Wonderful news! The great surprise of this morning. The return, after 10 years. In his B_Day the annoucement.. great artists always cant resist to stay doing nothing.. they will always get back

http://youtu.be/ZRATYEnGGN0

The Return of the Thin White Duke!

This one came from nowhere - amazed how they kept things so secret.


Brilliant news - never thought we'd ever get any new music again from him. The single doesnt really grab me on first listen to be honest, but its great to have him back.

I don't like the song or the video.

I drew some attention when I read about Bowie's return on the train to work this morning. Very, very happy.

happy birthday mr jones!

Happy Birthday, David !

http://www.youtube.com/embed/m5zxeLwUSdk?rel=0

What a pleasant surprize!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Young Ronald git-ahh-ing on Dave The Rave's versh of
'Growin' Up' in 1973:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htx16yR3sBs

David Bowie Returns With First New Music in 10 Years
Singer celebrates 66th birthday with surprise single

January 8, 2013 7:30 AM ET
David Bowie
Jimmy King

David Bowie celebrated his 66th birthday this morning with a surprise for everyone else: he broke a long musical silence with the new single "Where Are We Now?" from a forthcoming album, The Next Day, which is due in March. Recorded in New York with longtime collaborator Tony Visconti producing, the unexpected album is Bowie's first collection of new material since 2003.

100 Greatest Artists: David Bowie

The Next Day, Bowie's 30th studio recording, follows 46 years after his self-titled 1967 debut. It's the latest chapter in an iconic career that has veered from the glam of Ziggy Stardust to a stylized Eighties pop sound to the wide-ranging musical sensibilities of albums like Heathen in 2002 and Reality in 2003. Bowie has also produced landmark LPs by Lou Reed and Iggy Pop.

Bowie also released a video for "Where Are We Now?" Shot by Tony Oursler, the clip revisits Berlin, the site of no small measure of rock & roll decadence for Bowie in the Seventies, and watches as the singer revisits places he knew then, including an auto repair shop downstairs from his old apartment.

The Next Day is available for pre-order in standard and deluxe editions through iTunes.

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Tony Visconti On New David Bowie Material Luke Turner , January 8th, 2013 17:42
In BBC interview, producer gives a fine bill of health and promise of rockier tracks!


More great news on David Bowie, following the surprise appearance of the brilliant new track 'Where Are We Now' this morning. Tonight, the BBC has spoken with Tony Visconti, and the producer talked not only about the recording of the new material, but also given very encouraging reports about Bowie's health. "David is extremely healthy, he's rosy-cheeked, he smiles a lot," Visconti said via Skype from New York. "During the recording he was smiling, he was so happy to be back in the studio. From the old days I recall that he was the loudest singer I've ever worked with. When he starts singing I'd have to back off, and go into another room and just leave him in front of a microphone, he still has that power in that chest and in his voice. We all know he had a health scare in 2003, 2004, but he's a very healthy man I can assure you, I've been saying this for the past few years. I couldn't explain why I know that, but I worked with a very healthy and happy David Bowie in the studio."

Visconti also gave some insights into the sessions for forthcoming album The Next Day "We never spent more than two to three weeks at a time recording, then we might take off as much as two months," he said. "Usually we'd work on one or two songs in an afternoon, and whip them into shape so they'd sound like great rock tracks. At that part there won't be any final vocals, there won't be lyrics. That's the way I've been working with him since The Man Who Sold The World, he hasn't really changed in his approach."

Intriguingly, Visconti said he was as surprised as anyone else by Bowie's choice of track to make his return on his 66th birthday, and says that the album, when it arrives, is very diverse: "I think it's a very reflective track for David. He certainly is looking back on his Berlin period and it evokes this feeling… it's very melancholy, I think. It's the only track on the album that goes this much inward for him. It's quite a rock album, the rest of the songs, so I thought to myself why is David coming out with this very slow, albeit beautiful, ballad why is he doing this? He should come out with a bang. But he is a master of his own life. I think this was a very smart move, linking the past with the future, and I think the next thing you hear from him is going to be quite different.

"I've been listening to this on headphones walking through the streets of New York for the past two years, and I have not tired of a single song. I think the material on this album is extremely strong and beautiful, and if people are looking for classic Bowie they'll find it on this album, if they're looking for innovative Bowie, new directions, they're going to find that on this album too."



http://thequietus.com/articles/11067-tony-visconti-on-new-david-bowie

GREAT TUNE..LOVE IT !

David Bowie Worked in Secret on Comeback LP For Two Years
Producer says 'The Next Day' is 'quite a rock album'
     
By Andy Greene
January 9, 2013 11:45 AM ET
David Bowie, 'The Next Day'
David Bowie, 'The Next Day'
ISO Records

David Bowie shocked the world yesterday by releasing the mournful single "Where Are We Now?" and announcing that a new album called The Next Day – his first LP in a decade – would hit stores in March. Bowie has yet to talk publicly about his comeback, but his longtime producer Tony Visconti told the BBC that they'd been working in secret on the disc for two years.

"I've been listening to this on headphones, walking through the streets of New York, for the past two years," Visconti said. "I have not tired of a single song. I think the material on this album is extremely strong and beautiful. If people are looking for classic Bowie, they'll find that on this album. If they're looking for innovative Bowie, some new directions, they'll find that on this album too."

David Bowie Returns With First New Music in 10 Years

Visconti was surprised that Bowie selected the downcast "Where Are We Now?" as the leadoff single. "It's a very reflective track for David," he says. "Maybe the only track on the album that goes this much inward for him. It's quite a rock album, the rest of the songs, so I thought to myself: 'Why is David coming out with this very slow, albeit beautiful ballad? Why is he doing this? He could come out with a bang.' I think the next thing you hear from him is going to be quite different."

Bowie and Visconti first joined forces in 1970 on The Man Who Sold the World. They worked together on many of Bowie's most enduring albums, including Low, Heroes, Lodger and Scary Monsters. After a long break they re-teamed in the early 2000s for Heathen and Reality.  

They worked on the new album at a very slow pace. "We never spent more than two to three weeks at a time recording," Visconti said. "And then we'd take off as much as two months. We'd usually work on one or two songs in an afternoon and we'd whip them up to shape where they'd sound like great rock tracks. At that point there wouldn't be any final vocals or lyrics. This is the same way I'd been working with him since The Man Who Sold the World. He hasn't really changed in his approach."

Bowie's 2004 tour was cut short when the singer underwent emergency heart surgery for a blocked artery. Rumors spread that Bowie's long absence from the music scene was related to health problems, but Visconti says that isn't the case. "He's a very healthy man," the producer says. "I assure you. I've been saying this for the past few years. I couldn't explain how I know that, but I worked with a very healthy David Bowie in the studio and a very happy David Bowie in the studio."

The Next Day hits stores in early March. It's unclear whether or not Bowie will support the disc with a tour.

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