Yes.

Bowie's album is boring.

One of my favorite McCartney stories is how he took about an hour to record the demo of Come and Get It. He played all the instruments and did all the singing. Then he gave the demo to Badfinger and said, "Record it just like this and you'll have a hit." So they did and it was indeed a hit.

It's a great reference, isn't it? I bought a used paperback copy of Complete Beatles Recording Sessions and it was kinda beat up, but I just found a $12 hardcover copy at Barnes & Noble, on a table with a bunch of other discounted Beatles books. Good deal.

I spent the weekend reading Volume 1 of Mark Lewisohn's three-volume history of The Beatles. I bought the "short" version of the book, which is about 900 pages. Seriously, that's the short version. I can't even imagine how long the extended version of the book is going to be when it comes out next year, complete with…

Yoko was sexually grunting? With her son? …

Her dancing is kinda cute. It's her singing that grates in this video.

Is it any surprise that he has a bunch of puppets of himself? He's like a master at the art of self-absorption. I'm not sure if that's a compliment or not.

I hate Ohio State (I went to a university where hating Ohio State was part of the curriculum) but this is pretty amazing.

Aren't you dead yet?

Perhaps he just thinks it's a good album. And it is. And given CD sales these days are in the toilet, it's not like this album is going to make him much money. Not compared to his song publishing business, which is making him a fortune. I think he's just proud of it. And he should be. It's a good album.

She's a lead ballerina or something for the London ballet. I think people are kinda missing the point of the video and the song. It's a game of "spot the celebrity" in a song about how unreal and temporary celebrity is, and not all the people in the video are celebrities.

It's the cirrrrccclleee of liifee! … (sorry)

I second the motion for you to get stuffed.

He always did look like her. The late great Spy Magazine first made the McCartney/Lansbury comparison about 30 years ago in its Separated At Birth feature. And they based it on photos of Paul and Angela when they were in their 20s and 30s.

Bowie has been allowed to get away with shit lyrics for years.

Definitely a spectacular tune. And the lyrics are terrific. The whole song is a pretty dark meditation on the hazards of fame and the fleeting nature of celebrity — hence the use of celebrities who are there in the studio but not really there. Cool video, IMO. I like the idea that people are trying to spot the famous…

We can only hope that you die a painful death. :)

Your mini-review here is more illuminating and more interesting than the AV Club's. Queenie Eye IS terrific. I also really like Alligator, Appreciate, Road, Looking at Her, and Get Me Out of Here. And you're right about the lyrics being both sharp and vulnerable at times. Sure there are a few songs where he's…

LOL.