I wept like a baby the first time I heard the Lodger album, and I'm weeping again. William Butler Yeats always denied that his poems were political, although they were very much so. This song is incredibly political, but more than that. History is repeating itself in the most terrifying way. This album was the last of his Berlin Trilogy. He collaborated with Brian Eno and Tony Visconti and was influenced heavily by world affairs and history. It has always touched me deeply; nevermore so than now.. Take a deep dive into the entire LP. I promise you it will be a Fantastic Voyage.

In 2008 Bowie nominated this song was one of his favourite songs. He performed it live for the first time on his last tour in 2004. I was lucky enough to hear it ☺️

Another great Bowie song is "All The Madmen"

"Fantastic Voyage"...fantastic song.

The musical genius of David Bowie ❤

Great choice. Lodger is one of my favorite Bowie albums.

Oh WOW! You did it and you made this old ladys day! Loved your reaction as usual. Pope,you "get" him even if you can't decipher it all. I've been listening to him for at least 50 years andI still can't decipher it all but that just intigues me even further. You know, he once said that there are these deep dark corners in the brain so we will never get to see his poetry fully hell, maybe he didn't fully grasp exacltly where he was coming from as he recognized those dark recesses of thought?? I don't know, I kind of doubt that as he was pretty much a genius. I'd like for you react to "Teenage Wildlife" from this album. Rock On!

The whole album Lodger was a breakthrough in music and still sounds really current. Lyrics are deep but everyone has to do their personal interpretation.

Another masterpiece by a true master ❤ It’s about his rough divorce from Angie, I think. It’s about how bad it was but also how it was all for the best anyway

POPE has an uncanny ability to find, understand and interpret, and come up with treasured comments. It is truly amazing in one so young. He has an old soul, and a brilliant future. I feel very lucky to have found his fantastic work. ❤

Bowie's lyrics are pure poetry, every single one. Like great poetry, they require tremendous concentration and interpretation. Thank you for your amazing artwork, David Jones. I will never forget you.

I love how deep you're diving into David's music! Next, from the same album (Lodger) - Look Back in Anger, original music video if you can.

Another golden piece of the entire collection of dozens of wonderful melodies,ashtonising production and great lyrics.A Star always shining in every record,shines on.i

I haven’t heard this in a long time yet as soon as it started, it all came back to me. So prescient for today 🙏.

If you haven’t watched one of Bowies last concerts on dvd do so it will blow you away

Maybe one day we all will Thanks pope

My personal fave song of David's is RICOCHET if you've not heard that yet.

Oh you picked one of my favourites. One of the more fatalistic (even melancholic) Bowie songs I always felt along with Up The Hill Backwards (from Scary Monsters and Super Creeps). Great to see you continue to appreciate Bowie's catalogue. Very best wishes.

This might be my favorite song of his. Also love Sound & Vision. Thank you for posting it.

Lodger has some great tracks on it. This is one of them. My favorite on itbis Yassassin. I think its from this one.

I love the way he made poor bedfellows out of his lyrics and music. I've read he enjoyed putting depressing lyrics to light tunes. Btw Pope, did you ever do a reaction to Fame I can't find it? Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to Bowie tomorrow.

Wow Pope, you've really been digging into the David Bowie catalog. It's full of treasures. For example, for something different, compare and contrast the two studio recordings of "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)". The first recording was composed by producer Giorgio Moroder and released as a single in 1982. It was the title track of the 1982 erotic horror film Cat People, starring Nastassja Kinski. It did very well in the international charts and broke into the top twenty in several US charts. Bowie's vocals on the track are ferocious. FM rock radio stations played the song for months. The song appeared in several other films as well, including Firestorm (1998), Atomic Blonde (2017), and Inglourious Basterds (2009). The second recording was produced by Nile Rodgers for Bowie's 1983 album Let's Dance and features Stevie Ray Vaughan on lead guitar and Omar Hakim on drums. Awesome! The sound on it reminds me of live Bowie from the aughts, when Gail Ann Dorsey played bass and the band rocked. At any rate, another direction might be towards songs Bowie produced for other artists, like Lou Reed or The Stooges. For example, check out "Satellite of Love", "Vicious", and "Walk on the Wild Side" from Lou Reed's 1972 album Transformer, produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson. Good stuff!

Not "Why would I?", but "How can I?" Hoping you might do a reaction video to Somebody Up There Likes Me (from.Young Americans), or I'm Deranged from the album Outside. I love your style ❤ Thom in Toronto, Canada ♥️🇨🇦

This song is a bit of a slow burn but it only gets better the more times you hear it. It's low key one of Bowie's best songs. A big Bowie song I don't think you've hit yet is Changes. For somewhat deeper cuts, how about Bring Me the Disco King, Something in the Air or Strangers When We Meet? Oh, and an absolutely stunning late song most people don't know is No Plan. It was on an EP released posthumously. Check out the music video.

One of his more overtly political songs. It was the time of the Iranian revolution when the Shah was overthrown and expelled and the Ayatollah Khomeini installed as the leader of a new totalitarian theocratic regime. Bowie said those events were far more important to Europeans than who was putting out a new record. But Lodger is Bowie becoming less self involved and self indulgent and wrapped up in his own head. He’s looking out at the world. He’d also become the primary caretaker for his son, to whom he thought he hadn’t really been the best dad he could’ve been. Lodger is an often overlooked Jem. It’s still experimental but in a less overt and dramatic way than the previous two albums. But he returned to high drama and America with his next album Scary Monsters, which was his first without the involvement of Brian Eno since recording Low in 1976. I recommend the opening track It’s No Game, Pt 1. High drama indeed. Cheers.

Hi Pope! Keep up the good work. Happy New Year to you and yours. ❤✌

Maybe you are ready for a contemporary of Bowie, Iggy Pop? Start with his recent album “Every Loser”- maybe ‘New Atlantis’ or his mirror image album of Bowie’s “ Lodger”, Iggy Pop’s “ The Idiot” .

Happy New Year and aloha to my favorite reactor. Thanks for all the Bowie Pope. 😊❤

Thank you so much Pope. Happy New Year.

Ok boss, Outside album reaction, can you feel it?

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It’s about nuclear war

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