Bowie’s Back

Ten years after he released his last album, David Bowie made a surprise reappearance last week, on his birthday, releasing a pretty, melancholy single, “Where Are We Now?” He also announced a new album to be released in March.

I’m always rather amazed at how differently he’s seen in America than among his fellow Brits. I suspect we Americans are too consumed with notions of “authenticity” to look up from Bruuu-uuce long enough to really give Bowie his due. (Note: I loves me some Bruce.) You can see the full video for Bowie’s new single elsewhere. But in this clip, his re-emergence takes up an entire news segment of lush, British accents. You can feel the excitement, and it sure is hard to image this kind of coverage here.

The Return of the Thin White Duke

Click here to view the video on YouTube.