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...there is a contagious sense of release, almost of giddiness, in Bowie's music, that is because he has laid his ghosts well. Lodger, released in 1979, was a purging and a burial. As he had on two previous albums, Bowie worked with the intense Art Rock Composer Brian Eno (Ambient 1: Music for Airports). Boys Keep Swinging mixed Bowie's band with instruments they did not normally play. Guitarist Carlos Alomar, for example, found himself playing drums. Bowie then took the chord changes from Boys Keep Swinging, played them at nearly half speed and came up with a romantic...
...that was "nice, tough and working class," and set about the serious business of cleaning up, recovering a certain kind of anonymity ("Berlin's absolutely the opposite of Los Angeles?star status doesn't mean anything") and starting over. Music was his only continuity. It was a lifeline. "Brian Eno came to my rescue in a way," he says now. "He came along and said, 'Hey, I have a whole new way of listening to music.' Everything about him was brand new." Bowie says the three albums they made together (Low, "Heroes," Lodger) "hurt. Those songs came from a very...
...rise of rock video and MTV plays perfectly into Bowie's plans, as well as his mystique. Eno's new ways of listening to music in 1976 are by 1983 new ways of watching it. No one looks better on rock video, or makes better tapes. Like some stalwart stepchild of Roeg and Oshima, Bowie works hard on his video outings. He sketches out each shot, consults with the director on everything before stepping in front of the camera. The results, startling and often funny, are more than musical presentations. They are essential refractions of the songs. Concert personas...
...follow the Success Recipe for Innovators. First, think up a novel idea or approach. Then play it so obnoxiously that people are forced to pay attention. When they have lent at least an ear, introduce more novelty. If you can't think up anything new, get drunk with Brian Eno and find out his ideas. Adam Ant started out on the right track with his first two American albums, Kings of the Wild Frontier and Prince Charming. On the new disk, however, he slits New Wave in the throat...
Burma isn't seeking the true spirit of rock and roll along the lines of the 1976 British punk revolution. The sound is contemporary, but it isn't really different. Martin Swope is no Brian Eno, nor does he pretend to be. His goal at the moment is scraping together enough dough for a new sound system. Redefining the art isn't even on the agenda. Above all else, Burma is flexible, the way New Wave is flexible...