RIP David Bowie - Page 2

**SisterNightroad** · #1 01-15-2016, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by welcomechris

"David Bowie?! I met David Bowie. He had nothing to say to me. So, no, it isn't about David Bowie."

-- Introducing SARA in Buffalo NY, July 2, 1983

"Like David Bowie, Nicks has spent a career turning her private fantasies into an elaborate pop mythology. And even when she gets carried away, she still has that soulful ache in her voice"

- Rolling Stone Magazine, 1998

Thanks.

The first is a quote from one of the recorded dates of her Wild Heart tour, when she was introducing Sara and explaining it was about a person we all know and then a drunk fan screamed "David Bowie!" and she just responded that.
Maybe I can find it on my bootlegs.

The interview I was talking about was a more recent one, she was talking about the Us Festival and she mentioned David.

welcomechris · #2 01-16-2016, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SisterNightroad

Thanks.

The first is a quote from one of the recorded dates of her Wild Heart tour, when she was introducing Sara and explaining it was about a person we all know and then a drunk fan screamed "David Bowie!" and she just responded that.
Maybe I can find it on my bootlegs.

The interview I was talking about was a more recent one, she was talking about the Us Festival and she mentioned David.

If you could find both of these recordings for me, I'd me veryyyyy happy

Thanks

BombaySapphire3 · #3 01-12-2016, 11:05 PM

I turned on CNN yesterday morning and saw Bowie and initially thought it was something about the new album ..when I saw that he had died I was in shock.He is irreplaceable and his like will never be seen again.

Missy · #4 01-13-2016, 08:23 AM

He kept it very secret. I saw another report that he had liver cancer that had spread from pancreas, and he'd tried some experimental treatments. He had a 15 year old daughter from his very happy marriage to Iman and he tried to fight hard. I know he used to smoke a lot but I thought he had quit some time ago.

Fleetwood Mac and Bowie are I think my favorite acts from the 70s. He was a very clever, creative man always ahead of the game.

Apart from illness, I'm glad he spent the last 20 years of his life probably happier than he'd ever been, and he spent time with family.

There are many stories about how generous and humble he was in person. He was there for Sean Lennon and Rolan Bolan after they lost their own fathers. When a friend lost his home in a fire he opened his own home to him during the rebuilding process. He did things like that without looking for attention or fanfare. In his last appearances, he was obviously frail but still smiling and making all effort he could.

Many artists from yesteryear and today are paying tribute to him. But I don't think Fleetwood Mac has as yet? I know Stevie was a fan but not sure if there was any back story or their paths crossed.

I don't think Coldplay have said anything yet but I expect they will pay a worthy tribute. Bowie was obviously a major influence on them. It's just a shock to so many.

I lived through Michael Jackson and Kurt Cobain's biggest fame. But I actually think that this is a bigger loss to me.

**SisterNightroad** · #5 01-13-2016, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Missy

I know Stevie was a fan but not sure if there was any back story or their paths crossed.

Their paths sort of crossed during the 1983 US Festival and in an interview Stevie said that she tried to get to David but couldn't because he was too busy preparing to perform right after her and probably he was very nervous like her.

Missy · #6 01-14-2016, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by SisterNightroad

Their paths sort of crossed during the 1983 US Festival and in an interview Stevie said that she tried to get to David but couldn't because he was too busy preparing to perform right after her and probably he was very nervous like her.

Thank you for that. Sonetimes it is difficult when they have an 'entourage' around them. But I think they would have connected. Joe Walsh has paid tribute.

Missy · #7 01-13-2016, 09:06 AM

(There have been several sad losses in music lately. Scott Weiland, Natalie Cole, Lemmy. When I heard about Bowie, I was still reeling from the loss of Stevie Wright after Christmas. Stevie perhaps could have been the original lead singer of AC/DC, but he had serious drug and alcohol addictions. He tried a rehab that gave patients powerful sedatives and shock treatments, and left him with cognitive deficits. A bit like our version of Peter Green or Syd Barrett. In the 70s Bowie covered a song that Stevie Wright had done with the Easybeats. So something of a connection there. Wright was only 68 and a broken man... After all they have been through it's a small miracle that Fleetwood Mac are here and still performing. I think they have a consciousness of that on stage.)

iamnotafraid · #8 01-13-2016, 11:08 PM

In one of my many books or videos there's a cool story of
Bowie and his trip to see Elvis at MSG in 1972. If I find
it I'll share.

FuzzyPlum · #9 01-14-2016, 07:52 AM

[QUOTE=Missy;1177391] I know Stevie was a fan but not sure if there was any back story or their paths crossed.
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If there's any Bowie link to Fleetwood Mac it would most likely be through Mick or possibly John.
Mike Vernon produced David Bowie's debut album in 1967, just before FM joined his Blue Horizon label for their first couple of albums.