It seemed about every 10 years David Bowie reached his creative peak, it's so consistent it's almost like clockwork. In 1972 David Bowie released probably his most popular CD "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars". In 1983 Bowie released his funktastic "Let's Dance", he was helped by Nile Rodgers, of Chic fame. "Let's Dance" starts off with one of the most brilliant three song starts for a CD ever. The three songs are "Modern Love", "China Girl" and "Let's Dance". Four years later he had another solid CD "Never Let Me Down". I listened to that last night and it's very good. Then six years later he released his next CD, 1993's "Black Tie White Noise"- which is what this blog is centered around. In the meantime he had released two studio albums with Tin Machine. Working with Nile Rodgers again and his band stint really helped his creative juices flow.
In 2003 he released "Reality", which in reality is only a so so CD. He stopped releasing music for ten years, when he released his last great CD. I was very surprised how good "The Next Day", and I'm sad it took Bowie's death for me to discover it. I would've loved to see what he would have come up with in 2023. Thanks David and collaborators for all the musical memories. On the tenth anniversary of the release of "Black Tie White Noise", a bonus CD was added. It featured new songs and remixes of songs from the original CD. Overall a very solid 24 songs. Below are the highlights of those 24 songs.
I saw something the other day that described Bowie as a funk/soul artist, something I'd never considered him to be. I thought of him as a classic, straight ahead rocker. But listening to a lot of his music over the last several days I have come to a conclusion. We are both right. But his music also included the influences of so many other genres of music. Bowie was truly a musical genius, not only in the music he made, but also who he chose to help him create his masterpieces.
From the original "Black Tie White Noise":
"I Feel Free":
"Black Tie White Noise":
"Jump They Say":
"Nite Flights":
"Pallas Athena"/ "Nite Flights"/ "Black Tie White Noise"/ "Jump They Say":
"Pallas Athena":
"Don't Let Me Down and Down":
From the 10th Anniversary bonus CD:
"Real Cool World":
"Lucy Can't Dance":
"Jump They Say" (Rock Mix):
"Black Tie White Noise" (3rd Floor US Radio Mix)
"You've Been Around" (Dangers 12' Mix):
"Jump They Say" (Brothers In Rhythm 12' Mix):
"Black Tie White Noise" (Here Come Da Jazz):
"Jump They Say" (Dub Oddity Mix):
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