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Survive Pt.2

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I decided to get this after having all the material from the singles on the 2 disc set of 'Hours...', this single containing the only single-exclusive tracks not re-released at a later date. As I personally am not much a fan of either the songs Survive or Seven-Thursday's Child is a pretty good song, though not one of his best-I still felt compelled to check it out.

I had half-expected to hear edgier live re-visitations of three of the album's singles, but, as in the studio recordings, the songs remain very soft and rather vulnerable, even more so actually in these recordings. I can understand why a live version of The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell, the fourth Hours single, was not included, as it would definitely surprise the crap out of the audience there.

The songs themselves are not bad, Bowie's lyrics are as strong and intelligent as ever, with of course a unique brand of vocabulary and ideas behind his work, the music is not terrible either, but the instrumentation is really flowery, and 14 minutes of the same easy listening-esque music, from the likes of Bowie, is a little off-putting, especially since some of the other material on the rather short album is really great.

I still enjoy having this item, as it pretty much completes the entire 'Hours...' material that I own personally, but if live recordings aren't your thing, stay away from this. And if you're looking to find rawer, less vulnerable interpretations of these songs, look elsewhere.