Looks awesome. I wish we had something like that up here. There's going to be a tribute concert next month that my friend's band is participating in. He wouldn't tell me which songs they had chosen, but he asked if I knew how to play the bassline for Ashes to Ashes, as he was having trouble with the slapping parts.tepista wrote:So I played Man Who Sold the World LP 6x in a row at my house, including Sunday morning with friends, then went to "Bowie Brunch" at out local bar where they played Bowie for 5 hours straight, and we got smashed, then went BACK to my pad and played Low and Aladin Sane.
this was the DJ setlist:
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The pre-chorus from "Never Let Me Down" sounds like the pre-chorus from "Pillow Talk" by Sylvia 1973
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My copies of Tonight & Never Let Me Down are practically mint. Not a scratch/pop to be found!
NLMD isn't as bad as people say. Especially side 1. I could never get used to the weird "Bang Bang" cover cuz Iggy's is so good.
NLMD isn't as bad as people say. Especially side 1. I could never get used to the weird "Bang Bang" cover cuz Iggy's is so good.
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Tonight is lousy bar a couple of tracks. NLMD isn't so bad and I agree about that cover. Iggy's "Bang Bang" is brilliant.tepista wrote:My copies of Tonight & Never Let Me Down are practically mint. Not a scratch/pop to be found!
NLMD isn't as bad as people say. Especially side 1. I could never get used to the weird "Bang Bang" cover cuz Iggy's is so good.
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Agreed on all counts. NLMD is miles better than Tonight, which is awful and almost irredeemable aside from 2-1/2 tracks. NLMD is just a bit tired and trapped in the horrible production of the time. I believe Bowie admitted in later interviews that he just didn't spend enough time or focus on production issues.Marky Dread wrote:Tonight is lousy bar a couple of tracks. NLMD isn't so bad and I agree about that cover. Iggy's "Bang Bang" is brilliant.tepista wrote:My copies of Tonight & Never Let Me Down are practically mint. Not a scratch/pop to be found!
NLMD isn't as bad as people say. Especially side 1. I could never get used to the weird "Bang Bang" cover cuz Iggy's is so good.
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"God Only Knows" why I stopped listening to Tonight 30 years ago #markyWolter wrote:Agreed on all counts. NLMD is miles better than Tonight, which is awful and almost irredeemable aside from 2-1/2 tracks. NLMD is just a bit tired and trapped in the horrible production of the time. I believe Bowie admitted in later interviews that he just didn't spend enough time or focus on production issues.Marky Dread wrote:Tonight is lousy bar a couple of tracks. NLMD isn't so bad and I agree about that cover. Iggy's "Bang Bang" is brilliant.tepista wrote:My copies of Tonight & Never Let Me Down are practically mint. Not a scratch/pop to be found!
NLMD isn't as bad as people say. Especially side 1. I could never get used to the weird "Bang Bang" cover cuz Iggy's is so good.
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It's baffling that one of my all time favorite artists could cover one of my all time favorite songs and make it nigh-unlistenable for me.tepista wrote:"God Only Knows" why I stopped listening to Tonight 30 years ago #markyWolter wrote:Agreed on all counts. NLMD is miles better than Tonight, which is awful and almost irredeemable aside from 2-1/2 tracks. NLMD is just a bit tired and trapped in the horrible production of the time. I believe Bowie admitted in later interviews that he just didn't spend enough time or focus on production issues.Marky Dread wrote:Tonight is lousy bar a couple of tracks. NLMD isn't so bad and I agree about that cover. Iggy's "Bang Bang" is brilliant.tepista wrote:My copies of Tonight & Never Let Me Down are practically mint. Not a scratch/pop to be found!
NLMD isn't as bad as people say. Especially side 1. I could never get used to the weird "Bang Bang" cover cuz Iggy's is so good.
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tepista wrote:"God Only Knows" why I stopped listening to Tonight 30 years ago #markyWolter wrote:Agreed on all counts. NLMD is miles better than Tonight, which is awful and almost irredeemable aside from 2-1/2 tracks. NLMD is just a bit tired and trapped in the horrible production of the time. I believe Bowie admitted in later interviews that he just didn't spend enough time or focus on production issues.Marky Dread wrote:Tonight is lousy bar a couple of tracks. NLMD isn't so bad and I agree about that cover. Iggy's "Bang Bang" is brilliant.tepista wrote:My copies of Tonight & Never Let Me Down are practically mint. Not a scratch/pop to be found!
NLMD isn't as bad as people say. Especially side 1. I could never get used to the weird "Bang Bang" cover cuz Iggy's is so good.
Unbelievably bad cover.
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as far as his Iggy covers go, i think Bowie's China Girl is a lot worse.Marky Dread wrote:tepista wrote:"God Only Knows" why I stopped listening to Tonight 30 years ago #markyWolter wrote:Agreed on all counts. NLMD is miles better than Tonight, which is awful and almost irredeemable aside from 2-1/2 tracks. NLMD is just a bit tired and trapped in the horrible production of the time. I believe Bowie admitted in later interviews that he just didn't spend enough time or focus on production issues.Marky Dread wrote:Tonight is lousy bar a couple of tracks. NLMD isn't so bad and I agree about that cover. Iggy's "Bang Bang" is brilliant.tepista wrote:My copies of Tonight & Never Let Me Down are practically mint. Not a scratch/pop to be found!
NLMD isn't as bad as people say. Especially side 1. I could never get used to the weird "Bang Bang" cover cuz Iggy's is so good.
Unbelievably bad cover.
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Ahh no I think David's version of China Girl works as a fine Pop song.muppet hi fi wrote:as far as his Iggy covers go, i think Bowie's China Girl is a lot worse.Marky Dread wrote:tepista wrote:"God Only Knows" why I stopped listening to Tonight 30 years ago #markyWolter wrote:Agreed on all counts. NLMD is miles better than Tonight, which is awful and almost irredeemable aside from 2-1/2 tracks. NLMD is just a bit tired and trapped in the horrible production of the time. I believe Bowie admitted in later interviews that he just didn't spend enough time or focus on production issues.Marky Dread wrote:
Tonight is lousy bar a couple of tracks. NLMD isn't so bad and I agree about that cover. Iggy's "Bang Bang" is brilliant.
Unbelievably bad cover.
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Ridin' in a GDR Trabant, Jim, ya know those were different times. Iggy's in his cups and David's in a vest, and me - i'm in a Chinese brothel doing mime.Marky Dread wrote:Ahh no I think David's version of China Girl works as a fine Pop song.muppet hi fi wrote:as far as his Iggy covers go, i think Bowie's China Girl is a lot worse.Marky Dread wrote:tepista wrote:"God Only Knows" why I stopped listening to Tonight 30 years ago #markyWolter wrote:
Agreed on all counts. NLMD is miles better than Tonight, which is awful and almost irredeemable aside from 2-1/2 tracks. NLMD is just a bit tired and trapped in the horrible production of the time. I believe Bowie admitted in later interviews that he just didn't spend enough time or focus on production issues.
Unbelievably bad cover.
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Bowie's version of China Girl is immense.
Gotta say there's something quite endearing about his cover of Waterloo Sunset, though it obviously doesn't better the original.
Gotta say there's something quite endearing about his cover of Waterloo Sunset, though it obviously doesn't better the original.
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Yeah, great track.Heston wrote:Bowie's version of China Girl is immense.
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Plus, it dug Iggy out of some financial troubles, right?Silent Majority wrote:Yeah, great track.Heston wrote:Bowie's version of China Girl is immense.
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Best of his Iggy covers by a damn sight, and a fantastic rearrangement.JennyB wrote:Plus, it dug Iggy out of some financial troubles, right?Silent Majority wrote:Yeah, great track.Heston wrote:Bowie's version of China Girl is immense.
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