I just read a blurb about Bowie and his new album "Reality" which he said is an album of songs about life in downtown New York City. The album is getting alot of attention, and rave reviews as well. I saw a commercial for it on tv last night. It was really cool seeing Bowie back in all his varied personna from years gone by. But the best news is that he is going on a new wrold tour which kicks off in Copenhagen. I will always remember seeing him in concert during the "Glass Spider Tour" back in '86 at San Joses' Spartan Stadium. The man rocks!!

Hey puckman, I saw the same commercial on tv the other day. Yeah, it was cool to see all his personas. Some scarier than others!

I believe Bowie's bringing his tour to Seattle (I think it's the White River Amphitheater in Auburn) in January. I'm seriously considering attending this concert.

He is coming to Seattle, and also Vancouver and Calagary out here in the Northwest. Too see one I will have to put on my travel shoes.

Yeah, that commercial was cool and the song they played under it sounded good too.

I'm a huge Bowie fan--I got in to him via Pin Ups of all albums--and I was lucky to have seen the Station to Station tour. What a great band he had! Also, the Heroes tour, and a few shows of that horrible "farewell" tour. I was gutted when the tickets for the Earthling tour sold out so quickly.

I look forward to the January 31 show at the Shrine Auditorium, even though it's next to USC. About 6,000 seats, so tickets will be tough to get.

If you go here, you'll find one of the best sites I've ever seen. It's got almost anything you'd want to know about Bowie or Ziggy. Obviously done by an obsessive, someone after my own heart.

[ September 18, 2003, 06:00 PM: Message edited by: Jim Allen ]

Count me among the Bowie fans. I have adored him and his music since the 1970s and am pleased he still makes records.

His "Heathen" release from last year was his best in ages and not a week goes by in which I don't play it.

Really looking forward to hearing his new work.

Maybe it's time to revive in theaters two excellent movies he starred in; "The Man Who Fell to Earth," and "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence."

There are plenty of Bowie fans who would make it profitable for some theaters to show these movies again.

[ September 18, 2003, 09:38 PM: Message edited by: MPetrelis ]

Love Bowie!! He's like the Energizer Chameleon of Rock, putting out an album of new material just about every year for 30+ years and, for better or worse, always ch-ch-ch-changing his colors. My personal Bowie collection takes up about a foot-and-a-half of space on my CD rack.

Just picked up "Reality" two days ago, and after three or four listens I must say that it's been a helluva LONG time since a Bowie album has grabbed my gonads like this one. I think he finally got it right again! Some ass-kickingly rockin' songs, a few mid-tempo numbers, some interesting spacey excursions, nicely produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti, the return of Earl Slick on guitar and Mike Garson on piano, and Dave's in great voice. Nice covers of Jonathan Richman's "Pablo Picasso" and George Harrison's "Try Some, Buy Some," "Reality" rocks like he's out Fighting Foo, and Garson's unique piano style on "Bring Me the Disco King" is just plain pretty. The bonus CD has a terrific reworking (no, not some lame remix) of "Rebel, Rebel," and both "Fly" and "Queen of All the Tarts" would sound great live. Yay! Bowie is still cool!

Tickets for the Montreal stop on the Reality Tour go on sale tomorrow. You bet I'll be there!! Everyone should experience La Bowie Live at least once. This will be my 6th Dave show. :cool:

Sixth show Seph? Wow. By the way, nice to have you back on the board. wink

I'm actually plaid with jealousy. eek! :mad: wink

That said, I did get to see him last year during the NYC marathon tour at Jimmy's Bronx Cafe (with a crowd of about 700 people). I was, like, twenty feet from the man. Great show (he was pretty damned hilarious), and I highly recommend that anyone who's interested really make the effort to see him on the upcoming tour. His band feels less like hired session musicans than they have in the past (even though some of them have worked with him for years and years) - it's a lot more...well, "vibey" for lack of a better word. It feels like a band, not just a bunch of musicians playing their parts.

I picked up Reality last week (godawful cover, by the way) - it hasn't hit me as deeply as some of the Heathen tracks did ("Slip away," in particular, is one of his best songs ever, in my opinion), but it's definitely growing on me. Which is always a good sign. Not to sound like a jerk, but he hasn't had two albums this good back to back since Lodger and Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) .

Oh - and thanks for hipping us to the 5 Years site, Jim! Terrific!

Oh...David Bow-ee. From the School of Avril.

FYI, Dave is on Dave tonight. :cool:

Bobby, are you referring to the way Avril Lavigne pronounces his name? She's from Napanee, Ontario, and I've heard many people from Western Canada and Ontario (including some cousins of mine) pronounce his name BOW-ie (rhymes with Howie), as opposed to BO-wie (rhymes with doughy). I guess it's just a regional thing.

Hey Jim Allen, thanks from me too for the site link. Juicy! wink

Or, in Avril's case - a nitwit thing.

Nothing against your cousins, mind, who I'm sure are lovely, warm, gentle people.

Oh, and for all you Bowiephiles out there - there's an amazing version of Reality album-closer "Bring me the disco king" on the soundtrack to the new vampire flick Underworld. It's called the "Loner mix," and features John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle). It lacks the delicacy and austerity of the LP version, but it packs quite a wallop.

I just won tickets from SportsTalk 980 to David Bowie's concert in DC on December 7th! I had to tell you guys first! LET'S DANCE!!!

Score! Congrats Cattledog! Now you have to write a review of the concert. I'm thinking about going to see him when he's in Seattle in January.

Congratulations, Cattledog. You're on a roll...first it's that big batch of baseball cards you won awhile back, and now a ticket to David Bowie! I'm envious, but I guess I'll have to shell out $79 (Can) to see Bowie when he performs here on January 21. I've seen him only once before, way back in the '70s.

Well, those tickets'll make Cattledog feel warm and fuzzy when the Yankees are eliminated. But damn, from sports radion?!?! What were they doing giving away Bowie tickets?

One of my favorite recent-Bowie albums is Outside. A little too long in that "We have 79 minutes to play with on CD's as opposed to 45 on LP's" sort of way, but I like the concept and a lot of the songs are really good. It was billed as "Part 1" but I guess we'll never see "Part 2".

That 5 Years site is great, isn't it? I mean, the next time I'm in London, I'm totally going to where the phone box and building from the cover of Ziggy were shot. I've walked on Oxford Street dozens of times, I didn't know the sidesteet that they're on was right there.

The tickets for the lone Shrine Auditorium show here in Los Angeles sold out in seconds (it's only 6,000 seats) so damn! no live Bowie.

Let's see, I've seen Bowie on the Station to Station tour (incredible), Heroes tour (great band), and twice on the Greatest Hits tour (awful band). I begged my older sister to take me to the Diamond Dogs show, but she took a boyfriend. Beyotch. Bitter? Oh, like you wouldn't believe.

Question for you Bowie-philes. EMI released remastered versions of the RCA/Rykodisc albums around the time of Heathen. Is the sound vastly superior to the Rykodisc versions? I never bothered getting them because there were no bonus tracks or artwork/articles. It's like when The Clash re-did their catalogue; while the sound was a vast improvement, the skimpy packaging and lack of bonus cuts (they could have done away with Black Market Clash just by sticking them on the relevant albums) were a real turn-off.

Seph, when are we going to get your "Bowie is the most influential rock artiste" treatise on that thread? I suspect where you're going with it, but I'm intrigued.

Thanks, guys. Marc, 79.00 Canadian? Isn't that about 21 bucks American? And, J.A., I wonder if I should wear my Yankees 27th World Series champs t-shirt to the concert since it won't be until December? wink Besides just Orioles and Caps seats, SportsTalk 980 (I think it is a sister station of DC-101) sometimes gives away concert tickets on what they call "Free Ticket Thursday". I was glued to the phone when Peter Gabriel was in town--but couldn't score. Anyway, my favorite Bowie stuff is from his "Thin White Duke" period--which is the period that I read Bowie likes least. However, I am a big fan of the Let's Dance and Tonight albums. I remember getting Let's Dance for my 14th birthday from one of my brothers.

"Ricochet... It's not the end of the world!"

Hmmm...Yankees ahead 2-0, you could get your wish Cattledog.
Maybe because he was a total coke maniac who was giving "Heil Hitler" salutes to fans at train stations in England. He was pretty much insane for the last half of the 70's, I'd say.

Well, the concert was supposed to be last night at George Mason University, but David Bowie was reportedly sick, and had to postpone the show.
I don't mind rescheduling the concert, but you always risk them picking a night when you may already have something planned.

Caught his scaled down roadshow in Berkeley on Friday night and he beyond great.

I've never seen him perform until now and the show was special, if only because the Berkeley Community Theater is relatively intimate.

Felt like I was in Bowie's living room.

Was suprised at the large number of teenagers, male and female, and tweens with their parents. Nice to know Bowie is attractive younger, newer fans.

One treat was ogling all the beefcake and bears in the audience. Many were gay and handsome. Wish I had brought a camera to capture some of them on film. Maybe it's time to start a bear and bear-lover's Bowie appreciation society.

I liked Bowie mix of old and new songs. He opened with a rockin' version of "Rebel, Rebel," that got me on my feet. Wise choice of material from "Heathen," which keeps finding its way onto my CD drive.

Happy I waited to finally see him in concert in a smallish venue. Don't think I would have liked being in an arena for his act. Or maybe I'm just too aged for the old stadium rock show.

If Bowie were to release an album from this tour, I'd buy it.

Finally I got to see David Bowie's show last night (postponed from Dec. 07) at George Mason University's Patriot Center. I agree with MPet that the rockin' opening of "Rebel, Rebel" was fantastic. I actually loved the newer stuff, too. I never realized that Bowie was so amusing and was so charasmatic. I guess he has had years of practice. Anyway, he looked and sounded great. His performance went on for 2 1/2 hours. I think the two best songs he performed were a surprising "Under Pressure" duet with whom he sang with a very talented female guitarist that sounded hauntingly like Freddie Mercury, and an awesome version of "I'm Afraid of Americans". He talked about how so many of his songs deal with denial. He mentioned that considering where we all live (the DC area) that a lot of us are probably used to seeing people around here in denial. The sad, but true comment was definitely not lost on me and my friend. However, most of the crowd didn't seem to understand. :confused: While I was extremely happy with the concert, I was little surprised about some of his song selections or omissions. For example, he sang "China Girl" and "Modern Love" , but didn't sing "Let's Dance" . He sang "Loving the Alien" from my favorite album of his, Tonight, but omitted "Blue Jean". Nothing was sung from Never Let Me Down. I was also surprised that he didn't do "Space Oddity", "The Jean Genie", "Young Americans", "Golden Years" and especially "Changes". :confused: However, it was thrilling to hear "Fame", "Fashion", "Ashes to Ashes", "The Man Who Sold the World" and especially "All the Young Dudes" :cool: . So, all in all, it was a very good concert, and I am so glad I finally got to see Bowie after all of these years. I remember being 13 and begging my parents to let me see the "Serious Moonlight Tour" in 1983. But, alas, I was too young. frown

Cattledog. Sounds like quite a show. I know I will never foget the dream I had of seeing Bowie live anywhere. It was 1986 and I was living in San Fransisco, and I was lucky enough to have seen the "Glass Spider" show at Spartan Stadium. God, what a show. The man was made to perform, and a voice that is just out of this world.

Bowie is back? For some of us, he never went away - he's always been ahead of the curve. To me, he's not only one of the most influential of all rock stars, but a master showman, as well. I've seen him live half a dozen times, including the Glass Spider tour, which was totally brilliant. The last time I saw him was about five years ago, in an unannounced concert at Irving Plaza in Manhattan. Chaka Khan opened, followed by Prince, followed by Bowie. The whole thing started about 11:00 PM and when I walked out, drenched with sweat from dancing so much and euphoric from the experience, it was daylight. It was one of the most memorable live performances I've ever been to, and I vowed then to never go see Bowie again because anything else would be disappointing after that night.

What?! Bowie wasn't at Prince's Irving Plaza show!

Are you sure you're not confusing it with his Roseland shows a few years back? Or maybe his encores with Placebo at their Irving Plaza show in '99?
:confused:

No, it was July of either '97, '98 or '99, and it was definitely at Irving Plaza, because the owner of the venue was co-sponsoring the Internet Music conference that my then-employer was staging in NY that week. The concert was pretty hush hush and tix were only given away to folks the sponsors and promoters had dealings with - I only knew about it because of where I worked, and I still had to really cajole to get a single pass. But it was worth it.

What was that tour in the early 90's? "The Greatest Hits Tour" or something? The premise is like what Prince is doing now: Playing the Hits 4 the Last Time. Bowie might actually be sticking to that though I remember doing the thing because he played some of the Songs He Was Never Going to Play Again on subsequent tours. But he's Bowie, he can do what he damn well pleases.

Cattledog, who opened for him? Was it The Polyphonic Spree? Did you get there to see them? I loved 'em when I saw them on New Years Ever.

Okay, Munson Man - you're gonna haveta narrow down the dates and circumstances of this show for me, because I can't find any record of it anywhere. Sure, it may have been an industry-only show, but I'm sure I would've heard about it somewhere along the line. Especially given the obsessive nature of both Prince and David Bowie fans!

[ May 17, 2004, 03:45 PM: Message edited by: Jim ]

J.A., Stereophonics (from South Wales) opened for them. While I try to keep an open mind regarding opening acts, they were loud, obnoxious, and barely got a lukewarm ovation. The three loud electric guitars were a bit excessive. I think that since most of these concerts were make-up dates (i.e. Washington, New York, Toronto, etc.), they probably just enlisted them for this part of the leg. Since MPet saw David Bowie at Berkeley fairly recently, I wonder if he had to endore the "Stereophonic sound", too?

Yuck, Stereophonics are poor. That's too bad, The Spree are wonderful.

I saw the Spree perform with Bowie last month in Berkeley, and have to say I caught their groove.

It took some time, in part, because of their robes, giving them an aura of a cult, or at least a choir.

By the time they were finished, I found myself saying to the woman next to me, "I'd listen to one of their CD's."

Also, Bowie brought them out for one of his encore songs. Can't remember which one though.

I'd run to see him again in a similar, small-ish venue.

He is god, you know!

I love David Bowie. He is a mega talent and is not slowing down at all. He was offered a knighthood but turned it down.

I had the weirdest dream last night, if you can call it that.

You see, there was no image in my dream, just Bowie's "The Prettiest Star" playing in my head.

Can you guess what's playing on my CDC player right now?

And not just a snippet either, but the entire song playing on a CDC player somewhere.

I asked my boyfriend if he heard me humming or singing this Bowie song in my sleep, and he said no.

This must be the first time I can recall a dream in which there was no picture; just a great rock 'n roll tune.

Strange, but true.

May I have a dream some night replaying Bowie's fantastic concert in Berkeley back in April.

[ June 01, 2004, 08:19 PM: Message edited by: MPetrelis ]

I went to a David Bowie concert a couple of months ago & it was fantastic. He performed old & new material, the highlight for me was "Let's Dance". The Tennis Centre rocked.

Hey, Bowie fans, here's some news for those of us who don't own enough Bowie records. I used to own a copy of the live Tower Theatre concert, but played it too much and when it began to skip, I tossed it. Time to get this CD version.

Speaking of Bowie, has anyone seen "The Nomi Song" movie? Is Bowie in it? I'd love to see the footage of Nomi with Bowie on Saturday Night Live, I think from 1980 or 1981.
^^^

From a music site:


Friday, February 18, 2005

The "Thin White Duke" strikes again.

On Monday, fans of David Bowie will have an opportunity to gobble up two more live albums. The double CDs, 1974's "David Live" at The Tower Theatre in Philadelphia and "Stage" from 1978, both contain previously unreleased tracks.

But then, don't they all. Otherwise, we wouldn't keep buying stuff we already have. I don't know about you, but I don't need to add an 11th version of "Rebel Rebel" to my collection.

[ February 18, 2005, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: MPetrelis ]

Horrible album--a poor backing band, doing soul versions of his songs, YUCK. That's the period where he really became a coke whore and it shows.

I recall it had a raw sound and feeling. Maybe it wasn't the music he was making but the coke he was taking to give it a rawness.

[ February 19, 2005, 09:41 PM: Message edited by: MPetrelis ]