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“But are you sure that it really was him?”

One week on from its release, there’s a great full-page piece in this week’s NME (May 18) regarding the video for The Next Day.

Headlined The Jean Jesus, the intro goes like this:

It’s a story now sewn into the very fabric of western culture – the outsider whose divine wisdom and messianic magic made worshippers of millions, and whose incredible resurrection wowed the world. But enough about David Bowie – let’s talk about Jesus Christ.

“I know you think you’re awful square”

The David Bowie vinyl collectors among you (we know you’re out there), will be pleased to learn that The Next Day gets a physical release as a 45 next month.

The record will be issued as a limited edition white vinyl square, with the same track on both sides.

Stay tuned for further details and meanwhile here are the links to the video again on vevo and on YouTube    

“They can't get enough of that doomsday song”

In an age where one-time anarchistic 37-year-old 'punk' is feted at the New York Metropolitan Museum, albeit as couture establishment now, 66-year-old David Bowie's new video, The Next Day, has created a bit of a rumpus on the anything goes internet, not to mention in the pages of the UK press. (See accompanying montage)

Here’s a bit from CBS news, typical of most of the stories being run over the last couple of days:

David Bowie's video for the third single from his album "The Next Day" -- for the song of the same name -- is stirring up