David Bowie

I've never heard Scary Monsters, but I've had the 7" single of Ashes To Ashes for ever, and I love that song. I ought to track down a copy.

David Bowie plays just about every instrument on Diamond Dogs - including the famous guitar riff on Rebel Rebel.

Bowie was/is a very strong musician/singer. Always innovative, usually ahead of the crowd, and what he's done, well, depending on where one is coming from, he means many things to many folks.
I have to admit that Let's Dance, very 80's it may be, is a highly influential album at the time. Great playing, production, and very suave composition. I was surprised that his bassist at this time was earlier in Nektar, Carmine Rojas, no slouch on the instrument. Bowie always selected top musicians to surround him.
I simply adore his double-live album 'Stage', and his early 'Man Who Sold The World' album.
Wonderful artist, this David Jones fella...........
p.s. - my edits are always because of my careless iPod typos..........(I typed 'Blowie'........ )

Edited by Tom Ozric - April 20 2015 at 05:31

A friend of mine used to work in the record section of a british department store called Army and Navy. They had individual booths, for classical music with seats and tannoy speakers so she let me use one of them to listen to Man Who Sold The World on the day it was released.

Spent forty happy minutes with a cup of tea and several cigarettes, listening to Bowies best ever album (first pressing in Dress Sleeve which I stupidly sold when I bought the RCA CD version.)

Then Hunky Dory with Life on Mars, which should have been on Ziggy. Saw Bowie and Spiders at Isleworth Polytechnic. There were a lot of young men with back combed big hair, make up and shoulder bags!

They played a version of Amsterdam with Bowie and Ronson sharing a guitar as they said that it was too difficult for either of them to play individually.

Pin Ups is interesting and Diamond Dogs is, pretty good but for me MWSTW, HD and Ziggy were the best.

I saw Antonio Forcione and Martin Taylor share a guitar at a different gig. Only difference was one sat on the, others shoulders and they both , played different songs on the same guitar.

I never paid much attention to Bowie.  I had a copy of Heroes on cassette.  Outside was where I really took an interest in exploring.  I have added stuff before that but don't find much before Heroes all that interesting. 
"Heroes"    1977            317    1/1/98
Scary Monsters    1980            318    1/1/98
Outside    1995            319    1/1/95
EART HL I NG    1997            320    1/1/97
Never Let Me Down    1987            507    7/24/99
hours…'    1999            510    10/31/99
Buddha of Suburbia, The    1993            508    3/1/00
Lodger    1979            610    11/6/00
Low    1977            609    11/6/00
Heathen    2002            708    6/11/02
Black Tie, White Noise    1993            1113    12/30/03
Reality    2003            1007    8/28/04
Man Who Sold the World, The    1973            1209    10/27/06
Station to Station    1975            1210    10/27/06
The acquisition dates aren't accurate for anything before 1999 when I first started logging in things.

His best albums for me are those where he had progressive musicians along for the ride.


Edited by Slartibartfast - April 18 2015 at 15:12

Dean wrote: Kati wrote: Stage (which is a compilation of previous tracks on other albums) ...otherwise known as a live album (hence the title)  ...initial UK copies were press in yellow vinyl (yup, I have that version) ...recorded during the Isolar II tour 1978   ...I took my kid sister to the 1st July show at Earl's Court

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

I adore Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), 1.Outside and Hunky Dory
I quite like The Next Day, Heroes, Diamond Dogs and Aladdin Sane (the latter principally, for Mike Garson's piano)

What remains, (that I've heard) just irritates

At least we've got this far through the thread without anyone trotting out the lame chameleon descri... s.h.i.t. ...oh wait...

Bowie covers Jacques Brel's "La Mort", lyrics in English written by Bowie tho' David Bowie - My Death (Hammersmith Odeon, London, 3 July 1973) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9WSqQS1PJg xxxx

David Bowie - Space Oddity - LEAD VOCAL ONLY (and no effects) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbdcxFJ-1nw