he's pretty embarrassed about cracked actor, if i recall correctly. doubt he'd ever willingly allow that to go into circulation. pretty terrifying stuff there, if only watchable as a historical document and because he survived it. yes, it's coco in the limo.
the real issue i have with david live is the vocal work. really close to death, strained, and out of breath and it doesn't sound good especially compared to what he'd do in the studio around that time. i like some of the musical rearrangements but many of them don't translate well either, but it's mostly the vocals that sink it for me.
as for tin machine-- i love 'i can't read' (especially the re-recorded version for the ice storm soundtrack) and 'you belong in rock and roll.' not the greatest music otherwise, but knocked him out of that late 80s slump he was in.
apeman, it sounds suspiciously like you're letting lazy journalism form your opinions for you. i think everyone can agree that the 70s albums are the best, hands down, but as jinsai said, i don't think anything that came after the 80s is worth such immediate & harsh dismissal either. the secret is to not let the critics influence your taste too much and also to accept the fact that while bowie popularized and succeeded with a lot of styles, he's never been a true original. just a very opportunistic and visionary trendspotter, and i mean that with respect as he did great things with underground styles. with the exception of the last few records, he hasn't rested on his laurels any like many of the names checked above. anyone who changes that much is susceptible to missteps along the way, but to completely slag off 30 years of music is kind of baffling to me.
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