Author Topic: David Bowie (Read 37673 times)

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #160 on:** May 13, 2012, 03:28:16 am »

For the past week, I've been really enjoying Bowie's song Kooks from Hunky Dory. Reminds me of the type of playful and sweet song, McCartney would have probably slipped into one of the Beatles mid-Sixties albums.

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Quote from: Ziltoid on April 22, 2012, 09:45:31 pm

Are there any decent biographies out there about Bowie that anyone can recommend?

Strange Fascination is a pretty good and extensive Bowie biography that I read a couple of years ago. It pretty much covers everything up to the late 90s. Paul Trynka's Starman is supposed to be pretty good and I plan to try to check it out. I definitely at some point this summer want to read Thomas Seabrook's Bowie in Berlin: A New Career in a New Town, which covers my favourite Bowie period and Peter Doggett's Man Who Sold the World, which is supposed to be the 70's Bowie equivalent (although not as good) of "Revolution in the Head" by Ian McDonald, which broke down all the Beatles songs. How it differs from Nicholas Pegg's authoritative, Bowie reference book The Complete David Bowie, I have no idea.

grifter · « **Reply #161 on:** May 13, 2012, 10:54:25 am »

Tempting.

http://www.genesis-publications.com/book/from-station-to-station-travels-with-bowie/collector

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #162 on:** May 13, 2012, 09:54:37 pm »

Been watching some vintage Bowie live performances from the Seventies and this one caught my eye for its odd nature. In January 1976, he performed Stay from Station to Station on Dinah!: a daytime American talkshow, hosted by Dinah Shore which was one of the most popular talkshows of its era. Henry Winkler was also on that particular episode. He spends quite a bit of the time dancing and the performance seems almost unearthly compared to the homeliness quality of the show.

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The interview is odd, as well. Bowie expresses his admiration for "The Fonz," gets questioned about his ideas of relationships and gets given a karate lesson. Winkler seems rather starstruck as well and keeps interrupting.

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Interestingly, he turned up on the same show the following year with Iggy Pop to perform "Fun Time" from The Idiot. In the interview for that, Dinah insists on calling Iggy, Jimmy (his real name being James Osterberg)

DanFromMars · « **Reply #163 on:** May 14, 2012, 02:55:58 am »

Really enjoyed that Rafa. Loved the dance moves and that backing band. Fonzy getting skipped made me chuckle

El_Macca_17 · « **Reply #164 on:** May 15, 2012, 10:33:30 pm »

One of the best tracks from my favourite Bowie album that. Been a while since I've watched that performance.

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #165 on:** June 14, 2012, 01:44:21 am »

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars turns 40 this month. Love the outro of this. The last 90 seconds or so of this are pure magic.

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Nin · « **Reply #166 on:** June 14, 2012, 02:17:14 am »

Would any of you hardcore Bowie fans be able to recommend me with some albums of his for me to listen to. I'd say I'm only a casual fan, only really heard his greatest hits but would like to delve a bit deeper. Cheers.

Mr Grieves · « **Reply #167 on:** June 14, 2012, 03:48:50 pm »

So many quality and diverse albums to choose from.

I'd go for hunky dory or station to station

Ginamos · « **Reply #168 on:** June 14, 2012, 03:53:47 pm »

Quote from: Nin on June 14, 2012, 02:17:14 am

Would any of you hardcore Bowie fans be able to recommend me with some albums of his for me to listen to. I'd say I'm only a casual fan, only really heard his greatest hits but would like to delve a bit deeper. Cheers.

The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Hunky Dory (1971)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
Aladdin Sane (1973)
Diamond Dogs (1974)
Young Americans (1975)
Station to Station (1976)
Low (1977)
Heroes (1977)
Lodger (1979)
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)

From 1970-80 he made a succession of brilliant studio albums.

If you've heard a greatest hits, I'd suggest tracking down the albums which have your favourite songs from the compilation.

Personally, I'd go with Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Low, Heroes, but that's too big a list to start with and I just can't make it smaller. $:-\$

LanceLink!!!!! · « **Reply #169 on:** June 14, 2012, 03:59:05 pm »

My choices would be his early 70's stuff, Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane. As Mr Grieves said, a very diverse discography and much down to personal choice.

.adam · « **Reply #170 on:** June 14, 2012, 04:08:17 pm »

Does the cold of deep space make your nipples go pointy, Bowie?

Do you use your pointy nipples as telescopic antennae transmitting data back to Earth?

dave 5516 · « **Reply #171 on:** June 14, 2012, 08:20:34 pm »

Quote from: rafathegaffa83 on June 14, 2012, 01:44:21 am

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars turns 40 this month. Love the outro of this. The last 90 seconds or so of this are pure magic.

Thank's Rafa for reminding me of my age.

That was the first album I bought,I was 12.Still one of my favourite album's.In a decade when some of the best music ever was made, this is in my top ten album's of the 70s.

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #172 on:** June 15, 2012, 11:53:07 pm »

Quote from: Nin on June 14, 2012, 02:17:14 am

Would any of you hardcore Bowie fans be able to recommend me with some albums of his for me to listen to. I'd say I'm only a casual fan, only really heard his greatest hits but would like to delve a bit deeper. Cheers.

From Man Who Sold The World to Scary Monsters... And Super Creeps ranges from good to immaculate.

If you like Britpop (Oasis/Blur/Pulp): Man Who Sold The World, Hunky Dory, Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane (like Ziggy, but with more avant-garde touches), Diamond Dogs

If you like soul: Young Americans/Station to Station (although it has more funk elements)

If you like Radiohead's Kid A or Joy Division (Low, Heroes, Lodger, Scary Monsters...And Super Creeps)

Personally I'd rank my preferences as:

1. Low
2. Heroes
3. Aladdin Sane
4. Station to Station
5. Tie: Diamond Dogs and Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

Nin · « **Reply #173 on:** June 16, 2012, 01:21:42 am »

Thank you all for the suggestions.Appreciated. I've heard a lot about 'Low'- so will probably give that a listen first.

idontknow · « **Reply #174 on:** June 16, 2012, 05:10:22 am »

Quote from: Ginamos on June 14, 2012, 03:53:47 pm

The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Hunky Dory (1971)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
Aladdin Sane (1973)
Diamond Dogs (1974)
Young Americans (1975)
Station to Station (1976)
Low (1977)
Heroes (1977)
Lodger (1979)
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)

From 1970-80 he made a succession of brilliant studio albums.

If you've heard a greatest hits, I'd suggest tracking down the albums which have your favourite songs from the compilation.

Personally, I'd go with Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Low, Heroes, but that's too big a list to start with and I just can't make it smaller. $:-\$

I can remember buying every single one of those, and the circumstances, and that was in the 80s, so I was a youngster myself. I still have them all, they are superb, but thanks for listing them like that, I can even remember nights when I just did not go to sleep, just put one after another on the record player. Space Oddity should be on there, and I like the early stuff now, much more than I used to, but that is a superb wonderful list.

Ray K · « **Reply #175 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:12:37 pm »

BBC Four just beginning 3.5 hours of Bowie, beginning with an hour of his best clips from the BBC, then the Ziggy concert film, and then Bowie live at the beeb.

Public service broadcasting at its best.

Alan_X · « **Reply #176 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:27:41 pm »

Quote from: idontknow on June 16, 2012, 05:10:22 am

I can remember buying every single one of those, and the circumstances, and that was in the 80s, so I was a youngster myself. I still have them all, they are superb, but thanks for listing them like that, I can even remember nights when I just did not go to sleep, just put one after another on the record player. Space Oddity should be on there, and I like the early stuff now, much more than I used to, but that is a superb wonderful list.

Space Oddity is a tremendous album. I listened to it over and over again on headphones while reading the Titus Groan trilogy.

Watching the Bowie highlights in the Beeb while typing this - genius.

Haemoglobin · « **Reply #177 on:** June 22, 2012, 11:55:55 pm »

Time - He flexes like a whore, falls wanking to the floor.

Haemoglobin · « **Reply #178 on:** June 23, 2012, 12:09:38 am »

I'm having multiple orgasms watching this, just like all the kids in the crowd (say that quietly)

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #179 on:** June 23, 2012, 12:11:49 am »

Quote from: Haemoglobin on June 22, 2012, 11:55:55 pm

Time - He flexes like a whore, falls wanking to the floor.

Great track. Lady Grinning Soul is another brilliant and woefully underrated track on that album.

Mutton Geoff · « **Reply #180 on:** June 23, 2012, 12:13:15 am »

Not one he wrote but his version of In Amsterdam is great, there is a cd of his Bbc recordings from his early days well worth getting.

Saw him at the NEC on what turned out to be his last tour so far, brilliant one of the best gigs I have ever been to .

Yosser0_0 · « **Reply #181 on:** June 23, 2012, 11:34:55 am »

Quote from: Ray K on June 22, 2012, 10:12:37 pm

BBC Four just beginning 3.5 hours of Bowie, beginning with an hour of his best clips from the BBC, then the Ziggy concert film, and then Bowie live at the beeb.

Public service broadcasting at its best.

Watched the documentary "David Bowie and the story of Ziggy Stardust" brilliant from the BBC, available on iplayer:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01k0y0n/David_Bowie_and_the_Story_of_Ziggy_Stardust/

A great reminder of the genius Bowie, absolute legend.

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Snail · « **Reply #182 on:** June 23, 2012, 02:08:08 pm »

I love BBC Four.

Christ, he had fabulous thighs.

Anywhichwayicant · « **Reply #183 on:** June 23, 2012, 02:09:14 pm »

Quote from: Siannn. on June 23, 2012, 02:08:08 pm

I love BBC Four.

Christ, he had fabulous thighs.

Females find men's thighs attractive?

Yosser0_0 · « **Reply #184 on:** June 23, 2012, 03:06:05 pm »

Quote from: Siannn. on June 23, 2012, 02:08:08 pm

I love BBC Four.

Christ, he had fabulous thighs.

Agreed

MichaelA · « **Reply #185 on:** June 23, 2012, 07:31:44 pm »

His near absence from the public eye is quite curious. I once read some scurrilous gossip about an unnamed rock star who allegedly had early onset dementia. I wonder. I hope not, but I do wonder if it's Davey Jones.

FlashingBlade · « **Reply #186 on:** June 23, 2012, 10:08:39 pm »

Not a 'fan' of Bowie..despite being ripe for fanship by age..but I tell you this when Mick Ronson shashayed up to him on that infamous TOTP Starman performance....it had immense sexual potency..and that has nothing to do with sexual prefrences..it was a momentus!..great rock'n'roll , which shows up the impotent posturing of todays rap/hiphop/rock scence

Lawnmowerman · « **Reply #187 on:** June 23, 2012, 10:13:02 pm »

Watched his 'A reality tour - live in Dublin' on dvd a while back. Quality

MichaelA · « **Reply #188 on:** January 8, 2013, 07:06:03 am »

Quote from: MichaelA on June 23, 2012, 07:31:44 pm

His near absence from the public eye is quite curious. I once read some scurrilous gossip about an unnamed rock star who allegedly had early onset dementia. I wonder. I hope not, but I do wonder if it's Davey Jones.

NEW SINGLE! NEW ALBUM! GET THE FUCK IN!

jooneyisdagod · « **Reply #189 on:** January 8, 2013, 07:06:53 am »

Love Bowie. Think he's fantastic.

MichaelA · « **Reply #190 on:** January 8, 2013, 08:58:23 am »

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I'm actually starting to hyperventilate a little bit. It's not a good look for a man in his forties.

Yosser0_0 · « **Reply #191 on:** January 8, 2013, 09:29:47 am »

Wow a decade since his last single, I like it. He looks very short in that video – is that what age does to you?

Beav · « **Reply #192 on:** January 8, 2013, 09:44:06 am »

Ohmygodohmygodohmygod!

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #193 on:** January 8, 2013, 09:59:36 am »

Quote from: Anywhichwayucan on June 23, 2012, 02:09:14 pm

Females find men's thighs attractive?

Unlucky, chicken legs.

Kind regards,

Roberto Carlos

BarryCrocker · « **Reply #194 on:** January 8, 2013, 10:00:14 am »

Lock him in for Glasto then.

Nick110581 · « **Reply #195 on:** January 8, 2013, 10:49:58 am »

WOW!

Song sounds amazing.

Don't see him touring as Boyle couldn't persuade him for Olympics. You never know though.

rob1408 · « **Reply #196 on:** January 8, 2013, 12:06:06 pm »

Wasn't there a problem with Bowie getting insurance which meant he couldn't tour ? Sure I read something like that, then again I could be wrong.

Haemoglobin · « **Reply #197 on:** January 8, 2013, 01:54:52 pm »

Quote from: MichaelA on January 8, 2013, 08:58:23 am

I keep coming back to this to catch another listen, really feeling it. Makes me reflect on certain places, people, times.

gwed Bowie lad

DanJay87 · « **Reply #198 on:** January 8, 2013, 02:35:44 pm »

new single really is the cats whiskers

wz4jc3 · « **Reply #199 on:** January 8, 2013, 07:57:03 pm »

What a lovely track. That' another album to look forward to in 2013!