David Bowie

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

It's funny. Being 29 I'm probably in the "you're too young to understand" category (according to others, not myself), but then I've grown up in an age where I'm saturated with Sky Arts documentaries, can download a program on him or watch him on youtube at a click of a button(especially the Dancing in the Street video ), or discover ALL his music on Spotify . Being young in this time of technology means I felt as moved by this as perhaps some who were actually around when he broke through.

I'd literally watched a BBC four documentary on him and the rise of Ziggy Stardust before going to sleep on Sunday night, so to wake to the news on Monday was bizarre.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Would be grand if the club could put on 'Heroes' full blast immediately before kick-off at the Huddersfield game instead of that gormless 'Ring Of Fire'. Just for one day.

 

[On the Left Wing]

Can any of my NSC friends help me with this? David Bowie's Death Bed Riddle https://seagullnic.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/david-bowies-death-bed-riddle/
Thanks

 

[The Modfather]

As a mod, have you played the 1966 singles? 'I Dig Everything', and the Spencer Davis-esque 'I Can't Help Thinking About Me'...?

Bizarrely, I watched a clip of I can't help thinking about me today. Bowie talks about hanging around with Steve Marriott before playing the track

 

[Tarpon]

 

[Questions]

The thing is, although I love Dylan, the Stones, Cohen and many others who came out of the sixties and I know Bowie first charted in 68/69 or whenever it was to me and my mates that he was ours.........ours from the seventies. He was the first great artist that WE were brought up with and that is why his death affects some people so much more than others. I remember when my mate cut my fringe all spikey and my mum went ballistic and said if I died it I was going into a home. She hated him as much as I adored him. Discovering that I didn't give a shit if he was a 'bender' like so many morons were calling him and just revelling at the quality of Ziggy, Hunky Dory and Alladin Sane is hard to explain in words all these years later. He was just so original to us - although years later we realised he quite happily pinched a little bit from Lou Reed and others but so did everyone else I suppose. I haven't bought one of his albums for a little while but although 'The soundtrack of my youth' has been a much used phrase lately it really was like that for me. I even took my wife on one of our first dates to see the pile of shit Absolute Beginners because at least there was one half decent song involved in the soundtrack. In my opinion - for what that's worth on here - I think he is the biggest pop/rock artist to have died in my life time. His influence on many of my generation just cannot be put into the context it deserves.

 

[life on mars 73]

I guess many of you might be interested to read this book - all about the time that Ziggy Stardust played Worthing in 1972. It's currently on a free-download Kindle promotion right now, so help yourselves !

http://www.amazon.co.uk/I-Played-Zi...?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1452707306&sr=1-1-catcorr

 

[Tarpon]

The thing is, although I love Dylan, the Stones, Cohen and many others who came out of the sixties and I know Bowie first charted in 68/69 or whenever it was to me and my mates that he was ours.........ours from the seventies. He was the first great artist that WE were brought up with and that is why his death affects some people so much more than others. I remember when my mate cut my fringe all spikey and my mum went ballistic and said if I died it I was going into a home. She hated him as much as I adored him. Discovering that I didn't give a shit if he was a 'bender' like so many morons were calling him and just revelling at the quality of Ziggy, Hunky Dory and Alladin Sane is hard to explain in words all these years later. He was just so original to us - although years later we realised he quite happily pinched a little bit from Lou Reed and others but so did everyone else I suppose. I haven't bought one of his albums for a little while but although 'The soundtrack of my youth' has been a much used phrase lately it really was like that for me. I even took my wife on one of our first dates to see the pile of shit Absolute Beginners because at least there was one half decent song involved in the soundtrack. In my opinion - for what that's worth on here - I think he is the biggest pop/rock artist to have died in my life time. His influence on many of my generation just cannot be put into the context it deserves.

Nicely put & reminds me of a tweet that was doing the rounds along the lines of 'the earth is x gazillion years old, just gives thanks that you were on it at the same time as Bowie'.

 

[Icy Gull]

Not sure if this has been mentioned on this thread but the stuff Bowie did with Lou Reed Transformer) and Mott the Hoople was brilliant.

 

[Questions]

Not sure if this has been mentioned on this thread but the stuff Bowie did with Lou Reed Transformer) and Mott the Hoople was brilliant.

Whenever I listen to Satalite of Love on Transformer I still love Ronsons soft backing vocals and then Bowie's big "Ah ooh" on the clicky finish to the song.

 

[Wozza]

Only 7 pages for this - sad reflection of the state of music, art, life and film in this current generation.

People under 30 don't understand the relevance of people like Bowie, Bolan, Presley, Lennon etc

I think many do, but these artists are always going to mean most to people who lived and breathed them whilst in their formative years.

Music simply doesn't mean as much to kids of today, as there are so many other ways to 'escape' the bedroom/small town/whatever - including the Internet, of course.

 

[Questions]

I think many do, but these artists are always going to mean most to people who lived and breathed them whilst in their formative years.

Music simply doesn't mean as much to kids of today, as there are so many other ways to 'escape' the bedroom/small town/whatever - including the Internet, of course.

Hardcore porn killed the rockstar.

 

[vegster]

Whenever I listen to Satalite of Love on Transformer I still love Ronsons soft backing vocals and then Bowie's big "Ah ooh" on the clicky finish to the song.

It sounds a lot better if you haven't scratched the LP.

 

[Questions]

It sounds a lot better if you haven't scratched the LP.

Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record,
Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record,
Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record,

 

[vegster]

Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record,
Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record,
Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record, Sorry squire I scratched the record,

Ease up on those 9% + Belgians

 

[Questions]

Ease up on those 9% + Belgians

Stone cold sober tonight Vegster. Keeping powder dry for Prague. That was the old Monty Python L.P. btw.

 

[Norman Potting]

Whilst never a mega fan of Bowie I have been listening to more of his output recently and realise that, as well as the classics, therer were some great tracks that weren't well known to non diehard fans.

Another living music legend, Brian Matthew, played this on his show yesterday and I thought it was a very nice track, from his '60's "Anthony Newley" inspired era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QiEna_1L1E


Perhaps some of the "proper" Bowie fans could point us in the direction of some of his less widely known tracks?

 

[BeardyChops]

This is worth listening to - probably not one of his best known besides Bowie fans.

 

[Tarpon]

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Difficult to know what's less widely known when you know the music so well. I'll try a few:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP2SS8ggLtU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb7Xdu7STx8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKMSgZo9c8s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnOhBykB-z4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1loH-YvTDY

for starters...