and Lodger.
Low is one of the great rock iconic albums. Besides the fact that it marks Bowie's resurgence into importance (from a period of cocaine-induced irrelevance) - it also is a sonic wonder.
Listen to these gated drums, the whole production of this. The whole album feels fresh, intelligent, and important.
Having said that, there's a better version of this on the Bowie @ the Beeb album. Amazingly intimate and lush. Strong recommendation.
ALWAYS IREVELIVENT,
Whose Kool-Aid do you drink then?
any other...............PSD.
Very definitely mine too-Spring 1977
Very definitely mine too-Spring 19977
Except for his spelling of "unparalleled"
Thanks form...er....Romeo. corrected on original
Keep trying - his range and variety and craftsmanship are unparrelled in the history of rock and roll.
Whose Kool-Aid do you drink then?
Drunk comes out of the bar, looks around, lights a cigarette, walks directly into a lamppost, and is knocked on his butt. Gets up, dusts himself off, turns around unsteadily a few times, walks directly into the same lamppost, which knocks him on his butt again. Gets up, scratches his head, wobbles around, and crashes yet again into the very same lamppost.
Despairingly he shouts, "Lost! In an impenetrable forest!"
Drunk comes out of the bar, looks around, lights a cigarette, walks directly into a lamppost, and is knocked on his butt. Gets up, dusts himself off, turns around unsteadily a few times, walks directly into the same lamppost, which knocks him on his butt again. Gets up, scratches his head, wobbles around, and crashes yet again into the very same lamppost.
Despairingly he shouts, "Lost! In an impenetrable forest!"
Has anybody contacted Homeland Security?
Can't argue with that! ; )
I guess I'm going to have to join the "Lemmoth is always right" club. ; )
Ferrari!!!
Hope the thrill was worth it.
Keep trying - his range and variety and craftsmanship are unparrelled in the history of rock and roll.
Agreed!
Keep trying - his range and variety and craftsmanship are unparalleled in the history of rock and roll.
I agree. This album really blew my mind the first time I heard it - think I was maybe in jr. high school and checked it out from the library. It won me over and turned me into a lifelong Bowie fan.
+1. Lodger is another good one from the same era.
I agree. This album really blew my mind the first time I heard it - think I was maybe in jr. high school and checked it out from the library. It won me over and turned me into a lifelong Bowie fan.
Ferrari!!!
Is that a Toyota?
Essex,
If I insulted you as to your sexual orientation, my apologies. It did not appear that you were offering an olive branch but rather expressing yourself in your crass wonderful way about all things negative towards Bowie and his music.
Have a nice day and welcome back. I'd say I missed you but in all honesty, that would be a lie.
...who knows, in another time, another place we could have been like Butch and Sundance...Abbot and Costello, er Fred and Ginger...
I know EXACTLY how that feels.
Always loved this song, BTW. As I remember, Robert Fripp plays on the album...or not...I do know that Eno's in there!
I don't care if a person's gay or not, I'm surprised at your reaction, and as for you "not messing with strangers"...don't flatter yourself...I was offering an olive branch not a night of man love.
Essex,
If I insulted you as to your sexual orientation, my apologies. It did not appear that you were offering an olive branch but rather expressing yourself in your crass wonderful way about all things negative towards Bowie and his music.
Have a nice day and welcome back. I'd say I missed you but in all honesty, that would be a lie.
this a bad thing??
Essex, you sad Texan fool, just because Bowie liked to hug guys (and maybe more) doesn't mean that the rest of us Bowie LOVERS do as well.
Quite honestly, your hating Bowie doesn't affect me one way or the other. It just shows me how stupid you are in your utter simplistic hatred of one artist.
Now I hate Neil Young and profess to it honestly, but I have songs of his that I have rated a 10 and a 9 and I have good things to say about him too. You, you simply offer your crass, unadulturated crap for the masses to suck on like sour milk.
And do you really want a hug? Because quite honestly, I don't mess around with strangers, and you are one sick little puppy.
Ha ha...my reference to "hugging you" has no connection to anything Bowie's done in the past present or future...how funny that you would think that...I don't care if a person's gay or not, I'm surprised at your reaction, and as for you "not messing with strangers"...don't flatter yourself...I was offering an olive branch not a night of man love.
Check out other people's comments and you will see I'm not alone in disliking this particular song. However I don't like the man as an artist...and you don't like that so boo hoo to you.
When you're not listening to Bowie (if ever) I suggest you enroll in some anger management classes as you're coming across like
"Yosemite Sam"
Bowie is a unique kind of awesomeness!