I love his description of going to each other's houses with their cassettes. It's like school boys coming over to play after school. And I love his fire-building analogy.
IMO, it's rare to find an artist who nurtures their colleagues in terms of supporting them to participate in other projects. Sounds like David Bowie was a creative mentor in a lot of ways. It certainly seems like he wasn't selfish in terms of feeling musicians with whom he was working would never outgrow his projects or want to work with anyone else.
And the more I see Reeves speak, the more I like and respect him. Save
He really is lovely and down to earth..May he never change.
I love his description of going to each other's houses with their cassettes. It's like school boys coming over to play after school. And I love his fire-building analogy.
IMO, it's rare to find an artist who nurtures their colleagues in terms of supporting them to participate in other projects. Sounds like David Bowie was a creative mentor in a lot of ways. It certainly seems like he wasn't selfish in terms of feeling musicians with whom he was working would never outgrow his projects or want to work with anyone else.
And the more I see Reeves speak, the more I like and respect him. Save
He really is lovely and down to earth..May he never change.
Have you ever seen the 99 Bowie show at the Astoria? Reeves calls the great dame out on the quality of his Tin Machine lyrics onstage - v droll if not appreciated by the boss
He really is lovely and down to earth..May he never change.
Have you ever seen the 99 Bowie show at the Astoria? Reeves calls the great dame out on the quality of his Tin Machine lyrics onstage - v droll if not appreciated by the boss
I haven't seen it and I can't find full footage, just various one-off songs.
As an interesting reference to TC, there's a blurb about the after-party posted on the page of the video below from the Astoria show which says the following:
Friends and celebrities alike joined David to celebrate his one off show at the nearby newly opened Soho hip night-spot 'Pop'... Brian Molko from Placebo popped up all over the place while various members of The Cure lurked.
I think Reeves said in the preceding interview he had met RS in 1999, the year of the show.
Holy Cow! That version of TIB sounds like it's played at about 1.5 or 2X speed of the album version. I like it like that!
I love that Reeves references RS' use of Arabic and "gypsy jazz" scales - yes, go on with your bad self, theory nerd! I *thought* heard those kinds of influences in particular songs / periods.
"The song 'Disintegration' is effing epic." Uh-huh.
What a treasure of an interview. Thanks, czuczu. It'll be cool to see him play these songs at what ever the next shows are knowing he enjoys them so much.
Holy Cow! That version of TIB sounds like it's played at about 1.5 or 2X speed of the album version. I like it like that!
I love that Reeves references RS' use of Arabic and "gypsy jazz" scales - yes, go on with your bad self, theory nerd! I *thought* heard those kinds of influences in particular songs / periods.
"The song 'Disintegration' is effing epic." Uh-huh.
What a treasure of an interview. Thanks, czuczu . It'll be cool to see him play these songs at what ever the next shows are knowing he enjoys them so much.
I call the early 79' versions the coke and speed versions. haha You should hear A Forest. (Not at Night which is the one in this video) Sounds like they are going to take off.
Best quote when I met Reeves was when he said, in regards to how he feels about Robert "I would follow him into a burning building." So having met him 3 times now my assessment is down to earth and natural. I would imagine Robert is alike. Reeves supports local artists. He doesn't forget "the little people". He doesn't try to put on airs. He is just him. I gravitate more toward people like that. The minute you start snobbing off I'm out. Robert is probably the same or close to it.
I'm really hoping The Cure comes out with a new album. Now that Reeves is there I think it will be interesting. I think it may be a big diversion from what we are used to though so be prepared. Every time the line up is different their sound is a little different. You cannot expect them to make an album with Reeves and not have it sound a little different. He has a lot of varied musical influences behind him and so does Robert. But I think it will be VERY special and different indeed but I am very eclectic in my musical listening so I am sure I will be happy with it!!
Post by salleygarden on Jul 28, 2018 16:53:02 GMT 1
czuczu wrote: Have you ever seen the 99 Bowie show at the Astoria? Reeves calls the great dame out on the quality of his Tin Machine lyrics onstage - v droll if not appreciated by the boss
---- Actually, the "Tin Machine lyrics" exchange between Bowie and Gabrels happened during the VH1 Storytellers show taped for a live audience in NYC in August 1999.
(Reeves didn't play the show at the Astoria in London in Dec 1999. The VH1 show was his last public performance with Bowie.)
Introducing his early solo song "Can't Help Thinking About Me," Bowie claimed it contained "two of the worst lines I've ever written." When audience members seemed less than horrified after he spoke the lines out, this followed:
DB: "We won't even *look* at Tin Machine lyrics..." [casts eyes over at Reeves]
RG: [after a comic pause, complete with beard-stroking caught on camera] "We can look at who *wrote* them..."
Both men then laughed, as did the audience. And the camera (having swiftly returned to the singer) showed Bowie clearly smiling.
Indeed, Bowie and Gabrels typically engaged in such repartee during their years working together, most often in joint interviews and sometimes on stage, as here -- each cuing the other with a glance or pause. Humour was a big part of their relationship.
YouTube video here:
After a preamble about Steve Marriott, Bowie starts introducing the song at about 1:10. The DB/RG exchange starts about 1:53.
Enjoy.
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Post by salleygarden on Jul 28, 2018 17:10:45 GMT 1
notkristie also wrote: I think Reeves said in the preceding interview he had met RS in 1999...
... Reeves and Robert met and became friends in January 1997 when Robert was a guest performer at David Bowie's 50th Birthday show at Madison Square Garden in NYC.
Per several interview articles, Reeves served as music director for the birthday show. Meaning he ran the rehearsals, and was responsible for ensuring all the guests (others were Lou Reed, Frank Black of Pixies, Dave Grohl, more...) knew the songs they were to sing and any instrumental parts they were to play -- before the run-throughs with Bowie himself.
Reeves and Robert met and became friends in January 1997 when Robert was a guest performer at David Bowie's 50th Birthday show at Madison Square Garden in NYC.
Yep. I do remember this from other interviews. Especially when Reeves hooked up with The Cure in 2012 for the SummerCure shows. I think this was a question asked by a lot of the interviewers as RG's appearance surprised quite a few people.
Actually, the "Tin Machine lyrics" exchange between Bowie and Gabrels happened during the VH1 Storytellers show taped for a live audience in NYC in August 1999.
That's the one - there's so much stuff from that era, I get them confused. The end of their working relationship came pretty quick after that, they parted company very soon after. 10 years is a good innings for a Bowie collaborator though!