LOVING THE ALIEN
Today I found myself being anti-social. Might as well, I’ve been partying hard the past few nights (weeks?) and coming home with the sun out already. I slept at 7 AM today and got up three hours later because of the heat. Needless to say it got me a little cranky. Not that I was snapping at anyone but as I said, being anti-social.
I stayed in my room most of the day; emerging from it only for food and the occasional chat with my family. I decided to drown myself out with music; first by listening to different stuff on my iTunes, then putting on DVDs of concerts. After hours of all kinds of music, I let David Bowie’s “A Reality Tour” concert stay on. It was then I realized that I’ve liked his work for quite some time.
I was introduced to David Bowie’s stuff back in the eighties when his single “Let’s Dance” was on the top of the charts (remember American Top 40 with Casey Kasem?). He released more songs that year and most of them I liked. Fast forward a few years and I find myself getting a video of his “Glass Spider Tour” (that concert featured Peter Frampton on guitar). I was reacquainted with his work, and for the first time listened to some of his 70’s material. Being so into it then I’d even follow playing the drums to the video; I still had a drum set back then. Fast forward once more…..
This afternoon I find myself once again watching a David Bowie concert and loving it all over. Very few of the 80’s hits were performed leaving me with only the new material to appreciate. His sound now is more, for a lack of a better word, experimental. But no matter what, the genius in his music is still there. Combine that with talented musicians and you’ve got serious ear candy. Speaking of genius, “Under Pressure”, the single sampled by Vanilla Ice for “Ice Ice Baby”; is a brilliant song. It’s just sad that people equate the bass line with a white rapper rather than with rock legends.
Since it was a DVD I was watching, you could still see that he’s still much the showman he was early on in his career. After all, it was he who started the Glam movement (and not Guns and Roses, please!) with his alter ego “Ziggy Stardust”.
Who would have thought that after years of playing and listening to all forms of music, I’d come back to appreciate and understand an artist that I discovered in grade three. I guess it only proves that good music/talent is timeless.
I stayed in my room most of the day; emerging from it only for food and the occasional chat with my family. I decided to drown myself out with music; first by listening to different stuff on my iTunes, then putting on DVDs of concerts. After hours of all kinds of music, I let David Bowie’s “A Reality Tour” concert stay on. It was then I realized that I’ve liked his work for quite some time.
I was introduced to David Bowie’s stuff back in the eighties when his single “Let’s Dance” was on the top of the charts (remember American Top 40 with Casey Kasem?). He released more songs that year and most of them I liked. Fast forward a few years and I find myself getting a video of his “Glass Spider Tour” (that concert featured Peter Frampton on guitar). I was reacquainted with his work, and for the first time listened to some of his 70’s material. Being so into it then I’d even follow playing the drums to the video; I still had a drum set back then. Fast forward once more…..
This afternoon I find myself once again watching a David Bowie concert and loving it all over. Very few of the 80’s hits were performed leaving me with only the new material to appreciate. His sound now is more, for a lack of a better word, experimental. But no matter what, the genius in his music is still there. Combine that with talented musicians and you’ve got serious ear candy. Speaking of genius, “Under Pressure”, the single sampled by Vanilla Ice for “Ice Ice Baby”; is a brilliant song. It’s just sad that people equate the bass line with a white rapper rather than with rock legends.
Since it was a DVD I was watching, you could still see that he’s still much the showman he was early on in his career. After all, it was he who started the Glam movement (and not Guns and Roses, please!) with his alter ego “Ziggy Stardust”.
Who would have thought that after years of playing and listening to all forms of music, I’d come back to appreciate and understand an artist that I discovered in grade three. I guess it only proves that good music/talent is timeless.
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