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He was so intelligent, perceptive and articulate in those interviews. He could also do uncanny impersonations of other well known people. Obviously, he was an astute observer who soaked up influences around him like a sponge and was amazingly fluid.
Found this brief clip on youtube, not the full performance but may be part of Bowie's 1983 US Festival appearance? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdk1Tpgh-Hg Fleetwood Mac had apparently played there as a group the year before and were the closing act? And then Stevie performed by herself in 83. Set list for Monday May 30 1983 (rock day) Los Lobos (on a side stage only) Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul Berlin Quarterflash Missing Persons U2 The Pretenders Joe Walsh Stevie Nicks David Bowie The Joe Walsh performance is on youtube. What a line up eh? Bowie was apparently a late addition but the organizer really wanted him on the bill despite little room left, and he was paid handsomely. From the biography 'Starman' by Paul Trynka: 'After accompanying David for a fortnight, [Geeling Ng] caught a plane back to New Zealand and a normal life, just as David and band flew over to San Bernardino to play a one-off show at the US festival for the widely publicised fee of $1 million. 'Headlining on an evening that included U2, The Pretenders and Stevie Nicks to a 300,000-strong crowd, they walked out onto a stage that had been completely cleared, at eleven o'clock to a stunned, rapturous reception: 'like Jesus walking on water', says Simms. The festival was a disaster for its sponsor, Apple's Steve Wozniak: losing over $7 million according to the New York Times, with one audience member murdered in a drug deal, another dead of an overdose. But for David it was a triumph; the date hugely raised his commercial profile, and helped bring more US promoters on board. But with stories of the $1 million price tag came reports that David considered the tour his 'pension plan' - a sentiment guaranteed to inflame his detractors, who started to speculate that the tour was more about money than music.' By the time Peter Frampton joined him for the 'Glass Spider' tour, the critics really had the knives out. That show was so panned. I do think he may have become more conscious about money. He was heading to middle age, had a son to support, and had nearly gone bankrupt in the 1970s due to poor management of finances. Many people thought he had lost his creative direction and stopped taking risks. I can't say I took much notice of him in the 80s. Also around the time of the 'Glass Spider' tour a woman accused him of assaulting her and exposing her to AIDS. The whole story seemed so ridiculous but it's been rehashed again in recent weeks. The case was dismissed, and from what I gather, they did have an encounter but the rest was made up. She tried to cash in her cheque with the tabloids but it was so long ago I don't remember much. Last edited by Missy; 01-23-2016 at 07:12 PM.. |
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Commemorative RS issue
Trent Reznor on Bowie -
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...0160126?page=2 Mick Jagger on Bowie - http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...th-me-20160126
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I can't get his songs out of my head the past 2 weeks. I woke up this morning to "Can you hear me Major Tom? " (I have been listening to a lot of his music)
I love this performance of Absolute Beginners A local artist created a very fitting tribute on a beach near here. http://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/...o_David_Bowie/ |
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Stevie introduces David Bowie 1983 US Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lnnrcZj4rY
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Details of his will have been revealed. He left approximately half his fortune to Iman, the rest to be divided equally among his two children. Smaller sums were also included for Corinne 'Coco' Schwab and the former nanny of his older child.
He requested that his ashes be scattered in Bali in a Buddhist ceremony. http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-...n-will-w162943 Rolling Stone magazine appears to have a very in depth feature about him. (I hardly read it anymore unless a story really takes my interest. Last time I bought it was for the feature about Stevie.) I believe the full US Festival 1983 footage can be purchased on iTunes, with Stevie and Bowie appearing on the third day. https://itunes.apple.com/au/movie/us...-3/id387124831 |
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Lady Gaga is going to pay tribute to Bowie at the Grammys. Elton John has had this to say, some interesting insights and advice for the young dudes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a5_DQ88hZE Elton show tribute to Bowie. Part Winifred Atwell, Little Richard, Fats Domino and Mozart on that piano... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74rztpyMgwY So much of his life was private in the past decade, but the very in depth Rolling Stone feature gave a more detailed description of his life during this time and the way he fought his illness. A few excerpts mainly from Tony Visconti who had known and worked with Bowie from the 1960s to his final days. He was reportedly going through an intense creative period despite being so ill and put up a huge battle. Quote:
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The Best of Bowie hit number 1 in the UK yesterday. Having initially reached mumber 11 on it's release in 2002 it has taken 690 weeks to reach number 1 which I believe may be a record.
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David Bowie's son Duncan Jones has revealed that his wife is expecting a baby in June. This would have been the first grandchild for Bowie and no doubt he knew about the pregnancy. He would've desperately wanted to be around for it.
Duncan's wife Rodene went through her own battle with breast cancer a few years ago but has been in the clear since 2013. She had a double mastectomy and sometimes those treatments can affect fertility but it would seem everything is okay. http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...become-grandad Announcements were made on Twitter and Iman made a return to social media to post her own congratulations. |
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I understand Duncan Bowie was less than impressed with Lady Gaga's Bowie tribute at the Grammy's. It looked tasteful and restrained to me by Gaga's standards. Its a real shame- she is heavily influenced by David Bowie.
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I like Lady Gaga. But when I heard she was doing this tribute I thought to myself it could be really good, or it could be just like bad cabaret which is what it teetered to. I liked the start of it but after that it started feeling more like an Elvis impersonation.
I still hope though that she is on her way to a full comeback. |
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I haven't been reading .I'm surprised that Joan Jett ,Cherie Currie of the Runaways did not show up for a tribute since they were big fans of David.
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I liked Lorde's heartfelt tribute and the speeches at the BRIT Awards. She was nervous (understandably) but ultimately handled it very well. Bowie was a fan of her music and she had been able to meet him. They had Bowie's actual musicians there too. Duncan Jones seemed to like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7l3y7LOzLc Lorde reminds me a bit of a young Kate Bush. Somehow I had missed Kate's written tribute to Bowie. There's quite a good collection here of celebrity tributes to Bowie. Kind of makes up for Lady Gaga's messy presentation. I noticed on Twitter that Boy George said Gaga's performance was more like a tribute to his ex wife Angie than to David! Angie appeared to take that as a high compliment and retweeted it. She actually did look quite a bit like Angie. Trust George to stir it! Everyone in Bowie's camp dislikes Angie and that includes Duncan. He still does not have anything to do with her. So I don't think that won Gaga many points in her favor. |
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