Eno has a great talent at overview and big picture thinking. As an evolutionary futurist, Eno could inspire artists he worked with to bravely embrace an uncertain future with dramatic flair versus recycling a tired past with predictable results. Eno collaborated endlessly and curated profoundly the best of 70’s “New Wave”. The 80’s were great by all who took that spirit forward like Bauhaus and Cocteau Twins.
Well even Bowie agreed with that. But bowie influenced the 80's already with the Berlin trilogy and 90's with scary Monsters...he just made everything early
I just got Bowie’s newly released Starman Tarot deck; and in the book of the author’s take on Bowie...this fits so well with the visual art chosen for this deck(with direct Bowie collaboration) shows a profound validation to what both say about him🌈🌬 The author of his deck also mentions albums ‘Outside’ and ‘Earthling’💜
Nothing interesting in the eighties? Talking Heads (who worked with Eno on the great Remain in Light album ! ), Peter Gabriel, Michael Jackson, REM, Paul Simon (Grace Land), U2, Prince, The Pretenders, Tracy Chapman, The Smiths, John Fox (Metamatic), The Clash, The Eurythmics, The Police, and more quirky stuff from the likes of XTC, PIL, Public Enemy etc But there was plenty of crap from Madonna, Guns and Roses and others
What did Brian Eno think about Bowie performing in Israel in 1996 then? This was recorded not long after. Before anyone defends Bowie it wasn't a one off either, he was interviewed for Israeli TV several years later. He was very well read so he must have had an extensive knowledge of the appalling warcrimes the Israelis had and obviously still have against the Palestinians. So it boils down to one of two things, either he supported Israeli warcrimes, he was at least complicit as he also appeared in two TV adds, Pepsi and Evian both of which support Israel and donate millions to Israel or as long as he received a big fat payment for starring in these adds, TV appearances, Israeli concert, etc he didn't give a fuck about the suffering of Palastinians. 😡
He was trying to help his mate tho lol He knows that bowie was a fantastic artist and was sick of people talking about the 80's like defined his career. But i agree Brian made great work in the 80's.
The thing is that Bowie would have heard himself during the 1980s in everything from U2 to Prince and Madonna (and including many of the artists you list). These people were taking aspects of his 1970s work and doing them better, or at least more commercially than he ever had. To younger audiences attending 1987's Glass Spider Tour it must have sounded as if Bowie was this old guy copying Prince or whoever, when in fact it was the other way around. His attempts to do grunge (and, later, drum'n'bass) were doomed to look like dad trying to squeeze into a teenager's jeans. So eventually he just lay back and enjoyed the money he'd made with Let's Dance. And perhaps money was what the 1980s was all about anyway.
Eno has a great talent at overview and big picture thinking. As an evolutionary futurist, Eno could inspire artists he worked with to bravely embrace an uncertain future with dramatic flair versus recycling a tired past with predictable results. Eno collaborated endlessly and curated profoundly the best of 70’s “New Wave”. The 80’s were great by all who took that spirit forward like Bauhaus and Cocteau Twins.
eno on low! priceless
Many thanks for sharing this! Perceptive point the interviewer makes - and Eno agrees with - about Bowie having little to feed on in the '80s.
Well even Bowie agreed with that. But bowie influenced the 80's already with the Berlin trilogy and 90's with scary Monsters...he just made everything early
I just got Bowie’s newly released Starman Tarot deck; and in the book of the author’s take on Bowie...this fits so well with the visual art chosen for this deck(with direct Bowie collaboration) shows a profound validation to what both say about him🌈🌬
The author of his deck also mentions albums ‘Outside’ and ‘Earthling’💜
Superb album outside !
There was lots of cool music in the EARLY 80s
Disappointment when audio is uploaded to a visual medium like UA-cam - not even a photograph.
Cry more
I’m grateful I get to hear archival interviews. They were perhaps radio to start (?)
Nothing interesting in the eighties? Talking Heads (who worked with Eno on the great Remain in Light album ! ), Peter Gabriel, Michael Jackson, REM, Paul Simon (Grace Land), U2, Prince, The Pretenders, Tracy Chapman, The Smiths, John Fox (Metamatic), The Clash, The Eurythmics, The Police, and more quirky stuff from the likes of XTC, PIL, Public Enemy etc
But there was plenty of crap from Madonna, Guns and Roses and others
A lot of those named above started in the 70s or even the 60s.
What did Brian Eno think about Bowie performing in Israel in 1996 then? This was recorded not long after. Before anyone defends Bowie it wasn't a one off either, he was interviewed for Israeli TV several years later. He was very well read so he must have had an extensive knowledge of the appalling warcrimes the Israelis had and obviously still have against the Palestinians. So it boils down to one of two things, either he supported Israeli warcrimes, he was at least complicit as he also appeared in two TV adds, Pepsi and Evian both of which support Israel and donate millions to Israel or as long as he received a big fat payment for starring in these adds, TV appearances, Israeli concert, etc he didn't give a fuck about the suffering of Palastinians. 😡
Brian said about no one doing anything good in the 80s....
Brian put out On Land, Apollo and Thursday Afternoon!!
Come on brian nothing good aye?
The Playlist Guru My thoughts exactly!
He was trying to help his mate tho lol He knows that bowie was a fantastic artist and was sick of people talking about the 80's like defined his career. But i agree Brian made great work in the 80's.
baby's on fire, make hot dogs
nothing interesting in the 1980s? Butthole Surfers, Foetus, Sonic Youth Swans, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, on and on....
The thing is that Bowie would have heard himself during the 1980s in everything from U2 to Prince and Madonna (and including many of the artists you list). These people were taking aspects of his 1970s work and doing them better, or at least more commercially than he ever had. To younger audiences attending 1987's Glass Spider Tour it must have sounded as if Bowie was this old guy copying Prince or whoever, when in fact it was the other way around. His attempts to do grunge (and, later, drum'n'bass) were doomed to look like dad trying to squeeze into a teenager's jeans. So eventually he just lay back and enjoyed the money he'd made with Let's Dance. And perhaps money was what the 1980s was all about anyway.