{"id":25289,"date":"2015-12-19T13:22:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T21:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=25289"},"modified":"2015-12-19T13:22:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-19T21:22:31","slug":"listen-to-bowies-weighty-lofty-lazarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-12\/listen-to-bowies-weighty-lofty-lazarus\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Bowie&#8217;s Weighty, Lofty &#8220;Lazarus&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowie-Lazarus.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25290\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-25290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowie-Lazarus.jpg\" alt=\"Bowie-Lazarus\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowie-Lazarus.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowie-Lazarus-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowie-Lazarus-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/davidbowie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Bowie<\/a><\/strong> has gone through hell and back over the last decade. \u00a0Having overcome major heart issues in 2004, Bowie made a strong comeback in 2013 with his critically-acclaimed album <em><strong>The Next Day<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0Is it any wonder he&#8217;s now singing from heaven? \u00a0<strong>Bowie<\/strong> will release his 25th(!!) studio album,<em><strong>\u00a0Blackstar<\/strong><\/em>, on his 69th birthday on January 8th. \u00a0This week Bowie broke new song\u00a0<em><strong>Lazarus<\/strong><\/em>, and we love it, but especially the weighty lyrics (see way below) and the mournful horns set against the math rock mien and melody. \u00a0Check it below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bowie&#8217;s<\/strong> long-time producer,\u00a0<strong>Tony Visconti<\/strong>, recently said that the new record was in part inspired by rapper <strong>Kendrick Lamar<\/strong>. \u00a0To which we say: what or who isn&#8217;t? \u00a0<strong>Visconti<\/strong> has said this about the new album: &#8220;We were listening to a lot of <strong>Kendrick Lamar.<\/strong> We wound up with nothing like that, but we loved the fact <strong>Kendrick<\/strong> was so open-minded and he didn\u2019t do a straight-up hip-hop record. He threw everything on there, and that\u2019s exactly what we wanted to do. The goal, in many, many ways, was to avoid rock&#8217;n&#8217;roll.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Lazurus<\/strong><\/em> bodes incredibly well for <em><strong>Blackstar<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, watch actor <strong>Michael C. Hall<\/strong>\u00a0(and the cast of \u00a0<strong><em>Lazarus<\/em><\/strong>, <strong>Bowie\u2019s<\/strong> new theatrical adaptation of\u00a0<strong><em>The Man Who Fell To Earth<\/em><\/strong>) adopt Bowie&#8217;s persona and voice, and perform <em><strong>Lazurus<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0on the <strong>Colbert Late Show<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZSt9RDIIa0k\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/cdn.playwire.com\/bolt\/js\/zeus\/embed.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" data-config=\"\/\/config.playwire.com\/1008730\/videos\/v2\/4408493\/zeus.json\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Lazurus<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Look up here, I&#8217;m in heaven<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got scars that can&#8217;t be seen<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got drama, can&#8217;t be stolen<br \/>\nEverybody knows me now<\/p>\n<p>Look up here, man, I&#8217;m in danger<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got nothing left to lose<br \/>\nI&#8217;m so high it makes my brain whirl<br \/>\nDropped my cell phone down below<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t that just like me?<\/p>\n<p>By the time I got to New York<br \/>\nI was living like a king<br \/>\nThen I used up all my money<br \/>\nI was looking for your ass<br \/>\nThis way or no way<br \/>\nYou know, I&#8217;ll be free<br \/>\nJust like that bluebird<br \/>\nNow ain&#8217;t that just like me?<br \/>\nOh I&#8217;ll be free<br \/>\nJust like that bluebird<br \/>\nOh I&#8217;ll be free<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t that just like me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Bowie has gone through hell and back over the last decade. \u00a0Having overcome major heart issues in 2004, Bowie made a strong comeback in 2013 with his critically-acclaimed album The Next Day. \u00a0Is it any wonder he&#8217;s now singing from heaven? \u00a0Bowie will release his 25th(!!) studio album,\u00a0Blackstar, on his 69th birthday on January [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25289"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25293,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25289\/revisions\/25293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}