Month: November 2014

 

“Beh, potrei allungarlo fino a Mercoledì” *

 

Hamish Hamilton’s David Bowie is documentary will be shown in Italy over the next couple of days.

So if you’re an Italian Bowie fan who has not yet managed to visit the David Bowie is exhibition, try and get along on the 25th and/or the 26th to one of the many screenings in Italy, to get a flavour of what gave the Victoria & Albert Museum their most successful exhibition to date.

Look for your nearest participating cinema here.

 

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Buone notizie per i fan italiani. Domani e dopo, solo al cinema, per tutti quelli che non sono potuti venire a vederla a Londra…arriva nella sale, solo per due giorni, il film ‘David Bowie Is’.

Un tour guidato della mostra monografica realizzata dal Victoria & Albert Musem sulla carriera di David Bowie. Al cinema!Solo il 25 & 26 novembre cerca la tua sala su http://smarturl.it/DBisItaly

 

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* Today’s lyric quotation should translate somewhere close to: “Well, I might stretch it till Wednesday” from the song Love You Till Tuesday. Please feel free to point out how wrong we are?

 

“Wham Bam thank you fans!“

 

Congratulations to David Bowie on the arrival at #9 on the Official UK Album Chart of Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best of David Bowie.

And a very appreciative thankyou is also due to all of you reading this that helped put it there.

If you want to contribute to the album’s continued success, go here for buy links.

Official UK Album Chart

 

#NothingHasChanged

 

“I, I’m underground (get me underground)”

 

Tickets are still available for tomorrow’s last-chance-to-see David Bowie Is at the beautiful @rooftopfilmclub subterranean winter hideaway.

The Underground Film Club is situated below London’s Waterloo Station and this is the final screening in the capital for all you London Boys and Girls.

 

“Don’t let me hear you say life’s taking you nowhere, angel”

 

Thirty nine years ago today, on November 21 1975, David Bowie’s Golden Years 45 was released in the UK on the very day that the re-issued Space Oddity was ending a two week stay at #1 on the UK chart.

1975 was a good year for Bowie chart action. The previous month, Fame had given Bowie his first #1 Stateside and aforementioned Space Oddity rerelease was his first UK #1…even though the original 1969 release had peaked at #5.

The UK press advert for Golden Years reflected this success with the bold prediction:

 

October No. 1…Fame…USA

November No. 1…Space Oddity…UK

December No. 1…Golden Years…WORLDWIDE

 

In the event, Golden Years did make it into the Top Ten in the UK, but only as far as #8.

Nevertheless, it was a great advert for the upcoming Station To Station album, even though it was a bit of a curveball stylistically. Listen to the original UK single edit here.

The general upbeat flavour of Golden Years didn’t begin to hint at the emotionally cold Thin White Duke who was soon to walk among us.

 

“Julie, Remember me, All the days of your life”

 

Can you remember your reaction upon hearing ’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore for the first time?

Well, a young lady who goes by the name of The Vampire Julie has posted a delightful video of her first reaction to the track on YouTube.

So if you don’t remember your initial feelings towards the song, we have a strong suspicion you will remember Julie’s!

 

#Julie’sReaction

 

FOOTNOTE: Today’s Bowie lyric quotation is from the song Julie. Julie was released as the B-side of the Day-In Day-Out single in 1987 and it was included as a bonus on the re-released 1995 Virgin issue of the Never Let Me Down CD. For those of you wondering about the familiar background in our picture of The Vampire Julie, it’s detail from the Day-In Day-Out single sleeve.

 

“You’re always first online“

 

Those clever marketing types over at Parlophone have created a series of short trailers for Nothing Has Changed.

Go here for part 1, which represents CD1 of the 3 disc set.

 

Order Here:

3CD http://smarturl.it/BowieNHC3CD 

2CD http://smarturl.it/BowieNHC2CD

Digital http://smarturl.it/BowieNHC3digital

Vinyl: http://smarturl.it/BowieNHCLP

 

“Just about the best you can hear“

 

Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best of Bowie is released in Japan today (Wednesday 19).

As with Argentina and Mexico, Japan has a single CD version of the album alongside the other formats, as previously mentioned on these pages.

The CD contains an extra 32-page lyric booklet, and here’s the tracklisting for it.

 

David Bowie – Nothing Has Changed – 1 CD Version (Japan)

 

01 – Let’s Dance (single version)

02 – Ashes To Ashes (single version)

03 – Under Pressure – Queen & David Bowie

04 – “Heroes” (single version)

05 – Changes

06 – Space Oddity (UK single edit)

07 – Lady Stardust

08 – Life On Mars?

09 – Starman (original single mix)

10 – Ziggy Stardust

11 – The Jean Genie (original single mix)

12 – Rebel Rebel

13 – Fame

14 – Sound And Vision

15 – Hallo Spaceboy (PSB Remix) – with The Pet Shop Boys

16 – China Girl (single version)

17 – Dancing In The Street – David Bowie & Mick Jagger

18 – Absolute Beginners (edit)

19 – Where Are We Now?

20 – Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (radio edit)

 

All the Japanese formats are available via the Japanese WMG shop.

 

“Seven“

 

Nothing has changed – The Very Best of David Bowie (released Monday 17 in the UK), has entered at #7 on the midweek Official UK Album Chart today.

The album has featured in lots of media advertising over the last few days, including TV ads, music press and advertising on public transport.

Our picture features one of the rail adverts in situ at Victoria Station in London. Scroll the images to see the three consecutive right-hand, full-page adverts in today’s NME.

Thanks very much for your support to those of you that have purchased Nothing has changed.

For those of you still wanting to buy either the single, Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime), or Nothing has changed, or both, go here for buy links and to view the video for Sue.

 

#NothingHasChanged

#BowieSueVideo  

 

“I saw it in America“

 

Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best of Bowie is released today (Tuesday 18) in the nine territories listed below.

 

Argentina (including 1 CD version)

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Mexico (including 1 CD version)

Singapore

Spain

Thailand

USA

 

As you can see, Argentina and Mexico have their own single disc version (pictured) released alongside the standard 3CD and 2CD versions. Here’s the tracklisting for their 1CD version.

 

David Bowie – Nothing Has Changed

1 CD Version – Argentina and Mexico

 

01 – Let’s Dance (single version)

02 – Ashes To Ashes (single version)

03 – Under Pressure – Queen & David Bowie

04 – “Heroes” (single version)

05 – Changes

06 – Space Oddity (UK single edit)

07 – Life On Mars?

08 – Starman (original single mix)

09 – Ziggy Stardust

10 – The Jean Genie (original single mix)

11 – Rebel Rebel

12 – Golden Years (single version)

13 – Fame

14 – Sound And Vision

15 – Hallo Spaceboy (PSB Remix) – with The Pet Shop Boys

16 – China Girl (single version)

17 – Dancing In The Street – David Bowie & Mick Jagger

18 – Absolute Beginners (edit)

19 – Where Are We Now?

20 – Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (radio edit)

 

For those of you wanting to purchase either the single or the album, or both, go here for buy links and to view the video for Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime).

More information regarding other release dates to follow.

 

#NothingHasChanged

#BowieSueVideo 

 

* For those of you that don’t recognise which Bowie song today’s lyric comes from, that’s because it’s from the Iggy Pop song, Play It Safe, which was co-written by Bowie and Iggy.

 

“Ireland, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Portugal, UK”*

 

A reminder that this coming week sees further screenings of Hamish Hamilton’s David Bowie is documentary.

If you’re in any of the countries in the list below right now, check here for local screenings and to book tickets.

 

Australia

Belgium

Germany

Ireland

Poland

Portugal

UK

 

Stay tuned for news of more upcoming screenings. Don’t forget the screening at the Curzon in London’s Soho on Monday night.

 

*OK, artistic licence has been abused with today’s lyric quotation. Can you guess what song it’s from? Clue: It’s a cover version.