Álbum Diamond Dogs (David Bowie)

Diamond Dogs de David Bowie

Álbum de David Bowie

  • Fecha de lanzamiento: 24 de Mayo de 1974
  • Compositores: David Bowie
  • Productores: Tony Visconti

Valora este álbum

Diamond Dogs es un álbum de David Bowie, publicado en 1974. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «Future Legend», «Diamond Dogs», «Sweet Thing» y «Candidate».

Lanzado en 1974, Diamond Dogs es el octavo álbum de estudio de David Bowie. Es una obra conceptual oscura y apocalíptica que fusiona el glam rock con el proto-punk. El álbum nació del intento fallido de Bowie de crear una adaptación teatral de la novela "1984" de George Orwell. Al no conseguir los derechos, Bowie transformó el proyecto en su propia visión de un futuro distópico, creando un mundo post-apocalíptico llamado Hunger City, habitado por los "Diamond Dogs", una pandilla de salvajes urbanos. Es el primer álbum de Bowie desde 1969 sin la participación de su guitarrista estrella, Mick Ronson, lo que llevó a Bowie a tocar él mismo la mayoría de las guitarras, dándole al disco un sonido más crudo y afilado. Contiene el icónico himno del glam rock, "Rebel Rebel".

El origen del álbum

Tras la disolución de The Spiders from Mars, Bowie se encontró solo en el estudio por primera vez en años. La grabación del álbum, con la vuelta de Tony Visconti a la producción, fue un proceso de experimentación en el que Bowie asumió un mayor control instrumental. La influencia de la novela "1984" de Orwell es palpable en toda la segunda mitad del álbum, con canciones que narran la historia de Winston Smith.

El estilo musical

El sonido de "Diamond Dogs" es un glam rock más oscuro y con un filo de proto-punk. El sonido de la guitarra de Bowie es crudo y distorsionado, anticipando el sonido del punk rock que explotaría unos años después. La producción de Visconti es densa y atmosférica, creando un paisaje sonoro apocalíptico. El álbum es una mezcla de rock and roll directo con suites de rock progresivo más complejas.

Recorrido por las canciones

El álbum se abre con la narración de "Future Legend", que introduce el mundo distópico del disco. Le sigue la canción titular, "Diamond Dogs". El mayor éxito del álbum es el inmortal "Rebel Rebel", con uno de los riffs de guitarra más famosos de la historia del rock. La segunda mitad del álbum es una suite conceptual que incluye las canciones "We Are the Dead", "1984" (con una clara influencia del funk) y "Big Brother".

Diseño y portada

La portada, pintada por el artista belga Guy Peellaert, es una de las más controvertidas de Bowie. Muestra a Bowie como una criatura mitad hombre, mitad perro. La imagen original, que mostraba los genitales del perro, fue censurada en la mayoría de los lanzamientos, convirtiendo las copias sin censura en objetos de coleccionista muy codiciados.

Lanzamiento y cifras

El álbum fue un gran éxito comercial, especialmente en el Reino Unido.

Opiniones de la crítica

La crítica fue en general positiva, aunque muchos lo vieron como un álbum de transición. Con el tiempo, ha sido aclamado como una de sus obras más audaces y una influencia clave en el movimiento punk. "Diamond Dogs" es el canto del cisne de la era glam de Bowie y el puente hacia su siguiente reinvención: el "plastic soul" de "Young Americans".

Listado de Canciones

  1. Future Legend1:00

    Letra

    And in the death As the last few corpses lay rotting on the slimy Thoroughfare The shutters lifted in inches in Temperance Building High on Poacher's Hill And red, mutant eyes gaze down on Hunger City No more big wheels Fleas the size of rats sucked on rats the size of cats And ten thousand peoploids split into small tribes Coverting the highest of the sterile skyscrapers Like packs of dogs assaulting the glass fronts of Love-Me Avenue Ripping and rewrapping mink and shiny silver fox, now legwarmers Family badge of sapphire and cracked emerald Any day now The Year of the Diamond Dogs "This ain't Rock'n'Roll This is Genocide"
  2. Diamond Dogs5:50

    Letra

    This aint rocknroll. This is genocide! As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent You asked for the latest party With your silicone hump and your ten inch stump Dressed like a priest you was Tod brownings freak you was Crawling down the alley on your hands and knee I'm sure you're not protected, for it's plain to see The diamond dogs are poachers and they hide behind trees Hunt you to the ground they will, mannequins with kill appeal (will they come?) Ill keep a friend serene (will they come?) Oh baby, come unto me (will they come?) Well, she's come, been and gone. Come out of the garden, baby Youll catch your death in the fog Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs The halloween jack is a real cool cat And he lives on top of manhattan chase The elevators broke, so he slides down a rope Onto the street below, oh tarzie, go man go Meet his little hussy with his ghost town approach Her face is sans feature, but she wears a dali brooch Sweetly reminiscent, something mother used to bake Wrecked up and paralyzed, diamond dogs are sableized (will they come?) Ill keep a friend serene (will they come?) Oh baby, come unto me (will they come?) Well, she's come, been and gone. Come out of the garden, baby Youll catch your death in the fog Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs Oo-oo-ooh, call them the diamond dogs Oo-oo-ooh, call them the diamond dogs In the year of the scavenger, the season of the bitch Sashay on the boardwalk, scurry to the ditch Just another future song, lonely little kitsch (there's gonna be sorrow) try and wake up tomorrow (will they come?) Ill keep a friend serene (will they come?) Oh baby, come unto me (will they come?) Well, she's come, been and gone. Come out of the garden, baby Youll catch your death in the fog Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs Oo-oo-ooh, call them the diamond dogs Oo-oo-ooh, call them the diamond dogs Bow-wow, woof woof, bow-wow, wow Call them the diamond dogs Dogs Call them the diamond dogs, call them, call them Call them the diamond dogs, call them, call them, ooo Call them the diamond dogs Keep cool Diamond dogs rule, ok Hey-hey-hey-hey Beware of the diamond dogs Beware of the diamond dogs Beware of the diamond dogs Beware of the diamond dogs Beware of the diamond dogs
  3. Sweet Thing3:29
  4. Candidate2:39

    Letra

    I'll make you a deal, like any other candidate We'll pretend we're walking home 'cause your future's at stake My set is amazing, it even smells like a Street There's a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend Someone scrawled on the wall "I smell the blood of les tricoteuses" Who wrote up scandals in other bars I'm having so much fun with the poisonous people Spreading rumours and lies and stories they made up Some make you sing and some make you scream One makes you wish that you'd never been seen But there's a shop on the corner that's selling papier mache Making bullet-proof faces, Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay If you want it, boys, get it here, thing So you scream out of line "I want you! I need you! Anyone out there? Any time? " Tres butch little number whines "Hey dirty, I want you When it's good, it's really good, and when it's bad I go to pieces" If you want it, boys, get it here, thing Well, on the street where you live I could not hold up my head For I put all I have in another bed On another floor, in the back of a car In the cellar like a church with the door ajar Well, I guess we've must be looking for a different kind But we can't stop trying 'til we break up our minds Til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knights Who press you on the ground while shaking in fright I guess we could cruise down one more time With you by my side, it should be fine We'll buy some drugs and watch a band Then jump in the river holding hands
  5. Sweet Thing (Reprise)2:32
  6. Rebel Rebel4:21

    Vídeo

    vídeo del tema Rebel Rebel
  7. Rock 'N' Roll With Me3:54
  8. We Are The Dead4:48
  9. 19843:24

    Letra

    Someday they wont let you, now you must agree The times they are a-telling, and the changing isn't free Youve read it in the tea leaves, and the tracks are on tv Beware the savage jaw Of 1984 They'll split your pretty cranium, and fill it full of air And tell that you're eighty, but brother, you wont care Youll be shooting up on anything, tomorrows never there Beware the savage jaw Of 1984 Come see, come see, remember me? We played out an all night movie role You said it would last, but I guess we enrolled In 1984 (who could ask for more) 1984 (who could ask for mor-or-or-or-ore) (mor-or-or-or-ore) Im looking for a vehicle, Im looking for a ride Im looking for a party, Im looking for a side Im looking for the treason that I knew in 65 Beware the savage jaw Of 1984 Come see, come see, remember me? We played out an all night movie role You said it would last, but I guess we enrolled In 1984 (who could ask for more) 1984 (who could ask for mor-or-or-or-ore) (mor-or-or-or-ore) 1984 1984 1984 (mor-or-or-or-ore) 1984 1984 (mor-or-or-or-ore) 1984
  10. Big Brother3:25

    Letra

    Don't talk of dust and roses Or should we powder our noses? Don't live for last year's capers Give me steel, give me steel, give me pulsars unreal He'll build a glass asylum With just a hint of mayhem He'll build a better whirlpool We'll be living from sin, Then we can really begin Please saviour, saviour, show us Hear me, I'm graphically yours [Chorus:] Someone to claim us, someone to follow Someone to shame us, some brave Apollo Someone to fool us, someone like you We want you Big Brother, Big Brother I know you think you're awful square But you made everyone and you've been every where Lord, I'd take an overdose if you knew what's going down [Chorus (3 times)] We want you Big Brother
  11. Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family1:48