Bowiephiles

I gazed a gazely stare

This week’s NME has a review of the new Foo Fighters album, ‘One By One’. David Grohl is asked to choose three albums which he is listening to currently. He chooses ‘David Live’ (which has been the subject of some discussion on our boards recently), and has this to say about his choice:-

I’ve just bought a turntable so I’ve gone vinyl crazy. You always listen to the albums you had as a kid. It’s just a great record.

Talking of David Grohl, the tracklist for the hotly awaited Nirvana greatest hits compilation has now been unveiled, and is set to include their ‘MTV Unplugged’ 1993 cover of ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ 🙂

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many powers he had..

The November 2002 edition of ‘Q’ magazine has the almost obligatory (well, what would we say if they missed him?) db picture, this time on ‘The Month In Pictures’ page. Its small, but perfectly formed, and shows David wrapped around the members of Travis at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards (09/03/02 NEWS: BOWIE RECEIVES GQ OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD). They say :-

Boys Keep Grinning – A terrifyingly youthful David Bowie spills his beauty secrets to Travis at the GQ Men Of The Year awards.

Elsewhere in the magazine, Courtney Taylor of The Dandy Warhols talks about playing a song from his new album for David.:-

Taylor is particularly pleased with ‘I Am Sound’: “I played it for David Bowie,” he says, “and he said, Hmm, Ashes To Ashes. Which, even if it’s a B-minus Ashes To Ashes, is doing pretty well.”

And last but not least, ‘Q’ carries a supplement this month titled ‘The 50 Most Powerful People In Music’. David comes in at #45 and the blurb about him cites his ‘full critical rejuvenation’ whatever that means, as well as his ‘far-reaching influence’ and his ‘trail blazing’ innovation with BowieArt. Tony Visconti has this to say about him:-

David is still wide-eyed, still thinks things are awesome, and he is a knowledge junkie, which is quite amazing for a 55-year-old man.

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I, I can remember..

This week’s edition of Top Of The Pops 2 will include archive footage of David performing “Heroes”. The programme airs at 6.20PM on Tuesday 15th October on BBC2 in the UK. Their webpage says:-

We’re transported to the time of ‘Berlin Bowie’. ‘Low’.. was a beautiful mixture of electronics, pop and avant-garde technique that sparked off ‘Heroes’ later that year.

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hundreds of files…

An interesting story in The Guardian this week tackles the topic of internet file sharing and the music industry’s responses. They quote the latest figures from the BPI which show David in the top three pirated artists. They say:-

The release of a compilation CD followed by a new studio album made Bowie by far the most in-demand serious rock artist on the file swapping sites.

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It’s the hearts filthy lesson. Tell the others..

The alternative mix by Nine Inch Nails of David Bowie’s ‘Heart’s Filthy Lesson’ is released on Monday 14th October as part of a new CD ‘The Remix 2’ compiled by the UK Radio Station XFM. You can go here to check out the full tracklisting. (Thanks Linda)

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