Bowie get 66 and make a new release!
Where are we now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWtsV50_-p4
Heard this on the radio a couple of weeks ago. There was a small discussion. They said Bowie had dropped out of the scene some years ago because he saw a new wave of music coming through, and instead of trying compete, he left the stage and settled quietly into a relationship scene.
Now he has released new material, they said they felt he had not done what he had done previously, and reinvent himself in new burst of creative identity. They seemed a little disappointed with this track, and that it reflected a giving-in of some kind.
Now having heard it twice, I have to say I love it. I am very impressed - in fact more so than with any of his earlier material. Julie was much more of a Bowie fan than I - just one of those things. But I really like this track - revealing an inner aspect that was always there, but now more focused.
They also said Bowie would never have launched his career if it wasn't for his wife back then - she was a powerful force to get him up on stage. Not sure if it's the same woman he has now.