David Bowie RIP

[russycarps]

21 minutes ago, tonyblair said:

not wanting to brag...oh ok, I'll brag

 

i was there

tosser!  

I'm going to hazard a guess your highlight was moonage too?

 

[stuartbert two hats]

Listening to live The Width Of A Circle, it reminds me of the version of Fools Gold the Roses played on their comeback tour.

I can't believe Bowie sacked the drummer in front of the crowd and then expected him to play Rock'n'Roll Suicide!

[stuartbert two hats]

4 minutes ago, tonyblair said:

another anecdote....

Our band had lost our drummer at the time (he went on to join Human League!!), and when we were auditioning for a replacement, Woody Woodmansey was one of them..!?!?

Did he get the job??

[stuartbert two hats]

Wasn't he any good?

[deebeedoobee]

And it continues..today was Diamond dog sing-a-long

 

today I remembered I wrote into Jim'll fix it and asked if I could meet David Bowie. 

[stuartbert two hats]

Has anyone heard the outtakes from Outside? They're around on the Internet (mainly YouTube is varying quality) and they're worth a listen.

I was also listening to the Bowie episode of The Freakier Zone  on iPlayer today that played some rarities.

I'm thinking of writing a list of underappreciated tracks from each album, as soon as I find some more time to waste...

[russycarps]

I'll check them out, ta.

I've revisited lodger today. It's well ace! I forgot how much I loved look back in anger. 

Edited January 26, 2016 by russycarps

[stuartbert two hats]

I saw the Blackstar video followed by Valentine's Day on YouTube today and have the following observations:

* Blackstar is an utterly terrific track. It's been overshadowed a bit by his death, with songs like Lazarus and I Can't Give It All Away that resonate more with his passing. I think it will soon be recognised as one of the best things he's ever recorded.

* He looks so, so healthy in Valentine's Day in comparison to Blackstar. In hindsight, the difference was bloody obviously down to something other than 3 years of aging. We should have all been up in arms about how Ill he looked, but the video was so striking in other ways it certainly made me not notice.

Edited January 26, 2016 by stuartbert two hats

[Wooderson]

http://imgur.com/a/rluDC

[Wooderson]

The missus opened up the post this morning. Highly unusual for her to say something like that but she said, "Never, ever open it. Its beautiful."

[russycarps]

you lucky git. That is a thing of beauty.

 

[themuel]

On 25 January 2016 at 1:21 PM, tonyblair said:

it was one of them. I loved Starman too.... At the Rainbow, he sang "there's a starman" - then the band stopped - "over the rainbow", a la Judy Garland, which was lovely

 

being a fan of Ms Garland myself....

I found this on YouTube  

 

 

[Yokel Again]

God bless youtube.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

 

 

[LeeGalvin]

On 1/26/2016 at 9:22 PM, stuartbert two hats said:

Blackstar is an utterly terrific track. It's been overshadowed a bit by his death, with songs like Lazarus and I Can't Give It All Away that resonate more with his passing. I think it will soon be recognised as one of the best things he's ever recorded.

I fully agree with you there. I can easily see Blackstar entering my Bowie top 5.

[stuartbert two hats]

32 minutes ago, LeeGalvin said:

I fully agree with you there. I can easily see Blackstar entering my Bowie top 5.

I listened to it again on headphones today while going for a run. Spellbinding.

[stuartbert two hats]

I've been watching the Glass Spider Tour on nowtv tonight.

Thank god my laptop is nearly out of battery.

[Neville Street]

25 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I've been watching the Glass Spider Tour on nowtv tonight.

Thank god my laptop is nearly out of battery.

I was there! And I left Glastonbury to get there. I was on the back of my friends motorbike, we left Sunday lunchtime 1987, missing Van Morrison, to see DB in Cardiff. Glad I saw him, but it was not his best tour.

 

I've been watching it on my Sky box, actually recorded it last year and started working my way through it before Christmas. I can do about 2 or 3 tracks in a sitting...

[LeeGalvin]

Ha. No, it's not his best, but I still love it for its complete ridiculousness. Best viewed when drunk.

[addicted2noise]

On 19/01/2016 at 6:36 PM, GlastoSimon said:

http://pitchfork.com/news/63015-david-bowie-turned-down-a-coldplay-collaboration-saying-its-not-a-very-good-song/

Thank Christ.

Didn't Johnny Cash also turn down Coldplay shortly before his death? I'm not saying they're connected but its a pretty unlucky coincidence.

[tigertoo]

 just when you thought you had run out reasons to dislike Coldplay !!

[tigertoo]

or new reasons to dislike Coldplay

[LeeGalvin]

Finally downloaded the entire Glastonbury set, courtesy of The Nal. Thank you so much! It really is something pretty magical listening to these live versions - some for the first time since actually being there. No shame in saying it brought tears to my eyes (again)...

That live version of Station to Station is incredible, and brought back some very happy memories, jumping up and down in that field nearly 16 years ago. Ahhhhh. We were very lucky to have been there!

[Wooderson]

http://www.popmatters.com/feature/buried-bowie-25-deep-cuts/P1/

Nice piece.

[stuartbert two hats]

20 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

http://www.popmatters.com/feature/buried-bowie-25-deep-cuts/P1/

Nice piece.

I was just thinking the other say that Soul Love is a lovely song that doesn't get enough credit.