David Bowie – Sound and Vision

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Ahhh...
Ahhh...

Doo, doo, doo, do-doh
Doo, doo, doo, do-doh

Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision

Blue, blue, electric blue
That's the color of my room
Where I will live
Blue, blue

Pale blinds drawn all day
Nothing to do, nothing to say
Blue, blue

I will sit right down, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
And I will sing, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
Drifting into my solitude, over my head

Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision

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    General Comment:My favourite Bowie track - what a fantastic melodic soundscape this is. It sounds so familiar yet so unique - I've not heard any other song like this before. The vibrant colourful picture painted by the instruments and joyful melody contrasts wonderfully with Bowie's deadpan vocal delivery and banal lyrics flowing out like his stream of consciousness as he sits in his room watching tv. Magical.
    Flag mickylaneon April 01, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Bowie recognizes what a gift sound and vision is, (shows some gratitude) while he waits for it. Yet, he's really not waiting ... sound and vision are being delivered in the form of his lighthearted, descriptive lyric pulling in his surroundings and placing you in the room with him. In this way, the simple lyric does a lot of heavy lifting. Beck doing a great thing with this in 2013.
    Flag JWJWon February 11, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Unquestionably about writer's block. Post Station to Station burn-out, enui, self doubt. Nothing to say, but saying it anyway. Brave and brilliant.
    Flag Cabson June 18, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Man I love the texture of this song, I could almost consume it. If I ever had to explain how to listen to music to someone, I'd use this song.
    Flag limitanei6on March 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:"blue, blue, electric blue.."

    This song is about a lonely guy, staying in his room, watching TV. Pale blinds, drawn all day. Nothing to do, nothing to say. The album is called "Low".

    There he sits, wondering about what he sees and hears. Drifting into his solitude, it is beamed in to his room from overhead, turning the room "electric blue"...
    Flag TimmyGCon August 11, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Lethargy
    Flag LeDuckMirouxon February 11, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I adore the Franz Ferdinand version of this song. Too bad I can't find the MP3 :(
    Flag abb9999999on October 05, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Well...Artie Shaw's 'Stardust' (Mercer & Carmichael) wasn't Pink Floyd. Still this was the only hit song of this album in the UK. The rest of the first side was awful. The ambient stuff withy Eno was good.
    Flag madphil_69on July 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I've always taken this song as being about how everyone takes the two most complex and artistic sense, hearing and seeing, for granted. Maybe that sounds overly simple, but haven't you ever wondered about the complexity and gloriousness of those two senses? I think it's an odd sort of "stop and smell the roses" song. The two things that shape our lives most, sound and vison, are always taken for granted. I think more people would hear the song this way if they ever lost one of those two senses.
    Flag woweezoweeon February 20, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:"For me, it reminds me of the thought-process of something or coming up with an elaborate plan or idea."

    I like that idea actually. Always struck me as him saying he wants to get away from everything and be a reclusive and just be able to think about everything, but that's far to obvious I guess. It's probably about drugs...
    Flag ShakerMaker1994on December 13, 2007   Link

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