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peter radiator
= Cult of Ray =
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 Posted - 11/13/2013 : 07:21:56
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Q: You said you want to work with Bowie as a backup band. Is it going to happen, is it some special sign of respect?
BF: It's fucking David Bowie! Come on! We could do that. Bowie, the Pixies, together at last! ... I think that Dylan and the (Grateful) Dead tour kind of served them both very well.
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Personally, I think the jokingly-floated notion of a Bowie-backed-by-Pixies tour is a GREAT idea, that would fall somewhere in between the Ziggy Stardust-era band and Tin Machine, and not anywhere as ham-fisted as Bowie's slightly odd (yet commercially canny) attempt to co-opt Trent Reznor's much younger NIN crowd.
I think it could sound very good in its own way, and I'd line up to see it in a heartbeat.
However, it is worth noting that despite what FBF says in the interview above, the 1987 tour where Dylan was backed by the Grateful Dead was universally panned and is now generally considered to be the absolute nadir of Bob's entire live career.
The live album culled from that fiasco of a mismatch (which occurred primarily because Bob and The Dead were longtime friends, and somebody thought it would make a kajillion dollars - not because their approaches to music had much of ANYTHING to do with each others') is easily the least listened-to album in Dylan's back catalog.
I wonder if FBF was actually thinking of the 1986 - 1987 pairing of Dylan with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, which was a TREMENDOUS success, both artistically and through ticket sales...
The goof with the Dead took place during a break in a long world tour with Petty and company, but it was the energy, musical empathy and fanboy vibe of the Heartbreakers backing Dylan which "served them both very well."
Petty and his band were afforded an instant leap in rock and roll stature, and Dylan gained a ton of new fans who'd heard of him before and maybe owned a Greatest Hits tape, but would likely never have paid to see him in concert otherwise, and were then exposed to his unique brand of live performance art.
Bowie backed by Pixies (who also play a smattering of their own material interspersed throughout the concert, rather than a straight "opening set" before Bowie takes the stage) = Bob Dylan with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' ALONE & TOGETHER TOUR 1986.
It's a no brainer, as long as they draft ERIC DREW FELDMAN to handle the synths and keys, and keep it strictly to that lineup.
Bowie can play acoustic guitar, but no additional ringers like Earl Slick, Carlos Alomar, Reeves Gabrels, etc...
I hope this "offhanded joke to a reporter that he knew would then be instantly reprinted around the world" is yet another example of FBF willing something to happen without actually making a call to suggest the idea, a la the 2004 reunion.
I can only imagine that if Bowie has not called FBF to either agree or to chastise, then that call is coming very soon.
Crossing my fingers that Bowie "ceases to resist."
~ Peter Radiator
"Real music is out there and real people are making it." ~ Webb Wilder |
Edited by - peter radiator on 11/13/2013 09:47:42 |
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Fissile
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Posted - 11/13/2013 : 07:28:18
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"BF: We probably most miss her voice, a lot. I think that was one thing about her that was really consistent."
ZING! I could picture her reading this interview, getting to that part, and blurting out loud: "FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE!"
BTW, thanks for the link, Pixie Punk. |
Edited by - Fissile on 11/13/2013 10:59:10 |
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 11/13/2013 : 10:23:55
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