Animal Noises is back for another week of new releases. As one might have guessed, we're starting to pick up a bit (and by we're, I more accurately mean that releases are picking up a bit-- respect the royal we). Check out what streams are going on this week over at Spinner, and if there are any others sitting around, we'll try to add as soon as possible, or perhaps just let us know in the comments. Either way, it's a good opportunity for everyone to preview some new music. As always, credit for the original idea goes out to LargeHeartedBoy.
Showing posts with label David Bowie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Bowie. Show all posts
1.26.2010
Tuesday's Releases (1/26): Now Streaming
Animal Noises is back for another week of new releases. As one might have guessed, we're starting to pick up a bit (and by we're, I more accurately mean that releases are picking up a bit-- respect the royal we). Check out what streams are going on this week over at Spinner, and if there are any others sitting around, we'll try to add as soon as possible, or perhaps just let us know in the comments. Either way, it's a good opportunity for everyone to preview some new music. As always, credit for the original idea goes out to LargeHeartedBoy.
12.22.2009
Best of 2009: Movie Soundtracks
For the remainder of the year (save holidays and weekends, of course), we'll be sharing some additional lists of our favorites in music from 2009. Today, that lists is our top 10 movie soundtracks from films that came out this year. All of the songs don't have to be unique to the film however, so it's open for quite a few endeavors. This is also the only time you'll ever see Twilight mentioned in this space besides for being the awful, cultish collection of poor storytelling it's usually regarded as, and is.(Top Track: Karen O and the Kids' "All Is Love")
(Top Track: Nicholas Hooper's "Opening")
(Top Track: David Bowie's "Cat People (Putting Out the Fire)")
(Top Track: Grateful Dead's "China Cat Sunflower")
6. Funny People
(Top Track: Coconut Records's "Wires")
(Top Track: Elliott Smith's "Angel in the Snow")
(Top Track: Grizzly Bear's "Slow Life")
3. Pirate Radio
(Top Track: The Who's "I Can See For Miles")
(Top Track: The Beach Boys' "Heroes and Villains")
(Top Track: Doves' "There Goes the Fear")
[Previously on Animal Noises: Best of 2009: Debut Albums]
11.05.2009
Weekly Top 10: Songs About New York
To clarify, I'm not (I repeat, NOT) a Yankees fan. However, to me, there is nothing more obnoxious than a Philadelphia fan, so this list seemed appropriate. To commemorate the greatest city in the world winning its 35th (includes Yankees, Mets, Brooklyn Dodgers and NY Giants) World Series title, I give you our top ten songs about THE city-- New York.
8.09.2009
Music Video Monday: "Ashes to Ashes"
Track: Ashes to Ashes
Artist: David Bowie
Album: Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
Year: 1980
As weird as David Bowie has come off throughout his lengthy career, his video for "Ashes to Ashes" may take the cake as the epitome of his oddity. Iconic and expensive (at the time, it was the priciest video ever, at a cost of $250,000), the visual representation of the track intrigues and confuses all at once. To me, it seems to accomplish the goal of exemplifying his overall body of work-- an enigmatic blend of genres and themes which have worked to shape music trends, and inspire artists throughout the last four decades.
From the over-the-top costume choices, to the solarized color format of most of the video, "Ashes to Ashes" signaled to the world the transition from the 1970s to the 1980s. Dark, trippy and moody, Bowie aimed for the song to be a different approach on "Space Oddity"'s Major Tom, and in that mission, the song succeeds. For those who were there from the beginning of his career (obviously not me) to this point (still not me), it must have been astounding to see the progression to this point. In hindsight, we may look at the wardrobe choices with a cocked eyebrow, but if you've spent enough time with the library, believe me, it wouldn't work any other way. Maybe you feel the same? Check it out below, and a happy Monday to all.
5.06.2009
John's Track of the Week: "Life On Mars?"
Song: Life On Mars?Artist: David Bowie
Album: Hunky Dory
Year: 1971
It dawned on me this morning that I hadn't yet spoken about one of my favorite artists, David Bowie, on this site yet, so I'll be discussing him a bit today. There are so many standout tracks in the rock legend's expansive catalogue, and each fits a distinct mood, and a unique state-of-mind. However, "Life On Mars?" off of 1971's Hunky Dory, seems, to me, to be one of his best works. Referenced everywhere, covered time and time again, used in films (Life Aquatic) and even giving a title to a television show (BBC's hit drama by the same name, followed by ABC's failed remake), I feel that if you had to single one of Bowie's songs out, this is probably it.
Strangely enough, "Life On Mars?" is actually a parody of Frank Sinatra's "My Way". As the story goes, Bowie wrote "Even A Fool Learns to Love" in 1968 to the tune of Claude Francois and Jacques Revaux 's "Comme d'habitude," yet never released it. Not long after, Sinatra songwriter Paul Anka purchased the tune, and rewrote it as the world-famous Sinatra track, "My Way". In lue of the success of the rewrite, Bowie once again wrote a song inspired by "Comme d'habitude," but this time it became "Life On Mars?" Its odd lyrics and jumpy imagery are most likely what gives birth to the name of the song, since "Mars" is usually synonymous with things that are strange or "alien". You can check it out below in the unlikely chance that you've never heard it before.
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