“Born the wrong way round”
The Sunday Times has a half page profile of Bowie, including mentions of Lazarus the stage presentation and some quotations from an as yet unpublished review of the ★ album by Dan Cairns. Here are some excerpts from the piece.
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“Now comes Blackstar, an extraordinary new album, to be released in early January, to coincide with Bowie’s 69th birthday.
At a time when most people are slowing down, the Thin White Duke is having a surge of creative energy. Blackstar signifies yet another dramatic turn in Bowie’s output. Bleak and disturbing, the title track’s video is not for the delicate of disposition: eyes bound by bandages, Bowie wails into a blasted landscape, swirling with juddering human bodies and images of crucifixion. On the ground is what looks like the body of an astronaut, but when the helmet is lifted there is only a skull inside.
Dan Cairns, The Sunday Times’s pop music critic, says “His approach to making music is that of an actor immersing himself in a role. He’s been reading a lot of history books and that’s coming out in his fascination with demagogues, the tyrant behind the smile. The result is another masterclass in experimentation and reinvention. Working with young musicians has fired him up. Some of the songs are staggeringly beautiful, vocally he hasn’t sounded this strong for decades.””
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The full Dan Cairns review of the ★ album will appear in the paper’s Culture section next Sunday.
Meanwhile, you can read the profile of David Bowie here.
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