The Next Day

THE ELECTRIC GRANDMOTHER Are Two Pretty Kooky Mavericks From Washington Who Released A Pretty Kooky Album

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19 April 2023

Band: THE ELECTRIC GRANDMOTHER (Washington)

Who: A couple and their lives, coming together to make humorous, surreal, post-modern music and imagery. Inventors of the genre “Sitcom-Core.” Purveyors of love and vulgarity.

TUTV: One of the weirdest longplayers I heard in a while. Weird in a pretty cool way
that is. These two Washington mavericks throw a spicy party not only for themselves but
also for everyone who wants to have a wicked ball, and to check out his/her worst dance moves with a kooky music mix of everything, eh, kooky and last but not least, to get drunk on Budweiser Light.

Video for ‘Cocktails and Dreams’

Expect synth-drum tunes played upside down (Rewind / Cocktail and Dreams / Every Episode), crippled disco stompers (Mr Ha Ha / Miami Would Bave Nice / Me Made It / Back Up), peppery punk punches (Blood Turkey / I Signed), daft song titles (Pass Gas in the Name of Kevin Costner / Tom Cruise is the Most Important Celebrity), helium voices, free spaghetti advice, no Bowie covers, a devil song (I Signed), and lots of other sonic and lyric claptrap.

Half of the songs are no longer than Ramones flare-ups, so you’ll need to press the repeat button on… repeat to keep the party going until you have no clue what actually happened.

Time to get pissed.

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The Next Day.


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THE ELECTRIC GRANDMOTHER: Facebook – Website

DAVID BOWIE Released His Supreme Album ‘THE NEXT DAY’ 10 Years Ago Today

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Back in time

8 March 2013

Genial musical chameleonDAVID BOWIE (1947-2016) released his 25th longplayer, named THE NEXT DAY on 8 March 2013, 10 years ago today. An astounding accomplishment so late in his incredible career (followed by his final tour de force Blackstar in 2016). It’s in my Bowie albums top-10 and still regularly on my headphones.

The Guardian (UK newspaper) wrote: “Provoking, strange and filled with great songs. The Next Day offers what you might call an index of Bowiean obsessions… The Next Day isn’t the equal of Bowie’s 70s work: but then, the man himself might reasonably argue, what is? Perhaps it’s destined to be remembered more for the unexpected manner in which it was announced than its contents. That doesn’t seem a fair fate for an album that’s thought-provoking, strange and filled with great songs. Listening to The Next Day makes you hope it’s not a one-off, that his return continues apace: no mean feat, given that listening to a new album by most of his peers makes you wish they’d stick to playing the greatest hits.” Score: 4/5.

SINGLES/CLIPS: Where Are You Now / The Stars (Are Out Tonight) /
The Next Day / Valentine’s Day

– WHERE ARE WE NOW –
Released on his 66th birthday

– THE STARS ARE OUT (TONIGHT) –

– THE NEXT DAY –

– VALENTINE’S DAY –

ALBUM

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BOWIE: Website – Instagram

Turn Up The Volume’s TOP 5 DAVID BOWIE Albums

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Back In Time

Today, already 6 years ago – 10th January 2016 – since pop/rock genius DAVID BOWIE passed away. He was only 69. A day to play my TOP 5 of BOWIE ALBUMS .

1. ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS OF MARS

Released: 16 June 1972

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2. LOW

Released: 14 January 1977

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3. ALADDIN SANE

Released: 13 April 1973

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4. HEROES

Released: 14 October 1977

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5. THE NEXT DAY

Released: 8 March 2013

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The One And Only STARMAN Passed Away Two Years Ago – Here Are TURN UP THE VOLUME’s Five Memorable DAVID BOWIE Albums…

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Monumental moments in sonic history…

8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016
Creativity, inventivity, innovativity
3 keywords for a genuine starman
His impact was/is massive & eternal
Here are TURN UP THE VOLUME’s
five fav DAVID BOWIE masterpieces…


LOW – Released 14 January 1977
Spectacular sound and far-reaching vision…
Listen


“HEROES” – 14 October 1977
Legendary beauties and fascinating beasts…
Listen


SCARY MONSTERS (and SUPER CREEPS) – Released: 12 September 1980
Junky Major Tom’s electrifying fashion…
Listen


THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS OF MARS
Alien Ziggy Starman‘s moonage daydreams…
Released: 16 June 1972
Listen


THE NEXT DAY – Released 8 March 2013
Where are you now?…
Listen