{"id":6702,"date":"2013-04-16T15:22:10","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=6702"},"modified":"2013-04-16T15:22:10","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:22:10","slug":"david-bowie-the-next-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2013\/04\/16\/david-bowie-the-next-day\/","title":{"rendered":"DAVID BOWIE \u2013 The Next Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After ten years of utter silence, David Bowie had his fans wondering if he would ever return with new material. Now, in true Bowie style, The Next Day<\/em> is released without warning, showing us a version of the man we haven\u2019t seen before.<\/p>\n

Over his decades-long career he\u2019s taken on many identities \u2013 Ziggy Stardust being the most notable. But he\u2019s always remained divisive. To fans, he\u2019s the artist you can look to no matter the mood you\u2019re in. He\u2019s a mystery you can never really solve, but it\u2019s incredibly rewarding to try. He\u2019s the guy you struggle to describe to your friends who only know him as Jareth<\/a> from Labyrinth<\/em>. \u00a0And to passive spectators, well, he\u2019s just an oddity. More than anything, The Next Day<\/em> proves that Bowie is still a creative force in rock-present, not just past.<\/p>\n

The Next Day<\/em> sees Bowie with one foot in the present and one foot kicking his past in the face \u2013 the album cover is a vandalized version of Heroes<\/em>. The first single, \u201cWhere Are We Now,\u201d<\/a> is a somber and uplifting reminiscence of his time in Berlin, where he recorded the beloved 1977 record. And, while that single serves up mellow nostalgia, \u201cThe Stars Are Out Tonight\u201d<\/a> is a biting commentary on the emptiness of celebrity, and sees a dance beat swim through reverb-soaked guitars. \u201cValentine\u2019s Day\u201d is a buoyant love song in a similar style to \u201cDrive-In Saturday,\u201d<\/a> \u201cI\u2019d Rather Be High\u201d stands out as an irreverent psychedelic\/pop\/rock ode to drugs and teenage sex, but \u201cDancing Out In Space\u201d is, maybe, the most potent blend of old and new. \u201cDancing\u201d will likely be the third single from The Next Day<\/em>, and it\u2019s something of a two-faced pop song not unlike \u201cTVC15.\u201d<\/a> A bouncing dance beat remains constant as dreamy guitar lines turn into an angular chorus. \u00a0If you\u2019re a fan, I\u2019m likely not telling you anything you don\u2019t already know. And if you\u2019re not, put down Labyrinth<\/em> and pick up The Next Day<\/em>. (ISO Records\/Columbia, davidbowie.com<\/a>) Matthew Dyck<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After ten years of utter silence, David Bowie had his fans wondering if he would ever return with new material. Now, in true Bowie style, The Next Day is released without warning, showing us a version of the man we haven\u2019t seen before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[243,956,1056],"class_list":["post-6702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-david-bowie","tag-the-best","tag-utn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}