RIP David Bowie

[Zabo]

Heads Up: Bowie this Saturday BBC II

BBC Two - David Bowie: The Last Five Years

Also a discussion on Front Row with the programme maker.

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Damien Chazelle on La La Land; Bright Lights; David Bowie: The Last Five Years; Keggie Carew

 

[belboid]

The Front Row thing was really interesting, well worth a listen

 

[editor]

Brixton plays tribute to David Bowie on his 70th birthday

 

[Mation]

Tonight's not going that well. (Heh. Not a commentary on the album.)

 

[Cheesypoof]

Outstanding Bowie festival in Dublin throughout last week. Events every day. Cannot commend it enough, literally tearful.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

One year.

 

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As long as there's sun,
As long as there's rain,
As long as there's fire,
As long as there's me,
As long as there's you.

 

[editor]

Street party now:

Right now: David Bowie street party in Brixton

 

[BigMoaner]

I've never really got bowie, but I heard this the other day and it blew.me.away

 

[BigMoaner]

if that's not one of the greatest live songs of any song I don't know what is. Needs playing LOUD.

 

[editor]

When I was at the street party on Tuesday night, a woman who was looking at the flowers suddenly burst into tears and it really hit me hard. I had to walk away for fear of joining in. I never go for the celebrity death blubbing but fucking hell Bowie did something to me.

 

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Our Nick rang me on Tuesday to say he was at work and Life on Mars came on the radio, he had to leave the office for a while because he was so upset.
Bowie was and will always be something special. I am so pleased I have lived while he was here.

 

[Looby]

Absolute Beginners (my favourite Bowie song) came on the radio on Tuesday and I burst into tears in the car. I am a cryer though!

 

[Sprocket.]

Absolute Beginners (my favourite Bowie song) came on the radio on Tuesday and I burst into tears in the car. I am a cryer though!

Not liked because you cried.
I watched the BBC programme on Bowie's last five years with a lump in my throat. True artists really do affect you emotionally.

 

[D'wards]

Bowie at the BBC on last night was great, I've seen the footage before but lots of the Bowie voice overs were new too me.

He was quite the raconteur and hilarious

 

[SheilaNaGig]

Not liked because you cried.
I watched the BBC programme on Bowie's last five years with a lump in my throat. True artists really do affect you emotionally.

I sat through that and cried so much my face was wet. I just sat there with tears running down for almost the entire time.

I didnt realise until this last year how thoroughly and constantly I think of him, his songs, the lyrics. It's just been a part of my internal landscape for so long that I stopped noticing, but this last year it's been accompanied by a pang of sorrow every time, and that's made me notice how often and how habitually and naturally I think of Bowie. So I've not been able to listen to his music, but I made myself do it this last week. A whole year of not putting his music on has been like a hole in things, and I wanted to get over the hump. So I've been glutting on the music, listening to everything and enjoying it so much.

But I cannot get through Wild Is The Wind without crying. Also Five Years. And the last verse of Rock and Roll Suicide.

By the way, the Iggy Pop show on Radio 6 was a great listen. He apologised for cutting songs off short, but he said he had so much to get through, and he told some great stories and shared memories about Bowie as a friend and collaborator.

 

[Sprocket.]

Bowie at the BBC on last night was great, I've seen the footage before but lots of the Bowie voice overs were new too me.

He was quite the raconteur and hilarious

I missed this, but will watch it on iplayer very soon!

 

[D'wards]

Re

I missed this, but will watch it on iplayer very soon!

Repeated tomorrow (Sunday 15th) night

A story about making the band wear make up had me roaring with laughter

 

[SheilaNaGig]

Here's the link for the Iggy Pop tribute on 6FM

BBC Radio 6 Music - Iggy Pop, The Songs of David Bowie

28 days left to listen.

 

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Here's the link for the Iggy Pop tribute on 6FM

BBC Radio 6 Music - Iggy Pop, The Songs of David Bowie

28 days left to listen.

Ta, lots!

 

[SheilaNaGig]

Ta, lots!

I'm listening again again. It's great.

 

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I'm listening again again. It's great.

I'm halfway through writing an essay.
Guess what I'm just logging into.
Though I am currently listening to
David Bowie: The very best of 1969 to 1973. Five Years just finished Moonage Daydream next.

 

[Voley]

Here's the link for the Iggy Pop tribute on 6FM

BBC Radio 6 Music - Iggy Pop, The Songs of David Bowie

28 days left to listen.

I really enjoyed that, too. I'm much more of an Iggy fan than a Bowie one but I liked the stuff he chose. I'm going to give 'Station to Station' a better listen after hearing that show. I wonder if they've ever thought about getting Iggy to do a similar one on Lou Reed? I'd be interested to hear how their paths crossed.

 

[SheilaNaGig]

I'm halfway through writing an essay.
Guess what I'm just logging into.
Though I am currently listening to
David Bowie: The very best of 1969 to 1973. Five Years just finished Moonage Daydream next.

Moonage Daydream followed by Sound & Vision on the Iggy show just as I read your post

 

[SheilaNaGig]

I really enjoyed that, too. I'm much more of an Iggy fan than a Bowie one but I liked the stuff he chose. I'm going to give 'Station to Station' a better listen after hearing that show. I wonder if they've ever thought about getting Iggy to do a similar one on Lou Reed? I'd be interested to hear how their paths crossed.

Who, Lou and Iggy? Or Iggy and Bowie?


Station to Station is magnificent. Listen properly though, not play it in the background to something else.

 

[Voley]

Who, Lou and Iggy? Or Iggy and Bowie?

Iggy and Lou. There's a fair bit of crossover between all three of them, though, so yeah, you could extend it. I bet Iggy could do a great show about Lou Reed.

 

[Voley]

Station to Station is magnificent. Listen properly though, not play it in the background to something else.

Got it on right now.

 

[SheilaNaGig]

Got it on right now.

I love the way the intro to the opening track forces you to turn the volume up and up and up, and then you're listening to the whole LP at proper volume.

He liked us to turn the volume up. He told us to do that on the sleevenotes for Ziggy.

 

[SheilaNaGig]

Iggy and Lou. There's a fair bit of crossover between all three of them, though, so yeah, you could extend it. I bet Iggy could do a great show about Lou Reed.

They were all hanging out together in NY. I'm sure there are specific stories but if I've ever known, then I've forgotten.

 

[Voley]

I love the way the intro to the opening track forces you to turn the volume up and up and up, and then you're listening to the whole LP at proper volume.

Yeah it was listening to that intro on Iggy's show and him describing how they'd play it live that made me dig it out again. Would've loved to have seen him around that time. Unfortunately the one gig I saw him do was a bit of a disappointment.