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Posted on Jan 11 2016 04:36 PM
killbabykill34 wrote:
I have a friend who worked on those sessions and when they were done (he was working directly for another artist that guested, came by the studio) he and the artist basically gave Warren a final hug goodbye. http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic |
Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up. 
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Posted on Jan 11 2016 06:01 PM
The night I talked to David Bowie I was twenty years old when I talked to David Bowie. It was November 28, 1972. A friend had guessed, accurately as it turned out, the hotel Bowie was staying in when he played in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I booked a room and several of us attended the Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars show at the Syria Mosque, where my dad played violin with The Pittsburgh Symphony until they moved to Heinz Hall. After the show, we waited in my hotel room until his floor was very quiet, at least well after midnight. Then we knocked on Bowie's door. He didn't answer it himself, but he saw us and waved us into the entrance. Then, he talked to us. He asked how we found his room? He asked us where we were from? He asked if we liked the show? He asked who we were and where we were from, and he asked us what we did? And he listened to us. He let us ask him questions, which he also answered. He didn't need to do this. It was late, and we were just a few cheeky fans, but he talked to us as though we were important. What struck me was how different Bowie was in person compared to his public persona. And he was brilliant in conversation, extremely well-spoken, and thoughtful. He didn't once make us feel like he thought himself superior to us. And he didn't chase us off, but waited until we ourselves finally started to feel uncomfortable about taking so much time, to let us know he was tired. Then he made sure he got our names right, and signed personalized autographs for each of us on 8.5 X 11 glossy photographs of his Aladdin Sane portrait. I still have mine in my copy of the album. David Bowie is the only the only real rock star I ever had a conversation with. He was a musical genius, and also a true gentleman. —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Last edited: Jan 11, 2016 18:48:52 |
Joined: Dec 11, 2013 Posts: 2537 Akron, Ohio
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Posted on Jan 11 2016 06:24 PM
Great memories shared Noel! —The Kahuna Kings https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Kahuna-Kings/459752090818447 |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 2063 Virginia, USA
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Posted on Jan 11 2016 06:46 PM
Cool story Noel! Thanks for sharing! —Paul |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jan 11 2016 08:00 PM
I have a very clear memory of running into a friend in the early summer of 1983 (I had just turned 14) who was coming from a record store with a newly purchased copy of Let's Dance, the first time I saw the album. I remember being really struck by the cover, I thought it looked amazing. And then the title track, Modern Love and China Girl became the soundtrack of that summer for me, much more so than, say, Michael Jackson. I spent a couple of weeks that summer at a seaside teen camp (hosting kids from all over Europe), and we did a lot of dancing to those songs. I even remember walking past a condo building inside of which was a budding guitarist doing a fairly good job playing the intro to China Girl on an electric guitar through an amp, with open windows. It seemed to be everywhere. When I moved to the US in the early '84, classic rock radio played a lot Bowie and I got to know his earlier amazing, classic, timeless songs. I was never a huge fan, but always loved and respected him. I had the Tin Machine albums which were fascinating. I saw him live in '95 as part of the Bowie/Nine Inch Nails tour, and he blew me away, it was an incredible show. Just a few years ago (pretty embarrassing, actually) I finally discovered the Ziggy Stardust and Alladin Sane albums in full, and couldn't believe how great they are. But my favorite - in addition to Let's Dance for nostalgia reasons - will always be Scary Monsters (and Super Freaks), with the inimitable Robert Fripp playing some insane guitar! I truly love that album. (Heroes close behind.) I got The Next Day when it came out, and thought it was fantastic. Listened to it again today, and still think it's fantastic. Definitely many allusions to dying on there, so given his extremely low profile for many years, I figured something was probably up. But the news this morning still came as a shock. His music was a very important component of the soundtrack of my life, and I will miss him. Like Victor said, we'll be probably be losing many iconic rock starts in the next few years. That's a truly depressing thing to consider. I was trying to think of artists anywhere near as influential, iconic and long-lasting as Bowie and Lemmy that are my age rather than my dad's age, and I couldn't think of any. There was something truly special about that British generation born during WWII and immediately after. A world without those people is going to suck a lot. —Ivan |
Joined: Mar 07, 2010 Posts: 2268 North Carolina
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Posted on Jan 11 2016 08:24 PM
Many - wonderful reflections in this thread. Noel, your story makes me instantly think of one of my top 3 favorite Christmas/Holiday bits. I know it's a skit, but it always felt like this is how you'd experience meeting him in real life - quick witted, respectful, and all around sweet, gentle and pleasant. Probably one of the last songs most think of when you think Bowie, but I truly love his voice on this cut. —Fady El Mirage @ ReverbNation |
Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Jan 11 2016 10:10 PM
The out pouring of love and memories of Bowie online is awe-inspiring. Worthy of the King of Kings that he was. Music is a really important part of life. For some of us it's necessary daily soundtrack. I listen to music almost every minute of the day. It inspires me. I almost can't work without it. I certainly can’t live without it. Bowie's music was part of the soundtrack of growing up. His passing feels like something from childhood got taken away. And it did. But the music lasts forever. Here's an awesome clip. When everyone else on "Top of the Pops" would typically lip synch, Bowie came out and rocked hard LIVE. —BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! Last edited: Jan 11, 2016 22:19:59 |
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Posted on Jan 11 2016 10:15 PM
I remember that Bing and Bowie sang together on a Christmas Special (where did those go?)and how I thought, as a kid, how weird that was, having read the Scholastic Books version of The Man Who Fell to Earth and getting a general impression of Bowie as a really unusual cat, and also picking up on his androgyny and queerness (I was perceptive though innocent). |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jan 11 2016 10:58 PM
JObeast wrote:
I watched that live, and it was completely unexpected and very powerful. I remember getting a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. What an incredible song Under Pressure is, too, still as moving today as it was in '82. I seem to remember reading that Queen and Bowie did it spontaneously in a studio, non-planned, and in a short time. Amazing talent. Noel, that's truly quite a story! You are fortunate to have experienced that. I guess that's another thing that Bowie and Lemmy had in common, treating fans and other people as humans with dignity. —Ivan Last edited: Jan 11, 2016 22:58:52 |
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Posted on Jan 12 2016 02:13 AM
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Posted on Jan 12 2016 02:24 AM
I liked ones he influenced directly - Richard Butler (Psychedelic Furs) and Peter Murphy (Bauhaus), each combined elements of his voice/infliction/pose and took it to even weirder, otherworldly places. I also believe Iggy Pop learned a thing or two. |
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Posted on Jan 12 2016 02:40 AM
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Posted on Jan 12 2016 02:46 AM
the term 'rock n roll legend' does not do the man justice, someone who dared to do it his way, not caring about about what anyone thought. As a kid the album Diamond Dogs left a big impression on me. I had the fortune to work with David Bowie in 1992 on the set of a Tin Machine music video in LA, I remember him as a soft spoken gentleman, no big ego, just a decent and very talented guy. Don't these things happen in three's? Lemmy, Bowie . . . . ? —'Surf Music Lasts Forever' |
Joined: Oct 08, 2014 Posts: 1073 Northern Ohio
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Posted on Jan 12 2016 06:47 AM
Just found out. Yes I live under a rock. Wonderful stories. I have nothing but memories. I got a girl I liked in high school to buy Ziggy Stardust. She told me later about how much she loved the album and seemed rather shocked that it was so good sort of in spite of my recommendation. We never went out but we'll always have Ziggy. My other favorite needs to be in this thread. Contains one of the best lines in all of pop music and no, I won't spoil it by typing it out. And such a lovely photo of David. —Da Vinci Flinglestein, The Syndicate of Surf on YouTube |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jan 12 2016 12:01 PM
Here is a short but nice article on the guitarists that worked with Bowie throughout his career: http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/david-bowie-eight-guitar-greats-who-shaped-his-music/55898 —Ivan |
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Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Jan 12 2016 01:49 PM
Cool article, Ivan. Bowie's various eras gave us great guitar work. Bowie was a great guitarist as well and also played fantastic piano and sax. My favorite has to be the great Mick Ronson! He achieved his sound in a pretty straightforward way, Les Paul, Marshall and Vox Tone Bender but still had such a distinctive sound. No doubt an influence on both Punk and Hard Rock. I see a direct line between him and Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols. Here's an article that talks a bit more about the man and his sound... http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/getthattoneziggyeramick.aspx
BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! Last edited: Jan 12, 2016 13:50:59 |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3820 North Atlantic 
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Posted on Jan 12 2016 02:13 PM
The two big guitarists for me are Carlos Alomar and Reeves Gabrels. Carlos played on some very influential Bowie albums from Young Americans onward; funk, krautrock, jazz, and rock and roll. He was one of the guitarists on the Glass Spider tour (along with Peter Frampton), and played his butt off. No wonder Bowie kept using him. Reeves Gabrels really helped facilitate Bowie's return to Rock & Roll. I love his abandon, dissonance, and conviction in his playing. Tin Machine is one of my favourite bands. Reeves, Bowie, and the Sales (edit) Brothers are just so powerful. Their performance on Under the God can teach us all about how to play in a band. Each guitarist in the Guitar Player article (thanks Ivan) were the perfect player for each of the eras, imho. Canadian Surf http://www.urbansurfkings.com/ Last edited: Jan 13, 2016 13:23:21 |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 2063 Virginia, USA
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Posted on Jan 12 2016 03:27 PM
Speaking of Tin Machine, let's not forget about the somewhat surf(ish) instro song, Needles on the Beach that was featured on the Beyond the Beach comp. —Paul Last edited: Jan 12, 2016 15:30:27 |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jan 12 2016 04:30 PM
And the Hunt Brothers from Tin Machine got their start in the music business playing surf music as teenagers! I think they even recorded a single. —Ivan |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3820 North Atlantic
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Posted on Jan 12 2016 05:18 PM
And let's not forget Adrian Belew. http://www.newsweek.com/david-bowie-death-adrian-belew-lodger-414084 Rev —Canadian Surf |
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