Deposits of what into what?
Are you suggesting something of an 'omo-sek-shoo-wal nature?
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I like Bowie, he's a bloody good singer and his songs are weird and interesting. But I don't love him, cos I iz not a gay.
OK - so what's so special?
There's already a live album from the film of the same name.
I do think he's brilliant and I'm on his mailing list but have heard nothing about it.
I think it's really just for completists.
I won't buy it unless it's dirt cheap.
I just recently discovered Bowie last year after watching Life on Mars for the first time. I went nuts and downloaded a bunch of his early stuff. My friends hate it though because I'll have some hardcore punk rock playing and right after a Bowie song will come on.
That and they hate my obsession with Boston. MOOORE THEN A FEEELING!!!!!
*pats Curt on the head*
(More than a feeling!)
The French president's wife is getting a caning over her cover of Absolute Beginners on a Bowie tribute album to be released on Oct 12. It really is horrible: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xexwgw_carla-bruni-absolute-beginners_music
Quote: Curt @ April 17 2008, 5:04 AM BST
That and they hate my obsession with Boston. MOOORE THEN A FEEELING!!!!!
One of rock's all time great riffs !
Quote: Kenneth @ September 26 2010, 11:45 PM BSTThe French president's wife is getting a caning over her cover of Absolute Beginners on a Bowie tribute album to be released on Oct 12. It really is horrible: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xexwgw_carla-bruni-absolute-beginners_music
Christ on a barnacle, that's bad. 
Any Bowie fans got Friday on My Mind (from the Pin Ups album) at hand? I just read a new-ish Bowie book by one Pete Doggett claiming that Bowie's vocals on Friday On My Mind are a pastiche of Peter Sellers and Elvis Presley. Sure his voice is all over the shop in the song, but I can't hear the Elvis and Sellers 'pastiches'.
I can't hear "Presley" in Bowie's inzerpretation.
Why on earth did I start this thread?!
Because you always knew Bowie would make a comeback and make this thread relevant again. you're the one who's laughing now.
I met Bowie in early '67 at a Traction Engine Rally in Pickering, North Yorkshire. He was still Davie Jones at that time and a member of the group 'Riot Squad'. He was clearly confused and trying to find himself when I first saw him licking the rear tyre on a Massey Ferguson 35X. Even in those days he was gathering a crowd, but sadly for the wrong reasons. I took him for a mug of Bovril and a sit down and we discussed our shared love of tractors and farm implements in general.
As it turned out this meeting was to have a gargantuan impact on Bowie's career and his meteoric rise into superstardom. Although never credited or even mentioned in the history of David Bowie I am content in knowing I had an influence.
I suggested a name change as people were confusing him with Davy Jones from the Monkees. What about Piggy Corndust? I said. David spat hot Bovril all over my wellingtons and started to laugh uncontrollably. I didn't know whether to be offended or pleased. Thinking back to the tyre licking incident I realised there may have been some substances involved so I let it pass. My suspicions were confirmed later on when David asked if I'd like to "...toke on his fatty" Luckily he then produced an expertly rolled joint which wiped the shocked look from my face.
We wandered round taking in the sights and sounds, stopping briefly to finger a magnificent looking A.J International Rotovator and Seed Drill. Little did I know at the time, David was gathering ideas for songs, although we did discuss an idea about a five year farming almanac set to music called 'Five Years'. It was meant to contain useful information on crop rotation, inter-planting and how to avoid carrot fly. However, David was in a morbid phase and chose to ruin the song by making it about the last five years on earth. Alas, looking at the lyrics I can see where his influence sprang from:
Pushing through the market square (Farmers Market section of the Rally)
So many Mothers sighing (They'd sold out of Jersey Royals)
News had just come over (Over the Tannoy)
We had five years left to cry in (Market was closing so there was five minutes left to buy in)
And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor (Felt like a tractor more like)
Similarly the chorus to the track 'Soul Love' takes me back to an incident with a stall holder. David was adamant he wanted to buy a dove but the seller wouldn't let David touch it until he showed him the money.
Inspirations have I none (I'm not going to hurt it)
Just to touch the flaming dove (He just wanted to touch the flaming thing)
All I have is my love of love (I love all creatures)
And love is not loving (I'm not feeling the love back, otherwise clueless)
I sympathised with David over the dove incident, I just think the stall holder took a dislike to him because of all the makeup he was wearing. David calmed down after rolling another herbal cigarette which he dragged down like a vacuum cleaner. He quickly became paranoid and kept shouting about an electric eye being on him and someone putting a ray gun to his head. David was becoming a real handful so I thought about getting him home before he freaked out any more.
There was clearly a reference to this in the track 'Moonage Daydream'
Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in a moonage daydream, oh yeah!
David said he was proper hungry and had something he called 'the munchies' so we bought all the burgers and hot dogs left on a stand that was packing up. I suggested that we get a bus to my place so he could have a rest but David insisted on driving his Austin Morris 1100. I had a sense of foreboding about this but didn't want to leave him in the state he was in. Inevitably we were pulled over by the local constabulary and David being David started rambling on about a starman. David was charged for public order offences and I put up surety guaranteeing he would be in court on the following Monday morning.
I must confess I was one of many people stifling laughter when the policeman read out David's statement in the County Court with a broad Yorkshire accent:
There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds
There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it's all worthwhile
He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie.......Your Honour
The three magistrates were not as amused but luckily David was only bound over to keep the peace for 6 months.
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ January 31 2013, 8:43 AM GMTBecause you always knew Bowie would make a comeback and make this thread relevant again. you're the one who's laughing now.
Speaking of comebacks...Nicky Liar made a spectacular comeback on this site.