Fuckin art
Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy - Twilight Dreams
Rod Temperton's Thriller gets the Bowie treatment on this. It's hard to know what Bowie was thinking sometimes. It's also hard to work out whether this is a good thing in itself.
I dunno.
As a young man, I went off to the Hayward Gallery to see a Gilbert and George retrospective. I remember sitting in one of the video screenings where G&G were larking around like Eric and Ernie and found this funny. I looked around and noticed that nobody else found this at all funny. That's fucking art for ya, man.
It's the same way with Bowie when he does these outlandish covers. Surely there's a bit of humour there? Surely.
Addit: I've been thinking about this again. Firstly, Bowie's work with the Art Ensemble of Chicago would often have non-traditional instruments, like kids' toys, which was definitely a bit of a nod to the humorous. Secondly, as Blindboy of Rubber Bandits has often said on his podcast, people immediately stop taking music seriously as soon as it's considered 'comedy'. Hmmm.
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marc with a C🇨🇦
in reply to John Spithead • • •I had never heard of Lester Bowie, nor his Brass Fantasy, until today. I don’t know what it was about the sparse cover art that drew me in. I couldn’t find a digital copy of this exact album, but found I Only Have Eyes For You. I can’t remember the last time I was so enthralled by the first song on an album that I saw no need to move on to track two. It’s I listened to all night, at least 12 times in a row. Absolute brain candy.
Thank you 😀
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John Spithead
in reply to John Spithead • •Thanks for the comment, @marc with a C🇨🇦 - it's always wonderful to get someone into something brilliant.
Give Rios Negros a listen, see what you think of that.