I never saw Bowie until his final tour in 2014
I sure wish he had such a tour. You mean 2004?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 January 2019 18:23 (five years ago) link
I was in the lobby of the venue when the roadie fell from the rafter in July 2004.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 14 January 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
Bowie final tour 2004, you mean. I saw him that year at MSG, was great. Hard to believe I saw him not long before that opening for Moby on that ill-begotten Area 2 tour.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 January 2019 18:25 (five years ago) link
xpost!
Yes, 2004, stupid fingers...
― composed of atoms just as all posters have been (Dan Peterson), Monday, 14 January 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
that's no way to talk about a dead man
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 14 January 2019 19:15 (five years ago) link
Stupid Fingers would be a great band name.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 January 2019 19:24 (five years ago) link
have consistently missed Ferry and Roxy on all of their tours through the bay area ....I won't miss this one. would be nice if manzanera were on this tour as well.
― akm, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
Tix ordered, thx guys!
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, January 14, 2019 7:17 PM (four months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
So I saw Ferry's first show of his new European tour on Monday and quite simply: it was a ton of fun! How could it not be when Ferry himself was enjoying it so much? He was so enthused, throwing the audience kisses and just moving about with such swagger all night. His voice isn't what it used to be, that was pretty clear (the first couple of songs he sounded more like Stuart Staples), but that was entirely ok. His backing bank was phenomenal, specifically the drummer and sax player. They were on stage with ten musicians, which I thought was very generous. They ripped through the songs pretty quickly, the bigger hits sometimes only one verse + chorus, but it all made perfect sense and it was just a very tight, lively show, with great sound. We had a blast.
OT: This was by far the concert with the highest average age I've ever went to. I saw people in their 70s taking photos with their ipads :)
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 22:34 (four years ago) link
Ha, excellent. Looking forward to August.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 23:25 (four years ago) link
The surround mix of this is glorious.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 6 June 2019 02:02 (four years ago) link
The back-to-back sequencing of "To Turn You On" and "True to Life" slays me.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 April 2022 02:24 (two years ago) link
It's pretty genius. "To Turn You On" is my secret favorite on the album.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 April 2022 02:30 (two years ago) link
He never sung again with such unshaded passion; I can see him falling on one knee while singing "God help me!"
The keyboard sound on that track = fireplace simmering.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 April 2022 02:32 (two years ago) link
How to make "Or whatever" sound apocalyptic.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 April 2022 02:37 (two years ago) link
The chord changes and melody on "To Turn You On" make me think he was trying to write a Siren-era song with a 1982 arrangement, it feels a bit out of place on this record.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 28 April 2022 03:26 (two years ago) link