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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Jan 31, 2016 11:03:46 GMT -5
My thanks to Tom Stroud for sharing this fascinating clip from the BBC Arts website. It features producer Tony Visconti on the making of David Bowie's Heroes, guiding the listener through the original multitrack recording step-by-step. Those synths are beautiful, a lush soundscape in their own right. Amazing how they blend with Fripp's treated guitars. And it's a real treat to hear Bowie's incredible vocal on its own, with the increasing reverb FX as the song builds. Thanks once again, Dave. Fascinating. |
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Post by mkoasis on Jan 31, 2016 15:13:15 GMT -5
Been making my way through Bowie's back catalogue and I'm really enjoying discovering lesser known tunes and album cuts. That's always such a pleasure when you really get into an artist, making that journey from greatest hits fan to knowing all the albums' ups and downs. Anyhow, here's a few tunes I'm really enjoying:
When I Live My Dream (from Bowie '67 first album - sounds like the early Bee Gees)
God Knows I'm Good (from Space Oddity)
Queen Bitch (from Hunky Dory)
Lady Grinning Soul (from Aladdin Sane - what a tune!! so eerie)
In fact, the whole Aladdin Sane album is really good but I think the live cover of Lets Spend the Night Together lets it down. It feels out of place and the cover is a nice tribute, would be great live at a gig I'm sure, but on the album it drops the momentum that was building. I wonder if listeners to the Masterplan album felt the same way about the I Am the Walrus inclusion when they first heard the album. Either way, I think Aladdin San would have been better and more cohesive at 9 tracks.
And there's this...very early Mod Bowie. Check it out! There's a good chance Noel will rip something off of this bunch of songs for his next album...
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Post by davidjay on Feb 4, 2016 14:00:04 GMT -5
The Man Who Sold the World, spinning on a high-end turntable.
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Post by mkoasis on Feb 4, 2016 21:27:45 GMT -5
Listening to the Lodger album from 1979, its an interesting one. On first listen, its decent but not worth a second listen. Upon that second listen, I appreciate the more worldly weirdness of it. Still very understated and restrained in its style but that is not a bad thing, just a description.
Songs of interest: DJ, Look Back in Anger, African Night Flight, Yassasin: Turkish for Long Live
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Feb 5, 2016 8:19:33 GMT -5
Listening to the Lodger album from 1979, its an interesting one. On first listen, its decent but not worth a second listen. Upon that second listen, I appreciate the more worldly weirdness of it. Still very understated and restrained in its style but that is not a bad thing, just a description. Songs of interest: DJ, Look Back in Anger, African Night Flight, Yassasin: Turkish for Long Live It's a grower, that's for sure. Nice to see someone else mention Yassasin, it NEVER seems to get mentioned in reviews. I'm keen on all the songs you mentioned actually, apart from Look Back In Anger, which has never done anything for me. Not yet, anyway... I would add Fantastic Voyage into the mix as well, that song blew me away from my very first listen. And I'm quite a big fan of Boys Keep Swinging too (as I am of any song that lampoons masculinity) - Bowie's vocals are hilarious on that one. You can hear the precursor of Scary Monsters in the guitar on the one. Great baseline at the end as well. |
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Post by matt on Feb 8, 2016 16:04:42 GMT -5
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Post by mimmihopps on Feb 9, 2016 2:40:09 GMT -5
There was a original drawing he made for Heroes album art at the Bowie exhibition among with the another drawings/paintings made by him. There was also a painting of Yukio Mishima he made. I didn't know he was a huge fan of his, I knew Jean-Jacques Burnel was. |
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Post by mimmihopps on Feb 9, 2016 10:06:09 GMT -5
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Post by Jailbird on Feb 9, 2016 10:38:21 GMT -5
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Post by lahaine on Feb 16, 2016 17:06:09 GMT -5
Broke my heart the day he died. The Man's a LEGEND and you can only put that word to a few musicians/Artists and Bowie was one.
No one was cooler then him, that's a fact. His run of albums from Hunky Dory to Scary Monsters was one of the greatest runs by anyone since the Beatles. For me Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane is the greatest hat trick of albums to ever grace Rock N Roll. He happily scrap one thing (Glam Rock) to chase his muse (plastic Soul)and he wouldn't give a damn if no one liked it or not. He had his weak moments like any great (Mid 80's to early 90's) but his last few albums were all very good.
Sadly missed but never forgotten.
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Post by Norbert Gallhager on Feb 25, 2016 6:26:34 GMT -5
I haven't watched the Brits, but judging by Liam's tweets and the general opinion on the Brits on here, I assume this was by far the best part of it:
Great speeches and to have his last live band play was probably the best it could get as a tribute. To be honest, until now I only heard the name Lorde (I don't even know how to pronounce it), but never consciously listened to her music, still got no idea what she's doing, but she has a great voice and did really great, very impressive, especially since she's apparently only 19 years old.
Duncan liked it as well, which is nice:
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Post by Norbert Gallhager on Mar 4, 2016 17:27:32 GMT -5
I just wanted to share this film of the "David Bowie Is" exhibition. I've been to the exhibition for the second time two weeks ago in Groningen and was anew blown away. But for those of you who can't make it to Groningen or Tokyo (where it will go after that), this film is really great. By the way, I might have said before that I've been heavily listening to his studio albums (instead of only best ofs) for the last couple of months. I have to say that it has been such a great journey and continues to be. It reminds me of the discussion we recently had in which I also said that I like best ofs but just to get an overview and then dig deeper into the actual albums. And let me tell you: It's soooo much better to finally get to know his studio albums. I can't get enough of Aladdin Sane, Station to Station, Hunky Dory and Low at the moment. He surely already is one of my favourite artists ever by now, I can't get my head around how good he was and how great his music is. Funny side note: I've bought a poster of the exhibition with Bowie's head (Aladdin Sane style, but with eyes open) and placed it directly across from my bed, so when I wake up and open my eyes, it seems like he's been staring at me the whole night, kind of creepy but I'm liking it (so far...and the picture is great, so...)  He's actually staring at me RIGHT NOW as well while typing this! It's this one  |
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Mar 4, 2016 19:53:09 GMT -5
Norbert Gallhager , you sound like an even bigger Bowie freak than I am! What're your top ten Zavid tunes?
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Post by Norbert Gallhager on Mar 4, 2016 20:28:22 GMT -5
Norbert Gallhager , you sound like an even bigger Bowie freak than I am! What're your top ten Zavid tunes? You know, I still kind of feel guilty and like jumping on the bandwagon since he died, not inside, but when I speak to others. And you maybe know that I can get very enthusiastic about stuff, especially music-related Since I am still discovering new songs, I can't really name a definite top 10 yet, but I can tell you which songs I can't stop listening to atm: Station to Station Golden Years Breaking Glass Be My Wife Moonage Daydream Lady Grinning Soul Aladdin Sane Panic in Detroit (I could name all of Aladdin Sane) Queen Bitch Andy Warhol and a newer one: Dancing out in space (it is one of those songs that creates a very special atmosphere) |
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Post by mimmihopps on Mar 5, 2016 5:30:12 GMT -5
Norbert Gallhager, I just went to Groningen to visit the exhibition yesterday for the second time. Still very fascinating stuff and fascinating man. I'm kinda glad that the exhibition isn't holding in Amsterdam. Rather small museum like Groninger Museum suits to him and his work. Exhibiton has been extended for a month, so I might go there one more time.
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Post by Norbert Gallhager on Mar 5, 2016 5:40:43 GMT -5
Norbert Gallhager, I just went to Groningen to visit the exhibition yesterday for the second time. Still very fascinating stuff and fascinating man. I'm kinda glad that the exhibition isn't holding in Amsterdam. Rather small museum like Groninger Museum suits to him and his work. Exhibiton has been extended for a month, so I might go there one more time. You can spend a whole day there and you still feel like you need more time. I see why you want to go for a third time  And it's really quite cheap, if you consider the quality AND quantity you get. 15 € for students. Apart from that, I found the feeling quite fascinating to be standing in front of a costume he actually wore and which I've seen on YouTube multiple times. I was thinking to myself: Okay, this is the closest you will ever get to Bowie. And of course, the handwritten lyrics are a real gem...as well as countless other stuff, really. |
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Post by Norbert Gallhager on Mar 5, 2016 5:49:12 GMT -5
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Post by mimmihopps on Mar 5, 2016 5:50:34 GMT -5
Norbert Gallhager, I just went to Groningen to visit the exhibition yesterday for the second time. Still very fascinating stuff and fascinating man. I'm kinda glad that the exhibition isn't holding in Amsterdam. Rather small museum like Groninger Museum suits to him and his work. Exhibiton has been extended for a month, so I might go there one more time. You can spend a whole day there and you still feel like you need more time. I see why you want to go for a third time And it's really quite cheap, if you consider the quality AND quantity you get. 15 € for students. Apart from that, I found the feeling quite fascinating to be standing in front of a costume he actually wore and which I've seen on YouTube multiple times. I was thinking to myself: Okay, this is the closest you will ever get to Bowie. And of course, the handwritten lyrics are a real gem...as well as countless other stuff, really. Lucky you, cos I had to pay 23 Euro's. I completely agree with you about the feeling you get when you're there. It's a magical, with your headset, you're one with Bowie in his world. I saw stuff yesterday which I must have missed last time like a letter from his mother. Mean Mrs. Mustard and @tjelke, I truly recommend you to visit the exhibition even it's a long journey to get Groningen. |
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Post by mimmihopps on Mar 5, 2016 5:55:09 GMT -5
Handwritten lyrics notes for Ashes to Ashes, Fame and Starman. Especially Ashes to Ashes. and the costume he wore for "Ashes to Ashes" promo clip. "Scary Monsters" was/is my favourite album and my memory of youth was locked in the song. What's yours, Norbert Gallhager? |
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Post by Norbert Gallhager on Mar 5, 2016 6:15:53 GMT -5
Handwritten lyrics notes for Ashes to Ashes, Fame and Starman. Especially Ashes to Ashes. and the costume he wore for "Ashes to Ashes" promo clip. "Scary Monsters" was/is my favourite album and my memory of youth was locked in the song. What's yours, Norbert Gallhager? I loved to see the Thin White Duke suit and the costume for the Ashes to Ashes video. Another special moment was entering the last room with the "live atmosphere" and seeing the costume he wore as Ziggy designed by Yamamoto up in the air, I can't explain it properly to those who weren't there, but you might know what I mean.  Apart from that, I really enjoyed the part about his songwriting techniques (it's also in the film I posted earlier) like the Cut-technique (?) and that Verbasizer machine he invented. Another highlight for me was a situation in which a woman loudly sang "Boys Keep Swinging" while the video was shown. There were some of these moments in which fans couldn't keep their enthusiasm to themselves I also really liked his paintings of Iggy and basically everything that gave you an insight into the process of his creative mind, like the original lyrics, sheet music and the storyboard of his videos, album cover designs, the list goes on. There is no doubt that he really had a vision every time an was in control of every tiny aspect. |
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Post by Mean Mrs. Mustard on Mar 5, 2016 7:01:22 GMT -5
You can spend a whole day there and you still feel like you need more time. I see why you want to go for a third time And it's really quite cheap, if you consider the quality AND quantity you get. 15 € for students. Apart from that, I found the feeling quite fascinating to be standing in front of a costume he actually wore and which I've seen on YouTube multiple times. I was thinking to myself: Okay, this is the closest you will ever get to Bowie. And of course, the handwritten lyrics are a real gem...as well as countless other stuff, really. Lucky you, cos I had to pay 23 Euro's. I completely agree with you about the feeling you get when you're there. It's a magical, with your headset, you're one with Bowie in his world. I saw stuff yesterday which I must have missed last time like a letter from his mother. Mean Mrs. Mustard and @tjelke, I truly recommend you to visit the exhibition even it's a long journey to get Groningen. Would love to go there, but right now for me it's not possible to travel that far, due to circumstances. And not only that, but I wouldn't know when to go there. Last Saturday I was supposed to go to some Bowie tribute thing too, with visuals and fashion stuff, but couldn't make that either. Oh well. I love reading all of your stories. Til when is the exposition opened anyway? |
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Mar 5, 2016 8:30:03 GMT -5
Heaven knows I'd love to go, but we've not had it in England since 2013. If it comes back round our way (well, London's way, at least), I'll be sure to go. |
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Post by mimmihopps on Mar 5, 2016 13:56:56 GMT -5
Lucky you, cos I had to pay 23 Euro's. I completely agree with you about the feeling you get when you're there. It's a magical, with your headset, you're one with Bowie in his world. I saw stuff yesterday which I must have missed last time like a letter from his mother. Mean Mrs. Mustard and @tjelke, I truly recommend you to visit the exhibition even it's a long journey to get Groningen. Would love to go there, but right now for me it's not possible to travel that far, due to circumstances. And not only that, but I wouldn't know when to go there. Last Saturday I was supposed to go to some Bowie tribute thing too, with visuals and fashion stuff, but couldn't make that either. Oh well. I love reading all of your stories. Til when is the exposition opened anyway? Until 10th April. www.groningermuseum.nl/tentoonstelling/david-bowie?gclid=COjoyMecqssCFRSeGwod0wULVg |
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Post by Mean Mrs. Mustard on Mar 5, 2016 14:01:26 GMT -5
Would love to go there, but right now for me it's not possible to travel that far, due to circumstances. And not only that, but I wouldn't know when to go there. Last Saturday I was supposed to go to some Bowie tribute thing too, with visuals and fashion stuff, but couldn't make that either. Oh well. I love reading all of your stories. Til when is the exposition opened anyway? Until 10th April. www.groningermuseum.nl/tentoonstelling/david-bowie?gclid=COjoyMecqssCFRSeGwod0wULVgGreat, thanks! Will see if I can make it. |
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