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RIP David Bowie

Voley said:
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.
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Same here. I had several chances to see him that I turned down because I was so worried that he'd disappoint again.

I've done that with a few of my heros. Sometimes I regret it but mostly I don't.
 
I saw him at this:

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He did 'All the Young Dudes' really well which I enjoyed but I didn't like his band very much. They were pretty muso-ish. I would've preferred them to be a bit rougher sounding. Everyone has an off night, so it goes. Unfortunately, because of this i didn't bother going to see him at Glastonbury which pretty much everyone says was ace. Ho hum.
 
Voley said:
I saw him at this:

1996.07.18-poster.jpg


He did 'All the Young Dudes' really well which I enjoyed but I didn't like his band very much. They were pretty muso-ish. I would've preferred them to be a bit rougher sounding. Everyone has an off night, so it goes. Unfortunately, because of this i didn't bother going to see him at Glastonbury which pretty much everyone says was ace. Ho hum.
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I was there for that. I'd agree with you about the band.

I remember being disappointed by the Pistols as well.

I saw him at Milton Keynes on the Serious Moonlight tour. It was.... alright, y'know? I'd been squeaking with excitement for months, and it was such a slog to get there, and get down the front, and deal with the crowd all day, and then he was .... not bad.

I saw him as Glasronbury and it was terrific. He was so happy, and the band was great. And it was Glastonbury.
 
SheilaNaGig said:
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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We listened to this on iPlayer from the laptop during our coffee-drinking big lie-in this morning.

Utterly superb -- if you haven't already caught it yet, don't miss it .

Brilliant, and with shedloads of classic tracks. Plus plenty of obscures :cool: :)

And Iggy is always cool as fuck, as an additional bonus :)
 
Voley said:
I saw him at this:

1996.07.18-poster.jpg


He did 'All the Young Dudes' really well which I enjoyed but I didn't like his band very much. They were pretty muso-ish. I would've preferred them to be a bit rougher sounding. Everyone has an off night, so it goes. Unfortunately, because of this i didn't bother going to see him at Glastonbury which pretty much everyone says was ace. Ho hum.
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Was there myself too, but only for the Neil Young day (Sat) -- what did you think of NY?

I was very annoyed at missing DB then, but friends didn't want to commit themselves for more than 1 day.

At least I got lift back to London, in a massive stoner's car, and I took on all the skinner's duties PERSONALLY :D, in the back seat :p

As I've often got annoyed about on Urban before though, I missed David Bowie at Glastonbury 2000 as well :(.

Because I wanted to see Gong at Avalon :oops: :D.

They were 45 minutes late :mad: and I could have seen plenty of both gigs because of that :oops:

Saying that, G2000 was so ram-packed that it took me well over an hour to proceed from Cider Bus to Avalon field at that time, that year.

And only partly because of being as stoned and pissed as a twat :p
 
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William of Walworth said:
Was there myself too, but only for the Neil Young day (Sat) -- what did you think of NY?
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Fucking great. I'd always wanted to see him do the full-on Crazy Horse ''Ragged Glory'' deafening feedback thing and he didn't disappoint. Seem to remember ''Like A Hurricane'' going on for a few weeks. ''Weld'' is probably the Neil Young album I listen to the most and this gig was pretty much that album. Absolutely loved it.
 


It’s been a year since we said goodbye to Brixton’s very own Starman, but that hasn’t stopped David Bowie from unleashing more surprises on us. The day before what would have been Bowie's seventieth birthday, the BBC debuted the video for ‘No Plan’ – one of Bowie's three final recordings which, along with 'Lazarus' from 'Blackstar', have been released as a posthumous EP.

Directed by Tom Hingston, the video shows a group of passersby gathering to watch rows of televisions in a rain-drizzled shop window as images of space travel flash across their screens. But it turns out the 'shop' is actually a laundrette in Brockley. Tongues began wagging in Brockley when, a few weeks ago, the laundrette on Endwell Road appeared to be having something of a makeover. But it turns out it was all in aid of Bowie, being rechristened Newton Electric – a nod to his role in 'The Man Who Fell to Earth'.

Any eagle-eyed music fans may also notice the ‘Foxgrove Road' sign outside the shop, which is the Beckenham road where Bowie grew up.
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William of Walworth said:
Was there myself too, but only for the Neil Young day (Sat) -- what did you think of NY?

I was very annoyed at missing DB then, but friends didn't want to commit themselves for more than 1 day.

At least I got lift back to London, in a massive stoner's car, and I took on all the skinner's duties PERSONALLY :D, in the back seat :p

As I've often got annoyed about on Urban before though, I missed David Bowie at Glastonbury 2000 as well :(.

Because I wanted to see Gong at Avalon :oops: :D.

They were 45 minutes late :mad: and I could have seen plenty of both gigs because of that :oops:

Saying that, G2000 was so ram-packed that it took me well over an hour to proceed from Cider Bus to Avalon field at that time, that year.

And only partly because of being as stoned and pissed as a twat :p
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I have to admit that I don't really enjoy Neil Young. Or Joan Baez or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or the Grateful Dead.

I'm less into melodic folky stuff than kick arse rock and roll. It just doesn't get me off in the same way, even though I can appreciate its greatness and all that.

I actually regret that I don't like more than I do, and every so often I give it another go, listen to stuff in the car or working or sitting down studying the sleeve, like in the olden days. But then I wander off again and stick on some Stooges or Shooting At Unarmed Men.
 
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Bowie outsold Adele in 2016. I wish he was still alive. I would have loved to hear what he was going to do after Blackstar which still remains one of my favourite albums of his.

David Bowie was the most popular recording artist in the UK last year, with fans flocking to buy and listen to his music following his death.

Bowie, who died two days after his 69th birthday in January 2016 having just released his latest album Blackstar, beat perennial chart-toppers Adele and Canadian artist Drake.

The equivalent of more than 1.6m Bowie albums were bought or streamed in the UK last year, led by purchases of Blackstar, which also helped drive vinyl record sales to a 25-year high.

Bowie easily outstripped Adele who ranked second, selling 1.1m music albums - 40% fewer - and Drake who ranked third, with 1.09m albums sold.
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Britain's most popular recording artist in 2016? David Bowie
 
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