“I'm tired of attending funerals for David Bowie's career. I mean, they're always pleasant, catered affairs, and the chance to hobnob with a star-studded crowd of washed-up mourners like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop is undeniably great, but David never actually shows up. Critics have tried to write him off for more than a decade, and his work has been mostly sub-par even longer. But somehow, some way, he'”
“The most immediate pleasures on Heathen are all covers. David Bowie has exquisitely hip taste, and he attacks the Pixies’ "Cactus," Neil Young’s ’69 ruby "I’ve Been Waiting for You" and the Legendary Stardust Cowboy’s sci-fi valentine "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship" with the same sharp-dressed zest that he brought to the […]”