David Bowie "Blackstar" video world premiere

poundhound

The world premiere of Bowie's new 10min video "Blackstar" will debut tonight (19/11/15), simultaniously on Sky Atlantic and Sky Arts 1 at 8.45pm.

mass_debater

Very weird, big Bowie fan but not that fond of that

allap

great video. Very cryptic and dark.

poundhound

I agree.

I've always loved the way Bowie provides his own backing vocals. There's layers of his vocals on this track.

Roll on 8th Jan, the album release.

T-Bird

Lazarus out on Friday 18th.
Iir, there are only 7 tracks on album, 4 already out before it is released. Not sure if I will rush to buy it as I think it is a bit of a rip off.

coppinger

Hmmmm -- not sure about this, scarecrow s and astronauts in the same video. But at least it's not boring - take note kings of Leon, arctic monkeys and royal blood - not boring

T-Bird

The Cuban

BLACKSTAR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszLwBaC4Sw

Brilliant, the man is a Genius.

NIMAN

Maybe its dark as he knew he was dying of cancer?

I am not a fan of DB myself, and imho he hasn't had a good song in many years, but I know others consider him a genius.

RIP

fryup

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absolute beginners (86) was the last decent song he released imo

i'm a Bowie fan but there's been alot of OTT retrospective about him today

NIMAN

Simply for Heroes, he will always be part-genius at least in my mind.

murpho999

fryup wrote: »

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absolute beginners (86) was the last descent song he released imo

i'm a Bowie fan but there's been alot of OTT retrospective about him today

Couldn't agree with this after his "The Next Day" album. I just love every track on it.

"Absolute Beginners" whilst being a huge hit is one of the most un-Bowie like songs in my opinion.

Of course it's all subjective.

fryup

yes it is subjective,

my favourite Bowie period is the early 80s lets dance - china girl period, but he confessed in an interview years later he hated.. it was too commercial for his tastes, so there you go

poundhound

The man is a God.

There's not an band/artist today that hasn't been influenced by him either directly or indirectly.

The reaction to his death is absolutely justified.

Rock & Roll Royalty.

loyatemu

He is a giant of popular music, the reaction is justified. If McCartney or maybe Jagger or Madonna died I'd expect a similar reaction, not many others are at that level of cultural significance. Even if he hadn't had his recent comeback I think the coverage would have been the same.

leakyboots

fryup wrote: »

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absolute beginners (86) was the last decent song he released imo

i'm a Bowie fan but there's been alot of OTT retrospective about him today

G'waaaay out of it. Some of Earthling is unbelievable - very much ahead of it's time.

Give the new album a whirl too, very good.

trashcan

NIMAN wrote: »

Maybe its dark as he knew he was dying of cancer?

I am not a fan of DB myself, and imho he hasn't had a good song in many years, but I know others consider him a genius.

RIP

Similarly, wouldn't have considered myself a fan, have none of his stuff, but there is no denying the quality of his output in the 70's - Changes, Jean Genie, Rebel Rebel, Sound & Vision, Heroes, Golden Years, Young Americans, etc etc.

Love the guitar riff in this

NIMAN

Totally agree, he did some great stuff in the 70s.

But that was 4 decades ago.

For the non-DB fan I would say there was a definite drop off in quality in his work. Of course fans will disagree, and music is very sibjective, but thats my opinion anyway.