the guitarist on the title track is robert fripp from king crimson !

@pigonthewind7908

2 ай бұрын

In fact he is also on lead guitar on every other song on the album

@JamesKovacic

2 ай бұрын

His playing on Teenage Wildlife is phenomenal

@David-iv6je

Ай бұрын

The Eno connection. And then both also connect with Peter Gabriel.

If the universe had a definitive playlist of our best songs Heroes would be in it

@Ech0H0use11

Ай бұрын

whatchu mean by not yet discovered it has 400 million plays

@MakiriWorld

Ай бұрын

@@Ech0H0use11 I’m saying like the making of the song was a canon event lmao Edited it just so it makes more sense

@Ech0H0use11

Ай бұрын

@@MakiriWorld aight aight

Listen yo hunky Dory and scary monsters before Blackstar

@JamesKovacic

2 ай бұрын

Outside and The Next Day, too

GEORGE HARRISONS ALL THINGS MUST PASS NEXT 🙏🙏

@BlackPinata

2 ай бұрын

YESSS!!

@JamesKovacic

2 ай бұрын

He’s gotta do Plastic Ono Band and Ram too

@CoolcatzCorner

2 ай бұрын

ATMP RAM PLASTIC ONO BAND and um…. Ringo…. What you guys got for Ringo?? 😂

@makxops

Ай бұрын

Just to clarify that atleast on Spotify the 2014 remaster has a few bonus tracks (demos, my sweet lord 2000, i live for you) placed in the middle of the tracklist that arent in the original album and definitely should be skipped on a first listen. The 50th anniversary edition has the original tracklist and I’d say incredibly better sound mixing, so I’d easily say go with that.

@CoolcatzCorner

Ай бұрын

YT shows all the comments an account leaves and I love your constant requesting for ATMP. I’m going to start doing it with third eye blind’s self titled and then Superunknown by Soundgarden

one of the best album reaction channels rn. one the most consistent for sure

i feel like at least scary monsters before black star, maybe hunky dory as well

@notgodga

2 ай бұрын

hunky dory, scary monsters and aladdin sane fs!!

@capybaraking5077

2 ай бұрын

@@notgodga young americans > aladdin sane

@Quonka

Ай бұрын

Definitely Hunky Dory! Tf?

@Quonka

Ай бұрын

Can’t miss out on Changes, Life on Mars?, Quicksand, Queen Bitch, Bewlay Brothers

Wow now only like 20 Bowie albums left

@JamesKovacic

2 ай бұрын

Worth it

DROPPING EVERYTHING FOR ANOTHER SMAGS BOWIE REVIEW YEEESSSSSSSIIIIIIRRRRRR Also please check out a few more essential ones (Hunky Dory, Let’s Dance) before Blackstar, those ones will really round out how unique and important his 70’s period was and how he kept his career alive into the 80’s

@capybaraking5077

2 ай бұрын

i wouldn’t choose lets dance over scary monsters tho

@proxauthreq

2 ай бұрын

Heathen is essential too

@capybaraking5077

2 ай бұрын

@@proxauthreq it’s definitely high up in his later stuff but most of his 70s albums are better

I’ve been riding along for your Bowie reactions, and this is the first instance (your past 4 Bowie videos) of Bowie album reactions where I feel the listener is able to truly grasp Bowie’s artistic visions and really channel his output in a way that does the starman justice. I’m Gen Z, major major David Bowie fan, it’s great to see more people my age (or around my age) delving into his discography and continuously letting him “Blow our minds”. I recommend the album Diamond Dogs next, before you move onto Blackstar. The suite of Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise) is some of Bowie’s best work. Blackstar is a behemoth of a final album, and I feel you should at least one or 2 more of his 70s albums beforehand to really feel the heavy pull of a Blackstar, and to better grasp just how much of a genre-bending chameleon Bowie was, in a way unlike anyone before or after him. I’m glad to have found a great reaction channel

I’d love to see you react to 1. Outside. It got really mixed reviews but it’s one of my favourite from that time period. It also brought Eno and Bowie back together.

You can wait for Blackstar. Doesn't matter how much you wait, it'll always pay off. And the more you know about Bowie, more impactful it will be. Diamond Dogs is a must do album. The three part suite Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing Reprise is one of the best pieces of music I've ever heard. Rebel Rebel kinda makes part of the suite because it follows right after a click track at the end of Sweet Thing Reprise in the same rythm as Rebel Rebel. Crazy Sax solos by Bowie in this suite and just great distopian atmosphere. Another album on the must do list is Let's Dance, Bowie's pop magnum opus, featuring great names such as Nile Rodgers, Omar Hakim and Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Secret Life of Arabia led you into the next album which between Bowie, Eno and Talking Heads , invented "World Music". The Album is "Lodger" and is the final album in what became the Berlin Trilogy. It takes in Bowie's travels around the globe and has some fantastic songs and no instrumentals. It's a worthy addition to your reactions.

Joe the lion was inspired by performance artist Chris Burden. He literally nailed himself to the front of a VW beetle. He also shot himself in the arm, locked himself into a school locker for two weeks, went to an airport and fired a Magnum at an airliner...and more!! Definitely an interesting character to do bit of an Internet deep dive on. BTW he was a respected figure in the art world and created a lot work that wasn't so nuts but just as thought provoking.

Great, great record. Some notes: The reason for the different/interesting lead guitar - Robert Fripp plays lead on this record. He was the "ambient" guitarist, did two amazing records with Eno. Invented his own style of playing called Frippertronics. Heroes at this point is an all time classic in pop music, hence the massive increase in plays. It has been released by Bowie in English, French and German. Lots of interesting experimenting on this Heroes. The e-bow like effect on the guitar drone was constructed by Fripp and producer Visconti. The way bowie's shouting "heroes" explodes out as he gets louder used a very unique technique devised by Visconti with multiple microphones and different gates. The album was recorded in Cold War era Berlin, in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, which definitely had an impact on the vibe. There are references to this in the song Heroes as well as the dark sound of the ambient tracks. Neukolln is a district in Berlin Eno played a big part on the record, assisting on many tracks and co-writing 4 of them. "How did the rockets turn into a synthesizer?" One word: Eno. The Sax was played by Bowie. **If you love Ambient music, check out either of the first two Fripp/Eno albums, (No Pussyfooting) or Evening Star.**

God I love Heroes. I think my favorite from the trilogy (and the only one to truly be made in Berlin), Heroes is the darker, edgier and more chaotic brother of Low and it uses that to the max, it's awesome. An amazing side A full of energy and madness, and what an anthem of a title track, moving and grand, it's a highlight for sure. And the dark instrumentals of the second half are amazing, I agree that I overall like Low's instrumentals better, but man, Moss Garden is smth else. I adore Secret Life, it's fun, it's catchy, it's funky even, but I also understand that it can be a bit jarring as a closer, it would've fit perfectly in the next album though. I hope you keep doing these, I love seeing you react to Bowie, so much fun! My requests for him rn would be either Diamond Dogs or Scary Monsters, both are awesome!!

1. Outside next PLEASE, always going to be my favourite Bowie album.

First time commenting on KZread, but I had to suggest you check out Bowie's "1. Outside". It's a concept album that is both an evolution of his sound while simultaneously being wildly, WILDLY different than much of the rest of his discography. Considering what seems to really tickle your ears, I think you'd find it a pretty fascinating listen. Keep up the great work, Smags! Love yer reactions bro!

@JamesKovacic

2 ай бұрын

I agree. Strangers When We Meet is one of his best closers

@Klui_

Ай бұрын

Cosign for Outside and while at it I wanna mention Heathen, another fantastic late era record, both are great!

the perfect chronology you should follow is ALADDIN SANE (1973) - DIAMONG DOGS (1974) - SCARY MONSTERS AND SUPER CREESP(1980) - 1.OUTSIDE (1995) EARTHLING (1997) - BLACKSTAR (2016).

@evanwright9016

2 ай бұрын

I'd add Hunky Dory and Iggy Pop's 'The Idiot' since others are recommending the same.

@wandersonoliveira263

Ай бұрын

What about Let's Dance? I think is important to get the picture of how diverse Bowie can be by listening to his pop magnum opus. Great songs like Modern Love, China Girl, Ricochet and Criminal World. Young Americans would surely also fit in the big picture as the first Duke album.

@juanjoseclavijorojas9775

Ай бұрын

@@wandersonoliveira263 It's not a bad album, but it doesn't fit among the masterpieces he achieved in his career.

@suz5862

Ай бұрын

@@juanjoseclavijorojas9775 Agree about Let’s Dance. Young Americans is a masterpiece.

@juanjoseclavijorojas9775

Ай бұрын

@@suz5862 I love Young Americans

I think you should check out Hunky Dory and Scary Monsters before Blackstar. And maybe Let's Dance and Outside, but those are slightly less essential.

Heros is the only song that can reliably give me chills whenever I hear it

@JamesKovacic

2 ай бұрын

Mercy Street and Here Comes The Flood by Peter Gabriel will also do that

@looselytelling

Ай бұрын

Same, it used to only give me chills but now it makes me cry as well. Life experiences knowing what it's like to have a wall placed between two lovers.

I think Hunky Dory is a must before going in post 1980 Bowie. And maybe Scary Monsters too.

Scary Monsters, then 1. Outside before Blackstar. I saw some love for 1. Outside and it is indeed one of the best albums of the 90s (I dont mean one of DBs best in the 90s, I mean that I like it as much as Mezzanine or Dummy or Downward Spiral). In my opinion, some songs on Outside foreshadowed what Radiohead later did with KidA. Heathen would be worth it, too.

NO WAY BRUH. I just searched up “David Bowie Heroes Smags” wondering if you ever made a vid on it! I love this album. Also don’t just listen to his most popular albums on RYM. Listen to Scary Monsters and Diamond Dogs also.

Great to see you reviewing more Bowie. And I know I keep requesting this, but please do the last Bowie/Eno album - Outside from 1995. It's both brilliant and bonkers

Bowie's Berlin trilogy consists of 3 albums: Low, Heroes and Lodger. Since you have reacted to the first two albums, you need to take one more step with Lodger and complete the trilogy.

Philip Glass did an orchestral version of Heroes, then Aphex did a remix/mashup of the original and the Glass version. Worth checking out.

Can't recommend Emergency & I - Dismemberment Plan enough

before blackstar listen to scary monsters and aladdin sane, i know it seems like a lot overall but that's just how good he is

If you loved the sound of Robert’s guitar be sure to check out Scary Monsters and Super Creeps his guitar is all over that record mostly. You might aswell do lodger as it is kinda underrated and not many reactors give it a chance.

Heroes is my favorite song of all time

V2 Schneider was named after Florian Schneider from Kraftwerk. You really need to check out some Kraftwerk. Maybe Trans Europe Express, Computer World or Man Machine.

The first half of the album for me is very chaotic. It feels very melancholic to me, like someone spiralling or on the verge of a nervous breakdown. And then the second half is a kind of dreamlike bliss of overcoming that.

First saw Bowie perform Heroes on the Bing Crosby Christmas special! That show also featured Bing and Bowie singing Little Drummer Boy! Eventually, the Heroes album ended up under the Christmas tree! Check out Bowie’s ‘Stage’ live album! Quite a courages concert! It mainly focused on his two German albums!

You should watch "Moonage Daydream" (2022). Its a really cool docu with mosltly live footage of David. Very trippy.

One of my favorite David Bowie albums. Blackout is one his best songs imo. Robert Fripp is the guitar player on the album, he was in the band King Crimson and played a lot on Brian Eno's albums. I recommend The Idiot by Iggy Pop. It was co-written and produced by David Bowie during the same year he made Low and Heroes while him and Iggy were living in Berlin trying to get clean from their drug addictions. The Idiot combines the punkier music Iggy had made previously with The Stooges with the electronic-infused art rock that David was making at the time and it was a huge influence on post-punk.

I'm glad you done Eno's Another Green World. It's an all-time unique record and on my list of one of the best records of the 70s. You can see the influence here.

do hunky dory next, absolute bangers on that one

Do idiot by iggy pop next. It showcases bowies skills as a producer well.

Do the Man Who Sold The World. Creepy and oddly prophetic lyrics. Nirvana covered the title song, very faithful rendition

Few album requests: The King of Limbs - Radiohead The Argument - Fugazi Entertainment! - Gang of Four The Stooges - The Stooges Black Star - David Bowie

Moss Garden cleanses my soul every time

I love love love the placement of the secret life of Arabia after the ambient stuff for some reason. Such a pick me up

It’s been cool to see a fresh perspective on these albums.

“Heroes” Blackout (especially live) Secret Life of Arabia

Bowie was going though a heavy drinking phase as he struggled to adjust to life without cocaine, (Chris Burden may have preferred other intoxicants). Sons Of The Silent Age oddly was performed only on the infamous Glass Spider tour (as a duet with Peter Frampton). Blackout and Sense Of Doubt were in their different ways theatrical live highlights (in '78 and also on the millenial festival tours). Instrumentally Fripp and Eno are all over this album - Bowie's main instrumental moment is Neukoln. Missing from this - the instrumental bonus track on the 1991 CD release: Abdulmajid (it's a '77 leftover that was "remixed" circa '89). Reactions - I'm always waiting for the next reaction-review of 1:Outside (Bowie/Eno's insoluble mystery mini-musical which begat Hallo Spaceboy and I'm Deranged and The Hearts Filthy Lesson). Also I'm in that vocal minority which advocates for Tin Machine #2 (the one with the naked statues on the cover...and with Amlapura and Betty Wrong and Baby Universal).

Great reaction! I suggest 2013’s The Next Day rather than Blackstar next. It was his comeback album after a decade of silence and looks back on the ‘70’s and his Berlin period. Especially Where are We Now, which is the centerpiece of the album. It’s a rare look back. Then do Blackstar in which Bowie once again looks to the future. That future being the ultimate one everyone must face. Of the Berlin albums his collaboration with Iggy Pop on The Idiot is a must. Recorded before Low, Bowie cowrote it with Iggy and was the producer.

Definitely need to do scary monsters

your thumbnails are art

DIAMOND DOGS PLEASE!

The most wild mix up would be to go from Heroes to Young Americans to Blackstar.

Having done a few albums where Brian Eno was involved I think you might want to consider two that he produced by Talking Heads: Fear of Music or Remain in Light. But I would also higthy recommend one of his own albums post Roxy Music (in order of preference): Another Green World, Taking Tiger Mountain by Force, or Here Come the Warm Jets.

next bowie has to be earthling or hunky dory

DIAMOND DOGS!!

Sense of Doubt always conjures up bleak sci-fi scenes: dead seas lapping at diamond beaches, radiation arcs across the sky. Like a 60s sci fi book cover.

Apparently David Bowie really loved dolphins

I think you should listen to every Bowie album before blackstar. This will make the reaction to his last (and probably best) album legendary

Robert Fripp from King Crimson did the guitar on the song Heroes, so that's why it's so good lmao.

Check out Diamond Dogs, basically it’s a musical based on the novel 1984.

You ought to do the albums The Idiot and Lust For Life by Iggy Pop. Bowie produced them at the same time as making Low/Heroes

PLEASE COULD YOU REACT TO MODEST MOUSE - THIS IS A LONG DRIVE FOR SOMEONE WITH NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT

Scary Monsters next plz :D. "Heroes" might take a few spins to fully sink in, I'm curious where this will rank in your eventual ranking

Ive been waiting for this one❤

yeah you will love blackstar!!

As you said, both Low and “Heroes” are part of the Berlin trilogy and were recorded in Berlin at the time of the separation of the city between East and West, with Bowie living and recording not far away from the wall. This is also the reason for the abrupt split between brighter and darker songs on the albums. I think it was his way of describing the feelings the city gave to him, artistically stimulating from one side, but scary and threatening on the other. If I had to give you my suggestion, btw, I think I would leave Blackstar as the last one. It’s more enjoyable (and moving) if you know what came before, imo.

hope you do scary monsters and hunky dory

You gotta do Scary Monsters and Hunky Dory before blackstar, that's mandatory stuff! I'd do a 90s album (probably Outside) and The Next Day (the 2013 album he did before Blackstar after a ten year gap) as well

LUV U SMAGS

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MY GUY a few recommendations: Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production) Nurture - Porter Robinson (light summer electric with fun production) Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo) Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop) Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)

8:00 it was Robert Fripp of King Crimson lol, you can tell he knows what he's doing

SADNESS I WANT TO BE THERE PLEASE

Enjoying your reaction,and bringing back memories of my first time☺️.blackout will grow on you.still think you should lesson to black star after all the major Bowie albums....few more to go the the (this is the day)

PLEASEE DO LODGER NEXT ITS SO UNDERRATED

Haven’t watched the video yet but bro is about to FEEL the title track Edit: yeah he definitely felt that shit, also the person playing guitar is Robert Fripp the lead guitarist and main guy behind king crimson

Awesome video man, Highly recommend Graceland by Paul Simon, the bass on that album is great!!

Lodger next up please!!

Ngl this made my day (I can’t wait to say this for the third eye blind reaction)

you should check out the flaming lips - the soft bulletin!

dont listen to blackstar yet. you should listen to lets dance, hunky dory, aladdin sane, and diamond dogs

Definitely listen to Aladdin Sane!

BRO im telling u now like u gotta reacct to king krule six feet beneath the moon like its been too long man i dont know how much longer i can do this for im begging u man

@ryanmcbride3806

2 ай бұрын

he has to get into more king krule

Can you listen to some stuff by Kraftwerk, they definitely influenced a huge part of this era of Bowie

You want to listen to the _"Heroes"_ bonus track: *"Abdulmajid"* - often included with the album in past releases. Artist/LP recommendation: Suede _Autofiction_ (2022) Suede _Sci-Fi Lullabies_ (1997) Best UK band of the past 30 years. For fans of Bowie.

@evanwright9016

2 ай бұрын

Suede, and to an extent, Placebo, especially on their first 2 albums, almost seems like "mistaken identity". Why have that when you've got Manic Street Preachers' run from '92 to '00?

Scary monsters!!!

You should check out his album Earthling ASAP. It’s super underrated and features Trent Reznor of NIN

Dont forget Lodger. I love this album and then the Berlintrilogy is complete.

Smags is my hero(I’m gonna keep making comments like this for the Bowie videos)

i hear heroes and think about mordecai and rigby and then think about being young and then i weep

OK judging by your appreciation of Heroes, I think you've got to try Scary Monsters next.

Moss Garden should have been 30 minutes long button

Yves tumor - heaven to a tortured mind. I’m going to keep requesting

Duuuude U-Ziq - Lunatic Harness Gonna keep bugging you until you do it lol. IDM classic. Was gonna superthanks but seems you don’t have the option turned on.

You absolutely need to listen to Scary Monsters album .. follow it with Let's Dance for a bit of a contrast :-)

Earthling please!!!

Yeah man, if you're pointing out the guitar, you gotta go with Scary Monsters next. Same guitarist on that album tearing it up.

Please do Blood on the Tracks 🙏🙏🙏

Atrocity exhibition by Danny brown is a must

Great video man, please could you review the album “wind” by Gigi Masin

PLEASE Do diamond Dogs

@CoolcatzCorner

2 ай бұрын

Underrated Bowie

Banger

Title track is one of the best songs ever made