My feelings about the upcoming David Bowie album The Next Day are as follows:
1. Anticipation
and
2. Fear
Because:
1. I am not a fan of "Where Are We Now" though the more I listen to it, the less I really dislike it and the more I ponder about it: it makes me think of something but I can't put my finger on it. It's not that it is incomplete but it is vague, the sound has a vagueness to it. It feels fully formed yet distance (perhaps that's the point, it is looking back at a distance).
2. But what if it is as great as, let's not go crazy here, Heroes? How about a "Somebody Up There Likes Me" or a "Boys Keep Swinging" or, nah it will never happen but, "Modern Love"?
There was a time in the 1990s when Bowie was constantly playing in nyc. He would play early before the tour, during the tour and after it, rehearsal gigs and off we go sets then, I might as well spend the night at home again and then a coupla months later, whomp, the final concert of the year. He was the Ramones of glam rock. Remember when the Ramones were playing somewhere every week? Otherwise known as the good ol days? What if he performs live???
Well, most of the Ramones are gone and David? David was retired till last month and then he released the single and David is dropping a new song "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" on February 26th to be followed by the entire album on March 12th, 2013.
Here is the tracklist and I am waiting for "Dirty Boys"!