The boy in the Fred Perry, jumped up on the stage…
BowieNetter Lunamagic posted this item on the MBs from French site
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Paul Weller and David Bowie – A joint project?
Paul Weller wants to get on stage with David Bowie. The singer who released the album 22 Dreams earlier this year admits that he listened to Bowie’s music a lot during the recording of the album and that he would like the chance to get on stage with the legendary rocker.
He said: “We played a lot of Bowie during the creation of 22 Dreams. I wouldn’t go as far as saying that that was a direct influence, but our roadie helped me re-discover Bowie’s albums when we were in the studio.”
“I haven’t been able to talk to Bowie. However, I would love it if he could join us for a show. It would be great if we could get together to make some music with my new band”.
The singer, who recently turned 50, confesses that this landmark birthday gave him additional motivation to make sure his latest album would be one he could be proud of.
He explained thus: “I didn’t want to find myself in the skin of someone whose greatest achievements are behind him once he reached a certain age. I wanted to prove the opposite by offering something different”.
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For those of you that haven’t been reading these news pages in recent months, Weller first expressed the rekindling of his interest in Bowie’s music back in May. (05.14.2008 NEWS: WELLER IS BORN AGAIN BOWIE FREAK & 05.22.2008 NEWS: BOWIE ASKS WELLER FOR HIS HAIRCUT BACK VIA E-MAIL & 06.05.2008 NEWS: WELLER WEARS BOWIE BUTTON FOR TV RECORDING)
Somebody else who has admitted listening to extra Bowie this week are the staff of NME magazine. In their regular “What’s on the NME stereo?” column under the heading: DAVID BOWIE – A LOT OF IT, they stated: “We whiled away Friday afternoon with a Thin White Duke marathon.”
And why not? Who among us hasn’t whiled away an afternoon listening to David Bowie? Come to think of it, a morning, an evening, the night time…a lifetime?