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David Bowie Breaks Decade-Long Musical Silence

January 8, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment
David Bowie (Photo Credit: Jimmy King 2013 www.davidbowie.com)

David Bowie (Photo Credit: Jimmy King 2013 www.davidbowie.com)

David Bowie has musically been out of the public eye for 10 years.

And so it came as a total surprise when David Bowie released a new single and video Tuesday.

The song is called “Where Are We Now?”

John Wilson of the BBC arts program Front Row says, “Some Bowie fans some can barely contain their excitement. I’ve seen on Twitter this morning several people talking about being in tears listening to this song. So I mean, okay, it’s a pop release but he’s an artist, he’s a proper artist. He doesn’t release records because it’s time for another record. He releases records when there is something for him to say.”

What’s your take? Do you like what Bowie has to say with “Where Are We Now?” Add your thoughts in the comments below.


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2 comments for “David Bowie Breaks Decade-Long Musical Silence”

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003299175996 Gogo Akido

      
    I find the video very provocative. Bowie’s preoccupation with mortality is jarring. It’s as if he wants to know if everyone else sees him the way he sees himself, and that he desperately wants us to. I sense a bit of a need to be honest, in some weird way. Like he wants to be “understood” before he dies. Does he portend his own untimely death?  Anyway, I look forward to the album.

  • Christine Bush

    God bless the boomers. It will be about them to their very end.