Heartland

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

Edited to add link, song is on youtube

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

czuczu wrote:...

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

Edited to add link, song is on youtube

Blimey. I thought he'd jacked it in for ever.


Good to see him alive & kicking again.

*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.

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.

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

In all parts fully seconded! ... ...


And btw, Happy Birthday, Mr Bowie !!! ... ...

Pista wrote: Blimey. I thought he'd jacked it in for ever.

Likewise
It's a great song.

Fantastic to see him back.

Edit: Is Gabrels playing on the album or is he staying with The Cure?

He parted company with Gabrels in '99 - apparently Reeves wasn't too impressed with the return of the Greatest Hits.
Think it was all quite amicable though. Earl Slick and Gerry Leonard were his last 2 tour guitarists.

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.

I like that song, even listening it on my laptop.

Just listened to this a min ago & it's so f**king great to hear that voice again Really digging the new tune
and a new album??!

Sweetcheeks wrote:Just listened to this a min ago & it's so f**king great to hear that voice again Really digging the new tune
and a new album??!

WORD!

Now all he needs to do is announce UK shows...although if he does I think I may run out of jizz forever

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

Nope. But I still love him...

I tried to like the new single, I really did, but it's just so bland.

I really love it. And finding it in the early morning (or when I woke up, actually) really made my day.
Oh yes, happy birthday Mr. Bowie!

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



Not only UK shows are needed btw, there's more than just your island you know

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.

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."

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

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.

Bonus: He is back.

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 !

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/

Hom_Corleone wrote:
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...

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/

... ... 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 ... ...
Oh hell, I forgot such a lot. And not only the bad things.