But the "Station to Station" was utterly incredible, with the protracted intro chugga-chugga section and Belew wailing all over it. I wasn't familiar with it at the time but certainly made note of the 'the side-effects of the cocaine' line for sure. It might have even been better than the Stage version, I'm not sure.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 17:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― splooge (thesplooge), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 22:00 (nineteen years ago) link
Stage has also resequenced the tracks in their original concert running order.
― Jeff K (jeff k), Friday, 4 March 2005 00:47 (nineteen years ago) link
Disc 1:1. Warszawa2. Heroes3. What In The World4. Be My Wife - Previously Unreleased5. Blackout6. Sense Of Doubt7. Speed Of Life8. Breaking Glass9. Beauty And The Beast10. Fame
Disc 2:1. Five Years2. Soul Love3. Star4. Hang On To Yourself5. Ziggy Stardust6. Art Decade7. Alabama Song8. Station To Station9. Stay - Previously Unreleased10. TVC 15
― Jeff K (jeff k), Friday, 4 March 2005 01:16 (nineteen years ago) link
I've been hunting a live bootleg of Bowie in '76 from which the Rykodisc reissue extracted live versions of "Stay" and "Word on a Wing" - both spectacular. How readily available?
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 01:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― chuck, Friday, 4 March 2005 01:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 4 March 2005 01:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 4 March 2005 02:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nic de Teardrop (Nicholas), Friday, 4 March 2005 05:06 (nineteen years ago) link
Having just read Hugo Wilcken's excellent 33 1/3 book on Low, I am still digging this roundly maligned, nazi cocainey live album for mostly the same reasons I did six years ago.
Did the reissue really have better sound? I love the idea that he fucking OPENED his shows with "Warsawa" -- it makes complete sense, and the sense of drama going from that to "Heroes" must have been insane for members of the audience.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 04:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Reissue sounds fantastic. Plus the restored running order makes much more sense as in it feels like you're listening to a concert recording instead of a collection of live songs arranged according to era imo. Still love this album.
― willem, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 08:21 (thirteen years ago) link
that david live cover no way deserves all the dissing!
― NI, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 09:04 (thirteen years ago) link
"that david live cover no way deserves all the dissing!"
I still find it totally scary: I saw it for the first time when I was 13 or something and it was like someone punched me in the stomach. The Raw Power cover did more or less the same thing to me.
― Marco Damiani, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 11:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Please watch this performance of Warzawa with Carlos Alomar conducting, people:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BSgth7Hjk
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 6 January 2011 03:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Only now have I thought to listen to the 2005 reissue of this (on Spotify). The new running order is amazing. I mean, the first disc has Warszawa, Heroes, What in the World, Be My Wife, Blackout, Sense of Doubt, Speed of Life, Breaking Glass, Beauty and the Beast and Fame in that order. Beautiful.
I think this record's lowly reputation comes from the original tracklisting's focus on the rejigged Ziggy songs, which are interesting but inessential.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link
ummmmmmmmmmmm, 'roundly maligned'? i really had no idea. easily the best bowie era. david live is unlistenable. 'prefab philly soul' is right
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 16:16 (ten years ago) link
my favorite part is how the beat for what in the world is slowed down and made way funkier
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link
I never heard this but it seems classic and I plan to listen to it soon.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 17:28 (ten years ago) link
ummmmmmmmmmmm, 'roundly maligned'? i really had no idea
It didn't exactly get great reviews at the time of its release
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link
I had small but fatal problems with Hugo Wilckin's book. "Truth according to 95% of all respondents" is routinely conflated with "as Angela Bowie told it", and it comes across as a mishmash of fact and fiction. To me, any way. I'm not calling Angela a liar, in fact, her autobiography is probably the best read on Bowie to date, but it is way OTT.
Anyway Stage rules. If there's a roundly maligned live album in David's catalogue that deserves re-appraisal it's the Ziggy Stardust OST
― flamboyant goon mayor denuded (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
I used to have 'Stage' as a double LP and never listened to the Ziggy cuts. Always sounds like Bowie was in a hurry to get them over. I vacillate between 'David Live' and 'Santa Monica 72' as my fave Dave live album. OTM about ZS:TMP being under-rated, it's solid, put together as it is from the three (?) Hammersmith Odeon shows. The Brel and VU covers especially are great. Angela's autobio is a good read as well, especially since most Bowie related books are dry facts, at least until Keeping Ahead of The Dame's book gets published.
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
The Ziggy tracks on Stage are kind of a drag. The original double album has it all Ziggy tracks on side 1, then Young Americans/Station to Station stuff on side 2. I guess the record company just wanted to put out something that had the populist Bowie rather than the weird stuff he was coming up with at the time. It wasn't till side 3 and 4 that you got the recent songs. The songs also faded out between tracks (no linking crowd noises), which is weird for a live album. I'm not surprised that reviewers at the time didn't give it so much attention.
The 2005 reissue totally rearranges the tracklisting, putting Low/Heroes stuff at the front (and adding extra songs e.g. Be My Wife). Crowd atmosphere links the tracks. It's a completely different experience, and CD 1 in particular, which I mentioned above, is insanely good.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
The revised running order threw me when I was listening for the Bowie poll -- I had the original vinyl practically memorized back in high school.
― Thank you for talkin' to me Williamsburg (WilliamC), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 19:16 (ten years ago) link
I'd never heard it until the CD reissue (and even that listen was inspired by this thread). I like it as much as anything else from this era of Bowie.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link
only heard the santa monica'72 bootleg (the officially released version) a few weeks ago despite having it in the archive since its release.
damn .. thats a good'un.
never been too overly fussed with stage/live, but i will try them again.
but for the real 'WTF is this' audio experience - has anyone actually listened to the audio cds (i.e. both of them!) that come with the release of the Spider tour DVD ..
truly dreadful.
― mark e, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
I haven't ever seen any footage or heard any recordings of the Serious Moonlight tour.
?
I loved the Gail Ann + Reeves line-up of the 90s, though, and feel honestly that I might not have seen Bowie at his youngest but I've seen him at his best
― flamboyant goon mayor denuded (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link
plenty of footage on YouTube, goon. A good tour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O59CD81UAzw
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:36 (ten years ago) link
His 50th birthday gig is a decent listen, lot's of special guests.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
Yep. Highlights: Reed-Bowie doing "Queen Bich," Bowie, Gabrels, and Dave Grohl slashing away at "Seven Years in Tibet.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
― flamboyant goon mayor denuded (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:33 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i've only seen him once, on the earthling tour. + mike garson! that album was p bad, but they did sound really good.
― goole, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
I dig Stage, and it's my go to when I feel like listening to the Berlin era tracks. Was his best live record until the Nassau show was released on the Station To Station reissue. That record is amazing.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:45 (ten years ago) link
Man, I saw the Meltdown Festival gig in London, all of Low then Heathen, it was ace and to cap it all I was in the seat right across the aisle next to Eno.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link
Man this Serious Moonlight Station to Station vid is great, shows what kind of a jerk I am for preferring healthy+banal Bowie to drugged-out+exciting Bowie, thanks Alfred.
Fuccck this is my favourite song ever
Earthling is kinda bad but I think "Dead Man Walking" is good enough to make the whole treacherous experience worth it
― flamboyant goon mayor denuded (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 21:28 (ten years ago) link
and wouldn't you know it: the Bowie blog's there now http://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/category/earthling-1997/
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 21:30 (ten years ago) link
earthling is not bad.
tis of its time.
love the album on headphones ..
― mark e, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 21:39 (ten years ago) link
let me take this sad occasion to revive my very favorite ILM bowie thread!
i pulled this out today, the revamp. it's very very very good.
― goole, Monday, 11 January 2016 17:39 (eight years ago) link
was jamming this over the weekend - kind of amazing that (visconti claims in the liners) it is overdub free. ridiculously tight band. and perfectly recorded too.
― tylerw, Monday, 18 January 2016 15:05 (eight years ago) link
I really need the full version of this, I just have the OG 2LP
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Monday, 18 January 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
The reissued version is on Spotify.
https://open.spotify.com/album/3WmFXvoEvGcV793mtaTeUc
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 18 January 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
Oh, this was plonked into the "Zeit" box set, yeah?
Along with "Heroes", "Low" and "Lodger"
Thought it was OK..
― Mark G, Monday, 18 January 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
you would
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Monday, 18 January 2016 16:53 (eight years ago) link
"What in the World" on here blows the studio version out of the water. Those Belew licks!
― flappy bird, Monday, 18 January 2016 18:15 (eight years ago) link
the video is awesome too
― Karl Malone, Monday, 18 January 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpg_7t7rpWE
― Karl Malone, Monday, 18 January 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link
love this little bit here:
http://i.imgur.com/5VdkxxS.gif
― Karl Malone, Monday, 18 January 2016 18:49 (eight years ago) link
That looks like Robert Mitchum
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Monday, 18 January 2016 20:05 (eight years ago) link
This is great, despite the entire band's appaling, dgaf dress sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClDO1_dH0DU
― MaresNest, Monday, 18 January 2016 20:41 (eight years ago) link
and my appalling spelling
― MaresNest, Monday, 18 January 2016 20:43 (eight years ago) link
Man, Dennis Davis doesn't get enough credit. He navigated Bowie's twists and turns as deftly as any of his collaborators. Like Alomar, Davis embraced whatever Bowie threw at him.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 18 January 2016 21:13 (eight years ago) link