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Re: David Bowie

Postby starmandb » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:03 pm

Couple of big announcements today zenith
His headline set from Glastonbury 2000 is being shown on BBC 4 in October
At the time they only showed the first 5 songs plus the encore
But they are showing an hours worth
The whole set was recorded so I'm sure it will all turn up one day
The other thing is the first 5 years screening in the new year
Sounds like they have dug up some unseen stuff
Including a rejection from the BBC in 1965
One of the reason sighted was no personality
I guess that's why he went on to find many of them
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Re: David Bowie

Postby Zenith » Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:31 am

Looking forward to this.

Sounds like the BBC editors had a serious mare in '65.

''He's a young maverick with long hair, he therefore lacks personality, so let's scratch this one."

Thankfully western society has made up a lot of ground on this front.
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Re: David Bowie

Postby UFGN » Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:42 am

I've just been at a venue called Hideaway in Streatham watching what was essentially a Bowie tribute night

The singers were David Mcalmont and Sam Obernik. Mcalmont is a truly world class singer. He had some success in the 90s as Mcalmont and Butler, which was a duo of him and Bernard Butler formerly of Suede.

This was billed as a Bowie tribute and so it was. David Mcalmont didn't sing any of his own material. If I'm honest I was a little disappointed with some of the interpretations of Bowie's music. Several of the versions were heavily stylised and not at all faithful to the original music

This was a shame because I had presumed that Mcalmont would open up the pipes and really belt out the tunes like he so clearly is capable of doing. I'm not really a fan of tribute acts, I went because it was him.

That said I thought there were some nice moments. "Life on Mars", sung by Sam Obernik, a duet of "Under Pressure" and a beautiful version of "Quicksand", again by Obernik

Mcalmont finished with an unexpected but very welcome "Modern Love" followed finally by "Young Americans"

Overall, a good night but I felt, a missed opportunity.
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Re: David Bowie

Postby Rockape » Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:25 am

Yeah agree...if you're going to do a tribute act then you've got to get it spot on, not do some wanky version of it. There are some amazing tribute acts out there (generally) and the best ones get the smallest details right.
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Re: David Bowie

Postby starmandb » Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:30 pm

A late heads up for the Bowie doc the first 5 years shown on BBC 2 last weekend
Some good stuff in there including a brief clip of starman on the long lost Ayesha show
A real glimpse into the overnight success( he had about 6 years in bands trying lots of different styles) and even after space oddity it was another 3 years before he went huge.
The failures helped feed into the success later
It has been a fantastic trilogy
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Re: David Bowie

Postby starmandb » Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:34 am

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Rip Scott walker
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Re: David Bowie

Postby UFGN » Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:40 am

Did.... Did..... Did....


Did....

Did Starman just post a YouTube video?
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Re: David Bowie

Postby starmandb » Tue Mar 26, 2019 7:54 am

UFGN wrote:Did.... Did..... Did....


Did....

Did Starman just post a YouTube video?

I did but I had to lift it from an old zenith post
If you are unaware of some of Scott walkers cannon mate check him out
Was a huge influence on so many including Jarvis and pulp
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Re: David Bowie

Postby UFGN » Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:00 pm

starmandb wrote:
UFGN wrote:Did.... Did..... Did....


Did....

Did Starman just post a YouTube video?

I did but I had to lift it from an old zenith post
If you are unaware of some of Scott walkers cannon mate check him out
Was a huge influence on so many including Jarvis and pulp


OK I'll give him a listen
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Re: David Bowie

Postby Callum » Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:33 am

Let's give this legendary thread a nudge, shall we?

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Re: David Bowie

Postby starmandb » Wed Jan 08, 2020 3:52 pm

Would have been 73 today
They are releasing the BBC radio show he did for his 50th birthday
As part of record store day
Some good stuff on there
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Re: David Bowie

Postby Pat Rice in Short Shorts » Thu Jan 09, 2020 1:51 am

starmandb wrote:Would have been 73 today
They are releasing the BBC radio show he did for his 50th birthday
As part of record store day
Some good stuff on there


Indeed. RIP David.


God I keep wishing he had a few more gems in the pipeline. There is Life on Mars.
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Re: David Bowie

Postby starmandb » Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:24 pm

Some unreleased Bowie material coming out tomorrow
Baby universal ( an earthling out take)
I can't read (an earthling out take)
Fun( a drum and base take on fame)
Stay 97
Nuts( more drum and bass from the earthling sessions)
The man who sold the world( recorded November 96 and played on the BBC on his 50th birthday in 1997
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Re: David Bowie

Postby Pat Rice in Short Shorts » Thu Feb 13, 2020 8:47 pm

starmandb wrote:Some unreleased Bowie material coming out tomorrow
Baby universal ( an earthling out take)
I can't read (an earthling out take)
Fun( a drum and base take on fame)
Stay 97
Nuts( more drum and bass from the earthling sessions)
The man who sold the world( recorded November 96 and played on the BBC on his 50th birthday in 1997


Very cool.

I am quite surprised that more from the Ziggy/Aladdin Sane era has not come out. Not sure who owns the rights now. What albums did Bowie bonds cover? I was thinking it was from Outside onwards?
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Re: David Bowie

Postby starmandb » Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:36 pm

Pat Rice in Short Shorts wrote:
starmandb wrote:Some unreleased Bowie material coming out tomorrow
Baby universal ( an earthling out take)
I can't read (an earthling out take)
Fun( a drum and base take on fame)
Stay 97
Nuts( more drum and bass from the earthling sessions)
The man who sold the world( recorded November 96 and played on the BBC on his 50th birthday in 1997


Very cool.

I am quite surprised that more from the Ziggy/Aladdin Sane era has not come out. Not sure who owns the rights now. What albums did Bowie bonds cover? I was thinking it was from Outside onwards?

The only songs I am aware of from the ziggy/ Aladdin sane era not to have seen the light of day are its gonna rain again( apparently he performed this at Glastonbury in 1971) only one paper left and something happens, most of the other outakes like velvet goldmine , sweet head round and round etc have turned up on other things. But who knows? Would be great if more surfaced. I believe the Bowie estate now own his catalogue, the bonds covered the albums hours, heathen and reality but my understanding is that it covered his back catalogue during that 10 year period as well with an income for him and a definite percentage for the buyer. The timing was good for Bowie but it seemed not so good for the buyer as it came at a time when record sales plummeted.
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