David Bowie's Reality tour

nosaj · Post by **nosaj** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 6:42 pm

I love David Bowie, even kinda like the last few albums, but passed on buying tickets this time around...it is very cool that he's playing mostly new songs, but still, I do like the older stuff more...they never called Pablo Picasso an ass****! Not like you.

Goodbye Uncle Floyd...does that mean anything to anybody, am I reading into it too much? I do have a theory...

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 4:46 pm

Actually i guess Space Oddity would need an orchastra to enhance a live performance of it which is a luxery Bowie doesn't have for this tour so it sortta stands to reason that he doesn't do the song

nosaj · Post by **nosaj** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:19 pm

He must be tired of that song. Honestly, I skip it most of the time when listening to the live Ziggy album.
Shoot, I have friends who bought tickets - I didn't because I wasn't too interested in the set list...same reason I didn't see the DB tour.
Its in two weeks, maybe I should go?

Heikki · Post by **Heikki** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 1:27 pm

Go! That's my advice to you. Bowie was in fine form in Helsinki (that of course was one of the first gigs...), so if you haven't seen him before, do yourself a favour and get the ticket.

dogs_pigs_n_sheep · Post by **dogs_pigs_n_sheep** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 2:11 pm

I remember about 10 years ago, or maybe less, he suggested he was putting all his old material to rest, and would no longer play any of it, and I thought this was a very sad idea. I'm glad to hear he has changed his mind. That was like when Roger decided to not play any PF when he toured, how can you not at least pay some respect to the great material that made it possible to keep presenting new material. I love Changesone.

Heikki · Post by **Heikki** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:35 am

dogs_pigs_n_sheep wrote:I remember about 10 years ago, or maybe less, he suggested he was putting all his old material to rest, and would no longer play any of it,..

I found his 50% new, 50% old (over 10 years old) material deal quite enjoyable. There's a lot more dignity doing so than concentrating on the old songs. On the other hand I enjoyed Uriah Heep set a few weeks ago, even though the newest song in their set was 20 years old!

It's a hard balancing act to make a proper set list if you've been famous for decades... And one thing is sure: You can't please everybody!

nosaj · Post by **nosaj** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 12:56 am

Tin Machine!!

Heikki · Post by **Heikki** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:19 am

Believe me or not, but I like over half of the songs on Tin Machine 2. Baby Universal, Amlapura, One Shot,... Ok, I know that's not yet over half of the songs, but those are IMO the excellent ones.

Anna-Roza · Post by **Anna-Roza** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 1:30 pm

I like the three Tin Machine albums, too... I started listen to music more consciously at the beginning of the nineties, when I started to be a teenager, not "a child"

, so I have special feelings towards the music that was recorded around that time

)

And I think Reeves Gabrels did a great job on the second TM album, all these Neubauten-like experiments with a guitar treated with strange devices

Heikki · Post by **Heikki** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 10:29 pm

Anna, please stop agreeing with me about everything

Well, it's nice to find out that I'm not the only one who actually listens to Tin Machine at all.
BTW, I visited the local music store today. The owners said that they ordered that bonus edition of Bowie's Reality you told about just for me. I didn't ask them to do that! That's what I call good service.

Anna-Roza · Post by **Anna-Roza** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:44 pm

Heikki wrote:Anna, please stop agreeing with me about everything
Well, it's nice to find out that I'm not the only one who actually listens to Tin Machine at all..

Don't be afraid

, I said once that I think Marillion is one of the most overrated bands ever... I can't stand Steve Hogarth and I'm not a big fan of Fish, either

Heikki wrote: BTW, I visited the local music store today. The owners said that they ordered that bonus edition of Bowie's Reality you told about just for me. I didn't ask them to do that! That's what I call good service.

That's great, waiting for your opinions

Heikki · Post by **Heikki** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:43 pm

Ok, I like Marillion. And that's good news to you, miss!

I was beginning to fear my impression of you was all wrong. I thought you were an intelligent and attractive young woman with original ideas. For a moment it looked like you're desperately trying to please an older man...

BTW, did you like Purple?

Anna-Roza · Post by **Anna-Roza** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 2:17 pm

You're right - before I've written that post, I had called my younger brother and asked him what the f*ck that Tin Machine was, because I would like to show off I know such a band, and impress some people at the forum

No, I don't listen to David Bowie at all, I hate his music, only like to watch his videos (with the sound off, of course) because he's so beautiful...
And Robert Fripp is even more beautiful, that's why I have two King Crimson DVDs and one video cassette, extremely sexy

Seriously, that's really not my fault that we have quite similar taste in music ... I also share many fascinations with Simpledumbpilot, Pugs on the Wings (oh, that exciting "80s thread"

), Prkl, Seamusz, Gonzo, Diin Jaffa...
Nota bene, there's a lot of bands that I like very much that you'd probably not approve

... Like Machine Head, Sepultura, Paradise Lost, Biohazard, Helmet, Gorefest, Rammstein, Vader...

Heikki wrote:BTW, did you like Purple?

Oh, yes, great concert! Very nice suprise, I was afraid it would be rather disappointing... I remember terrible Robert Plant concert

...
As promised, I've written the long "review" in the "What are you listening to" thread.

Diin Jaffa · Post by **Diin Jaffa** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 4:34 pm

Anna-Roza wrote: Diin Jaffa...

I have noticed that! and thats why im gonna give you......*thumb up*

Useful Idiot · Post by **Useful Idiot** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 10:11 pm

Anna-Roza wrote:Rammstein

Oh my god, someone else likes them?