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witte
01-08-2012, 08:18 AM
Today is his birthday.
65

It's a pity he's not active in music business anymore.
Health problems I assume. Problems with his heart a few years ago......

halloween
01-08-2012, 10:01 AM
Oh Bowie...one of my favourite musicians. And so goddamn handsome. Happy birthday to Bowie!

Space Suicide
01-08-2012, 10:38 AM
It's a pity we didn't have a thread of him. Could've swore we had one? Damnnnnn.



Oh Bowie...one of my favourite musicians. And so goddamn handsome. Happy birthday to Bowie!

Likewise!

I gave Earthling a spin the other day, oddly enough.

REPLICA
01-08-2012, 10:57 AM
Happy Birthday Bowie!

I have had "Heroes" on rotation quite a lot recently - Blackout is my favorite track.

Blackbookpress1984
01-08-2012, 12:09 PM
despite having all his albums on my computer, I don't think I've ever listened to more than a few songs. Where's a good place to start?

witte
01-08-2012, 12:19 PM
http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/d/david-bowie/album-david-live.jpg

David Live 1974: one of my favorite albums :)

frankie teardrop
01-08-2012, 12:33 PM
heroes will always be my favorite bowie record, but the rest of the top 5 changes drastically every year or so. by far my favorite musician since childhood, forever and ever amen.

Jan
01-08-2012, 12:47 PM
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars has always been a favorite! Went and saw him for the 6th time in 2004. He was still amazing and his band was awesome!

Deadpool
01-08-2012, 12:51 PM
Bowie rules. My first real concert was his last U.S. stop on the 'A Reality Tour.'


Interesting article on his 65th birthday, and how it's spent out of the limelight.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jan/06/david-bowie-turns-65

allegro
01-08-2012, 12:57 PM
http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/d/david-bowie/album-david-live.jpg

david live 1974: One of my favorite albums :)
mine too!!

thevoid99
01-08-2012, 01:45 PM
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mz4B7czehWw/S8t1uCNaRdI/AAAAAAAAABk/eRaq7Fmj_zc/s1600/hunky-dory.jpg

This is my favorite although anything he did from 1969-1980 is pretty much flawless. My favorite live album is Live at the Beeb (3-disc version).

witte
01-08-2012, 03:55 PM
Oh yes, it's allegro's lucky day too :) congrats!

PQHooligan
01-08-2012, 05:36 PM
Thought many would appreciate this:

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2012/01/08/david-bowie-65th-birthday/

REPLICA
01-08-2012, 07:13 PM
thought many would appreciate this:

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2012/01/08/david-bowie-65th-birthday/


thanks!!!!

thevoid99
01-08-2012, 07:27 PM
I just finished posting a tribute (http://thevoidgoround.blogspot.com/2012/01/essential-david-bowie-1969-1980.html) of sorts to Bowie's great period from 1969-1980 which I'm sure many Bowie fans will cite as the ultimate period of his career as he could rarely do wrong at that time. You know how many great albums he put out in that period not counting best-of compilations? Who can that nowadays?

spiderwebs
01-08-2012, 08:45 PM
Hope he's having a wonderful birthday. One of my favorite people! My favorite Bowie album would have to be Aladdin Sane or Ziggy.

allegro
01-08-2012, 09:59 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxDVc80Z3FI


This is the first Bowie tour I saw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1O4iZOt23Q

R37R0
01-09-2012, 01:52 PM
There was an old Top Of the Pos video on over christmas which has only recently been found....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hGKu5F2prg&feature=fvst

allegro
01-09-2012, 02:16 PM
Bowie on The Tonight Show (with Carson), 1980:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkefglL9c4c

botley
01-16-2012, 02:03 AM
Totally love latter-day Bowie. I just put together a pretty wicked compilation CD filled only with tracks of his from 1997 onwards. Also have been discovering the album Tin Machine II which was totally undeserving of the critical slag-off it received. Shocked that more people haven't seem to have heard this one!

frankie teardrop
01-16-2012, 08:43 AM
'you belong in rock and roll' is a mid-period stunner, in my book.

of course, i find outside to be underrated, but i'm sure that's not a problem around these parts. heathen is a deserving late-career critical smash, and there have definitely been some amazing tracks throughout the 90s and beyond. a lot of great outtakes (1917, toy, safe (in this skylife), we all go through, etc) as well!

aggroculture
01-16-2012, 08:46 AM
http://www.artitude.eu/immagini/news/David_Bowie_Outside-1809101322370.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe6uWzwQ1FE

NotoriousTIMP
01-16-2012, 09:01 AM
Start off with "Low" and thank me later.

I had a good friend of mine turn me on to Low a few years ago and ever since then that and Outside get the most spins out of the DB collection


Sent from my iPhone using tapatalk

Space Suicide
01-16-2012, 09:02 AM
I'm not afraid to say 1. Outside, Earthling, 'hours...' and Heathen are my favorite albums overall.

I do also hold "Heroes", Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) and Diamond Dogs is high esteem as well.

aggroculture
01-16-2012, 09:52 AM
I really like Black Tie, White Noise. These two are among my favourite Bowie songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avJt0SQec0I&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=829mlJiRCIU&ob=av2e

Reznor2112
01-16-2012, 02:10 PM
I wish there was a comprehensive documentary about Bowie and his career, much like Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage doc...

On a side not, about to read David Bowie: Starman by Paul Trynka

thevoid99
01-16-2012, 10:34 PM
Anything Bowie did from '69 to '80 is pretty much my favorite period as there aren't many flaws though my least favorite album of that period is David Live. I do enjoy the records he's made since Black Tie White Noise as I feel it was the start of a return to form period. I like Let's Dance but I really loathe Tonight (except for "Blue Jeans" and "Loving the Alien") and Never Let Me Down (though its singles were actually pretty good). I haven't heard the Tin Machine stuff though I will get around to it sometime. I really hope Bowie would be active again. Maybe do a few gigs just for fun and for charity.

PQHooligan
01-17-2012, 02:19 AM
I got a kick out of this:

http://youtu.be/NHB0o9lCizQ

thevoid99
01-17-2012, 01:10 PM
Oh, that is great. I hope for one episode, David Bowie shows up and sings with Jimmy Fallon.

emptydesk
01-17-2012, 04:59 PM
I check out after LET'S DANCE. After that point he just vacillated between trying embarrassingly hard to ride the coattails of the latest trends (new jack swing, nin, late 90s d&b/jungle), and, failing that, trying to be "authentic" again (HOURS, HEATHEN, REALITY, etc) and making some of the most boring dad rock I've ever heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQD-dXfHrvk

allegro
01-17-2012, 06:32 PM
I check out after LET'S DANCE.
I'm done right after Scary Monsters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O59CD81UAzw

frankie teardrop
01-17-2012, 08:48 PM
c'mon guys, some pretty crazy comments here. who helped him make outside, other than his carefully selected backing band and eno? how is that any different than low/heroes? same could be said about visconti and heathen. he's always chosen top notch collaborators for each record and the only real authentic band outside of tin machine that he ever had was the spiders (and he still ran that show, too). other than that, it was always a cherry picked rhythm section and a banger guitarist (fripp, alomar, belew) and mostly visconti at the helm, making it all sound great.

those 70s records were 'trendy' too, kraftwerk (and kraut) preceded the berlin era material (autobahn, anybody?). soul was nothing new at the time. even glam was around a few years before bowie broke it, not to mention stuff like the velvets and scott walker which he championed and took a lot of early ideas from. he may have helped popularize a lot of styles and sounds through his celebrity and damn fine songwriting chops (seriously, some of the best), but he didn't create them out of thin air.

it's one thing if you don't like the recent material, but to dismiss it on these claims means shows some ignorance about his history and legacy.

to those who 'check out' when it was cool to do so (those who were there at the end of the peak get a pass):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJLkjjtUb10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VShlld3-OLY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw9TPuTADlY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2zZgA6Xgc4

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiURDmfMTJQ)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8NZa9wYZ_U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiURDmfMTJQ

frankie teardrop
01-17-2012, 08:50 PM
I'm done right after Scary Monsters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O59CD81UAzw

hate to say it, but the unintentional irony of posting serious moonlight tour footage is not lost here.

allegro
01-17-2012, 08:58 PM
There is no good footage of live "Station to Station" from the 70s. Which happens to be one of my favorite Bowie albums.

Here, how about this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEWgIzm7F2U

( of course, having seen the Serious Moonlight tour, I also like to watch his hair from that period.)

frankie teardrop
01-17-2012, 09:05 PM
mostly joshing at you, the rest applying to some of the other comments.

allegro
01-17-2012, 09:19 PM
It's all about the hair, dude.

frankie teardrop
01-17-2012, 09:32 PM
bleached for the beach!

ambergris
01-18-2012, 01:37 AM
Still my favorite artist after all these years... though I also skip Tonight, Never let me down, and Tin Machine II (Tin Machine I is ok). But there are always a few gems on every album - Loving the Alien is almost brilliant, the 80's production hurts it, though. "Absolute Beginners" and "This is not America" are real gems (Another post-Scary Monsters classic is Under Pressure). I still regard Heathen as a masterpiece on par with the classics. I don't quite get the praise for Reality which is a too mixed bag for me. Outside is a bit too complex for it's own good while Earthling is very concise. Hours is maybe a bit simple and Black Tie, White Noise is underappreciated (In the end, it's a very progressive jazz fusion album). I heard good things about Buddha of Suburbia, but I only know the very good title track.

talkingnothing
01-21-2012, 12:50 PM
I'm in the middle of a huge Bowie fixation right now. just found this site "world of bowie bootlegs" with some great stuff on it. I own most of Bowie's official dvds but was interested in getting "live in lisbon 1990" or "the power to charm" as it's sometimes called. found a torrent but no seeds. if anyone could seed this I'd be very happy.

I started out only wanting to listen to ziggy era bowie, but the last few years have grown to love most of his work. at the moment I'm listening heavily to everything from young americans thru scary monsters. love his work with eno (also delving into eno and david byrne's work with and without talking heads, my life in the bush of ghosts is amazing).

I've found some good concert footage from 1978 but I wish there was some between ziggy and 78.

fillow
01-21-2012, 06:10 PM
I wish there was some between ziggy and 78.
There is, you have to locate a BBC documentary called Cracked Actor which has really good proshot footage from 1974 tour (just a few songs unfortunately).

allegro
01-21-2012, 07:01 PM
There is, you have to locate a BBC documentary called Cracked Actor

YES, this is AWESOME, I think we posted it on the old ETS, great stuff. Lots of footage of Bowie coked up out of his mind. But AWESOME footage from the tour that produced THIS album (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Dogs_Tour):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4f/Davidlive.jpg/220px-Davidlive.jpg

edit: Found it:

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracked_Actor

It was filmed in 1974. Bowie was 27 years old at the time.

PART 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR-GGWpcr00


PART 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85ZwKl2nSRU
^^^ Note DAVID SANBORN on sax during my FAVORITE version of "Sweet Thing" ^^^

PART 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJWKvyeGOo8



PART 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5IFbwC-qBo

allegro
01-21-2012, 07:22 PM
If you're into hilarious Bowie history, read this book:

http://youritlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/rebel_heart.jpg

Jinsai
01-21-2012, 07:49 PM
What's that book about? Never heard of it...

David Bowie was one of the first musicians I ever got seriously into. Low, Lodger, Scary Monsters, Station to Station, and Outside are my personal favorites, but practically every album prior to Let's Dance was incredible... I'm not blown away by Heathen or Hours, but I wouldn't say they deserve to be slagged alongside stuff like Never Let Me Down. And I liked Earthling... I actually thought it was a much more genuine attempt to embrace a genre he found fascinating than what he came up with for Young Americans.

Also, there's some Tin Machine moments that have been unfortunately passed over and mostly forgotten. "I Can't Read" is an incredible song...

onthewall2983
01-21-2012, 08:04 PM
I think that's Liv Tyler's mom, and the inspiration for the Kate Hudson character in Almost Famous.

allegro
01-21-2012, 09:17 PM
I think that's Liv Tyler's mom, and the inspiration for the Kate Hudson character in Almost Famous.
yup, exactly. And many many other things, Todd Rundgren mostly (http://i.fanpix.net/images/orig/z/o/zo8tm0vwlk6moztk.jpg). Lots of TR's songs are written about her, most memorably my favorite, this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvdGPD443nE

Great book, except you have to put up with her ego and "I'M NOT A GROUPIE, I'M AN ARTIST!" but Bebe is a legend and is HILARIOUS. And she has the BEST stories. Including LOTS about David Bowie, natch, and they're still great friends.

http://groupieblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/bebedavid_5545.gif


By the way, some great trivia maybe some of you don't know:

Part 4 of the above movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5IFbwC-qBo

Jump to 11:11, recognize that black dude?

IT'S MY MAN LUTHER VANDROSS (R.I.P.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2-PW2l4b2A

thevoid99
01-21-2012, 10:11 PM
I remembered watching Cracked Actor on BBC America years ago. I had it on a VHS tape. I'm not sure if I have it anymore and I don't have it on VCR. It's an incredible documentary and a must-see for Bowie fans. I remembered that scene in the limo with Carole King as Aretha Franklin's "You Make Me Feel Like a (Natural Woman)" was playing and he was talking about a fly that is in his milk carton. He was fucked up on coke at the time. I remembered seeing Luther Vandross in the film. He did vocal arrangements on the Young Americans album and co-wrote "Fascination" with Bowie. Bowie gave him his break. It needs to come out on DVD/Blu-Ray if Bowie ever decides to do a video anthology.

allegro
01-21-2012, 11:43 PM
Wait, that's CAROLE KING in the limo?? Um, I gotta go look at that again.

emptydesk
01-22-2012, 09:11 AM
pretty sure it was just coco schwab, his pr lady for like 30 years

frankie teardrop
01-22-2012, 10:15 AM
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.

botley
01-22-2012, 11:03 AM
Here is my Best of Bowie 1997–2003 playlist. If you want to play along and burn a CD you have to track down all the radio edits (or send me a PM).



1. I'm Afraid of Americans (V1 Edit) 4:26
2. Little Wonder (Edit) 3:40
3. Dead Man Walking (Edit) 3:51
4. Seven Years in Tibet (Edit) 4:01
5. I Can't Read (Short Version) 4:40
6. Thursday's Child (Radio Edit) 4:25
7. Seven 4:04
8. The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell (Edit) 4:00
9. Survive (Video Edit) 3:36
10. Something in the Air 5:45
11. Nature Boy 3:25
12. Slow Burn (Radio Edit) 3:55
13. Afraid 3:28
14. Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio Edit) 3:29
15. Sunday 4:45
16. New Killer Star (Edit) 3:42
17. Never Get Old (Radio Edit) 3:39
18. She'll Drive the Big Car 4:35
19. Bring Me the Disco King (Loner Mix) 6:00

frankie teardrop
01-22-2012, 11:08 AM
i can get behind that in a big way. pretty much cherry picked from those last few, though i'd probably make a case for 'heathen (the rays).' there was some talk on the old boards about toy. haven't listened to it since it leaked, but i enjoyed it for the most part. some of those heathen b-sides (also appearing on toy) were really nice.

frankie teardrop
01-24-2012, 10:20 AM
some pretty cool concert footage recently uploaded:

sound & vision tour, tokyo 1990. includes the dancing blonde from la la la human steps, who also appears in the (awful) 'fame 90' video and pretty much every hit possible on the setlist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnfQWclW3aw

lorley festival 1996... outside era... some cool setlist nuggets ('look back in anger,' 'moonage daydream,' pre-earthling 'telling lies', that cool eno/outside version of 'the man who sold the world', and a tin machine track of all things):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJf-5SIktEk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJf-5SIktEk&feature=player_embedded)

sheperds bush 1997... earthling tour. much of the same, but some nice hunky dory stuff and a great laurie anderson cover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkKOoj6D4SA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkKOoj6D4SA&feature=player_embedded)

GQ awards 1997... 'always crashing in the same car,' 'panic in detroit,' a jazzy version of 'my death' and some fun bloopers during 'hallo spaceboy':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_6bJX1aEF8

and the best for last... a crisp 1978 performance in germany:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a9bt8XGNz8

The Doctor
01-24-2012, 10:46 AM
I love latter day Bowie. Sometimes I feel like I'm one of the only ones that really loves Hours...

That mix a couple of posts back was great, by the way...

emptydesk
01-24-2012, 03:40 PM
Saw Prick/NIN/Bowie in 1995 and NIN fans weren't particularly kind to the opener or Bowie. Threw chunks of sod and bottles at them. Bowie powered through.

Deus Ex Machina
01-24-2012, 03:47 PM
I love latter day Bowie. Sometimes I feel like I'm one of the only ones that really loves Hours...

That mix a couple of posts back was great, by the way...


You are not alone sir. Not alone. Pretty Things are Going to Hell, The Dreamers, awesome tunes.

botley
01-25-2012, 12:04 AM
Thank you to everyone who's digging the compilation CD/playlist. I'm working on some album art for it too, hang tight.

trying to be "authentic" again (HOURS, HEATHEN, REALITY, etc) and making some of the most boring dad rock I've ever heard.
I can maybe see that ugly epithet being applied to Hours... but certainly not the latter two. Parting ways with Reeves Gabrels and getting Tony Visconti back in the producer's chair was arguably the best creative kick up the arse Bowie could've asked for... those two records hold their own against his best work.

frankie teardrop
01-29-2012, 03:40 PM
http://covers1.img-themusic-world.info/000/16/16829.jpg

currently bumping off vinyl, waiting for dinner guests to arrive. the ryko reissue version with bonus tracks!

botley
01-30-2012, 12:10 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/botley/folder.jpg

I've got a large 4500x4500 version too if anyone wants to print it.

frankie teardrop
01-30-2012, 12:24 PM
also just found this in a local bin:

http://watchthetapes.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/david-bowie-im-afraid-of-americans-e1270417096628.jpeg?w=497

had no idea it existed on vinyl! reasonably priced.

GoodSoldier333
02-03-2012, 03:49 PM
Pretty astounding what great a distinction/difference there is between early/mid-career Bowie and very late Bowie. Like two different artists. I love his older stuff, but recently I've been ALL OVER Earthling, Hours, and Heathen (I'm going to pretend like Reality never happened). Lovely stuff.

The Doctor
02-22-2012, 02:27 PM
Heathen is available again on vinyl for non-Ebay prices: http://www.soundstagedirect.com/david-bowie-heathen-180-gram-vinyl-records.shtml

From what I hear, it's still too much music for 1 LP, but that it still sounds better than US CD, and is a quiet, flat pressing.

Reznor2112
02-22-2012, 08:20 PM
I've never understood the hate for Reality. I love that record and if it happens to be his swan song than so be it. I think it is a great "final" album for Bowie.

fillow
02-23-2012, 03:22 AM
The hate for Reality?? Whe fuck do you mean? This album is brilliant!

Reznor2112
02-23-2012, 03:10 PM
The hate for Reality?? Whe fuck do you mean? This album is brilliant!

I agree...But I always see and hear whenever Bowie is brought up that people say "oh his last album was awful" etc etc... and GoodSoldier333 stated "I'll pretend Reality never happened."

To be honest Pablo Picasso may be my number one most played Bowie song ever on my iPod.

frankie teardrop
02-23-2012, 04:26 PM
have you heard the original modern lovers version?

reality is not my favorite bowie album by a long shot, but it has some great tracks (new killer star, the title track, disco king). the only songs i loathe are the george harrison cover and i don't remember liking "days" that much. the rest are fine. by fine, i mean-- they are pleasant, but don't grab me by the cajones. so- no hate here, but no massive love either, especially when stacked up against heathen.

Fixer808
02-23-2012, 07:25 PM
Heathen was great! And I saw him live on the Reality tour, such high energy for such an old man! ;p

Ryan
02-23-2012, 07:31 PM
have you heard the original modern lovers version?

reality is not my favorite bowie album by a long shot, but it has some great tracks (new killer star, the title track, disco king). the only songs i loathe are the george harrison cover and i don't remember liking "days" that much. the rest are fine. by fine, i mean-- they are pleasant, but don't grab me by the cajones. so- no hate here, but no massive love either, especially when stacked up against heathen.

Days is one of my favorites!

Space Suicide
02-23-2012, 08:02 PM
I appreciate and listen to Reality but it's not my favorite album and it is a bit weak coming off of Heathen as his previous beforehand.

Probably my favorite Bowie albums (in no order) are,

1. Outside
Earthling
Heathen
Diamond Dogs
Scary Monsters
"Heroes"
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

One album i like that's overshadowed and gets no love is 'hours...'

Reznor2112
02-24-2012, 12:59 AM
Hours...& Heathen are fucking brilliant. Those combined with Reality make a great closing trilogy for the man. Although I'd love another record, I fear I'd be disappointed that it might not be as great a swan song as Reality.

fillow
03-16-2012, 07:52 AM
Currently digging into this blog: http://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/
Very interesting read. The blog covers chronologically every Bowie song since the mid-60's onwards, currently exploring Never Let Me Down era.

frankie teardrop
03-16-2012, 10:17 AM
you have to admire a blog willing to delve into never let me down with such care and finesse!

Babali
03-16-2012, 12:14 PM
Currently digging into this blog: http://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/
Very interesting read. The blog covers chronologically every Bowie song since the mid-60's onwards, currently exploring Never Let Me Down era.Thanks for posting! How fascination! :rolleyes:

frankie teardrop
03-16-2012, 12:52 PM
yeah, i've been reading it all morning. reminded me about the bolan/bowie collaboration 'madman' (most awesomely and obscurely covered by snowy red in the 80s) and the drawing upon of ancient material for much of scary monsters.


case in point:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iwkfyFTA0M


and i'm glad this blog gives props to what might be my favorite track on low, not actually released on low:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f6na1T2pZI

ZackeryH
03-17-2012, 06:01 PM
One of the weird things about the unreleased Low tracks is how All Saints sounds so much like Throbbing Gristle. Also, some of the synth parts sound an awful lot like the Queen song, Get Down Make Love. All Saints was released years later on a limited edition CD, so I've always wondered if Bowie let Queen use it of if it's just a typical sound of the synth used in both recordings.

botley
03-17-2012, 06:57 PM
One of the weird things about the unreleased Low tracks is how All Saints sounds so much like Throbbing Gristle. Also, some of the synth parts sound an awful lot like the Queen song, Get Down Make Love. All Saints was released years later on a limited edition CD, so I've always wondered if Bowie let Queen use it of if it's just a typical sound of the synth used in both recordings.
There are no synths on the original version of "Get Down Make Love", it's Brian May playing guitar through a harmonizer. Eno/Visconti/Bowie were playing with harmonizers during the Low & "Heroes" period too, but they certainly didn't invent them.

ZackeryH
03-18-2012, 12:05 PM
There are no synths on the original version of "Get Down Make Love", it's Brian May playing guitar through a harmonizer. Eno/Visconti/Bowie were playing with harmonizers during the Low & "Heroes" period too, but they certainly didn't invent them.

Low predates the release of Get Down Make Love by a few months, so I've always wondered about that since the specific sounds are almost the same. I'm guessing the harmonizer is probably going to make close to the same sound so it was coincidental. When I was young, I heard the NIN version of Get Down along with hearing the All Saints track a few months earlier. I thought Trent had sampled Bowie until I heard the original Queen track.

botley
03-18-2012, 01:21 PM
I'm guessing the harmonizer is probably going to make close to the same sound so it was coincidental.Yeah, pretty much.
I thought Trent had sampled Bowie until I heard the original Queen track.Now I am completely confused about what you are saying. "All Saints" isn't on the original Low and therefore couldn't have inspired Queen's original version, but it's somehow similar enough to some sound in the NIN version of "Get Down" — not the Queen version, mind you (and which sound are we talking about again? The guitar sweeps that are hugely prominent in the Queen track, faint in the background of the Bowie track, and very briefly snuck in at the breakdowns of the NIN track for a millisecond at a time?) — that you thought NIN had sampled Bowie? Not QUEEN, the band whose lead singer wrote the song in question? I'm lost.

frankie teardrop
03-18-2012, 03:21 PM
there's a rumor kicking around that 'all saints' (which didn't appear until the 1990 rykodisc reissues) was a fragmented piece from the low sessions, dusted off and re-worked in 1989/1990. it would explain the myriad of digital-alike sounds on that particular recording. i've always thought 'eraser' jocked that track a bit (the guitar textures, the coil-esque madness heard on the remixes, etc.) but there's no way queen nicked it offhand. likely a coincidence with the use of gear and production techniques, as botley/zach suggests.

botley
03-18-2012, 03:49 PM
Now that you mention it... yeah, "Eraser (Denial; Realization)" does sound like a straight-up remake of "All Saints" (which was also a great girl group in the '90s).

ZackeryH
03-18-2012, 11:36 PM
Yeah, pretty much.Now I am completely confused about what you are saying. "All Saints" isn't on the original Low and therefore couldn't have inspired Queen's original version, but it's somehow similar enough to some sound in the NIN version of "Get Down" — not the Queen version, mind you (and which sound are we talking about again? The guitar sweeps that are hugely prominent in the Queen track, faint in the background of the Bowie track, and very briefly snuck in at the breakdowns of the NIN track for a millisecond at a time?) — that you thought NIN had sampled Bowie? Not QUEEN, the band whose lead singer wrote the song in question? I'm lost.

I heard All Saints before I heard the NIN version of Get Down. Later on I heard Queen. Just stating why I've always wondered about it. The sound is very distinct and unusual. There was even an audio sample list years ago that attributed the sample in the NIN cover song to the wrong source(It claimed the sample came from the Bowie track).

fillow
03-19-2012, 04:04 AM
What amazes me the most is just he managed to 10 FUCKING ALBUMS in 10 or so years in the 70's almost without a single drop in quality, and which all sound relatively different, plus 5 awesome tours all with different production/instrumentation, plus 2 Iggy albums... Holy fuck I can't imagine any band/artist pulling this in our days unless a) half of the albums will suck or b) half (if not all) of the albums will sound exactly the same or c) a+b. Or d) the person in question is Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, but he kinda belongs to b category

thevoid99
03-19-2012, 02:02 PM
What amazes me the most is just he managed to 10 FUCKING ALBUMS in 10 or so years in the 70's almost without a single drop in quality, and which all sound relatively different, plus 5 awesome tours all with different production/instrumentation, plus 2 Iggy albums... Holy fuck I can't imagine any band/artist pulling this in our days unless a) half of the albums will suck or b) half (if not all) of the albums will sound exactly the same or c) a+b. Or d) the person in question is Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, but he kinda belongs to b category

Let's not forget that some of those records he did were under the influence of drugs. That was a great run from 1969 to 1980.

Reznor2112
03-19-2012, 08:58 PM
Pretty fucking AWESOME! via David Bowie facebook:


SPEED OF LIFE - The signed limited edition book by David Bowie & Masayoshi Sukita

www.BowieBook.com (http://www.bowiebook.com/)


Genesis is proud to announce SPEED OF LIFE, the new publication born out of a 40-year collaboration between musician, actor and producer, David Bowie, and photographer and designer, Masayoshi Sukita.

In their fine bound edition, the authors have opened up Sukita's archives to assemble a 300-page photo essay which, captioned with their own recollections and memories, traces the development of Bowie's remarkable career from 1972 to the present day.

Check out the hidden 'Speed of Life' microsite here: http://www.genesis-publications.com/speed-of-life-david-bowie-and-masayoshi-sukita/ (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.genesis-publications.com%2Fspeed-of-life-david-bowie-and-masayoshi-sukita%2F&h=JAQGehibEAQG1y6m4FzTNCVfDKbKxV2K56n_Vv_5l-2jV0A)

botley
03-23-2012, 10:33 AM
I can't decide whether or not to include this on my Best of 88/96 but it was released as a single...

"Tonight (Live)" with Tina Turner, David Bowie, Sexy Sax Man and Random Stage Invader

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icGpchTH4c

butters
03-23-2012, 10:46 AM
That sax guy was just awesome. Flashbacks of The Lost Boys right there.

I attempted to narrow down a playlist last week for that same period and couldn't get it down to "cd length." My partiality towards Outside was messing me up. Incidentally, I'm looking forward to the Ziggy anniversary release they just announced.

frankie teardrop
03-23-2012, 11:07 AM
I can't decide whether or not to include this on my Best of 88/96 but it was released as a single...

"Tonight (Live)" with Tina Turner, David Bowie, Sexy Sax Man and Random Stage Invader

disqualified not just cuz it sucks, but was it really released as a single in '88? tonight was '84. if you mean the previous era's comp, skip it and just use the full length of 'loving the alien' to compensate. ;)

really with a few exceptions (the aforementioned alien, absolute beginners, cat people, when the wind blows, this is not america, time will crawl etc.) that era was just dire. i think he covered more iggy pop songs than he actually wrote :p.

Babali
03-23-2012, 12:10 PM
I love every song on Let's Dance, except Ricochet, and every song on Tonight.

Favorite Bowie albums:
1. Diamond Dogs / Scary Monsters
2. Heathen / Reality
3. Low > Station to Station > Hunky Dory > Aladdin Sane > Ziggy Stardust > The Man Who Sold The World
4. Black Tie, White Noise
5. Let's Dance / Tonight / Young Americans
6. Earthling / Hours / Outside
7. Never Let Me Down

Edit: I originally put Young Americans at 7 but when I thought about it for a second I really think Young Americans is either better than Let's Dance/Tonight or on the same level, so I put it in the same group... However, I think Young Americans is probably the better of the three.
Edit2: God, forgot 'Heroes'. So many Bowie albums and I knew there was probably at least one I was missing. Shout out to 'Heroes', I guess, love Joe The Lion, 'Heroes' and Sons of the Silent Age, other than that I don't listen to it much anyway.

botley
03-23-2012, 12:17 PM
was it really released as a single in '88? tonight was '84. if you mean the previous era's comp, skip it and just use the full length of 'loving the alien' to compensate.
The live version was released as a single (from the Tina Live in Europe album, where they also duet on "Let's Dance") in 1988. Yes, the studio version was also released as a single in '84 but the official 1980/1987 comp doesn't include it (possibly to make room for the very track you recommend), so I'm inclined to put it on this later comp just to represent it in some way. I suspect the official live single is going to be hard to track down because it's not in print or even acknowledged in many Bowie discographies.

Babali
03-23-2012, 01:01 PM
The live version was released as a single (from the Tina Live in Europe album, where they also duet on "Let's Dance") in 1988. Yes, the studio version was also released as a single in '84 but the official 1980/1987 comp doesn't include it (possibly to make room for the very track you recommend), so I'm inclined to put it on this later comp just to represent it in some way. I suspect the official live single is going to be hard to track down because it's not in print or even acknowledged in many Bowie discographies.You're working on a custom compilation for your collection or what is this for?

frankie teardrop
03-23-2012, 01:10 PM
yeah, i had no idea that existed in 88! i guess tina gets the credit there, hence all quiet on the bowie front. surprised teenage wildlife doesn't even have an entry for it. they (used to be) rather comprehensive!

nice to see some diamond dogs love. always been top tier, despite the incredibly raw and bleak atmosphere.

Babali
03-23-2012, 01:29 PM
Diamond Dogs is simply amazing, I love the dystopian apocalyptic feel. It's just about as much a masterpiece as Scary Monsters, but in my opinion Bowie released many masterpieces. Teenage Wildlife was my all-time favorite song for several years, it is still one of the greatest songs I've ever heard.

botley
03-23-2012, 03:08 PM
Agreed on all counts. There's something so coy and appealing about those two albums despite their bleak apocalyptic content; a combo at which Bowie excels.


You're working on a custom compilation for your collection or what is this for?
Yes, a two-disc update of The Platinum Collection (see previous pages for Disc Two). Purely for my own amusement. This first disc is turning out to be a bit of a slog because it's mostly Tin Machine and other collaborations without much in the way of good solid songs (with a few exceptions).

frankie teardrop
03-23-2012, 03:33 PM
i had no idea 'drive in saturday' was an apocalyptic song until recently. yeah, i knew about 'suffragette city' and 'panic in detroit' and obviously stuff like 'saviour machine' being all gloom and glory, but 'drive in saturday' was just too charming to imagine it as anything other than a twee love song. which it still is, to an extent.

botley
03-23-2012, 04:49 PM
It's definitely the prevailing undercurrent in most of Bowie's songwriting. Even "Let's Dance" ('for fear tonight is all...')!

Necrodoommonkey
03-24-2012, 03:25 PM
Changes 1. LOVE that album!
But seriously...there's an astounding lack of love for Lodger. Am I the only person who loves Lodger? Yassassin is amazing.

Babali
03-24-2012, 04:28 PM
Changes 1. LOVE that album!
But seriously...there's an astounding lack of love for Lodger. Am I the only person who loves Lodger? Yassassin is amazing.Bowie is just epic. I have been a huge Bowie fan for years and still have not gotten through all his music. Lodger is another one that, you're right, doesn't get enough love. I'll have to throw it on today.

allegro
03-25-2012, 11:47 AM
i had no idea 'drive in saturday' was an apocalyptic song until recently. yeah, i knew about 'suffragette city' and 'panic in detroit' and obviously stuff like 'saviour machine' being all gloom and glory, but 'drive in saturday' was just too charming to imagine it as anything other than a twee love song. which it still is, to an extent.
Panic in Detroit is allegedly about Iggy's having lived and hung out with the White Panthers and the MC5 and all that shit going down with the race riots.

http://foggynotionbooks.com/detroit.html

http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/stooges-tour/

http://makemyday.free.fr/whitepanthers.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM6yVEUCFno

frankie teardrop
03-25-2012, 07:54 PM
yeah, inspired by his detroit stories, but i always felt it had a dystopian feel about it, as well. america in ruins/edge of society sort of vibe, which is likely why the story excited him in the first place.

allegro
03-25-2012, 08:06 PM
Yeah, well, if you survived the Detroit race riots, you'd feel like it was all pretty fucking dystopian, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4veVmBlSFmQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNo5MgX5I3U

botley
04-01-2012, 10:45 PM
Speaking of epic shit-shows, this 1988/1996 disc is turning out to be a pain in the ass to sequence. I dunno if there's even enough room for all these fucking singles — there are so many of them, far more than I originally thought, and they're totally schizophrenic. We're talking half early-90s dance mix territory, and half mid-tempo Tin Machine rock. Both of which are my defining impressions of that time period, anyway.

If I hadn't picked an upper limit of 80 minutes, or an era of Bowie's career with lots of content that I'm not entirely fluent in, I'd add some deep cuts for breadth and variety. Instead, right now I have Queen Latifah rapping over top of "Fame '90" (and ugh, did that really need to happen? "Fame" is already on disc two of The Platinum Collection so I may drop it) right next to "Pretty Pink Rose" with Adrian Belew. Maybe I'll wait for that "Pushing Ahead" blog to get up to speed on this era, so I can brush up my familiarity a bit more.

frankie teardrop
04-02-2012, 10:21 AM
oddly enough, 'pretty pink rose' was one of the better songs from that era, not that it's saying much. in general, the deeper cuts were the gems of the late 80s/90s era bowie, though i like all of outside, singles & album tracks. buddha of suburbia is pretty great too, though it's been ages since i've listened to it.

'jump they say' is a pretty great single from that era, though. i do also like 'you belong in rock n' roll' from tin machine II and have some sort of soft spot love for "real cool world" though it's obviously repetitive and dated.

i reckon you put "time will crawl" on the previous disc, no? i think pushing ahead of the dame just got to that track, one of the only listenable cuts from never let me down.

GoodSoldier333
04-02-2012, 11:32 AM
Ok, i take it back. I'm actually starting to enjoy some tracks from Reality. May not be quite up there with other work, but definitely a more than modest record.

The Wedding from Black Tie White Noise has to be one of my favorite record openers ever. I get shivers when i first hear that bass come in.

botley
04-04-2012, 03:58 PM
Sadly, it doesn't look like I'll have space for "The Motel" (one of my favourites) on this Best of David Bowie 1988/1996 compilation... there was too much goddamned Tin Machine to include. I was able to give Outside the last word, however, with a one-two punch of its strongest tracks at the end.

Suggestions are always welcome, but this is how it's starting to shape up at 78 minutes or so:



1. Jump They Say (7" Version)
2. Real Cool World (Radio Remix)
3. Black Tie White Noise (Radio Edit) with Al B. Sure!
4. Under the God with Tin Machine
5. Telling Lies (Feelgood Mix)
6. Heaven's in Here (Edit) with Tin Machine
7. Hallo Spaceboy (Remix) with Pet Shop Boys
8. Tin Machine with Tin Machine
9. Prisoner of Love (Edit) with Tin Machine
10. Strangers When We Meet (Radio Edit)
11. One Shot (Edit) with Tin Machine
12. Pretty Pink Rose with Adrian Belew
13. Baby Universal (7" Version) with Tin Machine
14. Buddha of Suburbia (Video Edit) with Lenny Kravitz
15. Miracle Goodnight
16. You Belong in Rock 'N Roll (Edit) with Tin Machine
17. Tonight (Live) with Tina Turner
18. I'm Deranged
19. The Heart's Filthy Lesson (Radio Edit)

Alpha 60
04-04-2012, 10:02 PM
I divide my Bowie mixes up like so; 69-75, Station to Staion and live from that era, Best of Berlin, 80-93, and then 95-to present.. But any Bowie mix is super hard to narrow down to 80 mins no matter which era. 69-75 is probably the hardest for me to whittle down.

fillow
04-05-2012, 10:20 AM
why does it have to be under 80mins though? are you putting a CDr for your car stereo or something?

botley
04-05-2012, 11:23 AM
Yeah, I'm doing cover art and stuff. I want a complete box set that covers Bowie's entire career, but both Sound+Vision and The Platinum Collection stop before they get to this period, so I am compiling these homebrew supplements.

frankie teardrop
04-05-2012, 11:52 AM
i respect that you're limiting things, easy to go way overboard on a project like this.

not to make your head spin any further, but don't forget that sound and vision had a nice smattering of outtakes and rarities! if you have room- see if you can sneak in something like the showgirls version of 'americans' or the eno/outside mix of 'man who sold the world.'

botley
04-05-2012, 11:54 AM
I may do a bonus disc with all of those. It's been fun tracking down all the radio edits/re-making them myself in some cases — I actually think they improve on a few of these songs.

frankie teardrop
04-05-2012, 11:59 AM
i'd be curious to hear some of those edits. i've never found much place for radio edits of songs (see 'heroes' for example, whose majesty is compromised by shaving 2 minutes off it, even if it *is* sung in german). however, pushing ahead of the dame is swearing by the shorter versions of never let me down tracks, and i see a lot on your playlists, so i'm curious about it.

i also just discovered a 12'' extended mix of 'beauty and the beast'-- granted, it's two minutes longer and it's hard to pick out what exacly changed aside from the length. nothing special, but bizarre and cool!

botley
04-05-2012, 12:21 PM
I was able to find most of them by downloading FLAC rips of the original CD singles, but there are some that are harder to locate in lossless form; what I did then was pull up the music video on YouTube and matched the edits to my longer FLAC version. It takes a bit of time but it's great to be able to fit a whole extra track (like "I'm Deranged") on the CD without sacrificing sound quality.

That short edit I made for "Heaven's in Here" cuts almost a full two minutes, but it doesn't remove any lyrics (which the single edit of "Heroes" does, unforgivably) — just Reeves Gabrels' interminable wanky guitar pyro. The music video uses the full version, so I just had to guess what parts they removed on the actual single.

Alpha 60
04-05-2012, 01:17 PM
why does it have to be under 80mins though? are you putting a CDr for your car stereo or something?


I was just making a general comment on mixes, collections. I’m just old school when it comes to putting some kind of collection of songs together. I think a listenable chunk of something with some kind of identity should run somewhere between 45 mins to 90 mins. Obviously, though, I grew up in a era of mix tapes, cds, mini-discs. On computer, portable device and clouds or applications I don’t always set limits, there is also compiling, but I like limited playlists or collections.
Botley, your Bowie mix/box set sounds awesome.

botley
04-05-2012, 01:23 PM
Thanks! The 1997/2003 portion is listed on page two of this thread, send me a PM with your e-mail address if you're interested.

botley
04-08-2012, 10:23 PM
Well, fart... evidently "Pallas Athena" or at least one of the remixes by Jack Dangers (of Meat Beat Manifesto) qualifies for inclusion since it came out on a white label 12" in the club scene circa 1993... with no indication on the label that Bowie wrote/performed it! And since that release was apparently something of a hit, looks like it's going to have to replace "I'm Deranged" after all. Now to track down a lossless copy and decide which mix to use.

This is fucking hard work being a pedantic Bowie fan!

frankie teardrop
04-09-2012, 01:39 AM
i always liked the original version of 'pallas'--- this isn't the tao jones index one, right? i feel like that was a live techno version the band did (also performing 'v2 schneider' in this vein) but i can't remember the specifics. for what it's worth though, 'i'm deranged' got some radio action back in the day thanks to lost highway. i seem to recall hearing it from time to time.

alternate post: GOD IS ON TOP OF IT.

fillow
04-09-2012, 03:13 AM
Funny, does anyone has experience of learning any big artist/band music catalogue backwards? This happened to me and Bowie.
I'm Deranged is one of three songs that got me into Bowie back in the day, along with The Pretty Things are Going to Hell (heard it from Stigmata soundtrack) and V.1 version of I'm Afraid of Americans, which I decided to download from whatever-it-was-called Napster-like network as it showed up often in the search results for Nine Inch Nails. Next I learned about NIN/Bowie tour and found Outside. The next batch of albums I stumbled upon included everything from StS onwards. And only after that I found pre-Station stuff.

botley
04-09-2012, 07:08 AM
Like most people, I was always aware of Bowie in a cultural zeitgeist sense, but didn't think to actually check out his music until I got the NIN connection (yes, "I'm Deranged" and the Reznor remixes of "Hearts Filthy Lesson" & "I'm Afraid of Americans" helped enormously). I bought Heathen when it was relatively new and then picked up the plot from Diamond Dogs onward.

After my friends and I saw him live on April 1st 2004 during the Reality Tour, there was no going back to casual fandom. It's been an obsession ever since.

frankieteardrop: I'm not talking about the Tao Jones Index version (which is also pretty cool, but it wasn't a single until 1997); it's likely going to be this Don't Stop Praying Mix that's also on some versions of the "Jump They Say" EP. I didn't account for radio airplay in compiling the tracklist for this CD, the criteria were much simpler: a) "was it a single?" and b) "does it fit in here with the other four discs I've already got?"

frankie teardrop
04-09-2012, 09:55 AM
haha, sorry to keep complicating things for you!

as for my story, bowie fan first from early childhood (parents had a few records, i got the obsessive bug), then nine inch nails. couldn't go to the outside/dissonance tour, as i was only 13 at the time and my mom wouldn't let me...

botley
04-09-2012, 11:32 AM
Aw hell no! Have you been to see him since? Have a favourite show?

onthewall2983
04-26-2012, 06:23 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAngg5v4hxo

frankie teardrop
04-26-2012, 10:06 AM
Aw hell no! Have you been to see him since? Have a favourite show?

just once, on the heathen club tour. saw the beacon theatre show from the back row orchestra, amazing all the same. don't know why i didn't make the reality tour... maybe i thought i'd catch him next time around.

botley
04-26-2012, 12:10 PM
just once, on the heathen club tour. saw the beacon theatre show from the back row orchestra, amazing all the same. don't know why i didn't make the reality tour... maybe i thought i'd catch him next time around.
That must have been a great show! What a setlist (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/david-bowie/2002/beacon-theatre-new-york-ny-4bd6934e.html), holy fuck!

@onthewall2983: As if the Ziggy shows couldn't get more over-the-top, there's Jeff Beck playing a talk-box guitar solo...

allegro
04-26-2012, 03:18 PM
Here's the set list from my first Bowie show:

http://www.littleoogie.com/david_bowie_tours/serious/setlists/2_1983-07-30_1.html


Here's the set list from my second Bowie show:

http://www.littleoogie.com/david_bowie_tours/glass/setlists/2_1987-09-12_1.html


Yes, I'm old. (Well, not as old as David Bowie.)

onthewall2983
04-26-2012, 08:33 PM
@botley It's very amusing to actually see him using the talk box. I read an interview where he said as soon as Frampton was using them he stopped using them.

allegro
04-26-2012, 10:17 PM
^^ I've seen Jeff Beck at least 4 times and he was probabably joking. He's friends with Frampton. Joe Walsh has some really funny talk box stories involving Frampton. Poor Frampton, who was a kid while in Humble Pie, people forget that he's a great guitarist. He constantly gets slammed about that damned talk box. When I saw him live last summer, he was saying some really funny shit through that talk box, the guy is hilarious. /Peter Frampton slamming :-)

thevoid99
04-26-2012, 11:18 PM
^^ I've seen Jeff Beck at least 4 times and he was probabably joking. He's friends with Frampton. Joe Walsh has some really funny talk box stories involving Frampton. Poor Frampton, who was a kid while in Humble Pie, people forget that he's a great guitarist. He constantly gets slammed about that damned talk box. When I saw him live last summer, he was saying some really funny shit through that talk box, the guy is hilarious. /Peter Frampton slamming :-)

Frampton doesn't get a lot of cred as a guitarist. He was one of the few things in Never Let Me Down that was tolerable. Plus, his guitar work in the Glass Spider tour was superb including singing the chorus of "Sons of the Silent Age" with Bowie. That was a highlight. After all, he and Bowie are old schoolmates.

hellospaceboy
05-01-2012, 06:03 PM
This was the Bowie show I went to:

http://www.discogs.com/David-Bowie-Outside-In-Budapest/release/2136152 (+ they played Little Wonder as the encore)

One of the greatest days of my life!

allegro
05-01-2012, 06:12 PM
^ Awesome.

I saw this one, too:

http://www.littleoogie.com/david_bowie_tours/reality/setlists/2_2004-01-16_1.html

I actually somehow managed to score 7th row tickets at the last minute because I didn't even know he was touring, duh. It was kinda depressing to be among the YOUNGEST people in the audience (we're not young). And to see him at this type of venue after having seen him sell out two nights at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit in the 80s was a bummer.

Oh, yeah, guess WHO ELSE saw a show on that tour: http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-photos/david-bowie.2/?photo=c8fd59a7-cec4-4aae-aeab-d0726b66ef48&gallery=3429

hellospaceboy
05-03-2012, 09:21 AM
Oh, yeah, guess WHO ELSE saw a show on that tour: http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-photos/david-bowie.2/?photo=c8fd59a7-cec4-4aae-aeab-d0726b66ef48&gallery=3429

wow, gorgeous picture.

I was really broke during the heathen and reality tours, but in hindsight I should have get a second job or sell my body or whatever...

thevoid99
05-03-2012, 02:37 PM
Wow... did Trent ever get a shot at Charlize Theron?

allegro
06-01-2012, 12:06 AM
Oh, wow, watching restored version of D.A. Pennebaker's 1973 concert film on Paladium. So awesome.

Jinsai
06-01-2012, 12:14 AM
Oh, wow, watching restored version of D.A. Pennebaker's 1973 concert film on Paladium. So awesome.

Where can I see this?

allegro
06-01-2012, 12:45 AM
Palladia channel on Comcast. Sorry, typo in above post. Typing from iPhone.

http://www.palladia.tv/

blassster
06-13-2012, 05:50 PM
Anyone pick this up? Just got it via mail. Very cool that they included a 5.1 24/48 DTS (and Dolby) DVD copy of the previously released SACD with it.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-bowie-the-rise-and-fall-of-ziggy-stardust-and-the-spiders-from-mars-20120530

botley
06-14-2012, 09:09 AM
I've already got the SACD, and as far as I can tell, this new reissue offers no benefit over that release in any way (except for the surround mixes of the bonus tracks, which I'll be torrenting). The fucking balls on EMI, reissuing this album *again* after no less than seven previous remasters and repressings! Even if it were the best-sounding version of the album, bar none, there's no goddamn way I'd reward that kind of straight-up greed by supporting their shitty dead-format parade.

R37R0
06-14-2012, 01:51 PM
I bought the vinyl of Ziggy Stardust. Ive just started out in vinyl and its a nice addition to my collection.
The added bonus of the DVD is neat too because I can put it on my mp3 player easily or just play it up on the TV.

A bit expensive at 23 quid on the high street but a nice package all things considered :)

blassster
06-14-2012, 09:00 PM
I've already got the SACD, and as far as I can tell, this new reissue offers no benefit over that release in any way (except for the surround mixes of the bonus tracks, which I'll be torrenting). The fucking balls on EMI, reissuing this album *again* after no less than seven previous remasters and repressings! Even if it were the best-sounding version of the album, bar none, there's no goddamn way I'd reward that kind of straight-up greed by supporting their shitty dead-format parade.

Yeah, it can be annoying when there are too many re-releases of the same album. You wonder what version is the best, most of the time it's not worth buying again like in your case, and you also worry if they've crushed the dynamics. I got it because it was my first time (officially) owning any version, so it was good for my case as it included both surround and vinyl in one pack. Got into vinyl within the last year and planned on picking this up sooner or later, though they sure are milking this one. If you already own one of the many past re-releases, it probably isn't worth getting. I guess one potential advantage of this release is that it was mastered by Ray Staff, who engineered the original. I don't have a way to compare them, so I can't add anything here regarding that.

GoodSoldier333
09-17-2012, 12:50 AM
If i could go back in time and hear that 10/10 Live version of Sunday...:(

Baphomette
09-17-2012, 02:32 AM
Here's the set list from my first Bowie show:

http://www.littleoogie.com/david_bowie_tours/serious/setlists/2_1983-07-30_1.html


Here's the set list from my second Bowie show:

http://www.littleoogie.com/david_bowie_tours/glass/setlists/2_1987-09-12_1.html


Yes, I'm old. (Well, not as old as David Bowie.)

I saw him on both those tours, too (as well as the Outside tour).
Scoot over, grandma. ;)

danebraddy
10-12-2012, 06:11 AM
Reconnected with 'Heathen' a couple of days back. It's a solid album from start to finish.

I'm secretly hoping for a stripped back Rick Rubin esque comeback from him in the next couple of years...

Oh - also - his cover of Waterloo Sunset (from special editions or Reality) is addictive - I don't think I've ever been able to just listen to it once in a sitting.

frankie teardrop
10-12-2012, 09:06 AM
as much as i'm dying for bowie's comeback, i really hope it's not with rick rubin on the decks...

Sutekh
10-12-2012, 09:15 AM
Isn't he paranoid about having a heart attack onstage? I figured that's why he's been away for so long

danebraddy
10-12-2012, 09:16 AM
I meant Rubin-esque - stripped back and... age appropriate. I wouldn't want to see him trying to be a 40 year old when he clearly isn't anymore.

If he is taking requests though, the sequel to 1. outside would be nice.

frankie teardrop
10-12-2012, 09:34 AM
yeah, i followed what you were saying, just riffing off it and hoping rubin isn't actually the one to get him out of it. i don't think bowie would do that though. as for age-appropriate, he tried that with hours and it was a mixed affair. and of course the sequel to outside would be nice, but i reckon it'll come in the form of outtakes from the vaults (if at all) and not in the form of a new record.

i'd be ok with permanent retirement if he actually made some sort of announcement. with the heart problems, a young daughter, and a back catalog as rich as his, it seems only natural, but it's that thread of hope that's frustrating...

danebraddy
10-12-2012, 09:37 AM
Agreed 100% on some sort of announcement, just let us know it's over... or not over... it's painful holding out hope and seeing years go by without a hint of activity.

icklekitty
10-12-2012, 10:25 AM
Someone gave me a copy of this on vinyl recently. I hadn't even heard of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_Ups_(album)

frankie teardrop
10-12-2012, 10:30 AM
it's spotty, but not without its charm. 'sorrow' is a gem (as is the brel cover that appears as the single b-side), but it's the only 70s record that i generally skip over.

botley
10-12-2012, 10:54 AM
I especially love Pin Ups on 8-track tape. The running order is different (and better, in my opinion) compared to the LP/CD version. It looks like this:

1. Rosalyn/Here Comes the Night/Friday on My Mind
2. Where Have All the Good Times Gone/Sorrow/I Wish You Would
3. See Emily Play/I Can't Explain/Don't Bring Me Down
4. Shapes of Things/Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere/Everything's Alright

But yes, the Jacques Brel tune ("Amsterdam", with just Bowie and 12-string guitar) is superior to just about everything on the album proper. You can only get it on the 30th Anniversary Edition of Ziggy now.

allegro
10-13-2012, 10:00 PM
Awwwwww yeahhhhhhh I've always loved Sorrow. (except it reminds me of an ex who included it on a mix tape he gave me, he was such a whore)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=292W2cF6_W4&

Jinsai
10-13-2012, 10:10 PM
Pin Ups never really did it for me. Then again, I've only listened to it from start to finish maybe once, and that was a long time ago.

Space Suicide
10-13-2012, 11:07 PM
Pin Ups never really did it for me. Then again, I've only listened to it from start to finish maybe once, and that was a long time ago.

Nah, as far as his 70's albums go I found Pin Ups always a snoozer, minus the iconic cover.

botley
10-14-2012, 04:26 PM
Seriously, folks, try it as a playlist in the sequence I just posted. Works wayyyy better.

GoodSoldier333
10-14-2012, 04:30 PM
Listen to the scientist! He's right.

botley
10-23-2012, 05:21 AM
The Pin Ups photographer speaks about the session and its origin (http://www.justindev.com/solobowie1.html). Funny to think of an alternate-universe Bowie & Twiggy version of Barry Lyndon!

trollmanen
10-27-2012, 11:55 PM
Yeah, it can be annoying when there are too many re-releases of the same album. You wonder what version is the best, most of the time it's not worth buying again like in your case, and you also worry if they've crushed the dynamics. I got it because it was my first time (officially) owning any version, so it was good for my case as it included both surround and vinyl in one pack. Got into vinyl within the last year and planned on picking this up sooner or later, though they sure are milking this one. If you already own one of the many past re-releases, it probably isn't worth getting. I guess one potential advantage of this release is that it was mastered by Ray Staff, who engineered the original. I don't have a way to compare them, so I can't add anything here regarding that.

A little late to respond, but anyway. The 40th Anniversary Edition is a new version of the album and is arguably better than the 30th Anniversary one that many purists complained about (trimming off stuff and swapping some channels). There are some threads out there (http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/archive/index.php/t-280554.html) and some reviews (http://www.prosoundnewseurope.com/studionews-content/full/hang-on-to-your-analogue-self) which detail the differences between versions. Bottom line, none of the versions are overly compressed and they don't try to make it sound modern (just like they didn't do that with the Station to Station 2010 version, it was just a fresh transfer from the original tapes, nothing else, but it still sounds a lot better than other versions). Some will complain that it's just another reissue, but really, all the versions (RCA, Ryko, EMI 1999, EMI 30t, EMI 40th) are pretty different. That goes for every Bowie release with regards to the original RCA CD's from 1985, the Ryko CD's from 1991 and the EMI Remasters from 1999. Some will try to say the RCA CD's are the best but they're just transfers from the vinyls. The 1999 EMI Remasters are the most clear, and it's pretty easy for most people to hear the differences between the releases across the board.

I'm hoping they do some reissues of Low and Heroes at some point, they seem to be where EMI have stopped, having done some sort of special edition to every album before those.

botley
10-28-2012, 09:03 AM
I asked Tony Visconti on twitter (@tonuspomus) about that and he thinks there will be remasters/deluxe editions of those albums; I guess it's just up to EMI or Universal or whoever-the-fuck owns those masters now to pull the trigger on it.

GoodSoldier333
11-14-2012, 05:42 PM
ANYBODY WHO IS A BOWIE FAN AND HAS NOT SEEN THIS YET NEEDS TO WATCH RIGHT NOW:

Edit: If anyone can name the Let's Dance mix on the 15 minute mark, i will love you forever.


http://vimeo.com/53207758

trollmanen
11-15-2012, 10:33 AM
I asked Tony Visconti on twitter (@tonuspomus) about that and he thinks there will be remasters/deluxe editions of those albums; I guess it's just up to EMI or Universal or whoever-the-fuck owns those masters now to pull the trigger on it.

They seem to have gotten better about doing these reissues in recent years since there isn't anything else going on with Bowie, so I'm sure they'll come out at some point. It would be nice to have the EMI remasters of the unreleased tracks collected in one place. Hopefully in addition to Low and Heroes, they'll do Scary Monsters as well. I'm not sure they'd do Lodger, as it is a overlooked album of his (sort of like Pinups), but they could do it like they did with Young Americans, just a small package with the little content they do have. I think the others could use a more elaborate package.

frankie teardrop
11-15-2012, 10:42 AM
regarding goodsoldier's video: great mix of 'never let me down,' too!

edit: and the LULU version of man who sold the world? forgot how much i liked that.

GoodSoldier333
11-15-2012, 12:30 PM
Can anyone name that Let's Dance mix on the 15 minute mark? I reaaaally need it. :)

GoodSoldier333
01-07-2013, 11:27 PM
"On January 8, 2013, quite without fanfare and out of the blue, David Bowie did something nobody really expected."

orestes
01-07-2013, 11:27 PM
Not many details but if you go to iTunes *right now* you can preorder the album that will be released in March.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-next-day-deluxe/id590844404

thevoid99
01-07-2013, 11:36 PM
Uh... is this true? I don't want to fooled like that dickhead who posted that NIN thing only to reveal that it's a sham.

frankie teardrop
01-07-2013, 11:37 PM
ACK! i mean, uh. i preordered it without even thinking. and seventeen tracks & the use of 'heroes' artwork is promising. but uh, i don't care for the track they're giving you out of the gate...

october_midnight
01-07-2013, 11:40 PM
Holy shitballs.

Fixer808
01-07-2013, 11:52 PM
One of the best live acts I've seen, on the Reality tour!

botley
01-07-2013, 11:54 PM
Weird new video. (http://www.davidbowie.com/vision?videopremiere=true) Love that the new album art appears to be "Heroes" crossed out with the new title superimposed over top. Totally the last thing any of us expected, hahah, I am so damn excited to hear the rest in March!

danebraddy
01-08-2013, 12:05 AM
I almost didn't believe the tweet from @manmademoon about this.
The song is great, the video is weird. I love weird Bowie.
The part of the video where he is standing by the wall looking at the 'workshop' - is that recent? If so, he is looking damn good.

And yay Australia! We get the album days before the rest of the world.

Aladdinsanity
01-08-2013, 12:26 AM
This might be reaching, but is anyone else getting the vibe that he's trying to connect with the post-internet/ADHD/sensory overload age (given how all music released nowadays is affected by it)? What with a bizarre lo-fi video, the WTF album art slapped together via MS Paint, literally nonexistent hype preceding this announcement, and an entire 17 tracks (which is quite a bit, especially for a Bowie album).

frankie teardrop
01-08-2013, 12:44 AM
i'm just hoping that the rest of the tracks are a bit more exciting than this one, as this comes off like a reality/toy b-side... it may not be bad, but as a lead off teaser after a ten year hiatus, i can't help but feel extremely disappointed. the music has moments of beauty, but i've heard shimmery guitar lines & building drums many times before. here's hoping for a better full length.

ps- invoking and riffing off my all time favorite bowie album for cover art isn't doing me any favors, either... :(

Scarlet Siren
01-08-2013, 12:46 AM
Check this out http://www.davidbowie.com/the-next-day

New single released now (video - http://www.davidbowie.com/vision?videopremiere=true) and new album in March!

Happy Birthday, Mr. Bowie!

Deadpool
01-08-2013, 12:47 AM
Just to be clear: is this a new album the way Reality was a new album, or is this more along the lines of a collection of previously unreleased songs?

Either way, I'm still very, very excited and thrilled by the sudden news! Thanks for the heads-up!

frankie teardrop
01-08-2013, 12:49 AM
a new album entirely. seventeen songs. preorder-able on itunes. i mean, it sounds a lot like lesser songs from the heathen/reality/toy era...but praying for the rest to soar above the teaser.

FernandoDante
01-08-2013, 12:55 AM
http://www.davidbowie.com/news/new-website-album-single-and-video-birthday-boy-47841

thevoid99
01-08-2013, 12:56 AM
Happy B-Day David. I'm glad you're going to put out new music for all of us devoted fans. And if it's possible, please try and do a tour. I just want to see you play once in my pathetic life.

FernandoDante
01-08-2013, 12:56 AM
The artwork on iTunes is probably bullshit.

http://www.davidbowie.com/news/new-website-album-single-and-video-birthday-boy-47841

ManBurning
01-08-2013, 01:02 AM
And this is one of the reasons why I love this website! Breaking news about my faviourtes posted here! LOVE IT!

I hope he tours to support this album, I would LOVE to see Bowie live again, saw him in 2004, during his last run and it was an awesome show.
Looks like he's looking pretty old though, but hey if like The Beach Boys, Rolling Stones and other old timer rock 'n roll masters can still tour, I don't see why he can't as well!

Deadpool
01-08-2013, 01:18 AM
Thank you, sir. The cover art definitely threw me: all the press says NEW ALBUM, but I wanted to confirm before entering the "Super-Unreasonably Excited Phase" which is especially dangerous if the teaser is as underwhelming as you suggest.

All that said, this is still great news. Really hoping my laptop is back to normal tomorrow so I can watch/listen to the new song. Also, I don't know how I feel about the LP cover, but I'm willing to forgive it if the music is good. The single cover I dig a lot more. I realize it's doing the same thing, but the fact that it's a far less iconic image makes it seem more new and original.

Doesn't an honest to goodness new album deserve some new photography? Maybe I need to sleep on it. Just seems like an odd choice (which may reveal itself to be an appropriate one), not necessarily a bad one. Certainly a tad confusing. Bottom line: who really cares. Brand new Bowie album is a blessing, and something I honestly didn't think we would ever get again.

jmtd
01-08-2013, 02:09 AM
Who's the other head?

fillow
01-08-2013, 02:31 AM
in the past couple of years I've came to realize that I love all of his albums with no exceptions (yes even the first one and tonight) so... CANTFUCKINGWAIT!!

allegro
01-08-2013, 05:12 AM
Wow I like this song. I like the video, too.


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onthewall2983
01-08-2013, 05:32 AM
Awfully good news to wake up to. The single is good, but not immediately catchy. That doesn't matter though, this is huge news. Count me as someone who thought he hung up his spurs for good. So glad to be wrong.

Trains
01-08-2013, 05:35 AM
Man, that video tripped me out a bit. This album couldn't come at a better time given that I'm on a massive Bowie kick at the moment. Fingers crossed for a tour, I would love to see that man live.

A bit off-topic, but what do you guys think of Earthling? Personally, even though it sounds like a sub-standard Jungle/Drum & Bass record, I have to say I really enjoy it whenever I put it on.

r_z
01-08-2013, 06:15 AM
A bit off-topic, but what do you guys think of Earthling? Personally, even though it sounds like a sub-standard Jungle/Drum & Bass record, I have to say I really enjoy it whenever I put it on.

Yeah, me too. It's short and fun. Has a dear spot on my mp3 player. I like it a lot.

Great news with the new album and all. Really looking forward to it. Hopefully the artwork is not the final one...

orestes
01-08-2013, 06:19 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Bowie announce a few years back that's he retired from touring?

Ryan
01-08-2013, 06:26 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Bowie announce a few years back that's he retired from touring?

That's what Gary Numan said in 1981.

Maximilian
01-08-2013, 06:50 AM
This is a nice, pleasant rainy day song. Glad he's not hanging it up just yet.

GoodSoldier333
01-08-2013, 07:23 AM
A very Happy Birthday to this guy.. :)

ambergris
01-08-2013, 07:37 AM
Fuck yeah! But I'm sitting at a computer without speakers and have no headphones.... Though honestly, I will have no other choice but to like the new music.

Edit: Well, at least I can watch the video. Is it stating the obvious that it's about Berlin? Berlin has changed a LOT since Bowie left. Does Bowie revisit his Berlin trilogy (Tony Visconti!)? And does he own a place in Berlin? I'd have to go find it. I once visited his old flat, but it's unremarkable today.

Also, Happy Birthday, DB!

He reminds me a bit of Fringe's John Noble now...

ambergris
01-08-2013, 07:52 AM
Aaaand... double-post:

Because of you guys I follow the "Pushing Ahead of the Dame" blog that analyses every single Bowie song in roughly chronological order. Their article on Bowie's cover of Nite Flights coincided with Scott Walker's release of Bish Bosch (they have a long history). There were comments like "If this album doesn't shame Bowie out of retirement, nothing else will...." and voilà, there it is. Though the work on these new songs must have begun a while ago already.... Walker is a notorious recluse, so maybe Bowie went along with it and released the new song very low-key. The 10/11-year gap between Reality and the new album mirrors Walker's gap between Climate of Hunter and Tilt by the way.

fillow
01-08-2013, 08:05 AM
These artwork pictures seem to be official, which is sad.
http://virusfonts.com/news/2013/01/david-bowie-the-next-day-that-album-cover-design

Trains
01-08-2013, 08:16 AM
^ It's a good idea, good methodology I get where they're coming from and appreciate the need to strive to make new art and reassess the past, etc. But I can't get past the fact the the new album cover looks shit. I almost hope it's a joke or tease and that the 'proper' cover art will be revealed later.

Even so, it's just a cover I guess, and doesn't matter too much. I'm still psyched for new music from Bowie.

Piko
01-08-2013, 08:28 AM
Wonderful news to wake up to!

allegro
01-08-2013, 08:40 AM
If you guys discuss fonts and photography for the next three pages, I will bludgeon each and every one of you.

Trains
01-08-2013, 08:57 AM
Quick question before I pre-order on itunes, has there been any mention of a CD version of the record?

fillow
01-08-2013, 09:00 AM
honestly, have there ever been an album by major artist with no CD release whatsoever?

Trains
01-08-2013, 09:06 AM
Fair point. I thought the description in itunes said something about it being 'specially' released via their store or something.

october_midnight
01-08-2013, 09:25 AM
That's what Gary Numan said in 1981.

I saw Bowie the last time he rolled through Vancouver and it was unbelievable. He did say he was done with touring but if I'm not mistaken, that was years ago...maybe he's had a change of heart? I really hope so.

fillow
01-08-2013, 09:28 AM
David Bowie said that in 1973.

onthewall2983
01-08-2013, 09:35 AM
It seems like this album has been at least a few years in the making. Tony Levin said on his Facebook that he laid down his track for the single awhile back. I would be more encouraged by talks of a tour if he recorded all of it in a shorter span of time.

fillow
01-08-2013, 09:40 AM
is it about time to speculate about personnel?
is there gonna be alomar/slick/garson/gail-ann/visconti/gabrels/plati/campbell/[i can go on forever]?

october_midnight
01-08-2013, 09:43 AM
The album was produced by Tony Visconti and written by Bowie in New York, according to his label, Columbia. The video for "Where Are We Now?" was directed by Tony Oursler (http://www.tonyoursler.com/), and reflects on Bowie's time spent in Berlin in the mid-late 1970s. His last LP, Reality, was released in 2003.
A spokesman for Columbia said: "Throwing shadows and avoiding the industry treadmill is very David Bowie despite his extraordinary track record that includes album sales in excess of 130m, not to mention his massive contributions in the area of art, fashion, style, sexual exploration, and social commentary."
The Guardian reports (http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/08/david-bowie-new-album-single?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9384) that there are no plans for live dates (or interviews, for that matter).

botley
01-08-2013, 09:44 AM
Fair point. I thought the description in itunes said something about it being 'specially' released via their store or something.

That's just for the single; you can only buy it right now as part of the iTunes preorder. I'm sure there will be CD, vinyl, and other download formats eventually.

Personally, I think the cover image is great. It is intertextual, which is something Bowie has done before with his songs and album art (see: the previous Berlin personae on the Scary Monsters sleeve); it obviously comments on the past yet it feels very much of the now. "Just for one day... then what, on the next day?"

frankie teardrop
01-08-2013, 10:08 AM
That's what Gary Numan said in 1981.

when he was still young and spry and didn't have a heart attack the last tour.

i like the song a lot better today.

Presideo
01-08-2013, 11:00 AM
Compared to all the shitty cover art Bowie has had recently (Reality, Hours, Earthling), the Hero's cover with a white square in the middle and a painfully basic font looks pretty damn good.

I liked the new song, too. Nothing mind-blowing, but if the rest of the album sounds like that then I'll be a happy camper.

botley
01-08-2013, 11:27 AM
Compared to all the shitty cover art Bowie has had recently (Reality, Hours, Earthling), the Hero's cover with a white square in the middle and a painfully basic font looks pretty damn good.It ties in pretty neatly with the Heathen design, which also had crossed-out text and wiped-out iconography. The font is nice, I don't know what people are on about saying it's a '90s throwback.

is it about time to speculate about personnel? is there gonna be alomar/slick/garson/gail-ann/visconti/gabrels/plati/campbell/[i can go on forever]?
I hope it's just Visconti and the Reality Tour band (maybe Plati too); no Gabrels.

Sutekh
01-08-2013, 11:36 AM
sexual exploration

haha... as in first man to fuck mick jagger (mayyybe)? Or first space alien to shag tina turner

screwdriver
01-08-2013, 12:01 PM
This song is excellent.

talkingnothing
01-08-2013, 12:36 PM
These artwork pictures seem to be official, which is sad.
http://virusfonts.com/news/2013/01/david-bowie-the-next-day-that-album-cover-design

so these are the folks who did the font? itunes shows that altered heroes art as the cover to the album but I really hope that's not it. the photo on davidbowie.com of db around that time period with gray rectangle over his face is a much better image imo. i'm excited to go home from work and listen on headphones insteady of shitty computer monitor speakers here.

ambergris
01-08-2013, 01:54 PM
So now I heard it. It's quite a lovely tune. And that studio is indeed in his old house. I have to take a look tomorrow.

Reznor2112
01-08-2013, 03:09 PM
Quick question before I pre-order on itunes, has there been any mention of a CD version of the record?

According to iTunes, the album is a iTunes exclusive and only sold in 119 countries trough iTunes. No physical copy foreseen.

SOURCE:
http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/08/16411168-david-bowie-returns-with-first-album-in-10-years-the-next-day?lite

Sutekh
01-08-2013, 03:28 PM
EXCLUSIVE GLIMPSE OF BOWIE'S 2023 ALBUM!
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/537229_10151165358922821_1017786239_n.jpg

Reznor2112
01-08-2013, 04:05 PM
http://s9.postimage.org/y30d2vtnz/david_bowie_low2.jpg

october_midnight
01-08-2013, 04:47 PM
LOL so good. As for the no physical release, I'd assume it'll be done eventually but who knows. I just pray he's reconsidering touring.

Frozen Beach
01-08-2013, 04:48 PM
http://i47.tinypic.com/242tw08.jpg
This would have been a better cover, but then again, who am I to argue with David Bowie? He's fucking David Bowie.

october_midnight
01-08-2013, 04:49 PM
I originally thought that was it...you're right, that image is amazing.

Fixer808
01-08-2013, 04:59 PM
That's what Gary Numan said in 1981.
And what the Stones say every year.
;)

Jinsai
01-08-2013, 05:01 PM
any new music from bowie is good news, but yeah, that cover art is ridiculous. Good thing it doesn't matter that much.

Frozen Beach
01-08-2013, 05:02 PM
http://i46.tinypic.com/t7fntu.jpg

Jinsai
01-08-2013, 05:07 PM
I like the new song. I can't deal with the video though... I have an issue with seeing lyrics while I'm hearing them for the first time. His voice sounds very different from anything I've heard him on before. It works with the song though, even if it is a surprising departure.

october_midnight
01-08-2013, 05:09 PM
Agreed. I like the melancholic frailty of his voice in the new track...I'm super pumped to hear the rest.

Reznor2112
01-08-2013, 05:31 PM
http://i47.tinypic.com/242tw08.jpg
This would have been a better cover, but then again, who am I to argue with David Bowie? He's fucking David Bowie.

Honestly when I get the album on my itunes I will just use this cover as the cover art. This should def be the art if we see a physical release

Sutekh
01-08-2013, 06:44 PM
will he ever top this though? not sure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE

Findus
01-08-2013, 06:53 PM
The image with the grey square looks like it could be Michael Fassbender.

There's a 1997 documentary called Inspirations, directed by Michael Apted, that features Bowie and the face-projection thing. It's a good doc.... also features Dale Chihuly, Roy Lichtenstein, Tadao Ando, Louise LeCavalier, Edouard Lock, and Nora Narano-Morse.
Anyway, here's the Bowie segment:

http://youtu.be/pDmb_aR_OnY

Sutekh
01-08-2013, 06:56 PM
The image with the grey square looks like it could be Michael Fassbender.

!!!

Seems so obvious now... he would be great in a biopic of some kind

Jinsai
01-08-2013, 06:58 PM
will he ever top this though? not sure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE


I was actually going to say that the new song sounds vaguely similar in some segments to the "chubby little loser" bits

Findus
01-08-2013, 07:13 PM
!!!

Seems so obvious now... he would be great in a biopic of some kind

In an article about Prometheus, Fassbender said: "I looked for inspiration in David Bowie and Greg Louganis."

Space Suicide
01-08-2013, 07:14 PM
Happy Birthday to David Bowie and Happy Birthday to us fans...almost 10 years since Reality came out.

SaintNoir
01-08-2013, 08:27 PM
Had to register finally after this great news! Been stoked all day.

Here is a really cool interview with Visconti... mentions a lot of things including that the album is more "rock" than the single lets on.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20953094

aggroculture
01-08-2013, 10:36 PM
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3781/db4c.jpg
From the new Rolling Stone. It's funny because it's true.

ManOfAtom
01-09-2013, 06:42 AM
According to iTunes, the album is a iTunes exclusive and only sold in 119 countries trough iTunes. No physical copy foreseen.

SOURCE:
http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/08/16411168-david-bowie-returns-with-first-album-in-10-years-the-next-day?lite

This says the single is an iTunes exclusive, it isn't clear about the album.

SaintNoir
01-09-2013, 08:50 AM
This says the single is an iTunes exclusive, it isn't clear about the album.

Amazon has a preorder up for a physical copy. So, I doubt it is an iTunes exclusive (though digital exclusive is possible).
http://www.amazon.com/The-Next-Day-David-Bowie/dp/B00AYHK7RU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357742953&sr=8-1&keywords=david+bowie+the+next+day

DVYDRNS
01-09-2013, 09:42 AM
What was david bowie working on in 2008? I was working at apple then, and I helped his guitarist multiple times with some stuff. He said they were in Westlake recording stuff...

did it never get released?

allegro
01-09-2013, 09:57 AM
will he ever top this though? not sure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE
hahahahaha I will NEVER stop laughing at that EVAH hahahahahahaaaa

Ryan
01-09-2013, 05:42 PM
David Bowie (Official) (http://www.facebook.com/davidbowie?ref=stream)
EXCLUSIVE JIMMY KING BOWIE BIRTHDAY PHOTOGRAPH

"Photograph King, watches you go..."

Here's another treat from Jimmy King...an exclusive photograph of David Bowie taken while having lunch at a Japanese restaurant yesterday.

Now that is the look of a man at peace with himself having just heard about some of the reaction to yesterday's announcements...possibly.

Isn't it lovely that we are being spoilt so rotten on Bowie's birthday?


http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/19225_10151174237357665_1508078948_n.jpg

uroboros
01-09-2013, 06:22 PM
I've been saying for years that he was un-officially semi-retired. The die-hard fanbase thinks his health went south. There is some justification for this due to ['evidence'] over the last decade. Nevertheless I really thought that the appropriate "Bring Me the Disco King" was the last we were gonna hear from him. Thank science that he has re-emerged. I do so hope it is w/ Garson & Dorsey in tow.

Also, for of those who didn't know, his lost 2001 album, Toy, was leaked many moons back. Tis the missing link twixt 'hours...' and "Heathen". Essential for the rabid fanatics...and humanity in general.

Welcome back to this earthly plane, good duke.

botley
01-10-2013, 09:14 AM
What was david bowie working on in 2008? I was working at apple then, and I helped his guitarist multiple times with some stuff. He said they were in Westlake recording stuff...

did it never get released?
You mean this guitarist (http://ultimateclassicrock.com/earl-slick-david-bowie-new-album-interview/)? Great interview with lots of info in that link.

As far as I know, 2008 doesn't really fit in this album's recording timeline, based on what we know, so perhaps there was something else being worked on in LA.

uroboros
01-10-2013, 02:59 PM
I believe i actively dislike the album cover. Which prolly goes to show how db breaks even MY expectations. So kudos to him for crushing the usual traditions. I prefer my album covers to provoke a unique emotional reponse towards the content within. It does that but not the way i am used to. A MS paint of the heroes cover is kinda infuriating. I hate to hate it. But i love to hate hating it. Damn you, bowie! So continues the db fanatics emotional turmoil. He hasnt missed a beat in the past decade.

thelastdisciple
01-10-2013, 03:24 PM
Is it just me or does that new pic of Bowie make him look like an action figure?

Findus
01-10-2013, 07:27 PM
Is it just me or does that new pic of Bowie make him look like an action figure?

Either an action figure, or a character from The Polar Express, or some other Robert Zemeckis mo-cap movie (but not Beowulf, because of that hat and shirt).

allegro
01-10-2013, 08:18 PM
Either an action figure, or a character from The Polar Express, or some other Robert Zemeckis mo-cap movie (but not Beowulf, because of that hat and shirt).
It looks like it's been airbrushed to within an inch of its life. He looks like a paper delivery boy in the 1920s.



MS paint of the heroes cover is kinda infuriating. I hate to hate it. But i love to hate hating it. Damn you, bowie! So continues the db fanatics emotional turmoil. He hasnt missed a beat in the past decade.
Ever study the Dada movement? Maybe it's a big fuck you to album cover art. You know, like Fountain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)) by Duchamp was anti-art. Like the White Album. (Or "Smell the Glove.")

Speaking of visual arts, I like the odd visuals in the video.

uroboros
01-10-2013, 10:09 PM
Ever study the Dada movement? Maybe it's a big fuck you to album cover art. You know, like Fountain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)) by Duchamp was anti-art. Like the White Album. (Or "Smell the Glove.")Speaking of visual arts, I like the odd visuals in the video.I've never seen it done. I respect the choice from such a watershed artist. Its so grating. No cover has bothered me so. Tis actually shocking artwork. And thats coming from ole densenstized me. So amen to that. I cant wait to see it on vinyl. Duncan directed the vid! Good to see their first public collabortion.Props to ya for the smell the glove ref!

(Writ on a bus)

jmtd
01-11-2013, 03:07 AM
The cover really pops in a gallery of postage sized pics... Such as an amazon search for "David Bowie". Sadly that's the way most folks see the stuff now.

Fixer808
01-11-2013, 03:27 AM
I was actually going to say that the new song sounds vaguely similar in some segments to the "chubby little loser" bits
The goddamned irony is Bowie probably can compose awesome songs this easily, the bastard...

kenthebear
01-11-2013, 08:24 AM
Hope he does another album like earthling, but as the modern equivalent is dubstep, do it with skrillex.

that would be 'cool'.

fillow
01-11-2013, 08:37 AM
please facepalm the post above for me

jmtd
01-11-2013, 10:46 AM
please facepalm the post above for me

Your wish is my command.

kenthebear
01-11-2013, 11:50 AM
Looks like SOME people can't handle the WUB.

Anyway, no live shows to promote the album, but rumours of Bowie doing a DJ set dropping noisia, nero and excision remain undenied.

http://www.nme.com/news/david-bowie/68126

ghostaustin
01-11-2013, 11:57 AM
Hope he does another album like earthling, but as the modern equivalent is dubstep, do it with skrillex.

that would be 'cool'.

Speaking of Earthling, am I the only person that likes that album?

witte
01-11-2013, 12:17 PM
http://pitchfork.com/news/49125-david-bowie-probably-wont-perform-live-ever-again/

:(

seasonsinthesky
01-11-2013, 02:01 PM
Speaking of Earthling, am I the only person that likes that album?

i think Outside has much better-written material from his electronic period. i enjoy nearly every song on it, while the majority of Earthling just... irritates me.