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... :D

Doesn't even matter that its a bit bland, he's back! :notworthy:

Edited to add link, song is on youtube
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOyDTy9DtHQ

i was nervous listening to it at first... it's a slow song, but after about a minute i was starting to feel it :)

have listened to it a few times now and it's definitely a grower.

my favourite bit is the last minute or so when the drums pick up the pace a little - there's some gorgeous guitars come in towards the end.

very much looking forward to hearing the rest of his new stuff :D
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czuczu wrote:... :D

Doesn't even matter that its a bit bland, he's back! :notworthy:

Edited to add link, song is on youtube
Blimey. I thought he'd jacked it in for ever.
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Good to see him alive & kicking again.
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*bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce*

New Bowie Album!

*bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce*

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markfiend wrote:*bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce*

New Bowie Album!

*bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce*

I'm sorry, I will clean that up.
:lol: :lol:
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Quiff Boy wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOyDTy9DtHQ

i was nervous listening to it at first... it's a slow song, but after about a minute i was starting to feel it :)

have listened to it a few times now and it's definitely a grower.

my favourite bit is the last minute or so when the drums pick up the pace a little - there's some gorgeous guitars come in towards the end.

very much looking forward to hearing the rest of his new stuff :D
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Pista wrote: Blimey. I thought he'd jacked it in for ever.
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Likewise :!:
It's a great song. :notworthy:

Fantastic to see him back. :notworthy:

Edit: Is Gabrels playing on the album or is he staying with The Cure? :?
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He parted company with Gabrels in '99 - apparently Reeves wasn't too impressed with the return of the Greatest Hits. :lol:
Think it was all quite amicable though. Earl Slick and Gerry Leonard were his last 2 tour guitarists.
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I think Gabrels' tenure with The Cure was just temporary, for the SummerCure shows.
He was in blighty for a while after though & there are mumblings of releases (remember those?).

Funny. After reading the article, The Cure immediately sprang to mind. I think it was all the references to the Berlin Trilogy.
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I like that song, even listening it on my laptop. :)
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Just listened to this a min ago & it's so f**king great to hear that voice again :notworthy: Really digging the new tune 8)
and a new album??! :eek: :notworthy:
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Sweetcheeks wrote:Just listened to this a min ago & it's so f**king great to hear that voice again :notworthy: Really digging the new tune 8)
and a new album??! :eek: :notworthy:

WORD! :notworthy: ;D
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Now all he needs to do is announce UK shows...although if he does I think I may run out of jizz forever
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RockNRoll Mercenary wrote:Now all he needs to do is announce UK shows...although if he does I think I may run out of jizz forever
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Nope. But I still love him... :|
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I tried to like the new single, I really did, but it's just so bland.
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I really love it. And finding it in the early morning (or when I woke up, actually) really made my day. :D
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Found out about it this morning at work. I kinda feel the same as Stu: it might not be that good, but it makes me happy just to see he's back :notworthy:



Not only UK shows are needed btw, there's more than just your island you know :innocent: :wink:
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WOW!!! AMAZING!!

I thought that was it. I expected at some point there would be a trawl through the vaults and a lot more repackaging and anniversary releases but not NEW MATERIAL - incredible.

It just goes to show you an artist or a band release nothing for years and then POW! - it almost gives you hope.
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lazarus corporation wrote:I tried to like the new single, I really did, but it's just so bland.
My reaction was precisely the opposite: he's never done it for me, but I rather liked this. I've always felt bad that he's never done it for me, though--like it's some kind of moral failing on my part that I find his work to be resoundingly "meh."
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Quiff Boy wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOyDTy9DtHQ

i was nervous listening to it at first... it's a slow song, but after about a minute i was starting to feel it :)

have listened to it a few times now and it's definitely a grower.

my favourite bit is the last minute or so when the drums pick up the pace a little - there's some gorgeous guitars come in towards the end.

very much looking forward to hearing the rest of his new stuff :D
Agree, but then again for last couple of months I am in the mood for such songs. My neurons are happy.
Oh yes, the lyrics are great.

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Like everyone else I love the lyrics and it is an understated "grower" in the way Dandelion King was - a good thing for a comeback. Sounds a bit meandering first time you hear it but definitely worthy of the great man. But releasing a new song only a decade after the last one...lightweight ! :roll:
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I heard about first thing this morning but it took me hours to get on line to listen... In the interim I was getting texts telling me about it, so by lunch I had pretty much built myself up to a frenzy of expectation.
On the first listen, I though it sounds like something off '...hours'. Not a bad thing but not what I had been expecting...

However, after a couple of more listens, it really started to pay off. Now, I love it...

Incidentally, on another note - I think the new album cover is fantastic. Great interview by the designer ->
http://virusfonts.com/news/2013/01/davi ... er-design/
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Edit: Is Gabrels playing on the album or is he staying with The Cure? :?
I remember reading they had a falling out in the late 00's. TI think Reeves said something along the lines of he had possibly got a bit carried away & forgot who was paying the wages & name appeared above the title.
Personally, while I thought he was great in Tin Machine & on Outside, I kinda got started to find his work a bit samey and ruined some of the later stuff he did with Bowie with those squealing bits...

But that's just me...
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bangles wrote: Incidentally, on another note - I think the new album cover is fantastic. Great interview by the designer ->
http://virusfonts.com/news/2013/01/davi ... er-design/
... :eek: ... The cover is indeed very, very good!
I'm all excited now to hear the whole of the album.
And I know already now, it will touch me deeply.
It does that already now only by the first song and the cover ... :eek: ...
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