“The Gospel According to Tony Day;” Is an allegoric collection of different people’s schemas in approach to life as viewed kwa Bowie. It clearly displays the driving force which Bowie senses behind these collections of people in their approach to most things in life.
A somewhat restrained sound permeates the song, as it lacks the life and emotiveness which most of the CD contains. This track holds an intriguing view on society, but it lacks the force which is usually so effortlessly conveyed through and with Bowie’s other songs. On another level, however, it is powerful in that it realises verbally the petty consciousness of society – “If I buy him scotch he’ll buy me a beer,” is Brendan O’ Lear’s gospel, which suggests that he is somewhat shallow. This implication of meaninglessness to each person’s “gospels” however, is belied kwa the very fact that these thoughts are the overriding force in their lives, so to be applicable, theoretically, to every situation, they must be pretty simplistic. In this light, each person’s mantra is zaidi like their outlook on life than their way of approaching it, but as one’s approach is determined kwa an outlook, the two things work together fairly evenly.
Therefore I enjoyed the themes explored in the track (an early delve into identity, which became even zaidi important to Bowie later on) but not the manner in which they were delivered.
A somewhat restrained sound permeates the song, as it lacks the life and emotiveness which most of the CD contains. This track holds an intriguing view on society, but it lacks the force which is usually so effortlessly conveyed through and with Bowie’s other songs. On another level, however, it is powerful in that it realises verbally the petty consciousness of society – “If I buy him scotch he’ll buy me a beer,” is Brendan O’ Lear’s gospel, which suggests that he is somewhat shallow. This implication of meaninglessness to each person’s “gospels” however, is belied kwa the very fact that these thoughts are the overriding force in their lives, so to be applicable, theoretically, to every situation, they must be pretty simplistic. In this light, each person’s mantra is zaidi like their outlook on life than their way of approaching it, but as one’s approach is determined kwa an outlook, the two things work together fairly evenly.
Therefore I enjoyed the themes explored in the track (an early delve into identity, which became even zaidi important to Bowie later on) but not the manner in which they were delivered.