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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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 Posted - 09/08/2005 : 08:32:55
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Originally posted by darwin
I have Ziggy, Diamond Dogs, Station to Station, and Space Oddity. What should I get next?
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2005 : 13:26:14
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i just saw life aquatic with steve something and really like queen bitch.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2005 : 14:59:11
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| i like that Seu Jorge covered some of his more obscure songs, like "When I Live My Dream".. . the soundtrack only has 5 or so.. but he performs 11 bowie songs in the film . i heard they're on the DVD |
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WrongtimeCapsule
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Posted - 09/10/2005 : 00:29:56
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there are few things better than the man who sold the world.
*blinking lights* |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2005 : 08:19:15
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| Queen Bitch is like the first ever punk song. :) |
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2491 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2005 : 13:20:36
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Yeah, the DVD has a whole host of the Seu Jorge songs.
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hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =
France
696 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2005 : 02:08:26
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Originally posted by WrongtimeCapsule
there are few things better than the man who sold the world.
*blinking lights*
One can't say which album was better than the other in his 70's era.
It's like asking which country is better than the other. It is not necessary Holland! Once more you need ALL the BOWIE ALBUMS if you really liked one. And the Man Who sold... is a corner stone in terms of music and lyrics in Bowie's carrier.
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hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =
France
696 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2005 : 02:09:35
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But maybe you meant that not a lot of things were better than The Man who Sold...
Arsse! I'm French!
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2005 : 08:47:11
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Originally posted by Carl
Queen Bitch is like the first ever punk song. :)
Hey I forgot!
My quote in my profile is;
"If she says she can do it, she can do it,she don't make false claims."
I love the way he says that line for some reason, makes me giggle.
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2005 : 08:50:49
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Red light, green light
Make up your mind
Red light, green light
You're far too un-kind
She loves to love all beauty
And she says the norm is funny
But she whimpers in the morning
When she finds she has no money
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Chip Away Boy
= Cult of Ray =
914 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2005 : 15:54:30
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he sings so silly sometimes
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2005 : 19:00:12
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Ooooo ooo oooo, did I say Moonage Daydream already?
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 09/12/2005 : 19:39:55
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Oh yeah!
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2005 : 20:33:16
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i like bowie. funny thing is seems like lots of other people do too. he's the artist most likely to be "borrowed indefinately" or had the five finger discount from my collection. i should buy some more copies of his stuff becasue i miss it.
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2005 : 00:03:45
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| I like Bowie in interviews and stuff, he seems like a good guy but I could never get into most of his music. He always seemed like some sort of fashionista to me. However, I like the "Let's Dance" record which I'm pretty sure is considered his corniest release so what do I know? |
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hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =
France
696 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2005 : 00:32:22
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Originally posted by HeywoodJablome
I like Bowie in interviews and stuff, he seems like a good guy but I could never get into most of his music. He always seemed like some sort of fashionista to me. However, I like the "Let's Dance" record which I'm pretty sure is considered his corniest release so what do I know?
All you have to do now is to read again the whole topic and follow members's advice, especially mine... And if you still can't get into Bowie, add butter...
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2005 : 06:26:26
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I said this before but I'm saying it again.
When I went to the Bowie concert a kid beside me said "hey isn't that a Nirvana tune?" when he played man who sold the world.
I almost asked him to step outside...
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Chip Away Boy
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 09/13/2005 : 12:02:55
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| you were going to kick his face in? How old was this poor lad? |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2005 : 18:38:12
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| I want a biddadeebobbadee hat! |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2005 : 07:58:04
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You're so cool in your satin and tat Carl.
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hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =
France
696 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2005 : 07:59:07
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I want you BIG BROTHER!!!!!
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hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =
France
696 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2005 : 08:03:17
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Christ! You're BEAUTIFUL!!!!
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hWolsky
= Cult of Ray =
France
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2005 : 08:11:23
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Originally posted by Chip Away Boy
you were going to kick his face in? How old was this poor lad?
Hell yeah I was gonna kick his ass!
Maybe 18.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2005 : 11:52:12
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Bowie looks like a facistic faux-futuristic 80's zombie in those pics.
Or something! |
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tisasawath
= Cult of Ray =
Wallis and Futuna Islands
783 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2007 : 08:01:45
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He's been round the sun 60 times now. Happy B-day!
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2491 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2007 : 08:31:43
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 01/08/2007 : 12:49:24
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Belated Happy 60th, Bowie dahlink!
http://www.therockradio.com/2007/01/happy-60th-birthday-david-bowie.html
Monday, January 08, 2007
Happy 60th birthday David Bowie
David Bowie turns 60 years old today (January 8th). Bowie has laid relatively low in recent years, ever since he had a heart attack while on his A Reality world tour in 2004, but he has popped up for appearances here and there, including two last year -- the Keep A Child Alive Annual Black Ball benefit in New York City to raise money for AIDS treatments worldwide, and with David Gilmour at the Royal Albert Hall in London to sing the early Pink Floyd single "Arnold Layne," which has been released commercially by Gilmour.
Next up for Bowie is the first-ever High Line Festival in New York City in May, which he co-founded, and which he'll curate and perform at. He's also said to be working on material for a new album, but there's been no word on how far along he is with the process.
One thing the new album won't be is a covers project. Bowie told us that it's discussed all the time, but that he just can't imagine doing what he did on his 1973 album Pin Ups: "(Producer) Tony Visconti and I have often thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to do this song, or that song -- or we could do a Pin Ups 2.' Blah-blah-blah. But there again, I keep writing, so that kind of rules out doing another covers album."
The eccentric performer also told us that he has no interest in following what the record company does in terms of reissuing his older material: "I gotta say, I've got blinkers on for all that. I just try so hard to stay in the moment. It's quite easy to do -- I'm quite good at ignoring things."
If Bowie returns to a regular performing schedule, he told us that he'll have to gut it out on a few numbers: "I wish I wasn't so wordy on some songs (laughs). I just don't retain the lyrics, either -- you know, I can come off the road and it'll be, like, two weeks later, and I can't remember a word."
He also told us that, like a lot of performers, he sometimes has trouble remembering the lyrics to all his songs, but he'll never use a teleprompter: "It doesn't feel right. I take a music stand out with me, and it's almost like a superstition now, 'cause if I don't have the music stand out there and the book of my lyrics on it, I fear that I won't remember them. But if I've got the book there, I don't often have to refer to it. It's a peculiar thing."
Bowie threw himself a party and concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City 10 years ago, to mark his 50th birthday. The event featured Lou Reed, Robert Smith of the Cure, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies leader Frank Black, and members of Foo Fighters and Sonic Youth. Before the show started, Bowie credited some of his guests with keeping him fresh: "People like Sonic Youth and Frank Black were major influences on me in the '80s, when I was singing and working on stuff that, really, I was indifferent to. What I was actually doing was going home and listening to the Pixies and Sonic Youth, but that's how life is. But I got wise -- I wised up -- and now I just do what I want to do." |
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
1446 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2007 : 19:01:26
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| His album Hours from about five years ago is very underrated. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 01/17/2007 : 09:19:50
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David Bowie moves in mysterious ways
The Age | Saturday, 13 January 2007
Would you believe it? Ziggy Stardust, aka David Bowie, is 60. By Michael Dwyer.
David Bowie as Nikola Tesla is a crafty piece of casting. He barely appears in Christopher Nolan's film The Prestige, but his elusive character sheds a vast, unifying, enigmatic glow across the film's tortuous narrative.
Tesla was a unique and divisive figure in the early 1900s. All who embraced modernity would listen to his radio in the light of his AC current, though he was variously considered genius, quack, charlatan and showman. A century later, well, let's just say that David Bowie has certainly illuminated a few more corners.
Now 60 and playing himself, he looks very much the aged oracle in Wim Wenders' short film, The World's Greatest Record Stores. His once peerless cheekbones are dimpled anchor points for sagging jowls. His hair is a mousy brown coif where crazy styles and colours have come and gone. A black skivvy abdicates his longstanding fashion-icon credentials.
Bowie's voice is weathered too, as he makes comments between a series of interviews with owners of specialist record stores from Sao Paulo to Tokyo, Chicago to Brisbane.
"Hearing these people talk about their jobs working in record stores is really exhilarating," he croaks wistfully, like a man watching his youth flash before him in the half-light.
"They're all talking with the same energy about the same subject: just being knocked out by music that you've never heard before. Listening for new things is a real driving force for me, and I know I couldn't have lived my life without that ...
"Happy listening," he smiles, like a fading, affectionate uncle.
Bowie's strange new gig is in the employ of Nokia, whose portable digital media devices are flourishing like weeds where record shops are closing daily. Wenders' film is, hence, a profoundly ironic advertisement for Nokia's new online initiative, musicrecommenders.com. But from Ziggy Stardust to Nikola Tesla, David Bowie has always been a profoundly ironic kind of guy.
He's the appointed "godfather" of Music Recommenders, a site dedicated to expert, independent advice on new music, continually updated by 40 hip music stores around the world – and Bowie. The role fits him like a black skivvy: he's been a visionary conduit between old and new; obscure and mainstream; difficult and cool sounds and technologies for 51 years.
Well, that long in his dreams. David Robert Jones was nine when his father brought home his first stack of 45s by the Moonglows, Fats Domino, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, the Platters and Little Richard. He told biographer David Buckley he had to play them on a 78rpm gramophone, spinning them with his finger till they sounded "wonky and wobbly", but about right to his ear. It was a poetic precedent for his future as a cunning manipulator of found sounds.
His penchant for filtering and processing disparate elements from the fringes of popular culture would define Bowie's very particular gift to rock'n'roll come the 1970s. Though often derided by genre purists for his opportunistic dilettantism (Mick Jagger once sniffed "he'd steal your shoes if he thought he could use them in his next show"), he dragged into the mainstream a range of influences that commercial forces might never have entertained.
Most commonly cited are Lou Reed's Velvet Underground and Iggy Pop's Stooges who, without Bowie's recommendations, might never have reached the ears of Sonic Youth, the Pixies, REM, Nirvana and countless other architects of 80s and 90s youth culture.
Less often credited is Bowie's brazen appropriation of black soul music with Young Americans circa 75, a chart-topping entree for the Bee Gees' earth-shattering disco crossover.#paraBy that time, he was hearing new music again. The relatively few believers who followed the newly christened Thin White Duke to Berlin were among the first kids to hear NEU!, Kraftwerk and other robotic drones, textures and techniques that would infuse the new romantic, hip-hop and dance music waves of the future.
What was perennially attractive about Bowie was his refusal to make his bed with any of the musical movements he had heard coming. He was the seer, the recommender, the restless agent provocateur, and nobody's dancing monkey.
Under that kind of pressure, it's easy to see why he killed himself off with his ingeniously self-referential Scary Monsters album at the end of the 70s, and why, exhausted and underpaid for his efforts, he opted to pander to the lucrative mainstream with Let's Dance onwards.
Ten years ago, Bowie shrewdly threw his own 50th birthday party at Madison Square Garden. Any interim suggestion that he'd misplaced his currency was roundly refuted by his backing band: Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Billy Corgan, Frank Black, Robert Smith ... even estranged 70s comrade Lou Reed turned up to plug in and tug a forelock.
Bowie has kept a low profile since he was hospitalised in Germany in June 2004. We were told it was only a pinched nerve, but a week later he had emergency heart surgery and called an abrupt end to his Reality world tour.
He has posted just seven brief blogs since, and apparently stays close to home on Manhattan's lower east side, where he's rarely photographed at the opening of a play or opera with his wife, Iman, or glimpsed at a gig.
"I've never seen (13-piece avant- garde ensemble) Icebreaker," he volunteered to Q magazine in November, "but would drive a mile or more to do that thing."
With convincing portrayals of the elephant man, Pontius Pilate, Andy Warhol and Nikola Tesla behind him, he's about to appear as two cartoon characters, first in Luc Besson's Arthur et les Minimoys, then alongside Spongebob Squarepants.
In May he'll curate New York's inaugural High Line Festival, for which he'll play his first full concert in three years – though there's no sign of a new album since he pronounced himself "fed up with the industry" at the end of a fallow 2005. Instead, "I've been particularly excited about seeking out emerging artists and giving them a place in the festival," he says.
And so here he is, a moist-eyed seer in a darkened room, telling Wim Wenders about his undying love for Chicago blues, the fabulous experimental momentum of hip-hop, a wonderful samba version of Ziggy Stardust he heard recently.
Ultimately though, there's also the rather deflating disclaimer that, as far as the rest of his "to-listen-to pile" goes, "there's really not enough time sometimes".
Cripes, not you too, David?
The Prestige is playing now.
Reuters
SWEET SIXTY: David Bowie has celebrated turning 60 with one of his strangest movie roles yet. |
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Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 01/21/2007 : 18:18:14
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Time! ... is waiting in the wind, does speak of senseless things.
His trick is you and me. Boy!
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