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
hey whoa no springsteen shade in here
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
Portuguese lyrics are quite freely translated. Lots of phrasebook greeting stuff that even I can understand.
Ah, no Mick Ronson or other flashy guitar player to duplicate on the original track as further evidence.
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 06:48 (eight years ago) link
btw did Morrissey ever kiss and make up w/ him?
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 07:02 (eight years ago) link
A few more things before I test pattern out of here:
There is a funny story out there about Bowie teaching "Rebel Rebel" to John McEnroe.
Wayne County claims that Bowie got the idea for the song from a Wayne County song, but I don't hear it.
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 07:11 (eight years ago) link
"Rebel Rebel" sounding like "Satisfaction" has always been its main appeal to me
― welltris (crüt), Monday, 18 January 2016 08:09 (eight years ago) link
+ the lyrics
― welltris (crüt), Monday, 18 January 2016 08:11 (eight years ago) link
"Rebel Rebel" really gets to the heart of feeling, when you're a teenager, like your haircut or some clothes can really be an earth-shattering hostile act.
― longform Gordon thinkpiece (Eazy), Monday, 18 January 2016 08:18 (eight years ago) link
btw did Morrissey ever kiss and make up w/ him?― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, January 18, 2016 7:02 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, January 18, 2016 7:02 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Didn't Bowie object to being on the cover of a Morrissey single (along with Moz), due to not actually being on the record itself? I mean, fair enough, surely?
― Mark G, Monday, 18 January 2016 11:07 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, just read about it.
Regarding Bowie and Ferry: My copy of Stranded long gone so can't check, feel like Greil Marcus was pretty positive about Roxy Music but not so much on Bowie. I feel like his. Bowie selections were sparse and contrary, like Pin-Ups and nothing else. Wonder why exactly, assuming my memory is correct.
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:25 (eight years ago) link
That's about right!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:28 (eight years ago) link
http://i.onionstatic.com/onion/5245/5/original/960.jpg
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:33 (eight years ago) link
Well, he's in heaven, Kelly, yeah?
― Mark G, Monday, 18 January 2016 15:36 (eight years ago) link
I'm thinking Jesus would have had issues with equal temperament
― Dominique, Monday, 18 January 2016 15:37 (eight years ago) link
lol
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:38 (eight years ago) link
What's Bing doing in Heaven though?
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:40 (eight years ago) link
I think that's part of the joke
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
There's a joke?
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
Wow, where's that from?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
Oh, the Onion.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
You never saw anything by that cartoonist before? It's meta.(xp)
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
Wondering if Dylan has had anything to see. Almost picturing him making a grumpy sideswipe like he did with Merle Haggard recently. "When I need to Bang A Gong, I know who is my goto guy."
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:54 (eight years ago) link
Oh it's meta, silly me.
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:56 (eight years ago) link
Only explanation I can think of for the Greil Marcus approach is the most obvious: at some level he wanted to champion the more obscure act, US-wise, at the expense of the more popular one.
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:57 (eight years ago) link
The cartoonist is parodying a dumb cartoonist. Perhaps someone will provide a link with further examples from this guy.
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:58 (eight years ago) link
Genuinely never seen the Onion cartoon guy before.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 18 January 2016 15:59 (eight years ago) link
Believe there may be a dedicated thread.
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 16:06 (eight years ago) link
goldmine http://www.theonion.com/features/editorial-cartoon
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Monday, 18 January 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
Someone here will know. Seeing as how navigating Google is a nightmare in the wake of his death, I am looking for both/either of the following: a) a complete list of Bowie's tv appearances, and b) a complete list of Bowie's interviews (print and/or filmed). I know some obsessive fans have compiled this info somewhere.
― Professor Bworlph (Old Lunch), Monday, 18 January 2016 16:35 (eight years ago) link
For TV appearances, go to his IMDB profile and look under "Self".
― pplains, Monday, 18 January 2016 18:10 (eight years ago) link
Last year I went to an outdoor guitar strum-along gathering, for guitarists of all skill levels. They held up tab charts for the chords as the band was playing so everyone could play along. It's usually a selection of classic rock tunes with easy chords. It always starts with "Knocking on Heaven's Door". The Bowie pick was "Five Years".
― o. nate, Monday, 18 January 2016 19:05 (eight years ago) link
xpost I did that, pplains, but for some reason it didn't look particularly comprehensive.
― Professor Bworlph (Old Lunch), Monday, 18 January 2016 19:42 (eight years ago) link
That Five Years doc just popped up on Hulu, fyi.
― Darin, Monday, 18 January 2016 19:59 (eight years ago) link
David Bowie and books: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/david-bowie-the-man-who-loved-books/
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 January 2016 20:10 (eight years ago) link
We should repost that on the relevant ILB thread
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 23:18 (eight years ago) link
Whenever I see the name Buxton here I think it must be about some kind of Bowie/Alice Cooper collabo. Anyway listened to a little of that, hope to listen to more when I get a chance.
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2016 23:20 (eight years ago) link
Watched the video for "Jump They Say" the other night on VH1 Classics, in which he wears eye coverings somewhat similar to the latest two videos, but much more obviously the exact same eyemask the time-traveling prisoner wears in La Jetée. Is he saying, hinting, implying that he is going to witness his own death? Escape into the past? None of the above?
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 05:01 (eight years ago) link
not suggesting bowie didn't come up with it but explicitly referencing la jetée seems like a romanek thing
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 05:03 (eight years ago) link
The Criterion of La jetee has a little featurette on the Bowie video.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 05:04 (eight years ago) link
But is he now in the current two videos referring to that earlier video and La Jetée in a somewhat disguised fashion?
― Blecchstar Linus Must Comp (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 05:06 (eight years ago) link
http://scallemang.ca/bowie25albums/
Bowie's 25 favourite albums!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 07:44 (eight years ago) link
That list shocks me. Honestly, Bowie is one of the people I would have expected to see repping for more female artists. I suppose it's good to be disillusioned.
― Liebe ist kälter als der Todmorden (Branwell with an N), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 08:30 (eight years ago) link