>dying artist records an album so that they can die with proper showmanship
Seriously, has this EVER happened until now
maybe but i doubt from somone this big before
>>61671232
![Dilladonutscover[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/I1FdEBH.jpg "Dilladonutscover[1].jpg")
>>61671338
This and Blackstar are the BEST examples
Probably the first time the artist clung to life until 3 days after the album released after setting the albums release for his birthday 2 months beforehand
loads of times
>>61671338
>>61671356
definitely. both were released on the artist's birthday, and they both died less than a week after the release.
>>61671443
What did J Dilla die of, weed poisoning?
>>61671546
died of racism rip
>>61671546
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
basically, blood clots
>>61671299
DIES IRAE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>61671232
Freddie Mercury if I'm not mistaken.
Bowie blew it out of the water though.
yes the rumors are true david bowie invented music (but ultimately the beach boys were there first)
seriously, I know how much Queen is hated on here, but this album was a return to form after the drought of the 80's
>>61671860
disgusting
>>61671890
inuendo is a great song
>>61671232
Ian Curtis
Jeff buckley
>>61671890
Came here to post this.
The Show Must Go On
>>61671890
>>61672680
>Both people who are singing in this song are now dead
>'This is our last dance'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMRaSHCWy-4
When Lou Reed recorded Lulu, you can tell he knew it was gonna be his swansong.
>The greatest disappointment...
>>61671232
It has, but Bowie is the first I know to time and plan it's release with such serendipity and also the first I know of to hide his illness as part of the effect of the album.
I fucking hate this piece of shit, but I know you retarded faggots on this board love to circle jerk your ultra avant garde hipster cocks over this album
>>61673004
I have never seen a single person say that this album was remotely good on this board and outside of it
>>61673051
When it came out it was memed really hard
>>61673051
I'm suprised, at least once a day I see a circle jerk over this album on this board, you're lucky you've avoided it this far.
>>61673051
I absolutely love it. I'm a big Lou Reed fan though.
Whenever I've mentioned how much I like it on this board, people generally just say I'm trolling.
(By the way, another person who loved it was David Bowie: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/20/david-bowie-lou-reed-masterpiece-metallica-lulu )
>>61671232
>Lemmy
>Boulez
>Bowie
It looks like the cosmos has decided to exterminate the members of my top 10 musicians who remain alive. There's only one left now.
Bob Dylan, please get yourself to a doctor.
>>61673205
Lol he's toast
>>61673164
I'm curious, why do you like it? I have never considered myself a big Lou Reed fan, although I do enjoy TVU and some of his solo output. I just didn't like Lulu that much, although I don't think it was absolute garbage like everyone was making it out to be.
>>61673051
david bowie said it was lou's greatest work and his masterpiece.
ever since i've read that quote i've seen a ton of nice/good opinions on the album
>>61671338
The concept is the same, but Donuts doesn't have the masterclass planning behind it, it all just fell into place
Johnny Cash, American IV and V
>>61673244
- For one thing, I just don't think it's that much different to a lot of Reed's other work, it's just more metal than usual. So the question - for anyone who's a Reed fan - should really be "why don't you like it"?
- Love the vocals. Reed is one of my favourite vocalists, and on Lulu he basically sings in as Lou Reedish a way as possible.
- Fantastic production.
- Lots of interesting influences on many of the tracks. E.g. the ambient coda on Junior Dad and the minimalist (a la Reich, Glass, Riley etc) influence on Mistress Dread.
- It strikes a nice balance between more experimental elements and catchy tunes. Brandenburg Gate and Iced Honey, for instance, are just great, catchy rock/metal songs.
>>61673514
>>61673514
>>61673514
This so much.
>>61673205
hell be fine
>>61673004
I enjoy it is a conceptual spoken word piece, but I don't hit the gym with it on my ipod.
It's brilliant, and it's not supposed to be fun.
>>61673004
I will never listen to that thing in full. But Junior Dad...
That is a grade A swan song if there ever was one. I'm glad that's the final chronological release by Lou. Just like him
Rumor is that he had liver cancer.
Seriously. Did /mu/ already talk about this bit and I missed it? I probably did.
>>61675128
yes, many times
bowie was an internet nerd, a recluse (in his later years) and of course a massive music nerd, it's hardly surprising really
>>61675223
do you think he ever shitposted on /mu/?
>>61675320
he's probably doing it right now
The lyrics are the ramblings of an suicidal nutcase
>>61671338
Dilla made a few tracks and died on his bed
Blackstar was a fucking show, a magnificent ruse and spectacle that was thoroughly planned out
>>61671232
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Is this even a good album or is everyone jerking off over it because it's David Bowie's last album?
>I know something is very wrong
>The pulse returns the prodigal sons
>The blackout hearts, the flowered news
>With skull designs upon my shoes
>>61675417
blackstar was pretty good
lazarus was great
other songs were ok
>>61675417
people already really liked it bro
it will definitely get more acclaim now tho. his death is literally part of the experience. i feel bad for anyone who didn't listen to it beforehand, because listening to it before and after were 2 totally unique experiences
>>61675382
He held it together to write some pretty interesting lyrics. Obviously almost all the music was 90% James 10% Nicky though. One of my favorite albums.
>>61675417
yeah a lot of people loved even in the days between the album's release and bowie's death
his death is inextricable from the music at this point, but it can't tip the critical scales that much. it was intentional after all.
Can't wait for mike patton's death album
>>61673205
Bob Dylan died years ago, don't fool yourself.
>>61675783
I love pretty much by Dylan, including his gospel albums, the Christmas album, Self Portrait, etc.
>>61675386
>Blackstar was a fucking show, a magnificent ruse and spectacle that was thoroughly planned out
...consisting of a few tracks and then death in a bed
>>61672012
He didn't know he was going to die
>>61676230
get cancer and then show us what you can do that compares
>>61671232
Ian Curtis knew he was going to kill himself when picking this album cover, died before it came out.
The cover is a tomb if you can't tell.
He probably had the idea when he was 20
Warren Zevon did the "making an album about your death" gimmick first, but Blackstar is a much better album.
>>61677796
nah, ian curtis was first, he was just secretive about it
>>61677649
Was it closer? Or was it the closer?
Almost 65 posts and this HASN'T been mentioned yet?
>>61678183
It was >>61673514
Dio's swansong.
>>61676752
Like I said, Dio was dying of cancer when he recorded >>61678290. He still knocked it dead during that last tour as well.
>>61675320
that would make me really happy in a weird way
>>61675320
I'm doing it right now
>>61673205
it's too late
>>61675579
aw fuck
http://pitchfork.com/features/afterword/9786-david-bowie/
>>61672788
>>61673004
lulu is literally the best way reed could have ended his career. it proves that beginning to end, reed was a provocateur.
>>61677991
damn
>>61671232
i just hate all of you
just
all of you
thanks for the mentions of dio and freddie, but damn /mu/, damn...
off the top of my head
Felix Pappalardi, nujabes, Randy Rhodes, Buddy Holly, Syd Barret's sanity, Keith moon,
>>61678814
Didn't Nujabes die in a car accident? He didn't knew death was imminent.
>>61678814
>nujabes
>Buddy Holly
i think you're confused buddy
>>61671587
Was he Jamaican?
>>61675579
> i feel bad for anyone who didn't listen to it beforehand, because listening to it before and after were 2 totally unique experiences
I was going to wait a few days to see if it was worth buying (not a big Bowie fan, but the singles drew me in).
Feels bad man
>>61673282
die
>>61675431
>life is left to the future stars
>death is already written upon my shoes
>>61673544
>For one thing, I just don't think it's that much different to a lot of Reed's other work, it's just more metal than usual. So the question - for anyone who's a Reed fan - should really be "why don't you like it"?
So much this. Metallica fans are the fucktards that hate it so vehemently.
Lou was looking mighty weathered at the end.
>>61671414
Yeah but this is the first thing that came to my mind. Based Zevon did a similar thing,>>61671414
Bowie was more shocking though because Zevon had been talking about dying for years
>>61679216
>>61679216
Nice rebuttal to a reasonable observation.
Your dick must be small. Sry bro =**(
>>61679820
"The 73 year old Charles still comes through in high style on this final recording. Age is noticeably kinder to him than some of his partners (Willie Nelson has never sounded older) but since Ray had the good luck of owning the studio, he could also do as many retakes as he needed. Elton John makes many of the same mistakes in his 50s that Charles did at that age, including letting his physical prowess override the message of the song."
>>61679520
Yeah that's what makes Bowie's death different. The album only made sense after he died, it was like the album was missing a piece of the puzzle that we weren't aware of, and it wasn't truly completed until his death. An album that makes sense upfront because they're publically dying isn't quite the same. I'm sure Bowie's not the first but it's certainly a unique thing.
>>61680039
In that sense, it's uniquely different from Cash's or Johnny Winter's last records in that most of us already knew they were on death's door.
>>61679820
>>61680001
This last album was actually a very canny move on Ray's part (and he was a shrewd guy by any standard). Having all those guest singers is a guaranteed way to move albums since all of their fans will buy the thing.
