![]() ![]() Sons of the Silent Age: Don't you wonder sometimes. Sons of the Silent Age boasts nine members culled from the absolute elite of Chicago musicians - diehard and dedicated souls who love the material and know it intimately, pouring their collective talents over Bowie's 40+ years and 30 albums of dazzling music, music that irrefutably changed the face of rock and an aesthetic so strong it will continue to spread ripples through our culture for ever. The benefit was so successful that it went without saying they should keep the band moving and playing, exploring Bowie's music, and exploring his aesthetic, treating it the way perhaps he would himself, evolving, changing sonically and visually, with the aim of both thoroughly entertaining an audience, and challenging it at the same time.įour years later and the band continues to thrive, playing select and prestigious shows, and collaborating with kindred spirts such as Shirley Manson, Sinead O'Connor, and Ava Cherry. And so it came to be, on January 11th of 2013, SONS played their first show to a sold out crowd at Metro in Chicago. According to Brian Eno, it was the only song on the album composed prior to the recording sessions, all others being improvised in the Hansa by the Wall studio. It was decided to make the inaugural gig a benefit for a charity close to their hearts: Pablove, an organization that provides relief for pediatric cancer patients and their families. ' Sons of the Silent Age ' is a song written by David Bowie in 1977 for the album 'Heroes'. Sons of the Silent Age was a living, vital entity. A stellar band was assembled, all veterans in their own right with excellent pedigrees, and almost immediately rehearsals were well underway with songs from Bowie's canon that were being selected, played and played with. Matt and Chris were working together on one of Matt's songs when the seed was sewn to start a band dedicated to the music of David Bowie, the pair always having had a strong connection and affinity with his career, his changing, challenging sound and his aesthetic. Christiane F.Sons of the Silent Age | Playing the music of David Bowie Sons of the Silent AgeĬhris Connelly and Matt Walker are both 30+ year veterans of the music business: Chris having moved from his native Scotland in the 80s to pursue a career in gratuitous volume and outrage with technorednecks The Revolting Cocks and Ministry Matt bringing his formidable drum skills to the likes of Filter, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage and Morrissey.Oy Vey, Baby - Tin Machine Live at the Docks.Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.David Bowie at the Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99)Ĭhristiane F.Look at the Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97).No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95) 0:00 / 3:11 David Bowie Sons Of The Silent Age 87 Sydney B0WIElover 4.13K subscribers Subscribe 1.Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78) 'Sons of the Silent Age' is a song written by David Bowie in 1977 for the album 'Heroes'.Danny Michel – Loving the Alien: Danny Michel Sings the Songs of David Bowie (2004).In questa versione della canzone, il ritornello è cantato dal chitarrista Peter Frampton. Esecuzioni dal vivo īowie eseguì dal vivo in concerto la canzone durante il Glass Spider Tour del 1987. L-R (back) unknown, Angie Bowie, David Bowie, Bianca Jagger, Edgar Broughton, (front) Maureen Starkey, Mick Ronson, Lulu, Jeff Beck, Celia Hammond, Ringo Starr. Lo scrittore Nicholas Pegg ha suggerito che il verso: «Platforms, blank looks, no books» ("piattaforme, sguardi vuoti, niente libri") possa essere un'allusione al regime nazista. Party following David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust retirment concert, Cafe Royal, London, 4th July 1973. Il testo è stato interpretato come una rivisitazione in terza persona delle tematiche della misantropia patologica esplorate da Bowie nel suo precedente album Low ( «Pacing their rooms just like a cell’s dimensions»), e un riferimento ai personaggi di una sua canzone del 1970, The Supermen ( «They never die they just go to sleep one day»), inclusa nell'album The Man Who Sold the World. ![]() La canzone accosta gelide atmosfere sintetiche a un ritornello accattivante. Bowie stesso indicò che Sons of the Silent Age in un primo momento era stata presa in considerazione come title track del disco, al posto di "Heroes". Secondo quanto riportato da Brian Eno, il pezzo fu l'unica canzone composta prima dell'inizio delle sessioni di registrazione in studio, mentre tutte le altre tracce dell'album furono il risultato di improvvisazioni e sperimentazioni eseguite all' Hansa by the Wall. ![]()
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