Showing posts with label Pin Ups. Show all posts
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David Bowie articles/mentions
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Cat People & John Heard
The Man Who Stole the World's Heart
Reel to reel tapes*:
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Cat People & John Heard
The Man Who Stole the World's Heart
Labyrinthitis ~ a dizzy proposition
Arif Mardin ~ Glass Onion
Mott the Hoople ~ All the Young Dudes
Prince ~ Purple Rain
Lou Reed ~ Transformer
Mick Ronson ~ Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Saturday Night Fever ~ Disco Daze 2
Tom @ 80 ~ the play list
Arif Mardin ~ Glass Onion
Mott the Hoople ~ All the Young Dudes
Prince ~ Purple Rain
Lou Reed ~ Transformer
Mick Ronson ~ Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Saturday Night Fever ~ Disco Daze 2
Tom @ 80 ~ the play list
January 10, 2016
David Bowie ~ The Man Who Stole the World's Heart
David Bowie died today. Somehow, I never imagined that would happen! I was stunned when I heard the news; he had cancer but I wasn't aware of it. He carefully planned his end. There is an article about this in the Guardian (link below). He was 69 years old.
I recall seeing him on September 17, 1983, during his Serious Moonlight Tour at the Oakland Coliseum; I had also seen Pink Floyd there years earlier.
It was the transition from his previous androgynous glam rock look . . .
I recall seeing him on September 17, 1983, during his Serious Moonlight Tour at the Oakland Coliseum; I had also seen Pink Floyd there years earlier.
Serious Moonlight Tour poster
It was the transition from his previous androgynous glam rock look . . .
David Bowie performs Rebel Rebel
on TV show TopPop - 1974
photo by : Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns
. . . and he looked fantastic!
photo by Denis O’Regan
I don't think I've ever seen a man so stylishly and impeccably dressed.
There are so many of his songs I like. My favorites are, Cat People (Putting out Fire), from the 1982 film, Cat People, starring Nastassja Kinski, and featured on the Let's Dance album. Recorded in July 1981, the song was written by Bowie with producer Giorgio Moroder, a pioneer of synth disco and electronic music.
Another favorite song is "Heroes", from the album of the same name, written by David Bowie and Brian Eno in 1977.
Bowie also made many films. My favorite was the 1976, Sci-Fi movie, The Man Who Fell to Earth. He received the Saturn Award for Best Actor for this film. Some of the music used in the film was by John Phillips, of The Mamas & the Papas, and Japanese percussionist-composer Stomu Yamashta,
Another favorite song is "Heroes", from the album of the same name, written by David Bowie and Brian Eno in 1977.
Bowie also made many films. My favorite was the 1976, Sci-Fi movie, The Man Who Fell to Earth. He received the Saturn Award for Best Actor for this film. Some of the music used in the film was by John Phillips, of The Mamas & the Papas, and Japanese percussionist-composer Stomu Yamashta,
The photo at the top of the page is David Bowie in the ‘Tokyo Pop’ vinyl bodysuit designed by Yamamoto Kansai for the Aladdin Sane Tour, 1973.
"I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring."
- David Bowie
(Madison Square Gardens on his 50th birthday)
Net links:
David Bowie articles on the Viewfinder:
David Bowie 1 ~ Hunky Dory
David Bowie 2 ~ The Man Who Sold the World
David Bowie 3 ~ Aladdin Sane
David Bowie 4 ~ Pin Ups
David Bowie 5 ~ Space Oddity
Discography
Filmography
The Guardian ~ David Bowie Planned His End
Obituaries:
The New York Times
BBC News
The Guardian
The Hollywood Reporter
David Bowie songs on YouTube:
"Heroes"
He is gone but his work will live on forever!
Styrous® ~ Sunday, January 10, 2016
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February 18, 2014
101 Reel-to-Reel Tapes 43: David Bowie 4 ~ Pin Ups
reel-to-reel tape box front cover detail
detail photo by Styrous®
I have hundreds of reel-to-reel, pre-recorded tapes in addition to my 20,000 Vinyl LP collection I'm selling. This is an entry about the Pin Ups, reel-to-reel tape, by David Bowie, I will have for sale on eBay on June 15, 2014. I currently have other David Bowie reel-to-reel tapes on eBay for sale. (see link below for others). Interested? Contact me by email, please, not by a comment.
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Pin Ups is the seventh album by David Bowie, containing cover versions of songs, released in 1973 on RCA Records. It was the first of two "1960's nostalgia" albums that Bowie had planned to release. The second, which was planned to be called Bowie-ing Out, would have contained covers of his favorite American artists, but it was never recorded. Bowie considered making a Pin Ups sequel; he had compiled a list of songs he wanted to cover, some of which showed up on his later releases of Heathen (2002) and Reality (2003).
The woman on the cover with Bowie is the 1960s supermodel Twiggy in a photograph taken by her manager at the time, Justin de Villeneuve. It was shot in Paris for Vogue magazine, but at Bowie's request, used for the album instead.
photo of album cover by Styrous®
Sorrow is by far my very favorite song on this album. Bowie's remake of the song by The McCoys was the only single released in the UK from the Pin Ups covers project, reaching UK #3 and staying in the charts for 15 weeks. Sorrow was featured in the 2008 John Cusack film War, Inc. It has a nice violin intro and it (the violin) plays intermittently through the song. The tune also features some mean sax by Bowie. In spite of the downer lyrics, it has a terrific dance beat that made me want to get up on the floor and move.
"These songs are among my favourites from the '64–67' period of London. Most of the groups were playing the Ricky-Tick (was it a 'y' or an 'i'?) -Scene club circuit (Marquee, eel pie island la-la). / Some are still with us. Pretty Things, Them, Yardbirds, Syd's Pink Floyd, Mojos, Who, Easybeats, Merseys, The Kinks. Love-on ya!"
- David Bowie, 1973
"These songs are among my favourites from the '64–67' period of London. Most of the groups were playing the Ricky-Tick (was it a 'y' or an 'i'?) -Scene club circuit (Marquee, eel pie island la-la). / Some are still with us. Pretty Things, Them, Yardbirds, Syd's Pink Floyd, Mojos, Who, Easybeats, Merseys, The Kinks. Love-on ya!"
- David Bowie, 1973
"These songs . . . "
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Track listing:
No. Title Writer(s) Length
No. Title Writer(s) Length
Side one:
1. Rosalyn (Originally recorded by The Pretty Things) Jimmy Duncan, Bill Farley - 2:27
2. Here Comes the Night (Notably recorded by Them) Bert Berns - 3:09
3. I Wish You Would (Notably recorded by The Yardbirds) Billy Boy Arnold - 2:40
4. See Emily Play (Originally recorded by Pink Floyd)) Syd Barrett - 4:03
5. Everything's Alright (Originally recorded by The Mojos) Nicky Crouch, John Konrad, Simon Stavely, Stuart James, Keith Karlson - 2:26
6. I Can't Explain (Originally recorded by The Who) Pete Townshend - 2:07
Side two:
1. Friday on My Mind (Originally recorded by The Easybeats) George Young, Harry Vanda - 3:18
2. Sorrow (Notably recorded by The Merseys) Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer, Richard Gottehrer - 2:48
3. Don't Bring Me Down (Originally recorded by The Pretty Things) Johnnie Dee - 2:01
4. Shapes of Things (Originally recorded by The Yardbirds) Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf - 2:47
5. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (Originally recorded by The Who) Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend - 3:04
6. Where Have All the Good Times Gone (Originally recorded by The Kinks) Ray Davies - 2:35
2. Here Comes the Night (Notably recorded by Them) Bert Berns - 3:09
3. I Wish You Would (Notably recorded by The Yardbirds) Billy Boy Arnold - 2:40
4. See Emily Play (Originally recorded by Pink Floyd)) Syd Barrett - 4:03
5. Everything's Alright (Originally recorded by The Mojos) Nicky Crouch, John Konrad, Simon Stavely, Stuart James, Keith Karlson - 2:26
6. I Can't Explain (Originally recorded by The Who) Pete Townshend - 2:07
Side two:
1. Friday on My Mind (Originally recorded by The Easybeats) George Young, Harry Vanda - 3:18
2. Sorrow (Notably recorded by The Merseys) Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer, Richard Gottehrer - 2:48
3. Don't Bring Me Down (Originally recorded by The Pretty Things) Johnnie Dee - 2:01
4. Shapes of Things (Originally recorded by The Yardbirds) Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf - 2:47
5. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (Originally recorded by The Who) Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend - 3:04
6. Where Have All the Good Times Gone (Originally recorded by The Kinks) Ray Davies - 2:35
Personnel:
- David Bowie - vocals, guitar, tenor and alto saxophone, harmonica, arrangements, backing vocals, Moog synthesiser
- Mick Ronson - guitar, piano, vocals, arrangements
- Trevor Bolder - bass guitar
- Aynsley Dunbar - drums
- Mike Garson - piano, organ, harpsichord, electric piano
- Ken Fordham - baritone saxophone
- G.A. MacCormack - backing vocals
- Ron Wood - guitar on "Growin' Up"
Production personnel:
RCA Records - EPP1 0291-C
Music links:
Sorrow on YouTube
Rosalyn on YouTube
Here Comes the Night on YouTube
I Wish You Would on YouTube
Everything's Alright on YouTube
I Can't Explain on YouTube
Don't Bring Me Down on YouTube
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere on YouTube
Where Have All the Good Times Gone on YouTube
Friday on My Mind on YouTube
Sorrow on YouTube
Rosalyn on YouTube
Here Comes the Night on YouTube
I Wish You Would on YouTube
Everything's Alright on YouTube
I Can't Explain on YouTube
Don't Bring Me Down on YouTube
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere on YouTube
Where Have All the Good Times Gone on YouTube
Friday on My Mind on YouTube
Shapes of Things on YouTube
reel-to-reel listings on eBay
David Bowie ~ Pin Ups reel-to-reel tape on eBay
reel-to-reel listings on eBay
Styrous® ~ February 18, 2013
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