im reading about the SNL "tribute". so they had Fred Armisen spend 1 minute introducing the Nomi/Bowie "Man Who Sold the World" clip and then showed 1 minute of the song, fading it out immediately after the first chorus. great "tribute" jerks.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 17 January 2016 23:40 (eight years ago) link
They have free organ concerts Sundays in Balboa Park in San Diego and the lady that does them did "All The Young Dudes," "Life on Mars," "Space Oddity," and "Starman" today. Giant pipe organ and that stuff was booming around the area.
― timellison, Sunday, 17 January 2016 23:53 (eight years ago) link
Tom D, I figured you for a Bowie fan, but couldn't be sure, maybe he was just someone your read about the Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock.
― Blackstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 00:54 (eight years ago) link
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, January 17, 2016 6:40 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
maybe take it down a notch
― some dude, Monday, 18 January 2016 01:03 (eight years ago) link
Yeah. Was Patton Oswalt involved in that too?
― Blackstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 01:10 (eight years ago) link
you guys don't think it sucks to take a legendary 3 1/2 minute performance and cut it down to 1 minute so that Fred Armisen can talk in front of it?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 18 January 2016 01:14 (eight years ago) link
i see that all the time. Fred Armisen talks all the time. David Bowie and Klaus Nomi only did mainstream TV once. show the whole damn clip.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 18 January 2016 01:15 (eight years ago) link
B-b-b-but doesn't he say "I'm just keeding!" afterwards?
― Blackstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 01:16 (eight years ago) link
it is amazing that Bowie snuck in some puppet dick in the "Boys Keep Swinging" performance. makes up for censoring the line "other boys check you out"
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 18 January 2016 01:16 (eight years ago) link
yeah that bbc five years doc was great
carlos alomar was awesome and fripp was p. funny
― mookieproof, Monday, 18 January 2016 01:27 (eight years ago) link
Fripp looks like Colin Newman.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 January 2016 01:27 (eight years ago) link
maybe bowie should have made tin machine with wire instead
― mookieproof, Monday, 18 January 2016 01:35 (eight years ago) link
Yeah!
― Blackstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 01:38 (eight years ago) link
Love hearing Carlos talk about Bowie. He's one of the great sideman collaborators, like um, Bernie Worrell and Bruce Langhorne. Ugh
― Blackstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 01:41 (eight years ago) link
i believe 60 seconds is the maximum amount of time a SNL viewer looks up from his/her phone during the show.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 January 2016 02:56 (eight years ago) link
Can't stand Fred Armisen.
Uh - sorry...
Yeah "Five Years" is excellent. Love Fripp's Pop vs. Rock N' Roll explanation. :)
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 18 January 2016 03:31 (eight years ago) link
A friend of mine organized this (a choir of 500 people singing "Space Oddity") and I didn't expect to be moved but I was very very moved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKg1_fKO1sY&feature=youtu.be
― got a long list of ilxors (fgti), Monday, 18 January 2016 04:23 (eight years ago) link
I'm drunk and just transitioned from "Rebel Rebel" to the Gin Blossoms *types "copyshrug.com" into address bar*
― regular ass terrestrial radio (bernard snowy), Monday, 18 January 2016 04:31 (eight years ago) link
also idk if they followed thru on my suggestion or not, but my college radio station did a 6-hour(!) Bowie tribute; when pressed I requested "The Man Who Sold the World" -> "All Along the Watchtower" -> "Song for Bob Dylan"
― regular ass terrestrial radio (bernard snowy), Monday, 18 January 2016 04:32 (eight years ago) link
In the Dutch TV interview linked above, he describes himself as an artist who "tries to capture the rate of change." What a great line.
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Monday, 18 January 2016 04:36 (eight years ago) link
Acoustic version of "Heroes" came up on shuffle while were driving home tonight and I bawled my eyes out
guess I'm not done crying after all :/
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:16 (eight years ago) link
Sorry. I finally listened to "Life on Mars?" today after holding off and got a little verklempt myself.
Question: why does "Rebel Rebel" seem to be the goto tribute cover song? Easier chords (never tried to learn)? Distinctive opening riff after which who cares what you play or sing until the first stop?
― Blackstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:28 (eight years ago) link
why do you think it is?
― mookieproof, Monday, 18 January 2016 05:29 (eight years ago) link
What do you mean by "why?"?
― Blackstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:30 (eight years ago) link
"Rebel Rebel" seems kind of like the definitive Glam song that's actually about GLAM--and yes, THAT RIFF. It's one of the 5 or 6 Bowie Classic Rock Radio Staples in the US that still get regular airings (The others being "Space Oddity", "Fame", "Golden Years", "Let's Dance", and "Young Americans", the last of which has really taken off in the last 5-10 years).
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:35 (eight years ago) link
xp what events led you to believe that 'rebel rebel' is the goto tribute song? i myself have not seen that song referenced
― mookieproof, Monday, 18 January 2016 05:36 (eight years ago) link
Is there another classic rock song that sounds very similar to Rebel Rebel? I keep thinking there is but I am drawing a blank on what it might be.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:38 (eight years ago) link
Or that has a riff similar to that riff?
i don't know, "Substitute"?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:39 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eswQl-hcvU0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa6bI_95G9I
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:39 (eight years ago) link
You know come to think of it, "Rebel Rebel" is a glam song but at the same time it has a lot in common with a repetitive garage rock staple like "Gloria."
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:41 (eight years ago) link
And it draws a line back through that to the fifties, if only through the title.
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:42 (eight years ago) link
definitely one of the easier bowie songs to cover and I'm sure that helps -- easy chords, easy vocal melody, repetitive
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:47 (eight years ago) link
4/4 Stomp Beat...similar to "Satisfaction" and a bunch of Motown songs.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:48 (eight years ago) link
Right, that too
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:50 (eight years ago) link
Chord progression is kind of "So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star."
― timellison, Monday, 18 January 2016 05:51 (eight years ago) link
I could just about imagine the Boss working up a Thunder Road/Life on Mars? medley, but some of the crowd might get restless and leave, missing the rest of the 3 hour and 45 minute show.
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:53 (eight years ago) link
hey whoa no springsteen shade in here
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:58 (eight years ago) link
tbh i think the rebel rebel lyrics are kinda anthemic in their way, individuality, flying yr freak flag, 'ludes etc
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 January 2016 05:59 (eight years ago) link
Trying to predict how many more such performances of "Rebel Rebel" we should expect. Wouldn't mind a Patti Smith version.
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 06:03 (eight years ago) link
Also Troggs - "I Can't Control Myself"
― timellison, Monday, 18 January 2016 06:09 (eight years ago) link
Second part of the verses
― timellison, Monday, 18 January 2016 06:10 (eight years ago) link
Has that drum beat
― timellison, Monday, 18 January 2016 06:11 (eight years ago) link
I need a Tom Petty version in my life
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 January 2016 06:11 (eight years ago) link
And the chords
― timellison, Monday, 18 January 2016 06:12 (eight years ago) link
i think he might be quoting "White Light/White Heat" meter-wise a bit
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 18 January 2016 06:19 (eight years ago) link
> that buxton show is terrific, is there some easy way to do an mp3 rip of it? hope they keep it up
Available at https://archive.org/details/AdamBuxtonOnDavidBowie31stMarch2013
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Monday, 18 January 2016 06:27 (eight years ago) link
Spotify search of that song seems to only be showing me Bowie plus the Seu Jorge cover from The Life Aquatic. Loved those versions within the movie but they left me kind of cold when the CD surfaced a little later.
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 06:42 (eight years ago) link