Ah it’s fun indeed ! Particularly « Soul Love ».
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 31 July 2023 10:02 (one year ago) link
No Ziggy Marley though?
― dan selzer, Monday, 31 July 2023 14:35 (one year ago) link
Longtime fan of Big Bend Tribe's Heroes, but only recently discovered this italo-disco version of Starman, which is excellent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uo2rWp0Moc
― dan selzer, Monday, 31 July 2023 15:02 (one year ago) link
Fun to see they incorporated the sleng teng casio thing into "Hang on to yourself". Full circle.
― /asarco (AcnalbasacNoom), Monday, 31 July 2023 15:29 (one year ago) link
Full Midnight Special Edition of The 1980 Floor Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjC7j8cNQ2k
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 10 February 2024 14:55 (seven months ago) link
BTW, almost every week I hear of a new "jazz musicians interpret David Bowie" project or "dance troupe interprets David Bowie" event or "cocktail bar inspired by David Bowie." I know Bowie himself would probably approve, but part of me just thinks, come on, create your own ideas, stop letting this person's iconic work do the heavy lifting.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 10 February 2024 15:49 (seven months ago) link
It’s impossible to get people to listen to jazz or frankly any new music so if that’s what it takes all power to them imo
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 10 February 2024 17:21 (seven months ago) link
OTM
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 February 2024 17:33 (seven months ago) link
Plus at least some of those cats genuinely dig Bowie.
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 February 2024 17:34 (seven months ago) link
At the calculated risk of being a namedropper, a few weeks after Bowie died I went to a gig I knew Ben Monder would be at and talked to him a quite a bit. He told me about how much he loved hanging out with Bowie and Tony Visconti while working on that last record, how smart they were, how much Bowie read and how much he retained of what he read.
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 February 2024 17:39 (seven months ago) link
When I scanned through that link, I thought - "wait, this doesn't look like 1980," then I got to the right music and I got the pun.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 10 February 2024 20:03 (seven months ago) link
Which link?
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 February 2024 20:04 (seven months ago) link
The YouTube embed of the 1980 Floor Show
― birdistheword, Saturday, 10 February 2024 20:04 (seven months ago) link
I'm sure all of the people putting additions on the house that Bowie built love Bowie, but just about *every* creative person loves Bowie. I know inspiration is where you find it, but there's a lot of other stuff out there from which to draw, imo.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 10 February 2024 20:28 (seven months ago) link
i remember being confused by that 1980 thing when i saw it on tv. i think i'm still confused. "floor" sounds like "4" and one of the songs in the set is 1984. and it's a floor show. ok i'm good now.
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 10 February 2024 20:35 (seven months ago) link
Okay finally watched a bit and saw. Guess that’s Ava Cherry. Also hadn’t realized the theme song was actually Johnny Rivers singing “The Midnight Special.” D’oh!
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 February 2024 21:14 (seven months ago) link
And Dooshenka … is Amanda Lear!
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 February 2024 21:17 (seven months ago) link
Thread delivers.
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 February 2024 21:29 (seven months ago) link
Detailed writeup here, along with a link to dedicated FB group:https://madelinex.com/2018/09/01/ziggys-last-stand-bowie-the-1980-floor-show/
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 February 2024 21:54 (seven months ago) link
Private group though.