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David Bowie — I Have Not Been to Oxford Town
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coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 13:37
 
do i understand what this is about or am i just paranoid ??

mhodak
(Raleigh, NC)
Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 03:45
 
There are better sings on this album:

Outside
Hello Spaceboy
Strangers when we meet
I'm deranged

We need more songs from this album. Especially I'm deranged - it was used in Lost Highway - is a gem. 

pinnyrat
Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 17:00
 
I enjoyed this album.  Seems to me this was supposed to be Part 1 of a trilogy, which never materialized.  But there is some great stuff on this album.

jen3005545
(Fort Worth, TX)
Posted: Feb 16, 2012 - 16:58
 

Love Bowie!  Thank you RP!  {#Music}



aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 05:25
 
Truly a very innovative and exceptional album from Bowie - a bit too innovative for many fans and critics I think, given how hammered it got in the reviews.  I suggest the exceptional musical tastes of RP fans check it out in more depth!

More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Apr 14, 2011 - 08:39
 
 GuiltyFeat wrote:
Er... no.
 

Thats Sir. Er...no to you.


GuiltyFeat
(Ra'anana)
Posted: Mar 06, 2011 - 08:00
 
Er... no.

hbrennan
Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 22:54
 
 salide wrote:
Was this song in the movie called Starship Troopers?
 Yes, to quote a source:  

The wonderful use of the David Bowie / Brian Eno song ("But I Have Not
Been To Oxfordtown"), as modified (with permission - so why isn’t it on the
soundtrack) and performed by the film composer's daughter, Zoe Poledouris, in
the “last night of their lives” high school dance, just before everyone we've met
goes off to take their Oath of Service

"Would you like to know more?"


salide
Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 12:51
 
Was this song in the movie called Starship Troopers?

Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 12:48
 
I don't know why he's complaining about not having been to Oxford town.  With all the money he's made in the music business over the years, you'd think he could afford the plane tickets and the hotel.  You wanna go there, David—just go!

{#Cheesygrin}

citizenkeith
Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 06:20
 
Great song, great album.

antigravitysoup
Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 06:10
 
This is my favorite Bowie song, and I think I've only ever heard it on RP (this was the first place I heard it, in fact.) I find that a lot of Bowie grates on my nerves, but this has more subtlety and art to it than so many of his more popular songs.


thekid
(St. Louis, Misery)
Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 06:03
 
 firerytrigon wrote:
This was played in Starship troopers I believe. A cover of this I think.
 
Got to admit, I far prefer that version.  Seems to have more pop sensibilities applied to it ...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/trivia?tr0781968


drews
(London, Blighty)
Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 06:01
 
   

Bowie + Eno = Bowieno

df1489 wrote:
This is Bowie working with Eno again...very nice!
 


aelfheld
Posted: Jan 02, 2011 - 16:57
 
 h8rhater wrote:
"We Prick You", from this CD, seems to stand the best on it's own.

I would have said Hallo Spaceboy or The Voyeur of Utter Destruction.


firerytrigon
(Here, there and everywhere.)
Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 15:54
 
This was played in Starship troopers I believe. A cover of this I think.

linzie
Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 15:53
 
This ain't bad....

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Nov 07, 2010 - 21:02
 
hey, this sucks

carpwall
(La France)
Posted: Oct 31, 2010 - 10:09
 
It sounds like the music that plays when you install Windows XP

df1489
(Lake Palestine, Tyler Tx)
Posted: Oct 07, 2010 - 08:39
 
This is Bowie working with Eno again...very nice!

crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 18:18
 
 socalhol wrote:
Not Bowie's best work — but still much preferable to a lot of other stuff out there....
 
I agree. This is much better than millions of YouTube covers, recordings of dogs barking Christmas songs, etc.


DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 08:29
 
Finally! A Bowie song I don't care much for! Never thought I'd have say that.....


Tim55
(Western, New York)
Posted: Aug 28, 2010 - 18:42
 
Or about a dozen other songs. first time I think I've rated something a 1.

 PopKombo wrote:
I have never ever made a negative comment on here ... but my first impression of this song is not good.  How about Rebel Rebel or Panic in Detroit instead.
 


PopKombo
(Monrovia, CA)
Posted: Aug 28, 2010 - 18:31
 
I have never ever made a negative comment on here ... but my first impression of this song is not good.  How about Rebel Rebel or Panic in Detroit instead.

Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Aug 28, 2010 - 18:29
 
Dreary and boring.

window
(Richmond, VA)
Posted: Aug 04, 2010 - 08:26
 
Play Oxford Comma next!

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 15:25
 
Not Bowie's best work — but still much preferable to a lot of other stuff out there....

linzie
Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 22:37
 
Like Bowie, haven't heard this till now, but it's catchy...

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 17:15
 
I Have Not Muted Bowie - til now...

shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 08:32
 
Just for the heck of it, listen to Sade's "Soldier of Love" after this one.  Structurally similar I thought - in a "useless trivia of the day" kinda way. FWIW, etc...

Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 - 17:53
 
Not usually a Bowie fan, but I like this (except when he starts talking). I sense a lot of Eno influence on this one.

Fables85
Posted: Jan 26, 2010 - 05:49
 
Pretty partial to "1.Outside"... if only he'd have completed the proposed trilogy! Ah well...

h8rhater
Posted: Jan 26, 2010 - 05:49
 
 dmax wrote:
See how the album cover says "1.Outside" ?

The album is fascinating in its intended execution. He got some of his best musicians together (Eno, Alomar, more) and this is the first of three albums to tell a non-linear-hypercycle

But he's a detective professor, solving art crimes. ("his body parts were strung from the ceiling with fine wire, makeing them appear to be floating. It was murder, but was it art?")

And the main story is jumbled and told in flashbacks/forwards -before Lost ever aired.

So, I agree that this is not a song that belongs independent, but hopefully it'll catch your attention so you check out the whole record. Kinda cool, and pushes some boundaries - just like you'd expect Bowie to do.

 
"We Prick You", from this CD, seems to stand the best on it's own.  Very strange disc indeed.


(former member)
Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 18:10
 
See how the album cover says "1.Outside" ?

The album is fascinating in its intended execution. He got some of his best musicians together (Eno, Alomar, more) and this is the first of three albums to tell a non-linear-hypercycle

But he's a detective professor, solving art crimes. ("his body parts were strung from the ceiling with fine wire, makeing them appear to be floating. It was murder, but was it art?")

And the main story is jumbled and told in flashbacks/forwards -before Lost ever aired.

So, I agree that this is not a song that belongs independent, but hopefully it'll catch your attention so you check out the whole record. Kinda cool, and pushes some boundaries - just like you'd expect Bowie to do.


iam_overlord
(Allston)
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 08:10
 
Normally I really like Bowie, but this stinks.

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 08:10
 
...you know, i don't particularly like this song, i've even rated it ho-hum, but i appreciate that radio paradise plays it...

Grammarcop
(Hey, I can see Canada from here!)
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 08:10
 
Does Oxford, Ohio, count?
 

posworld
(Michigan)
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 08:09
 
I found this album to be very interesting when it came out. It was rather innovative at the time.

EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 09:18
 
Come on...even a Klingon would find this grating......oh god and he's talking on it too.

Still I bet Simon Cowell likes it.

As for not going to Oxford...he has no excuse it's a pretty city...but I prefer Cambridge.

spigolli
(Peachtree City, GA, USA)
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 09:16
 
Shaddup and go to Oxford Town already.

Sneeze15
(Louisville KY)
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 - 11:30
 
jeex this is horrible..{#Puke}

nate917
(2,815 miles from home)
Posted: Sep 22, 2009 - 09:48
 
 lemmoth wrote:

Interestin uh - defense.  Could pertain to a small part of his vast career in which the chamelion has attempted just about every time of popular music.  You want pretty and melodic try Life on Mars, you want bracingly heavy try Hallo Spaceboy, you want the best funk ever by a white artist, try Fame.

 
You had me until the last word.  Best funk ever by a white artist would be Average White Band.


EssexTex
(Pitching a tent)
Posted: Sep 22, 2009 - 09:48
 
 Bovine faeces


notremotely
Posted: Mar 16, 2009 - 14:20
 
Until the Bowie-esque chorus, I thought this was an XTC track I'd never heard. Had the same nasally tone and clipped staccato delivery (not a bad thing...just a clinical observation). Gets more Bowie/less XTC as it goes on.

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Mar 16, 2009 - 14:19
 
hey, this sucks

wenatchee
(Duvall, WA)
Posted: Mar 16, 2009 - 14:17
 
- NO -

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jan 12, 2009 - 08:23
 
 kmh wrote:

IMO- HIS MUSIC IS NOT PRETTY OR MELODIC, IT'S RAW, MECHANICAL & STRONG... NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN PLAY OVER & OVER & OVER, BUT WHEN IT'S HEARD, IT'S A POWERFUL MOMENT IN TIME....
 
Interestin uh - defense.  Could pertain to a small part of his vast career in which the chamelion has attempted just about every time of popular music.  You want pretty and melodic try Life on Mars, you want bracingly heavy try Hallo Spaceboy, you want the best funk ever by a white artist, try Fame.


cptbuz
(40 miles east of Sacramento thereabouts)
Posted: Jan 12, 2009 - 08:21
 
 keller1 wrote:
I'm gonna sound like an old fogie here, but Bowie lost it sometime in the 80s and never really got it back.
 

yup, this sounds lost somewhere between peter gabriel and david byrne.
What happened to ol' ZIGGY??? Even the Lets dance period had a better groove than this.....a 2

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jan 12, 2009 - 08:19
 
Very fun funky little song from a very underrated album.

Would love to hear the Motel and Hello Spaceboy.

arserocket
(S.O.B in an S.U.V)
Posted: Nov 10, 2008 - 04:40
 
{#Sleep}{#Whipit}      {#Puke}