Bowie

[PekkaM]

I just got tickets for me and my gf for David Bowie concert here in Helsinki on 10th October . Any idea what he's gonna play?

I've been listening a lot to Ziggy, Scary Monsters and some of Eartling lately. What else do you recommend?

[bob mclaughlin]

Diamond Dogs....

[gkelm]

I doubt if he's playing this stuff these days, but Man Who Sold the World rocks...also Hunky Dory & Space Oddity have some great tunes.
Greg

[Knightmeir]

David Bowie is effing awesome. I wish I could go see him live.

[Petie]

I saw Bowie live twice last week (and met Gail Ann Dorsey and Earl Slick). Great shows. Here are the setlists:

Feb 26:
01 Rebel Rebel
02 New Killer Star
03 Fame
04 Cactus
05 Reality
06 All The Young Dudes
07 China Girl
08 Hang Onto Yourself
09 The Loneliest Guy
10 The Man Who Sold The World
11 Pablo Picasso
12 Hallo Spaceboy
13 Sunday
14 Heathen (The Rays)
15 Under Pressure
16 Life On Mars?
17 Slip Away
18 Looking For Water
19 Starman
20 Quicksand
21 Days
22 White Light, White Heat
23 Ashes To Ashes
24 Panic In Detroit
25 I'm Afraid of Americans
26 "Heroes"

(Encore)
27 Try Some Buy Some
28 Five Years
29 Suffragette City
30 Ziggy Stardust

Feb 27:
01 Rebel Rebel
02 New Killer Star
03 Fashion
04 Cactus
05 I've Been Waiting For You
06 All The Young Dudes
07 China Girl
08 The Man Who Sold The World
09 Pablo Picasso
10 Sound And Vision
11 Always Crashing In The Same Car
12 Breaking Glass
13 Be My Wife
14 Let's Dance
15 Sunday
16 Heathen (The Rays)
17 Under Pressure
18 Life On Mars?
19 Looking For Water
20 Changes
21 Ashes To Ashes
22 I'm Afraid of Americans
23 "Heroes"

(Encore)
24 Never Get Old
25 Try Some Buy Some
26 Five Years
27 Hang Onto Yourself
28 Ziggy Stardust

[vaijem777]

I've got tix to go see him in April...can't wait! He's been on my "must see" list for awhile now, and it's cool that he's playing a lot of the older material.

He's been doing "Bring Me the Disco King" from the "Underworld" soundtrack. GREAT song, and I'd love to see him do it live. It's nice that he's exploiting his massive catalog though

[bob mclaughlin]

Iv'e seen Bowie twice....you won't be dissapointed.

[Petie]

Originally Posted by vaijem777

He's been doing "Bring Me the Disco King" from the "Underworld" soundtrack. GREAT song, and I'd love to see him do it live. It's nice that he's exploiting his massive catalog though

That's one of my favourites but he didn't play it at those two gigs, unfortunately. But he is performing it semi-regularly on this tour. I just wish he'd cranked up 'A Small Plot Of Land," "Everyone Says Hi" and "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)."

[Petie]

Originally Posted by vaijem777

I've got tix to go see him in April...can't wait! He's been on my "must see" list for awhile now, and it's cool that he's playing a lot of the older material.

Oh I forgot to ask - how was it? Which gig did you see? Which city/date?

I've been fortunate enough to stumble across pristine bootlegs of the two Sydney shows, two Melbourne shows, Adelaide and Chicago. I'll tell ya one thing, you can never predict what Bowie is gunna say or do next when he's onstage.

[hamand]

30 songs!! That's bonkers!


I would love to see this genius in action sometime.

[Petie]

And not only did we get 30 songs the first night, but 4 in a row off Low the second night. I'd heard he'd done that once or twice on the tour but I never dared dream I would be lucky enough to experience it myself.

[Two hands31]

I heard the show he did here a while back was just insane I wish I could have gone

[vaijem777]

I saw the show in Loveland, CO. Pretty frikin' amazing! The venue was totally bizarre: the Budweiser Events Center, which is brand new and in the middle of nowhere. Literally surrounded by farmland and cows, etc. He had great fun joking about running into a cow in the parking lot.

Incredible show from start to finish. He got huge laughs when he started "China Girl" in Mandarin Chinese. After the first verse he stopped the band and said that he told them that Szechwan would have gone over better in Colorado.

Extremely entertaining, very crowd-friendly and overall a top-notch show.

[Two hands31]

Originally Posted by vaijem777

He's been doing "Bring Me the Disco King" from the "Underworld" soundtrack. GREAT song, and I'd love to see him do it live. It's nice that he's exploiting his massive catalog though

The actual Underworld version that John Frusciante and Maynard James Keenan re-did? Or the album version? Cuz I love the Underworld version (Loner Mix I think it's called), but was thrown off by how different the album version is (from the clip I heard) as I heard the Underworld version first

[vaijem777]

The live version that I've heard on a couple of recent bootlegs has been a bit mellower than the "Underworld" version. Not sure if it's the same as the album or not, but it wasn't that much different from the soundtrack version. Not as dramatic (strings, etc.) and maybe a bit jazzier...I've heard a version that was just Bowie and the keyboardist that had a cool lounge vibe to it