In March 2013, David Bowie launched his twenty fifth studio album, The Subsequent Day. The album turned yet one more new leaf for the chameleonic grasp of creativity. The report cowl exhibits this turned web page with the monochrome picture from the quilt of Bowie’s iconic 1977 album Heroes lined over with a clean white sq. with the phrases “The Subsequent Day” overlain. The unique “Heroes” title was additionally proven to have been scribbled out.
The Subsequent Day introduced a brand new, darker aspect to Bowie’s songwriting that was complemented by an intriguing mixture of art-rock types throughout the 14 tracks. The album boasted 5 singles that have been launched following the complete album. Whereas the likes of ‘The place Are They Now?’ and ‘Valentines Day’ have been extra fashionable within the charts upon the LP’s launch, it was the title observe, ‘The Subsequent Day’, that made the headlines.
Upon launch, ‘The Subsequent Day’ sparked controversy as a result of its perceived mockery of the Christian religion. To make issues worse, the official music video for the observe, starring Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman alongside Bowie, confirmed clergymen and bishops coming into a seedy membership the place they proceed to bask in vices, salacious and in any other case.
The controversial video was banned from YouTube upon its preliminary add to the location. A spokesperson for Bowie on the time stated that the promo video had been eliminated because it “contravened their phrases of use”.
After an attraction, the video was allowed again onto YouTube, with a spokeswoman on the streaming big asserting, “With the huge quantity of movies on our website, typically we make the flawed name. When it’s dropped at our consideration {that a} video has been eliminated mistakenly, we act shortly to reinstate it.”
Nonetheless, the response from the Christian group was removed from snug with the discharge. Invoice Donohue, the chief of the Catholic League for Non secular and Civil Rights, labelled the video “a large number” and referred to Bowie as “a switch-hitting, bisexual, senior citizen from London”. The previous archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, additionally dismissed the music as “juvenile” and urged fellow Christians to “rise above.”
He added: “I doubt that Bowie would have the braveness to make use of Islamic imagery – I very a lot doubt it.”
Watch the controversial music video for David Bowie’s The Subsequent Day’ beneath.
