Topic: David Bowie

[MichaelA]

He also judges the walk off in Zoolander which was repeated on TV last night. Legend.

[Dr. Beaker]

Jazz-loving music snob? I like the sound of that. What jazz are you into? Although, having come to your comment late in the day you may not see this.

Is there a jazz thread on RAWK? I'll check after this post and either create one or add to it (there must be one).

Sorry mate didn't mean to ignore you it's just that this thread went of the radar for quite a while. It's probably the wrong place to go off on a jazz tangent and we'll be in an absolute minority anyway - the Pool has always been more into pop and C&W(?!) when it comes to music.

[TonyTheRed]

My favourite artist of all time.

Saw him in Germany on the 'Serious Moonlight' tour. Took me ages to come down from that. Fuckin' awesome

Big shouts for Diamond Dogs/Hunky Dory/Ziggy/Aladdin Sane

[DowntheLine1981]

Actually folks, I want to revise my choice for the best song he's ever done....

*ahem*


... It's "The Laughing Gnome".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xAcSKpvSS0&feature=related


Awesome piece of avant- garde record making that I ever did hear.  Splendid.

[Dread Breath]

Actually folks, I want to revise my choice for the best song he's ever done....

*ahem*


... It's "The Laughing Gnome".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xAcSKpvSS0&feature=related


Awesome piece of avant- garde record making that I ever did hear.  Splendid.

......with thanks to Syd Barrett.

[axlrose]

big fan of Bowie, i love Diamond Dogs, but my fav, easily, is Hunky Dory
ch-ch-ch-ch changes

[Slave]

The man is a genius. How could anybody come up with Ashes to Ashes? I could sit in front of a piano for eternity and that melody wouldn't come to me. It's a truly great song in my opinion.

Other favourites include: Man Who Sold the World, Sound and Vision, Starman...etc. 

[-Sad Fuck-]

I'm just thankful I discovered him (From a personal point of view ) after that Heroes Istanbul vid, I was browsing and clicked on a few more songs, and was forever hooked.

Like quite a few of you, I have a soft spot for Ashes to Ashes, although Suffragette City and Modern Love are up there.

[Ziltoid]

As well as the old stuff i loved the album Earthling 

[stevie h g]

Genius, still listen to Young Americans all the time.

[hooded claw]

Can't see him without thinking of Stella Street these days.

[lurganboy]

He was also pretty good in the intro to Raymond Brigg's The Snowman too. Finding that scarf up in the trunk in the attic...

"And you know, it was a REAL snowman...."

[Red_Skippy]

Can't see him without thinking of Stella Street these days.

Has Stella Street been released on DVD in recent times?  Loved that show.

Is anyone else here sad that it appears Bowie has slipped into a black hole since the end of the Reality tour?

[Ziltoid]

http://www.find-dvd.co.uk/8248804.htm


Also series 2 & 3 available. 

[hooded claw]

Just had one of his greatest hits thingies on in the car and -stunning.

The sound of his records is always  arresting- Ashes To Ashes still has that otherworldly, slightly dreamstate/paranoid feel to it after all these years of hearing it (and I have worshipped that song since it came out and ITV used to put videos on between programmes); China Girl, Sound and Vision, Heroes, Starman, Modern Love... all bring that sense of something 'other' to the table.

Kinell I even love Under Pressure.

[AndyInVA]

Seriously how good is this bloke? Possibly one of my favourite artists and transcends everything. So many quality albums and tunes to name but I really like "Heores", Suffragette City, Ashes To Ashes,  Life On Mars and The Man Who Sold The World (the original being much better than Nirvana's cover at MTV Unplugged despite what the masses say) to name but a few. A true genius and a national treasure.

Anyone else a fan?

My best memory from the 80's was watching Bowie open Live Aid singing if we could be heroes just for one day in front of 100,000 people

amazingly appropriate

[buchigo!]

just a god.
influenced everyone from kurt cobain to madonna to apc.
the whole berlin phase with iggy was genius.

[Ginamos]

Was listening to "Live in Santa Monica '72". For many years a bootleg was floating around of this concert, which was originally broadcast by a local radio station, I used to have a copy on cassette. Now it's officially released in 2008 by EMI.


Well worth getting hold of, the best Bowie live album by a long way. The producers have also been sensible and not tried to "clean" up the sound, so every thing's there warts 'n all.

[the good half]

I like "Absolute Beginners" and "Blue Jean". Is that bad. Should I take a shower?

[hooded claw]

I like "Absolute Beginners" and "Blue Jean". Is that bad. Should I take a shower?

If so, I'd have to join you. And that's not either of our styles. And don't even think of spooning.

[rafathegaffa83]

Just had one of his greatest hits thingies on in the car and -stunning.

The sound of his records is always  arresting- Ashes To Ashes still has that otherworldly, slightly dreamstate/paranoid feel to it after all these years of hearing it (and I have worshipped that song since it came out and ITV used to put videos on between programmes); China Girl, Sound and Vision, Heroes, Starman, Modern Love... all bring that sense of something 'other' to the table.

Kinell I even love Under Pressure.

Was listening to Ashes and Ashes near midnight yesterday and was thinking of adding to this thread: a wonderfully, otherworldly song. I think I'm a bigger fan of his period between Station to Station and Scary Monsters and Super Creeps than anything else. Boys Keep Swinging,DJ, Wild Is The Wind, TVC15, Blackout, Heroes, every track off Heroes and Low: all classics.

[AndyInVA]

I remember seeing an interview from the 80's maybe where he was talking to someone like Parkie

It became very apparent during the interview that he had some way out ideas and talked about Ziggy being an alter ego that he had that he would go in and out of

he really came across as an UTTER FUCKING NUTTER, but a completely loveable and talented one

[mikeb58]

Got back into a lot of early Bowie stuff lately and got a ' Rock 'n ' Roll Suicide ' tattoo last week !

Love this track, in particular the line 'chev brakes are snarling as you stumble across the road '.........brilliant !

[TonyTheRed]

And in the death
As the last few corpses lay rotting on the slimy thoroughfare
The shutters lifted in acient Temperance Building
High on Poacher's Hill
And red mutant eyes gaze down on Hunger City
No more big wheels

Fleas the size of rats sucked on rats the size of cats
And ten thousand peoploids split into small tribes
Coveting the highest of the sterile skyscrapers
Like packs of dogs assaulting the glass fronts of Love-Me Avenue
Ripping and rewrapping mink and shiny silver fox, now legwarmers
Family badge of sapphire and cracked emerald
any day now
the year of the diamond dogs

this aint rock and roll this is genocide

As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent
You asked for the latest party
With your silicone hump and your ten inch stump
Dressed like a priest you was
Tod brownings freak you was

Crawling down the alley on your hands and knee
Im sure youre not protected, for its plain to see
The diamond dogs are poachers and they hide behind trees
Hunt you to the ground they will, mannequins with kill appeal

(will they come? )
Ill keep a friend serene
(will they come? )
Oh baby, come unto me
(will they come? )
Well, shes come, been and gone.
Come out of the garden, baby
Youll catch your death in the fog
Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs
Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs

The halloween jack is a real cool cat
And he lives on top of manhattan chase
The elevators broke, so he slides down a rope
Onto the street below, oh tarzie, go man go

Meet his little hussy with his ghost town approach
Her face is sans feature, but she wears a dali brooch
Sweetly reminiscent, something mother used to bake
Wrecked up and paralyzed, diamond dogs are sableized

(will they come? )
Ill keep a friend serene
(will they come? )
Oh baby, come unto me
(will they come? )
Well, shes come, been and gone.
Come out of the garden, baby
Youll catch your death in the fog
Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs
Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs

Oo-oo-ooh, call them the diamond dogs
Oo-oo-ooh, call them the diamond dogs

In the year of the scavenger, the season of the bitch
Sashay on the boardwalk, scurry to the ditch
Just another future song, lonely little kitsch
(theres gonna be sorrow) try and wake up tomorrow

(will they come? )
Ill keep a friend serene
(will they come? )
Oh baby, come unto me
(will they come? )
Well, shes come, been and gone.
Come out of the garden, baby
Youll catch your death in the fog
Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs
Young girl, they call them the diamond dogs

Oo-oo-ooh, call them the diamond dogs
Oo-oo-ooh, call them the diamond dogs
Bow-wow, woof woof, bow-wow, wow
Call them the diamond dogs
Dogs
Call them the diamond dogs, call them, call them
Call them the diamond dogs, call them, call them, ooo
Call them the diamond dogs

Keep cool
Diamond dogs rule, ok
Hey-hey-hey-hey

Beware of the diamond dogs
Beware of the diamond dogs
Beware of the diamond dogs
Beware of the diamond dogs
Beware of the diamond dogs

[coolbyrne]

There are people in this world who would give their right arm to be half as cool as David Bowie.  The reason it works for him is because he doesn't even have to try- he just is.  And what's even more remarkable is he gets fucking cooler as he gets older!  Absolute legend and one of only a handful of "famous" people I would love to have a coffee with.

[Yer_Ma]

its a drivvvvvvvve in saturday

[RunLikeTheDevil]

My favourite musician, no doubt. My favourites would be Diamond dogs and Life on Mars? I love the stories he creates and the way he explores his own voice.

[Damo58]

Drove down to Cornwall last week and played Bowie from the beginning. Made the trip much more enjoyable. I can't decide between Ziggy Stardust and Hunky Dory of which is my favourite.

[rosie]

The Thin White Duke = Genius

[RedmeisterOZ]

                                  "Ground Control to Major Tom..."

[Red_Skippy]

Anyone here excited about the 40th Space Oddity edition due in shops Monday?

Quote:
It is with much pleasure that we can exclusively reveal details of the upcoming 40th anniversary two disc edition of the Space Oddity album.

Disc one contains the full original album that first appeared as David Bowie on the Philips label in November 1969 and as Man Of Words, Man Of Music on Mercury in the US.

Disc two contains fifteen tracks including eight previously unreleased versions.

Here's the full breakdown...

DAVID BOWIE - Space Oddity 40th Anniversary Edition

CD 1:
01 - Space Oddity (5.14)
02 - Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed (inc. Don't Sit Down) (6.51)
03 - Letter To Hermione (2.32)
04 - Cygnet Committee (9.31)
05 - Janine (3.21)
06 - An Occasional Dream (2.54)
07 - Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (4.46)
08 - God Knows I'm Good (3.17)
09 - Memory Of A Free Festival (7.09)

CD 2:
01 - Space Oddity (demo) (5.10) *
02 - An Occasional Dream (demo) (2.49) *
03 - Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (single B-side with spoken intro) (4.56)
04 - Brian Matthew interviews David/Let Me Sleep Beside You (BBC Radio session D.L.T. Show) (4.45)
05 - Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed (BBC Radio session D.L.T. Show) (3.54) *
06 - Janine (BBC Radio session: D.L.T. Show) (3.02)
07 - London Bye Ta-Ta (stereo version) (3.12)
08 - Prettiest Star (stereo version) (3.12)
09 - Conversation Piece (stereo version) (3.06) *
10 - Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 1) (single A-side) (4.01)
11 - Memory Of A Free Festival (Part 2) (single B-side) (3.30)
12 - Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (alternate album mix) (4.45) *
13 - Memory Of A Free Festival (alternate album mix) (9.22) *
14 - London Bye Ta-Ta (alternate stereo mix) (2.34) *
15 - Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola (full length stereo version) (5.14) *

* Previously unreleased

Every effort was made to source from original tapes for this project, with close attention to the sound of an original vinyl first pressing for reference.

Don't Sit Down has been restored to its original place, as part of Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed, and without a fade out/in.

I will be going in to more detail regarding the tracks on the bonus disc shortly, suffice to say that all the tracks marked with an asterisk truly are previously unreleased.

This means these versions haven't even surfaced on bootleg, excepting the DLT show version of Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed...which now completes the official release of that particular BBC session.

The release will be accompanied by extensive sleeve notes with rare pictures and memorabilia pertaining to the original release.


And early next year there is the Station To Station special 4 CD edition with discs 3 and 4 including the Nassau '76 show complete for the first time!   I have owned the bootleg of this show since the early 90s when I got into Bowie and it is one of the best live recordings from his entire career...this new version also includes for the first time Waiting For The Man, Queen Bitch and the Life On Mars/Five Years medley!

[Dipman]

brilliant man

[alfonso]

Been playing tons of Bowie during the last few weeks.
Even love the album Let's Dance. It's got some good tracks on it.

[rafathegaffa83]

It's 1976. You are a gender and genre-bending cult superstar who four years earlier broke out with a major record about a faux-pop star. Since then you've pretty much become bored with rock and roll, tried infusing avant-garde jazz pianos and plastic soul interpretations into your music and gone from a relatively sober individual to a full-fledged addict, who is reportedly weighing less than 100 pounds, living on a diet of milk, peppers and cocaine and fearing that witches are trying to steal your semen.  And yet somehow you come out with an album so brilliant, that your escapades during the era have unfortunately caused a complete mental blank as to how you even recorded it.

And yet how fucking good (and underrated) is this album:



The title track all dirge to disco is a thing of wonder: starting out like some phased train rolling into the station, before turning into some dark beast that somehow switches into the basis for the career of Franz Ferdinand and all the other disco-punk acolytes. It is one of the era's great underrated epic songs. Then there's the glossy sheen of Golden Years, the religious solace of Word on a Wing, the warped avant-pop brilliance of TVC 15, the funky guitar frenzy of Stay and the beautiful cover of Wild is the Wind

This is an avant-rock record that deserves to be in more record collections. Absolutely brilliant.

[alfonso]

^ Listening to it now ironically.

Anyone seen the BBC TV thing 'Bowie's Millions - Liquid Assets'?
Downloaded it from thebox.bz

Angie Bowie comes across as a bit of a head case.

That period must have been mental.
No mention of his coke habit in the program or his plastic surgery though.

[grifter]

It's 1976. You are a gender and genre-bending cult superstar who four years earlier broke out with a major record about a faux-pop star. Since then you've pretty much become bored with rock and roll, tried infusing avant-garde jazz pianos and plastic soul interpretations into your music and gone from a relatively sober individual to a full-fledged addict, who is reportedly weighing less than 100 pounds, living on a diet of milk, peppers and cocaine and fearing that witches are trying to steal your semen.  And yet somehow you come out with an album so brilliant, that your escapades during the era have unfortunately caused a complete mental blank as to how you even recorded it.

And yet how fucking good (and underrated) is this album:



The title track all dirge to disco is a thing of wonder: starting out like some phased train rolling into the station, before turning into some dark beast that somehow switches into the basis for the career of Franz Ferdinand and all the other disco-punk acolytes. It is one of the era's great underrated epic songs. Then there's the glossy sheen of Golden Years, the religious solace of Word on a Wing, the warped avant-pop brilliance of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ckKD6Xp2c>TVC 15[/url], the funky guitar frenzy of Stay and the beautiful cover of Wild is the Wind

This is an avant-rock record that deserves to be in more record collections. Absolutely brilliant.

Spot on.

Station to Station is in my top 5 albums, shame it doesn't get the recognition it deserves and not many know how fantastic it is. Even the cover is fuckin great. Had this on very often in my car for around ten years now and you sum it up perfectly.

PS. Just remembered The Secret Life Of Arabia , probably one of the best songs ever to drive to.

[grifter]

Also John Lennon and Luther Vandross contribute too on Station to Station.

[rafathegaffa83]

Also John Lennon and Luther Vandross contribute too on Station to Station.

I think you are referring to the album before it, Young Americans. Lennon and Vandross contributed most notably to Fame and Fascination on that album. 

[Red_Skippy]

Spot on.

Station to Station is in my top 5 albums, shame it doesn't get the recognition it deserves and not many know how fantastic it is. Even the cover is fuckin great. Had this on very often in my car for around ten years now and you sum it up perfectly.

PS. Just remembered The Secret Life Of Arabia , probably one of the best songs ever to drive to.

I was shopping for groceries yesterday and Secret Life Of Arabia was on repeat....great song to shop to.

For all those interested Station To Station is being re-issued next year in the first half as a 4 disc box set.

Disc 1:  CD = Original stereo Station To Station album

Disc 2:  DVD = 5.1 Station To Station surround sound mix and original stereo album. 5.1 - Mixed by Harry Maslin.

Discs 3 & 4:  2 x CDs = Uniondale, Nassau Veteran's Memorial Coliseum March 23rd, 1976 - Mixed by Harry Maslin.

Live Nassau 1976 tracklisting

01 - Station To Station
02 - Suffragette City
03 - Fame
04 - Word On A Wing
05 - Stay
06 - Waiting For The Man
07 - Queen Bitch
08 - Life On Mars?
09 - Five Years
10 - Panic In Detroit (with most of drum solo edited out)
11 - Changes (with band Intro)
12 - TVC 15
13 - Diamond Dogs
14 - Rebel Rebel
15 - The Jean Genie

This gig has been a long time collectors item on the bootleg rounds.  Am very excited to be getting the full show for the very first time.  Sadly though they are not including the whole drum solo during Panic In Detroit.

[AndyInVA]

We could be Heroes, just for one day

opening song for Band Aid

will never forget it

it was perfect