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After a series of failed cover albums that didn’t chart, he reunited with the Walker Brothers in 1975 for the first time since their brief reunion in 1968 for a concert in Japan. He still released music after that album-a lot of it actually-but none of it was his. But honestly, can you really blame her? With a rich arrangement that recalls the streets of a perfect Parisian block and Walker’s deep baritone dominating despite the “wall of sound” mix, it’s hard not to fall in love with Scott while listening to this song, even if we now know in retrospect there was a darkness lurking behind the teen pop facade.Įight years-that’s how long Scott Walker sat in limbo after 1970’s ‘Til the Band Comes In. Though originally recorded by Frankie Valli, this was the biggest hit of the Walker Brothers’ career and the one your grandma probably loved as a teen. From the handsomest pop star in the world to reclusive experimenter, here are the 15 best Scott Walker songs. This list is only a taste of Walker’s brilliance, and amongst his prolific output, this is the music that speaks to us the most. With a career that encompasses everything from bubblegum, baroque, folk and country to new wave, art rock, avant-garde and opera, it’s almost impossible to condense his entire career into just a few songs. His impact on popular and avant-garde music, especially in the U.K., cannot be overstated. After discovering Walker via his ex-girlfriend, Bowie became obsessed with his work, calling him “his idol” during his 50th birthday special for BBC Radio One after hearing a message Walker recorded and sent to him. Though mentally and emotionally taxing, it made him one of the greatest musical artists to ever walk the Earth.Īn array of artists have cited Scott Walker as an influence including Radiohead, Jarvis Cocker, Holly Herndon, Bat for Lashes, Panda Bear, Brian Eno, Low, Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and most famously, David Bowie, who served as the executive producer of the 2006 documentary about Walker’s life, Scott Walker: 30 Century Man. While he was able to overcome many of these demons, it was the perfectionism that haunted him throughout. Yet it was never an easy road, as Walker slowly walked a trail littered with alcoholism, drug addiction, bad record deals and strenuous perfectionism.
His prolific output in the ’60s pushed the boundaries of what pop music could be, and his work from the late ’70s onwards moved further and further into the abstract. To go to the underworld a mortal and return back the same, yet much, much different-this is not only the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, but of Scott Walker, who began his career as a teen pop idol in the 1960s and died as an icon of the avant-garde in 2019.
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