David Bowie

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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    shecky said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    intodeep said:

    I am halfway through my first listen of Blackstar. Pretty solid stuff. I really liked blackstar and lazarous so far

    Girl Loves Me is my favourite so far.
    Yeah, 'Girl Loves Me' is an interesting song, isn't it?
    Any idea what kind of slang Bowie is singing or did he just make it all up?

    "Cheena so sound, so titi up this malcheck, say

    Party up moodge, nanti vellocet round on Tuesday

    Real bad dizzy snatch making all the omeys mad — Thursday

    Popo blind to the polly in the hole by Friday"...
    Apparently it's Nadsat language from Clockwork Orange.
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  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,764
    Ah...OK!
    Thanks for the info.
  • -Buru-
    -Buru- Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1,292
    People have already recommended the albums I would recommend. I am currently fixated on side B of Low. Last week it was Heroes and Alladin Sane. Oh and Hunky Dory is one of my favorites. Quicksand is on it, enough said.
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    Anyone see Lady Gaga's tribute at the Grammys? I've nothing against her in general, but it was bloody awful, sounded more like Bette Middler or Liza Minnelli doing cabaret renditions of Bowie tunes.
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    it was atrocious
  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,764
    I agree - it was horrible. What a disappointment.
  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    I'm not a Gaga hater (seen her once and quite enjoyed it), but her tribute rubbed me the wrong way for some reason. It would have been cool if there were more collaborators, like Iggy Pop or Mick Jagger. I also didn't like her attempted likeness to Bowie.

    In contrast, I really enjoyed the Lemmy tribute, I thought it was super heartfelt. As was the Glenn Frey tribute.

    Damn, so many tributes :(
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    taken from another website
    word I've heard is that the Bowie estate blocked the following:

    -any DB video usage
    -any DB photo usage(the photo at the end of her performance was a drawing, not a photo)
    -any DB master recordings(the "Let's Dance" teaser earlier in the show were from the Grammy soundcheck)
    -certain arrangement elements(has Nile never seen an e-bow before?)
    -Iggy blocked China Girl
    -told those who actually knew DB in the last 20 years not to go near it.
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    I felt like she seemed to truly have been inspired by him, but the delivery and sound and the way they spliced the songs together... the whole thing was really really bad.

    My favorite comment about it was: "Gaga doing Bowie = bad pub karaoke on a NASA budget"
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    losing david bowie still hits me hard,..being a big fan for over 37 years will do that...
    there will be no one like him. a true visionary. such a sad loss to music
    for me personally i was ok with gaga's tribute
    but this wins...if there was even a competition to start with...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7l3y7LOzLc
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    edited February 2016
    Life on Mars is the ultimate Bowie song IMHO
    Post edited by buck502000 on
  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,764
    I agree with you on Lorde's performance and I feel that she was a good choice.
    To me, she seemed to be very humbled by the honor and was more intent on the song being the star of the tribute, not herself..

  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 1,893
    that was an amazing performance. lorde has such an interesting, cool voice.
  • bluegrace
    bluegrace Posts: 2,357
    I cried when I watched the Brit Award one, didn't like lady Gaga's hommage at all.
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  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    Lorde was great. I think what made the performance was the fact that it included people who were close to him. It was very heartfelt. While Gaga's theatrics was a nod to Bowie obviously, I just found her whole tribute tacky and over the top.
  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,764
    Suziemay said:

    Lorde was great. I think what made the performance was the fact that it included people who were close to him. It was very heartfelt. While Gaga's theatrics was a nod to Bowie obviously, I just found her whole tribute tacky and over the top.

    I couldn't have said it better.
  • sophiaeastman
    sophiaeastman Greater Seattle Posts: 9
    Lorde looked so humbled to be performing that song, too- I really felt that she understood that she wasn't there to replace Bowie, but to honor him.
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  • lexicondevil
    lexicondevil Posts: 2,249
    I think that I am one of the few people that felt like that Lorde performance was karaoke night before the drinks take effect. It was nowhere near as awful as the Gaga debacle, but her singing sounded flat and lifeless. I don't know why they didn't have Annie Lennox sing the song. She would have done an amazing job with her vocal skills. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ildVYgYWPqc
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  • BIGDaddyWil
    BIGDaddyWil Michigan Posts: 3,080
    ^^^^^ Awesome performance, thanks!
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  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    lexicondevil said:

    I think that I am one of the few people that felt like that Lorde performance was karaoke night before the drinks take effect. It was nowhere near as awful as the Gaga debacle, but her singing sounded flat and lifeless. I don't know why they didn't have Annie Lennox sing the song. She would have done an amazing job with her vocal skills. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ildVYgYWPqc

    Now THAT would have been amazing!

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