David Bowie...

[charliecharlie]

some of Bowie's early videos were pretty amazing, visually stunning and streets ahead of their time

http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/003/069/0000306997_350.jpg

there is something about artists from that era, so visually creative, look at Annie Lennox, another fine example,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk4lCXt7JKo

http://cucharasonica.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/587annie20lenox.jpg

I guess it's partly to do with the Art School scene in the 70's... out of which came Brian Ferry/Roxy Music

,

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/2324700116_5a6d3cd24a.jpg

Spandau Ballet/Tony Hadley and the whole new romantic thing. Steve Stange and the Camden Palace...

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/gallery/2002/01/17/dpub_strange80s.jpg

there was somehow a burst of creativity around that time in Britain, not sure what the triggers are for that kind creative of surge... but let's have another one!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Mattham, how could you forget Status Quo?

[charliecharlie]

I guess you could say Prince has achieved the '30 year of success and still going strong' status

He's released more than 30 albums since 1978 and his show at O2 was pretty spectacular

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1407/1428167890_a7addaba4f.jpg

[woodie]

great post ta. not seen the mick rock one before. Met the man a couple of times. 2nd time if i tell you, you wont believe me, but first time is v funny. when he did jazzin for blue jean, he was looking for a musicians to mime his backing band. My girlfriend at the time was a dancer, shes in the video clear to see. preserved forever in film lol. So through her i got an audition. to be honest i thought some director (julian temple) would take one look at me and go naaaah get him out! next!

Shock horror! arrived at the place and was immediately taken downstairs. Omg mr bowie was personally meeting choosing and having a quick chat with all the possible payers. I was strangely not nervous at all, because hes a very friendly chap. He asked me ''what do you play? which part would suit you?' My answer totally honest was..well i'm a singer actually! He laughed and said 'well thats my part cant hand that one over!' I said my best instrement is bass. In the end, right said fred b4 they were right said fred got the gig. Also a friendly bunch of guys. Im in there in the crowd but hid from camera mostly.

Most of my friends when i was 13 were mad on bowie. ziggy ,a lad, all that. I came n around heroes. because i was more into eno/roxy stooges can . Bowie had pop hits...

I got a freebie ticket to see 'serious moonlight' tour.Almost front row. Thats when i realised how absolutley charismatic he is on stage. I spent most of the concert with my mouth open and my hands in my hair, in amazement. It was totally stunning. Now I have time for anything he does. Even tin machine had its moments is right.Oh and works with gail ann dorsey. shes a hot musician . works great the 2 of them. dunno if thats still a line up he uses.good luck to him, he's top .Plus hes a brixton dood.

[capt_birdseye]

And he produced Transformer and Lust For Life, so he kept good company too.

[charliecharlie]

can someone answer this question??? in this early image of bowie's eyes, both are greeny blue

http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/003/069/0000306997_350.jpg

and in later life the damaged eye appears to be brown

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/59/228467096_3d901104b6.jpg?v=0

which is the real colour???

[mockney piers]

I have just one word to say to you:

Dancing in the street.

[????]

That is actually 4 words

[charliecharlie]

who's better in this, Jagger or Bowie???

neither at their best.... in my view(!)

edited to add a comma!

http://bostonist.com/attachments/austinist_kerry/comma.jpg

[red devil]

'Don't forget that song was for chariddy'...

http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=tbn:2dxuZdshlbD4KM::www.bbc.co.uk/home/images/main_promo/radio2/r2_highlights_l_1.jpg

[Asset]

Bowie's eyes are the same colour. One pupil is permanently enlarged. The shot with the different coloured eyes is a touch-up.

[annaj]

Slightly off topic, but... the photo in my last passport was taken in a digital booth with a really bright flash and I hadn't been quite facing straight on when it was taken, so it looked like I had different coloured eyes.

MrJ thought this was hilarious and every time I had to show my passport (and bear in mind that, in addition to holidays, we travelled together for a couple of months crossing borders every week or so) he would stand behind me and as I opened it and busrt into song...

"This is ground control to major Tom"

Every single time. For five years. And I still married him. Thus proving that love is not just blind, it's also deaf and perpetually optimistic.

[ThinLizzy]

Blinkin' brilliant! Thanks Tony -- Oh you Pretty things video is great -- he was and is a legend, who needs to come to ED to marry ME -- ditch Iman David, she's a minger :)

[ThinLizzy]

Also, if anyone has that great link to Under Pressure, with all the crowds etc, stick it on... I would if I knew how to post vids :)

[red devil]

[ThinLizzy]

Nooooooooooooooooooo -- this is a terrible hash of sounds! Can you post the original with the speeded up video of people getting off trains etc... that I like, this is pants x

[HonaloochieB]

Bowie's eye changed colour after hwe was lamped by his mate George Underwood in a row over a girl apparently.

The lesson there is don't mess with George.

I mean hard a punch must that have been?

[SeanMacGabhann]

I've met George. Very lovely chap

They are still best friends as well

[red devil]

ThinLizzy Wrote:

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> Nooooooooooooooooooo -- this is a terrible hash of

> sounds! Can you post the original with the

> speeded up video of people getting off trains

> etc... that I like, this is pants x

Sorry TL, there are so many versions on You Tube, think this might be the one you are alluding to...(tu)

[HonaloochieB]

I think Bowie has a great talent for choosing his collaborators well. Mick Ronson was a hugely gifted musician/arranger and played a big part in the production of say Transformer, far more than he was given credit for.

Ian Hunter once described DB as a "vampire", not in a unpleasant way but as an illustration of how he functions, taking from others to form something that's very much his own.

A huge talent and Hunky Dory is as close as you'll get to a perfect record,

I work just round the corner from where he was born in Brixton.

Stansfield Road, number 40. I'm going to spend my lunch break standing outside it in silent contemplation.

[SeanMacGabhann]

But to see what the fuss is re: an earlier poster's comments re Gail Anne Dorsey then this is the Under Pressure for you

Under Pressure

[giggirl]

You Tube is a banned site in my office but Gail Ann Dorsey is a goddess - very hot bass player and always wears a nice dress.

[Applespider]

For anyone who still has a desire to stick a picture of David Bowie on their wall, the 'pop art' gallery on Kings Road has an interesting (potentially ridiculously expensive) box frame which has a picture of Starman Bowie with a model steak pie with British flag in the foreground.

Personally, I'm struggling with what steak pies have to do with Bowie... (?)

[woodie]

cheers sean

[charliecharlie]

HonaloochieB Wrote:

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> Bowie's eye changed colour after hwe was lamped by

> his mate George Underwood in a row over a girl

> apparently.

> The lesson there is don't mess with George.

> I mean hard a punch must that have been?

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l265/Stephe_01/stars/Manwho1a.jpg

Do you mean this kind of 'lamped' HonaloochieB??

strange thing is I remember that he had pure white eyes in the film 'Man who fell to earth', I don't remember these cat's eyes at all...

and that was before all the fancy contact lenses came in to being

http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/unbranded/c/unbranded-cats-eye-contact-lenses-with-cleaner.JPG