MB Bowie Classics: "Low"

Trollheart · 05-23-2018, 10:01 AM

All change! The Berlin Trilogy is born, and enter some guy called ... Eno?

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-23-2018, 10:40 AM

5.

Wouldn't change anything about it.

Absolutely nothing like what he released before.

10/10 unassailable.

Trollheart · 05-23-2018, 10:47 AM

Totally agree. The first side is fantastic but the songs are quite short, a few instrumentals like "Speed of Life" and "A New Career in a New Town", but the second side just kills it, totally instrumental and ambient. "Warszawa" is beautiful. Eno's influence really changes the whole game. What an album!

Trollheart · 05-23-2018, 10:48 AM

All right, can someone explain this? I set the poll up to show names, and it does, but as soon as I vote, all the names disappear, at least for me. Is that supposed to happen??

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-23-2018, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Totally agree. The first side is fantastic but the songs are quite short, a few instrumentals like "Speed of Life" and "A New Career in a New Town", but the second side just kills it, totally instrumental and ambient. "Warszawa" is beautiful. Eno's influence really changes the whole game. What an album!

I don't mind the length of the songs tbh, they don't out stay their welcome. This is an album that does not waste a second.

It's difficult to even pick one favourite because they're all so good.

Question for anyone who knows: When Dave was in The Man Who Fell To Earth, he started working on the soundtrack to it. One of the tracks on Low (the second side) was meant for that soundtrack and was out on this, but I know that there was other music he made that I don't believe came out. When he found out that he wasn't doing the soundtrack and the guys in charge of the film wanted contributions from numerous artists and said Dave could submit some of his work his response was something like 'you're not getting any of it'. I think he was really angry and upset.

Anyone know any more about all this? What the music for the film was, where it is, did it come out etc.

I might not have remembered it all correctly as it was a long time ago I heard about it but surely he can't have just had the one song.

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

All right, can someone explain this? I set the poll up to show names, and it does, but as soon as I vote, all the names disappear, at least for me. Is that supposed to happen??

The forum is being a bit funny I think.

Trollheart · 05-23-2018, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Fluff

The forum is being a bit funny I think.

It must being Trollhearting me, cos I ain't laughin'.

OccultHawk · 05-23-2018, 11:23 AM

Did you click on a number to open the info?

Trollheart · 05-23-2018, 11:26 AM

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Did you click on a number to open the info?

I did not. Thank you, Sir. That works.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-23-2018, 12:34 PM

Be good to see Hawk's analysis of this album.

I think my favourite vocal is Always Crashing in the Same Car.

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-23-2018, 01:18 PM

Finally a Bowie album I can get downright excited about!
Low has a lot of things going for it. I think it follows up on Station to Station very well, going even deeper in attempting to redefine and flesh out Bowie's sound.
Eno adds a lot of character to the sonic side of things, but the songs themselves also feel fresh and like they promise great things on the horizon for Bowie's creative output. I like the mostly slightly odd vocal passages, like in "Breaking Glass" and "What in the World".
The instrumental side of the album is gorgeous and at times quite wonderful to listen to.

The album is varied to the point of being stylistically inconsistent, but I don't mind at all. It's as if Bowie was trying on a range of shoes, attempting to imagine what his next sound and image could be, then just decided to keep all the best results. The album works really well as an "album experience" and I'm not bored a single second. Sometimes even quite moved or taken by the energy present in several of these cuts.

A surprisingly easy 5/5.

An attempt at deciding on my favorite tracks: "Breaking Glass", ""Sound and Vision", "A New Career in a New Town", "Warszawa".

_Previous ratings:__________________

(Rated on a scale relative to only Bowie's own discography, where 1 means the worst he's done and 5 means the best he's done.)
David Bowie: 1/5
Space Oddity: 2/5
The Man Who Sold The World 4/5
Hunky Dory 3/5
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust 3/5
Aladdin Sane 3/5
PinUps 2/5
Diamond Dogs 2/5
Young Americans 1/5
Station to Station 4/5
Low 5/5
Heroes
Lodger
Scary Monsters
Let's Dance
Tonight
Never Let Me Down
Black Tie White Noise
1. Outside
Earthling
Hours
Heathen
Reality
The Next Day
Blackstar

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05-23-2018, 10:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	MB Bowie Classics: "Low" All change! The Berlin Trilogy is born, and enter some guy called ... Eno? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-23-2018, 10:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Totally agree. The first side is fantastic but the songs are quite short, a few instrumentals like "Speed of Life" and "A New Career in a New Town", but the second side just kills it, totally instrumental and ambient. "Warszawa" is beautiful. Eno's influence really changes the whole game. What an album! __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-23-2018, 10:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	All right, can someone explain this? I set the poll up to show names, and it does, but as soon as I vote, all the names disappear, at least for me. Is that supposed to happen?? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-23-2018, 11:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
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05-23-2018, 10:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	5. Wouldn't change anything about it. Absolutely nothing like what he released before. 10/10 unassailable.

05-23-2018, 12:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Be good to see Hawk's analysis of this album. I think my favourite vocal is Always Crashing in the Same Car.

05-23-2018, 01:18 PM	#10 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Finally a Bowie album I can get downright excited about! Low has a lot of things going for it. I think it follows up on Station to Station very well, going even deeper in attempting to redefine and flesh out Bowie's sound. Eno adds a lot of character to the sonic side of things, but the songs themselves also feel fresh and like they promise great things on the horizon for Bowie's creative output. I like the mostly slightly odd vocal passages, like in "Breaking Glass" and "What in the World". The instrumental side of the album is gorgeous and at times quite wonderful to listen to. The album is varied to the point of being stylistically inconsistent, but I don't mind at all. It's as if Bowie was trying on a range of shoes, attempting to imagine what his next sound and image could be, then just decided to keep all the best results. The album works really well as an "album experience" and I'm not bored a single second. Sometimes even quite moved or taken by the energy present in several of these cuts. A surprisingly easy 5/5. An attempt at deciding on my favorite tracks: "Breaking Glass", ""Sound and Vision", "A New Career in a New Town", "Warszawa". _Previous ratings:__________________ (Rated on a scale relative to only Bowie's own discography, where 1 means the worst he's done and 5 means the best he's done.) David Bowie: 1/5 Space Oddity: 2/5 The Man Who Sold The World 4/5 Hunky Dory 3/5 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust 3/5 Aladdin Sane 3/5 PinUps 2/5 Diamond Dogs 2/5 Young Americans 1/5 Station to Station 4/5 Low 5/5 Heroes Lodger Scary Monsters Let's Dance Tonight Never Let Me Down Black Tie White Noise 1. Outside Earthling Hours Heathen Reality The Next Day Blackstar