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It Will Take A Miracle for Bowie to Record Again.
Aug 17^th, 2011 at 6:34am

It’ll Take a Miracle for David Bowie to Record Again
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08.15.2011

David Bowie has probably retired from music, according to British author Paul Trynka, who recently wrote a biography on the now-reclusive singer.

Trynka, a former editor-in-chief at Mojo magazine, says it's unlikely Bowie will ever return to the studio. "My heart says he'll come back, but my head says he's not likely to," Trynka told Spinner magazine. “I think he would only come back if he thinks he could deliver something that will be seismic. If you pop back into the stage, it's got to be something that has a big explosion and lots of flashes. It would be a bit of a miracle if he comes back, but miracles do happen."

Trynka's book, David Bowie: Starman, reveals a little-known rock fact: that Bowie was temporarily a member of The Small Faces, a gig which the author feels may have had a life-changing effect on the singer and his future direction. "That in itself showed what a genius he had for meeting the right kind of people, making friends and influencing people," Trynker said. "This was one of the biggest '60s bands. But he wasn't good enough, he was too derivative, and they threw him out of the band. That alone shines a new light on how he became the person he was.”
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Reply #2 - Aug 17^th, 2011 at 6:54am

Cant be too many major acts in the rock era who just 'retire' and stick to it. Its been seven years now since he aborted that tour due to heart problems. Apart from a couple of guest appearances since with Arcade Fire and the like, he's been pretty much retired. I dont expect a comeback. And certainly never again as a touring act.

He owes us nothing, but I do miss him. The best and (easily) most important solo artist we've ever produced.

Have really started to appreciate his output from the final decade of his career more in the last year or so. Too me a heck of a long time to get into it.

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Reply #5 - Aug 17^th, 2011 at 8:11am

Gazza wrote on Aug 17^th, 2011 at 6:54am:

Cant be too many major acts in the rock era who just 'retire' and stick to it. Its been seven years now since he aborted that tour due to heart problems. Apart from a couple of guest appearances since with Arcade Fire and the like, he's been pretty much retired. I dont expect a comeback. And certainly never again as a touring act.

He owes us nothing, but I do miss him. The best and (easily) most important solo artist we've ever produced.

Have really started to appreciate his output from the final decade of his career more in the last year or so. Too me a heck of a long time to get into it.

Bowie's one of those giants I've admired from afar. I have some of the big LPs -- Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Aladdin, etc. But I never really got down to the deep roots. There's only so much time in the day, I suppose.

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Reply #9 - Aug 17^th, 2011 at 2:17pm

I was very fortunate to see him in the 70's, '76 & '78, he's influenced so many people, especially in the 80's, he's always taken chances with his music, that sounded so weird at the time (his Eno years) but it was the music of the future, I have the DVD of his last tour that was filmed in Dublin, he's still got it, like Gazza mentioned earlier, if he's retired, he's one of the few who has done this, but then again he does what nobody else does.

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Reply #13 - Aug 18^th, 2011 at 6:48am

Mel Belli wrote on Aug 17^th, 2011 at 8:11am:

Gazza wrote on Aug 17^th, 2011 at 6:54am:

Cant be too many major acts in the rock era who just 'retire' and stick to it. Its been seven years now since he aborted that tour due to heart problems. Apart from a couple of guest appearances since with Arcade Fire and the like, he's been pretty much retired. I dont expect a comeback. And certainly never again as a touring act.

He owes us nothing, but I do miss him. The best and (easily) most important solo artist we've ever produced.

Have really started to appreciate his output from the final decade of his career more in the last year or so. Too me a heck of a long time to get into it.

Bowie's one of those giants I've admired from afar. I have some of the big LPs -- Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Aladdin, etc. But I never really got down to the deep roots. There's only so much time in the day, I suppose.

Its the six or seven years after those records that I really love the most - '74 through to 1980. Peaking and ending with 'Scary Monsters'. An incredible decade-long run of gear-shifting brilliance.

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Reply #14 - Aug 24^th, 2011 at 12:42pm

Gazza wrote on Aug 17^th, 2011 at 6:54am:

Cant be too many major acts in the rock era who just 'retire' and stick to it. Its been seven years now since he aborted that tour due to heart problems. Apart from a couple of guest appearances since with Arcade Fire and the like, he's been pretty much retired. I dont expect a comeback. And certainly never again as a touring act.

He owes us nothing, but I do miss him. The best and (easily) most important solo artist we've ever produced.

Have really started to appreciate his output from the final decade of his career more in the last year or so. Too me a heck of a long time to get into it.

Damn; I wrote a long post here; but it was somewhat ruined when I posted the "post"-button

Main point was......Please, Gazza - download the "BBC" recordings of 2002 from Hungercity
I am a big fan of the "Heathen" album, and in fact the "BBC" sessions is even stronger than the official release.......

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Reply #18 - Aug 27^th, 2011 at 3:15am

I'll guess he will record SOMETHING again. Be it in the studio with someone or something as a hobby or some darn thing. I can't see him never going back to record again. I CAN imagine that his days of touring are pretty much over.

Quite possibly, my favorite solo artist. If he's not, I don't know who is for my personal fav...can't really think of one better I like?? I guess I would have to give it to Bowie...Hmmmm?

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Reply #21 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 12:22pm

Erik_Snow wrote on Aug 24^th, 2011 at 12:42pm:

Main point was......Please, Gazza - download the "BBC" recordings of 2002 from Hungercity
I am a big fan of the "Heathen" album, and in fact the "BBC" sessions is even stronger than the official release.......

On my way there, his last two albums back to back in 2002/2003 were really lovely, great music and production, unlike most of what he did between that and Let's Dance. The Tin Machine stuff was really beneath him...

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Reply #22 - Sep 6^th, 2011 at 3:32pm

gotdablouse wrote on Sep 6^th, 2011 at 12:22pm:

Erik_Snow wrote on Aug 24^th, 2011 at 12:42pm:

Main point was......Please, Gazza - download the "BBC" recordings of 2002 from Hungercity
I am a big fan of the "Heathen" album, and in fact the "BBC" sessions is even stronger than the official release.......

On my way there, his last two albums back to back in 2002/2003 were really lovely, great music and production, unlike most of what he did between that and Let's Dance. The Tin Machine stuff was really beneath him...

Why no love for Tin Machine? the first studio effort imo is his best since his last classic Scary Monsters. Oy Vey Baby is a smokin live set though the second studio falls a little short. The only other thing i have from between those two is the Glass Spider live set which looks comical you had to be there. The nineties were much better more introspective i really regret not seeing the Outside tour.

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Reply #23 - Sep 7^th, 2011 at 4:14am

gotdablouse wrote on Sep 6^th, 2011 at 12:22pm:

Erik_Snow wrote on Aug 24^th, 2011 at 12:42pm:

Main point was......Please, Gazza - download the "BBC" recordings of 2002 from Hungercity
I am a big fan of the "Heathen" album, and in fact the "BBC" sessions is even stronger than the official release.......

On my way there, his last two albums back to back in 2002/2003 were really lovely, great music and production, unlike most of what he did between that and Let's Dance. The Tin Machine stuff was really beneath him...

Hi, well - I'm not a fan of Reality, I must say - there's 3-4 great ones there; I think - and rest is pretty shabby. Heathen is tremendous, though. But all live shows; also the ones that followed "Heathen" was excellent. He really got a new spark there

Tin Machine doesn't do it for me at all; either. But it seemed to be his "rescue", musicwise - from what I've read - as he got back with new power later in the 90s. Wasn't it Rod Stewart who said that "he wasn't too good at making records in the 80s, but he had some explendid vacations"? That line could have fitted to David Bowie as well.

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