New album in March (surely his savings can't be running low)

New album in March

And a new single out now:

Lets hope its a long time till hes a STARMAN, WAITING IN THE SKY

Blimey 66 ! .... Happy Birthday Mr Bowie or is it booooie ?

Best possible musical start to the year

 

What a wonderful surprise. DB i bow down to you.

 

Happy Birthday David - this is my favourite Bowie song

 

What a wonderful surprise. DB i bow down to you.

 

I reckon he'd love that for a birthday treat

..This is my youth

Edited January 8, 201313 yr by Mike Carefree

great thread :)

 

an awsome song, and this is my favourite version:

http://rutube.ru/video/27c19196721f307949598f32d53656b0/

 

same tour, just because of the lovely Gail Ann Dorsey :) she kicks ass here, it's quite though to play bass AND sing this at the same time.

http://rutube.ru/video/91284351cf2b351ccaabc9ad972bb98e/

 

going back a bit in time, and again because of a supporting musician (Bowie had some fantastic talents in his band), Adrian Belew on guitars.

http://youtu.be/Sni7sc7CxD4

 

my personal favourite Bowie cover - and I usually can not stand Bowie covers:

http://youtu.be/H36A-p698WI

 

and talking of covers, Bowie doing a song (which I happen to love :) from The Pixies:

http://youtu.be/UTQP6tE9tYA

Edited January 8, 201313 yr by undertow

Lets hope its a long time till hes a STARMAN, WAITING IN THE SKY

 

Yes, and that there are no CH CH CH CHANGES to his health.

Love that song moi, but my fav is still Heroes.

Also, this is fantastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS4ZW6f89QI&feature=youtube_gdata_player'>

Love that song moi, but my fav is still Heroes.

 

Fripp's guitar play on the original version is something special. I have never chosen a favourite Bowie song, but if I had to then it would be Heroes.

 

Another one with Belew.

bought 'where are we now' this morning - think its fantastic. very slow and poignant, possibly not what i was expecting. suspect he will become the first artist to have a top ten hit in 6 different decades this weekend.

my personal favourite Bowie cover - and I usually can not stand Bowie covers:

It probably helps that Fripp is in King Crimson.

and talking of covers, Bowie doing a song...

That's a good one. Here's another one of Bowie doing a cover of a song I enjoy:

 

Well, sort of... He's performing it with the band who made the original.

Apparently (according to the produced) the new album will be more of a rock album than what the first single implies...

http://pitchfork.com/news/49087-new-david-bowie-album-rocks-is-mix-of-classic-and-innovative-according-to-producer/

It probably helps that Fripp is in King Crimson.

 

Well, it's his band afterall :)

Well, it's his band afterall :)

Really?

 

You do know that Fripp played on Bowie's original version of "Heroes"?

Edited January 9, 201313 yr by Maksimov

Really?

 

You do know that Fripp played on Bowie's original version of "Heroes"?

 

http://www.theshedend.com/topic/22562-66-today-0801/#entry587859

 

;)

What's up with the dumbass heckling, then? You know he's in King Crimson, you know he played on "Heroes" and you perfectly well know what I meant.

Saying that Fripp is in King Crimson is a bit of an understatement. He's the soul of it, there's no KC without Fripp.

 

I see your point (wouldn't Fripp help any cover?), but I don't necessarily agree that that's the main factor. Yes, no one else could come close to imitating Fripp's soundscapes, but I believe it is possible to do a good cover of it with a more conventional guitar sound. The KC version omits entirely the drone sounds of Eno's synth, but not missing it at all.

What I think helps the cover the most is that Belew really feels the song and his performance is not lacking in character or emotions compared to Bowie. (Yes, I know he's toured with Bowie - right after David poached him from Zappa  )

Edited January 11, 201313 yr by undertow

Great news about the new album, but I also worry for it. Hopefully he does himself justice, and I would tell anyone who hasnt really heard much from him to get his older stuff and be ready to be blown away. A proper musical genius.