The David Bowie - Starman Album Of The Week! Lodger (1979) Originally to be titled either Planned Accidents or Despite Straight Lines, Lodger was largely recorded between legs of David Bowies 1978 world tour and featured the same musicians, along with Brian Eno. Lead guitar was played not by Robert Fripp, as on Heroes, but by Fripps future King Crimson bandmate, Adrian Belew, whom Bowie had poached while the guitarist was touring with Frank Zappa. Much of Belews work on the album was composited from multiple takes played against backing tracks of which he had no prior knowledge, not even the key. Other experiments on the album included using old tunes played backwards, employing identical chord sequences for different songs, and having the musicians play unfamiliar instruments. Interestingly enough, the track Move On when played backwards, sounds eerily like the old tune All The Young Dudes (see below) Eno felt that the trilogy had petered out by Lodger, and Belew also observed Enos and Bowies working relationship closing down: They didnt quarrel or anything uncivilised like that; they just didnt seem to have the spark that I imagine they might have had during the Heroes album. An early plan to continue the basic pattern of the previous records with one side of songs and the other instrumentals was dropped, Bowie instead adding lyrics that foreshadowed the more worldly concerns of his next album, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). youtu.be/lYgNomvJpMs
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 21:58:43 +0000
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