I don't but I like that there are still previously unreleased recordings still coming out on B Sides!
when i was in the music biz we used to call him "David the Merciless". the constant barrage of reissues with unreleased b sides, remasters of remasters, etc. not to speak ill of the departed but it was endless when he was alive. evidently still being directed from the great beyond.
This series of box sets was all approved long before Jan 2016 - it is what it is, unfortunately.
On a brighter note, I think I'm going to get tix for Mike Garson at the Underworld this autumn - he's playing Aladdin Sane in it's entirety with Gaby Moreno on vocals. Her take on Five Years was one of the highlights of the tribute show back in January.
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Devo jamming with Bowie. Why not? I'll quote my response. This does not surprise me. Bowie was incredibly eclectic and if wanted to do something he did it. I think the one thing he never wanted to be was bored. The beauty of Bowie! Agree disagree?
I'll believe it happened - I'm not so sure about ever hearing tapes though! They keep saying the same for Queen and some Lennon stuff, never surfaces though
Some exciting Bowie news today, the Lazarus play is getting a home release in the near year. Some arthouse cinema screenings too, apparently.
i don't have HBO but i hear the new documentary about his last 5 years is very good. of particular interest the article mentioned footage of bowie shopping at a truck stop in rural montana whilst on the reality tour. that footage used to be up on his website in a tour diary. it showed him going through a rack of "budget" cassettes & commenting how great the selection was. there was even some of his stuff in there. i know this because i put together the rack he was checking out! it was at a truck stop called town pump near the canadian border. i used to service that chain out of seattle. a proud moment for sure!
i don't have HBO but i hear the new documentary about his last 5 years is very good. of particular interest the article mentioned footage of bowie shopping at a truck stop in rural montana whilst on the reality tour. that footage used to be up on his website in a tour diary. it showed him going through a rack of "budget" cassettes & commenting how great the selection was. there was even some of his stuff in there. i know this because i put together the rack he was checking out! it was at a truck stop called town pump near the canadian border. i used to service that chain out of seattle. a proud moment for sure!
Ha. Nice. Looking forward to watching the new doc this weekend.
Just got tickets for Philip Glass' Bowie symphonies at the Festival Hall - Low, Heroes and Lodger
What??????! This is incredible!
When I was pretty heavily pregnant, my husband and I went to see Einstein on the Beach, which is about 6 hours long. I had to leave to get food and get out of my seat. I love Glass. I'd really love to choreograph to him. I love Philip Glass, and as goes without saying, David Bowie.
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Just got tickets for Philip Glass' Bowie symphonies at the Festival Hall - Low, Heroes and Lodger
What??????! This is incredible!
When I was pretty heavily pregnant, my husband and I went to see Einstein on the Beach, which is about 6 hours long. I had to leave to get food and get out of my seat. I love Glass. I'd really love to choreograph to him. I love Philip Glass, and as goes without saying, David Bowie.
You are really, really lucky, czuczu ... Enjoy! Save
Looks like this isn't going to be a one-off, it's an international commission so may be coming to a place near you at some point!
As regular readers of this page will know, Philip Glass has been promising the third and final symphony of his Bowie/Eno trilogy for many years. Now his 12th symphony, based on Bowie’s Lodger album, will have its European premiere at the Southbank Centre next year following the world premiere in Los Angeles.
Lodger will be performed alongside his First (Low) and Fourth ("Heroes") symphonies by new music ensemble the London Contemporary Orchestra with innovative organist James McVinnie. Hugh Brunt and Robert Ames will be conducting.
Based on Bowie’s 1979 album of the same name, Lodger completes Glass’s reimagining of Bowie’s Berlin trilogy, following 1992’s Low symphony and 1996’s "Heroes" symphony. The composer had discussed the piece with Bowie, but only now has it been realised.
In a recent statement, Glass said: “For the past two decades, I had hoped to find an opportunity to complete the trilogy of symphonies. I’m now delighted to have that chance to compose the Lodger symphony, and equally delighted that it will be heard in London at Southbank Centre.
The work has been co-commissioned by Southbank Centre, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra.
Tickets are already on sale to members with the general sale commencing on Tuesday February 6th. Go here for more information and ticket links.
“My approach was to treat the themes very much as if they were my own and allow their transformations to follow my own compositional bent when possible. In practice, however, Bowie and Eno’s music certainly influenced how I worked, leading me to sometimes surprising musical conclusions.” - Philip Glass
Whenever I think of Glass, it's primarily Koyaanisqatsi - that score and imagery is just burnt into my brain
Post by salleygarden on Mar 18, 2018 0:27:27 GMT 1
Tim Pope is going to the Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne (r7al) festival shortly (24-28 March).
One film of his they are showing is the Bowie 50th Birthday concert from Jan 1997 at Madison Square Garden in NYC. The one at which Robert Smith sang and played. And for which Reeves Gabrels was the music director and guitarist in Bowie's band.
From Tim on Twitter:
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