NEW ALBUM: David Bowie "toy"

[CRAZY-HORSE]

courtesy of Deezer:

first up....thats one heck of a creepy cover!
secondly, on with the album...
was recorded in 2000-ish,
shelved because he decided to record what would be "heathen"...
songs on here are modern re-recordings of early career tunes from the early-mid 1960s but modernised for the new century...
i dont know the originals and probably not many do so these are new to me and probably you too...
songs are straight forward soft rock/pop/easy listening songs, 
Bowie sounds happy and content on here and the bands sound is uplifting also...
a respectful album that does not diminish his legacy at all, but neither does it add anything to it,
just a nice collection of feel good songs for the most part..
musically, most of these songs would fit on "heathen", "reality" or "the next day"....
all up,
this album is worth a listen to hear David Bowie letting down his hair and enjoying himself singing simple straightforward soft rock.



favourite from the first listen.
up there with "wild is the wind" for feel, emotion and vocal quality IMO






There's a man back a-ways
Who believes at where he is
And there's a girl
Up ahead who says she knows

And the street overflows
With the folk who understand
For the guy who can't be seen
He's the Shadow Man
And the Shadow Man is close at hand

Take a turn and see his smile
Made of nothing but loneliness
Take a walk and be a friend
To the Shadow Man

You can call him Joe, you can call him Sam
You should call and see who answers
For he promises to come running, guided by the truth
For the Shadow Man is really you

Look in his eyes and see your reflection
Look to the stars and see his eyes
He'll show you tomorrow, he'll show you the sorrow
Of what you did today

You can call him foe, you can call him friend
You should call and see who answers
For he knows your eyes are drawn to the road ahead
And the Shadow Man is waiting round the bend
The Shadow Man is waiting up ahead
Shadow man
Is waiting up ahead
Is waiting up ahead