Red Mosquito

Martin wrote Bowie a letter asking if he would please sing on the song, a "three-part thing" with a "David Bowie-type character"

Bowie's reply was brief, and to the point: "It's not a very good song, is it?".

Rangi Guy wrote:http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/mu ... song-is-it

Martin wrote Bowie a letter asking if he would please sing on the song, a "three-part thing" with a "David Bowie-type character"

Bowie's reply was brief, and to the point: "It's not a very good song, is it?".

Mine wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g18sx?ns_mchannel=social&#38

How Heroes was written explained by Visconti with the help of the original multi-track stems.

malice wrote:

Mine wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g18sx?ns_mchannel=social&#38

How Heroes was written explained by Visconti with the help of the original multi-track stems.

I've read about this before, so it's a real pleasure to watch the whole process laid out like that - thanks so much for posting it

spike wrote:

malice wrote:

Mine wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g18sx?ns_mchannel=social&#38

How Heroes was written explained by Visconti with the help of the original multi-track stems.

I've read about this before, so it's a real pleasure to watch the whole process laid out like that - thanks so much for posting it

that guy's pretty impressed with himself, huh?

malice wrote:

spike wrote:

malice wrote:

Mine wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g18sx?ns_mchannel=social&#38

How Heroes was written explained by Visconti with the help of the original multi-track stems.

I've read about this before, so it's a real pleasure to watch the whole process laid out like that - thanks so much for posting it

that guy's pretty impressed with himself, huh?

seeing how it's tony visconti, i'd say he has good reason.

he was doing this in 1977, what were you doing? oh, right, not existing yet.

Prior to his death earlier this month, the late David Bowie reportedly prepared a number of records to be released posthumously in the coming years.

An anonymous source who spoke to Newsweek says there is “a long list of unscheduled musical releases that Bowie planned before he died”, which have reportedly been divided into eras.

The source says the records (which seem likely to be re-releases) will not necessarily by released in chronological order, but the first is set to arrive before the end of 2017.

It’s not yet known if any posthumous Bowie releases will feature new or unreleased music, but past re-releases of Bowie’s work have included some previously unheard tunes. Bowie is also said to have demoed five new tracks prior to his death which didn’t make it onto his final album, Blackstar.

malice wrote:

spike wrote:

malice wrote:

Mine wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g18sx?ns_mchannel=social&#38

How Heroes was written explained by Visconti with the help of the original multi-track stems.

I've read about this before, so it's a real pleasure to watch the whole process laid out like that - thanks so much for posting it

that guy's pretty impressed with himself, huh?

seeing how it's tony visconti, i'd say he has good reason.

he was doing this in 1977, what were you doing? oh, right, not existing yet.

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:Nice.

http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/david-bow ... /#/slide/1

Prior to his death earlier this month, the late David Bowie reportedly prepared a number of records to be released posthumously in the coming years.

An anonymous source who spoke to Newsweek says there is “a long list of unscheduled musical releases that Bowie planned before he died”, which have reportedly been divided into eras.

The source says the records (which seem likely to be re-releases) will not necessarily by released in chronological order, but the first is set to arrive before the end of 2017.

It’s not yet known if any posthumous Bowie releases will feature new or unreleased music, but past re-releases of Bowie’s work have included some previously unheard tunes. Bowie is also said to have demoed five new tracks prior to his death which didn’t make it onto his final album, Blackstar.

LetMeSleep wrote:

malice wrote:

spike wrote:

malice wrote:

Mine wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g18sx?ns_mchannel=social&#38

How Heroes was written explained by Visconti with the help of the original multi-track stems.

I've read about this before, so it's a real pleasure to watch the whole process laid out like that - thanks so much for posting it

that guy's pretty impressed with himself, huh?

seeing how it's tony visconti, i'd say he has good reason.

he was doing this in 1977, what were you doing? oh, right, not existing yet.

When I was studying audio engineering we spent a class talking about this session. I love this song and the production.

Mine wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:

malice wrote:

spike wrote:

malice wrote:

Mine wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g18sx?ns_mchannel=social&#38

How Heroes was written explained by Visconti with the help of the original multi-track stems.

I've read about this before, so it's a real pleasure to watch the whole process laid out like that - thanks so much for posting it

that guy's pretty impressed with himself, huh?

seeing how it's tony visconti, i'd say he has good reason.

he was doing this in 1977, what were you doing? oh, right, not existing yet.

When I was studying audio engineering we spent a class talking about this session. I love this song and the production.

I find these kinds of things really interesting to read or in these case watch and listen.
This kind of approach in particular when everything is subordinated to the sound they were going for even the actual writing. So many rock tunes de-constructed and explained like that would be reduced to an isolated, famous riff, iconic solo, bass line and vocal and it would be explained how they were squeezed together seasoned with just enough reverb and compression to make them stick together into a song, and that would be about it probably.

I'm fascinated by the use of stuff like the cheesy synths here that are used subtly just to add some colour to the mix.