Song Saturday: David Bowie Block

How's it going lurkers? I meant to publish another blog this week in regards to Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister. Before this week could start, we suddenly learned that David Bowie died from Liver Cancer! Bowie died literally 2 days after his 69th birthday and his final album's release.

Throughout this week, we've heard tragic news about celebrities dying practically everyday. Then again, musicians have been dropping like flies, since early December 2015. It started with Scott Weiland. It's so bizarre. 

Last month, I randomly got Stone Temple Pilots' song, "Atlanta" stuck in my head. I had not listened to their No. 4 album in years. Suddenly, I witnessed Scott Weiland's death "trending" on social media and on Adult Swim's forum.

Around the same time I learned about Weiland's death, I thought about him citing David Bowie as his influence. Towards the end of last month, we learned Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister died 4 days after his own birthday! Lemmy's family and friends just had his funeral, last Saturday.

Then, David Bowie died of Liver Cancer 2 days after celebrating his 69th birthday and releasing his final album, Blackstar. We are only going into the 3rd week of 2016 YET celebrities have been dying almost everyday. Something tells me that 2016 will be a very grim year for many people, especially for celebrities.

Getting back on the topic of David Bowie, I was never a huge fan. However, I still enjoy listening to some of the songs that he released over the DECADES as well as many of his family, friends, and fans. "Lady Grinning Soul" and "Dead Man Walking" have been my favorites for years.

"Lazarus" is David Bowie's final music video. The music video seriously nails his last goodbye to all his family, friends, and fans. It also shows all the suffering he endured battling his last hours with Liver Cancer.

Bowie still appears to be extremely influential among many people, decades later. If people have NOT learned much of anything from this icon, they should learn to be more innovative, diversified, original, open-minded, fearless, and LEARN how to EXPLORE. We've got a LENGTHY  Song Saturday block for today.

1) David Bowie "The Man Who Sold The World" The Man Who Sold The World (1970)

2) David Bowie "Andy Warhol" Hunky Dory (1971)

 

3) David Bowie "Lady Grinning Soul" Aladdin Sane (1973)

4) David Bowie "Let's Dance" Let's Dance (1983)

5) David Bowie "Dead Man Walking" Earthling (1997), The Saint Soundtrack (1997)

6) David Bowie [Featuring Trent Reznor ] "I'm Afraid of Americans" Earthling (1997), The Best Of Bowie (2002)

[BONUS]

 

David Bowie "Lazarus" Blackstar (2016)

RIP, DAVID BOWIE!!!

Song Saturday: The Nameless Wretch [Double Dose]

How's it going lurkers? Last weekend, I said I planned on sharing some darker content for Halloween Season. Today, I have music from a Horror-Punks friend; He belongs to the Horror-Punks Community.

My friend, Charlie JJ Kruger is a Film/Music/Art Critic at Horror-Punks.com. He's also an author and a musician with a band called, The Nameless Wretch. 

Earlier this week, I had a brief conversation with Kruger about his band on Horror-Punks. The Nameless Wretch is a Post-Punk/Hardcore/Drone/Shoegaze band from Olympia, Washington. 

Fugazi, Samhain, David Bowie, Brian Eno, and The Deftones are some of the band's musical influences.

The Nameless Wretch has a full length, 13-track album titled, What Are Heroes? 3 of the 13 songs on What Are Heroes? have been featured in movies. That's along with being aired on radio stations and podcasts.

When asking Charlie JJ Kruger to explain more in detail about The Nameless Wretch, he mostly wanted my opinion about their music rather than him always having to regurgitate his own.

"My feelings are in the music. My opinions and the things I think are important are all layered in there. So, once the song is out, I have kinda said all I have to say about it," he said to yours truly.

As soon as I listened to "Puzzlecutter" and "Living Water," both songs automatically gave me really dark and ominous mental images. They sound like they belong on a Horror soundtrack. 

"Puzzlecutter" is currently my favorite song from The Nameless Wretch. It really sucks me in. I can feel the vibrations of the guitar riffs through my entire body, which is something I have NOT  said about any band's music in years.

I imagine a Slasher Horror "heroine" in Fight-Or-Flight Mode. With "Puzzlecutter" playing as the movie score, she screams as she runs through an ominous dark forest. The heroine is searching for a friend after being separated.

Eventually, they both reunite and try escaping a serial killer. He is chasing them with a chainsaw in his bloody hands. The 2 characters conveniently find a boat in a bloody lake or river and dive into it. "Living Water" continues playing, while they row away from the serial killer.

As both continue rowing, another deranged character simultaneously reaches out his/her hand from the bloody lake or river. Everybody screams and the boat topples. "Living Water" continues to segue into the movie's credits.

Okay, maybe I have watched too many Slashers. Yes, I know. I have such a dark and disturbing imagination.

This could explain why some people think I'm so creepy, besides the sound of my laugh.

If you want to learn more about Charlie JJ Kruger and his band, The Nameless Wretch, you can visit his YouTube channel.

Anyway, this Song Saturday, I have "Puzzlecutter" and "Living Water" by The Nameless Wretch.

1) The Nameless Wretch "Puzzlecutter" What Are Heroes? (2013)

2) The Nameless Wretch "Living Water" What Are Heroes? (2013)