David Bowie

[Ryan]

Jesus fucking Christ look at the prices -

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...ie+vinyl+clear

[Rdm]

Jesus fucking Christ look at the prices -

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...ie+vinyl+clear

wow and people are actually bidding on them.

[Ryan]

wow and people are actually bidding on them.

wow cuntish sarcasm.

[ibanez33]

Managed to snag one of the last copies we had at work of Space Oddity... Guess I need to buy a poster frame now, too:

[Space Suicide]

Jesus fucking Christ look at the prices -

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...ie+vinyl+clear

wow and people are actually bidding on them.

I wouldn't even sell it for big bucks unless I was dire in finances awhile from now. Why sell a limited edition copy of Bowie's last album on vinyl? Crazy.

[SaintNoir]

Geez. I purchased a copy of that clear vinyl on a whim really. Didn't realize it was going for so much. I've enjoyed listening to it!

[frankie teardrop]

I wouldn't even sell it for big bucks unless I was dire in finances awhile from now. Why sell a limited edition copy of Bowie's last album on vinyl? Crazy.

opportunism.

[Space Suicide]

opportunism.

Well yeah but fucking a.

[thevoid99]

Well, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is going to do a concert to the music of Bowie in June: http://music.blog.ajc.com/2016/01/25...ony-orchestra/

Hmm, should I go?

BTW, this who the Brits are having to pay tribute to Bowie: http://noisey.vice.com/en_au/blog/da...iseytwitteranz

I have no qualms about Adele while I do like Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher. Bono is OK but Coldplay? FUCK OFF!!!!

[allegro]

Iggy Pop talks about his friend David Bowie in the new Rolling Stone Bowie memorial issue.

[allegro]

Interview with Gail Ann Dorsey for the Rolling Stone Bowie memorial issue.

[Space Suicide]

Interview with Gail Ann Dorsey for the Rolling Stone Bowie memorial issue.

Cool! Was a good read as well. She was one of my favorite later band members. I like when she used to duet Under Pressure.

[Rdm]

wow cuntish sarcasm.

Lol, I'm going to be honest I have no idea if this is an insult towards me.


I love album and own the clear vinyl, I just was taken back that it's already worth so much. I guess it's what people want.

[seasonsinthesky]

Interview with Gail Ann Dorsey for the Rolling Stone Bowie memorial issue.

Bowie's unsung, uncelebrated hidden weapon. Dorsey was so integral when she was involved. The team of she and Gabrels were just unforgettable in every moment with DB.

[WorzelG]

Well, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is going to do a concert to the music of Bowie in June: http://music.blog.ajc.com/2016/01/25...ony-orchestra/

Hmm, should I go?

BTW, this who the Brits are having to pay tribute to Bowie: http://noisey.vice.com/en_au/blog/da...iseytwitteranz

I have no qualms about Adele while I do like Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher. Bono is OK but Coldplay? FUCK OFF!!!!

The Brits are an embarrassment, much worse than the Grammys. Who better to tribute Bowie than someone who he refused to collaborate with saying their song sucked?

[thevoid99]

Why couldn't they just have Suede do the tribute? Def Leppard I wouldn't mind because at least they were respectful to Bowie's music. For me, I would just book bands and artists that loved Bowie's music and knew it better than anyone. Get Brian Eno or people who played with Bowie to do the tribute. Not fucking Coldplay, those wankers suck.

[allegro]

This makes me so happy

[allegro]

I know I mentioned this doc earlier in this thread, but I highly recommend it, it's impressive the people the BBC got for this documentary (Jarvis Cocker of Pulp narrates), and it's REALLY true the influence Bowie had on young people and how he changed the entire culture, made being gay or bisexual totally cool, etc. My best friend eventually came out as bi and ended up living his life as gay, and as a "different" 7th grader his life could have been Hell but David Bowie made my friend's life a Hell of a lot easier and actually made my friend total CHICK BAIT; he was the King of the Drama Club, showed up in school with Sun-In'd hair and was Mr. Glam Cool Guy, etc. All due to David Bowie (and Ziggy) making all this totally cool. Bowie created a subculture of being whomever you wanted to be.

[onthewall2983]

Did the BBC do a documentary on him around the time of his 50th birthday or am I just mistaking it for the Earthling at 50 ​doc?

[allegro]

Did the BBC do a documentary on him around the time of his 50th birthday or am I just mistaking it for the Earthling at 50 ​doc?

The above BBC Ziggy doc is from June of 2012, the 40th anniversary of Ziggy.

This interview with Bowie in 2002 is really heavy.

[elevenism]

Bowie's unsung, uncelebrated hidden weapon. Dorsey was so integral when she was involved. The team of she and Gabrels were just unforgettable in every moment with DB.

She is an incredible bass player, and i LOVE the sound of the band when her bass is turned up loud (the heathen tv performances, the reality tour.)

and good GOD, Reeves Gabrel and that parker fly-he's one of my favorite guitarists of all time.

edit: and remember how Gail KILLED it on under pressure?

[allegro]

and remember how Gail KILLED it on under pressure?

Yet, in the above interview, she said she didn't think she would be able to sing and play bass on that song, said there was no way, and she was a huge Queen fan and was afraid of fucking it up, but Bowie gave her two weeks to learn it, and he had faith in her.

As already stated in this thread, my fave Bowie guitarist is Earl Slick.

[frankie teardrop]

my favorite is the underrated but amazing Carlos Alomar. Slick as a close second.

[allegro]

Ronson is pretty far up there, too, for writing such immortal guitar riffs.

[elevenism]

As already stated in this thread, my fave Bowie guitarist is Earl Slick.

I like Reeves Gabrels because i've flat out never heard anyone play guitar the way he does.
he can shred like all the other hot shot guitar players, but instead, more often than not, he creates bizarre sonic textures and makes the instrument wail and scream, using strange scales that i would never think to play. He's definitely one of the most unconventional and inventive guitarists i've ever heard (at least in his work with Bowie.)

Earl Slick ain't no joke himself, though, and he managed to recreate a lot of Gabrel's sounds on Bowie's Reality tour whenever they played songs from outside and earthling. Oh, and good god, how could i forget the first track on Heathen? That's also one of the coolest, most interesting uses of the guitar that i've ever heard.

Bowie tended to surround himself with amazing, unorthodox musicians. Most people don't realize (although i'm sure 99% of you guys do) that he "discovered" SRV.

[emptydesk]

Mick Ronson
Carlos Alomar
Robert Fripp
Adrian Belew
Earl Slick
Ricky Gardiner
Stacy Heydon
Reeves Gabrels
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Peter Frampton

Gabrels was perfect for his era, but in general I feel like he's a flashy overplayer and I've never really liked his 1997 guitar tone.

[thevoid99]

Bowie always worked with great guitar players but for me, it's always going to be Mick Ronson. I was watching Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars earlier today and I don't think Bowie has had better chemistry with anyone other than Ronson. Bowie said he found his Jeff Beck in Ronson and they were a perfect pair. If I were to rank Bowie's best guitarists. It would be like this:

1. Mick Ronson
2. Earl Slick
3. Carlos Alomar
4. Stevie Ray Vaughn
5. Robert Fripp
6. Adrian Belew
7. Reeves Gabrel
8. Peter Frampton
9. Gerry Leonard
10. Stacey Heydon

Honorable Mentions: Nile Rodgers, Kevin Armstrong, Page Hamilton, Ricky Gardiner, Alan Parker, and Marc Bolan.

As far as bass players, Gail I think was Bowie's best bassist as she just had a great sense of tone and playing while being this amazing foil for him. She brought that air of funk into the songs.

1. Gail Ann Dorsey
2. George Murray
3. Trevor Bolder
4. Tony Visconti
5. Carmine Rojas
6. Tony Sales
7. Edral Kiziclay
8. Herbie Flowers

In drums,

1. Dennis Davis
2. Woody Woodmansey
3. Tony Thompson
4. Sterling Campbell
5. Hunt Sales
6. Aynsley Dunbar
7. Zachary Alford

When I was watching Ziggy today, it was something I needed to see yet when it went into "My Death". I lost it as I was crying during that song as I think it's an appropriate song about death and that is the song I would want to be played at my funeral.

[allegro]

Bowie tended to surround himself with amazing, unorthodox musicians. Most people don't realize (although i'm sure 99% of you guys do) that he "discovered" SRV.

Well, and also Jackson Browne (Montreux Jazz Fest). And Stevie Ray Vaughan later bitched that Bowie was a cheapskate and didn't pay him enough ...

Bowie always worked with great guitar players but for me, it's always going to be Mick Ronson. I was watching Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars earlier today and I don't think Bowie has had better chemistry with anyone other than Ronson. Bowie said he found his Jeff Beck in Ronson and they were a perfect pair.

That's really true. Ronson was classically trained, and wrote RIFFS that are unforgettable in rock history. Ronson was known as the British Hendrix.

[allegro]

[allegro]

David Bowie wants his ashes scattered in Bali.