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Post by tijuanabrass on Aug 9, 2014 0:03:06 GMT
It was the Serious Moonlight Tour, same Sunday as McEnroe v Lewis in 1983 Wimbledon final. Remember it been red hot during the day, can't remember a helicopter though. Think Icehouse were one of the support bands Does that ring any bells with you GD Yep that was the one . They ended up spraying water onto the crowd because of the heat ! GD That was the serious moonlight tour. I was there as well. Icehouse and the Beat as support. The only time I've seen the great man live and I always have a nagging suspicion it was a couple of years after the creative apex. He hadn't toured for a few years and it was promoted as almost a come back revue. Glenn sums it up very nicely about his glorious period through the 70s. When I look back at that show in MK i can remember thinking how amongst the ocean of punk and indie gigs I was attending it was this amazing island of supreme show business sound tracked by some of the most amazing music ever written. Though, when I saw that scene in Velvet Goldmine where Batman meets Max Headroom I felt a bit ashamed.
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Post by bathstoke on Aug 9, 2014 7:47:17 GMT
Pontius Pilate in Last Temptation of Christ, but not as good as Harvey Keitel's Judas...
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Post by tijuanabrass on Aug 10, 2014 11:13:05 GMT
Pontius Pilate in Last Temptation of Christ, but not as good as Harvey Keitel's Judas... A creditable John Merrick in the Elephant Man apparently.
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Post by bathstoke on Aug 10, 2014 18:28:13 GMT
Pontius Pilate in Last Temptation of Christ, but not as good as Harvey Keitel's Judas... A creditable John Merrick in the Elephant Man apparently. Who, Pilate, Judas or Jesus!?!
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Post by elystokie on Aug 12, 2014 7:52:01 GMT
Laughing Gnome was one of the first records I bought as well.
I used to love 'Port of Amsterdam' - last song every night in the Balcony Bar at The Place, only seen it on the 'Rare' album dunno if it's on any of his others.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 9:05:12 GMT
gay int he???
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Post by elystokie on Aug 12, 2014 9:37:04 GMT
Only at the weekends... And only then if there's a rush on, I believe he helps out when they're busy.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Jan 14, 2016 2:27:03 GMT
At the risk of an Oatcake Civil War, Ducking Stools an' all I'm requesting a thread merge.
Can't really add any more to the Oatcake tributes. Just wanted to put 'Gospel According to Tony Day' into the mix.
It's mainly been 'Young Americans' this week.
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Post by potterglen on Jan 14, 2016 18:15:25 GMT
To sustain the quality of output for the period of time he has is nothing short of remarkable. Wasn't much for the Tin Machine phase,but Hunky Dory and Low are two of my all-time favourite albums. What makes Bowie particularly special is that he did it as a solo artist, embraced different styles of music and never behaved like a knob when he was fighting his demons. An original talent in every sense of the word.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Feb 4, 2016 23:35:05 GMT
Not sure whether it was foresight on the part of the Concert Secretary but I've got me tickets for David Live, apparently the finest DB 'tribute' performorating at Baddeley Green WMC. 12th Feb. Zing...diddle...der.. der der zing......
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 5, 2016 3:22:38 GMT
Not sure whether it was hindsight on the part of the Concert Secretary but I've got me tickets for David Live, apparently the finest DB 'tribute' performorating at Baddeley Green WMC. 12th Feb. Zing...diddle...der.. der der zing...... Even better than Ziggy Sawdust?
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Post by felonious on Feb 5, 2016 7:45:20 GMT
Not sure whether it was hindsight on the part of the Concert Secretary but I've got me tickets for David Live, apparently the finest DB 'tribute' performorating at Baddeley Green WMC. 12th Feb. Zing...diddle...der.. der der zing...... Ah David Live had a fantastic rendition of Sweet thing.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Feb 12, 2016 22:48:11 GMT
Stoood next to Pej in BGWMC David Live doing 'Heroes'.
I think Doddy's nipped for a piss.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Feb 12, 2016 23:28:56 GMT
'I stumbled into town like a sacred cow, pictures of swaztikas in my head....'
Brill. .
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Feb 12, 2016 23:57:12 GMT
An encore too. 'There's a Shawcross waiting in the sky, he's told us not to worry cuz he knows he'll blow our minds' Was heard. Pej smiled. Or was it wind?
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 14, 2018 1:26:06 GMT
Elbow pft Oasis? Might have purloined this of off Bolan or Slade though... mint...
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Post by marwood on Mar 14, 2018 4:28:11 GMT
Magnificent cameo as Tesla in the Prestige. Totally unexpected guest star, brilliant entrance. Fitting end to his acting career, playing a talented outsider, an otherworldly being. Acting career full circle after first real impact role in the man who fell to earth
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 14, 2018 17:39:08 GMT
Magnificent cameo as Tesla in the Prestige. Totally unexpected guest star, brilliant entrance. Fitting end to his acting career, playing a talented outsider, an otherworldly being. Acting career full circle after first real impact role in the man who fell to earth
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 15, 2018 0:10:00 GMT
Hazell O'Connor and all that awkwardly angular early Eighties stuff.
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Post by elystokie on Mar 16, 2018 12:57:32 GMT
Hazell O'Connor and all that awkwardly angular early Eighties stuff. Did Stoke station feature in the Breaking Glass film or have I made that up?
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 16, 2018 13:37:04 GMT
Hazell O'Connor and all that awkwardly angular early Eighties stuff. [/video] [/quote]Did Stoke station feature in the Breaking Glass film or have I made that up?[/quote] Can't say I've heard that, and havn't seen it since seeing it at the flicks. Not saying you're wrong though, interesting.. wonder if google might help?...might dig.
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Post by felonious on Mar 16, 2018 18:34:16 GMT
Hazell O'Connor and all that awkwardly angular early Eighties stuff. Did Stoke station feature in the Breaking Glass film or have I made that up? Paddington Station
Train Station
The band boards the train in Stoke-on-Trent when the van broke down after their gig.
moviemaps.org/movies/30g
Fantastic film and soundtrack
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Post by felonious on Mar 16, 2018 18:45:50 GMT
On the subject of stations this is still as good as the first time I heard it.
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Post by felonious on Mar 16, 2018 18:48:41 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Mar 16, 2018 18:53:07 GMT
Did Stoke station feature in the Breaking Glass film or have I made that up? Paddington Station
Train Station
The band boards the train in Stoke-on-Trent when the van broke down after their gig.
moviemaps.org/movies/30g
Fantastic film and soundtrack
Agreed. Saw Hazel O'Connor years after at a small venue in Southsea, she was brilliant.
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Post by felonious on Mar 16, 2018 19:02:16 GMT
Paddington Station
Train Station
The band boards the train in Stoke-on-Trent when the van broke down after their gig.
moviemaps.org/movies/30g
Fantastic film and soundtrack
Agreed. Saw Hazel O'Connor years after at a small venue in Southsea, she was brilliant. As much as I hate to spam one of Cheesy's threads I feel the urge to put this one on here.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 16, 2018 19:31:11 GMT
Agreed. Saw Hazel O'Connor years after at a small venue in Southsea, she was brilliant. As much as I hate to spam one of Cheesy's threads I feel the urge to put this one on here.
It was about this time that Bowie started to mean someting to me teen self. About the time 'The Best of Bowie' was released.. 'Ashes to Ashes' followed swiftly after too. Maybe a marketing ploy I fell for. Maybe not Hazel O'Connor with Bob Holness on Sax? And there are explicable connects between Nick Lowe and Bowie.
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Post by felonious on Mar 16, 2018 20:06:22 GMT
As much as I hate to spam one of Cheesy's threads I feel the urge to put this one on here.
It was about this time that Bowie started to mean someting to me teen self. About the time 'The Best of Bowie' was released.. 'Ashes to Ashes' followed swiftly after too. Maybe a marketing ploy I fell for. Maybe not Hazel O'Connor with Bob Holness on Sax? And there are explicable connects between Nick Lowe and Bowie. This was the song that started it for my 15 year old self. The old man in the background confirming that I'd dropped on a gem with his "What's this fucking shit" in the background. He was later to use the very same words when Kate Bush was performing Wuthering Heights. How very perceptive of him to bookmark my favourite male and female singers with the same phrase
Looking at the sequence it reads as follows:
Starman John I'm only dancing Jean Genie Space Oddity Drive in saturday Time Life on Mars Let's spend the night together Sorrow Rebel rebel Rock and roll suicide Diamond dogs
As for the albums most fans got their hands on Ziggy Stardust before Hunky Dory. I can't say which is the better album even after all these years. The album I play the most to this day is Young Americans. There are very few better late night albums when you're driving somewhere in a car.
As a footnote when my lad was very little his favourite Bowie track was Rebel Rebel and he could not understand why it hadn't been a massive number one. I suspect his favourite Bowir track is Ziggy Stardust now.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Mar 16, 2018 21:19:57 GMT
It was 1980, me mates older sister had just finished VIth Form and was packing up to go to a thing called University. {To do medicine at Liverpool}. I taped the best of Bowie off her before she went. I'd pretty much abandoned him after 'Laughing Gnome', but this shit sucked me back in... {Perhaps made some sense and eased the reception of Joy Division, Bauhaus and New Romantic stuff and that.}
Flimsy vinyl, close grooved, loads of info on it...
Side one "Space Oddity" – 5:07 "Life on Mars?" (K-tel edit) – 3:34 "Starman" – 4:07 "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" – 2:56 "John, I'm Only Dancing" (Sax version) – 2:37 "The Jean Genie" – 4:03 "Breaking Glass" (Live from Stage) (Bowie, Dennis Davis, George Murray) – 3:27 "Sorrow" (Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer) – 2:51
Side two "Diamond Dogs" (K-tel edit) – 4:36 "Young Americans" – 5:05 "Fame" (Edit) (Bowie, John Lennon, Carlos Alomar) – 3:25 "Golden Years" (Edit) – 3:20 "TVC 15" (Edit) – 3:28 "Sound and Vision" – 3:00 ""Heroes"" (Edit) (Bowie, Brian Eno) – 3:26 "Boys Keep Swinging" (Bowie, Eno) – 3:15
Always thought the last track should have been...
Went on a quest from there on in to fill in the gaps with secondhand albums..
1. Hunky Dory for it's range and nods to bands I like. 2. Young Americans, for it's swish. 3. Low edgy as fuck. 4. Lodger exotic. Red Sails. 5. Scary Monsters... makes sense of everything that preceded eet.
The rest joint 6th, a list for toneeet. Owt else Boowie does fine too.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Aug 4, 2018 21:15:01 GMT
Met some NZ travelling types, nice, Bowie, Cave, Berlin bound types. Pointed me back in the direction of No.1 Outside. Nice.
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