Bowie Alabama Song = duuuuuuud
― Cow_Art, Monday, 17 October 2022 01:10 (one year ago) link
I like it, but admittedly it doesn't add anything to the Doors version
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 17 October 2022 01:24 (one year ago) link
I just figured he was doing the collectors a solid - quite a few non-album songs on that compilation, so the more the merrier.
― birdistheword, Monday, 17 October 2022 03:14 (one year ago) link
Almost every one of my favorite 80s Bowie tracks is non-album
― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Monday, 17 October 2022 04:06 (one year ago) link
"Come for 'Let's Dance' - stay for 'Drowned Girl'"!
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 17 October 2022 14:28 (one year ago) link
I'm a big "Absolute Beginners" fan, I even bought the soundtrack just to have the song. (For $2 in a cutout bin in 1989 or something, but still.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 17 October 2022 14:47 (one year ago) link
my fav 80s bowie song by a mile
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 08:35 (one year ago) link
That whole soundtrack is great. Besides Bowie, Sade "Killer Blow" and Ray Davies "Quiet Life" are favorites.
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 08:54 (one year ago) link
That movie was frustrating. There were sequences that worked well, but it was so uneven.
― death generator (lukas), Friday, 28 October 2022 05:38 (one year ago) link
I'll probably watch it again some day. But.
I believe it’s David Bowies fav song too.
― Mark G, Friday, 28 October 2022 10:12 (one year ago) link
Y’all heard this? Your man from the Pushing Ahead.. blog thinks it’s the best version (or ‘the most complete’ at least) and I think he’s right. Always loved the album mix but this is a bloody marvel; Lisa Germano and John Frusciante are both on it too;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8nuT1rDB7o
― piscesx, Friday, 28 October 2022 10:31 (one year ago) link
The ending, just ... Bowie records a masterpiece that touches on themes from throughout his career while suffering from advanced cancer that was killing him and really should have had him laid up in a hospital. Do you think the audience might be interested in that? No? Okay then.
― death generator (lukas), Friday, 28 October 2022 17:47 (one year ago) link
I was skeptical but that is an excellent version of Bring Me...
― death generator (lukas), Friday, 28 October 2022 19:33 (one year ago) link
So this...
https://deadline.com/2023/03/midnight-special-youtube-channel-david-bowie-tina-turner-elton-john-fleetwood-mac-1235280405
Means that this is now available via YT, namely actual formal clips from the 1984 Floor Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2DTwK5xysg
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 March 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link
new laughing gnome take outjoyfulhaha I love this shit
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 5 May 2023 08:29 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFdCI5i0EWo
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 5 May 2023 14:06 (eleven months ago) link
Funny, his voice on the talking bits was pretty much his 'personable/friendly' voice he had in his later (ie "Lets Dance" onwards) years!
Like, "The Laughing Gnome" was closer to the real David Jones than anything else.
― Mark G, Saturday, 6 May 2023 10:24 (eleven months ago) link
Did a doubletake when I saw the hype sticker and price on that little box set on record store day. £79.99, featuring 1 unreleased take of The Laughing Gnome. cost of living crisis going to new heights here.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Saturday, 6 May 2023 10:27 (eleven months ago) link
There are record collectors. And there are David Bowie etc
― Mark G, Saturday, 6 May 2023 10:30 (eleven months ago) link
This is so great. He did this the day the news broke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nKb2JC7Qn0
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 30 June 2023 07:41 (nine months ago) link
I've finally got round to listening to the Toy 10" box set that came out a while back. I had full absorbed the Toy album from the big album box and I didn't like it very much, so I wasn't expecting to get anything out of more versions of it. What can I say, I'll suffer through a lot of bad Bowie.
But there's an alternate version called Toy: Unplugged and Slightly Electric that is miles better than the proper album. There's more space in it, less gloppy, more focus on Bowie's singing which is actually pretty good. It's still not a great album because the songs just aren't there, but it's an enjoyable listen and the casual nature suits the songs much better. Every other version of "Baby Loves That Way" makes me wince and I can actually get through this.
― Cow_Art, Monday, 24 July 2023 17:09 (nine months ago) link
How do you feel about the original '60s versions?
(Speaking as someone who loves the Rhino Early On comp.)
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 24 July 2023 17:52 (nine months ago) link
Early On is pretty fun. I like that stuff more than a lot of the Deram material. The most difficult pre Space Oddity stuff for me is the stuff like "Sell Me A Coat" and "London Bye Ta Ta."
For the most part, the original versions are almost always better than the Toy versions but I'd have to spend more time with the Unplugged set because some of those tracks are really lovely. The full band Toy versions are so leaden and glopped up. "I Dig Everything" isn't a great song, but the original is sort of cute baby photo of Bowie. The Toy version is *cringe*.
"Silly Boy Blue" might be my favorite early Bowie track.
― Cow_Art, Monday, 24 July 2023 18:22 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0geQMFdt-90
― MaresNest, Monday, 18 September 2023 15:26 (seven months ago) link
Beautiful but it needs more reverb
― willem, Monday, 18 September 2023 22:45 (seven months ago) link
reading an interview with Donny McCaslin, he says they recorded 16 songs during the blackstar sessionsanyone know if they're... circulating?
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 21 March 2024 07:06 (one month ago) link
I guess ten are accounted for by Blackstar and No Plan?
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 21 March 2024 08:36 (one month ago) link