David Bowie

When people stared in Jagger's eyes and scored...

Released tomorrow is a 19-track compilation of covers of Rolling Stones tracks collected from accross the years and entitled Paint It Black.

The album kicks off with Bowie and The Spider's searing 1973 version of Let's Spend The Night Together, originally recorded for the Aladdin Sane album, and a live favourite on the Aladdin Sane tour.

The move-aside-Mick Jagger sheer swagger of this recording made it a far raunchier, and indeed sexier, rendition than The Stones' own version.

However, respect for Michael Philip was retained on Aladdin Sane with the lyric quote above taken from the classic Drive-In Saturday.

Here's the full tracklisting of Paint It Black...

01 Let's Spend The Night Together - David Bowie
02 Street Fighting Man - Rod Stewart
03 Jumpin' Jack Flash - Aretha Franklin
04 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Otis Redding
05 Tumbling Dice - Linda Ronstadt
06 Honky Tonk Women - Ike And Tina Turner
07 Sympathy For The Devil - Bryan Ferry
08 Gimme Shelter - Grand Funk Railroad
09 Paint It Black - The Mighty Lemon Drops
10 Lady Jane - Tony Merrick
11 Out Of Time - The Ramones
12 Get Off My Cloud - The Flying Pickets
13 19th Nervous Breakdown - Jason & The Scorchers
14 Bitch - Exodus
15 Dandelion - Miranda Lee Richards
16 Wild Horses - Leon Russell
17 Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) (Live) - The Quireboys
18 Dead Flowers - Gilby Clarke
19 Brown Sugar (Live) - Thunder

Thanx to BowieNetter jungtheforeman for the pointer.

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2Rosco:

>Let's Spend The Night Together - David Bowie - так себе версия была, по правде говоря.. Какая-то суматошная и невнятная.

2Горыныч:

>>Let's Spend The Night Together - David Bowie
>- так себе версия была, по правде говоря.. Какая-то
>суматошная и невнятная.

Конечно далека до уровня оригинала..

Новые официальные фото Герцога, сныте по случаю его участия в сериале Extras

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Новые официальные фото Герцога, сныте по случаю его участия в сериале Extras

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На предпоследней фотографии - ну вылитый Збруев))
Не знаю, кого в нём больше любить, музыканта или актёра. Потрясающий человек.

2Янка-битломанка:

>ну вылитый Збруев))

Да, что-то есть ;)

До этого на Костю Кинчева смахивал :)

>Потрясающий человек.

Так он artiste ;)

Мне всё у него нравится,до 80 года.....Особенно "Алладин" и "Даймон Дог".....

А в фильме "ГОЛОД"-Бове супер .....И филм этот ВЕЛИКИЙ.....
Как сказал своё слово в Музыке ДЭВИД,мало у кого плучилось.....

Somebody plays my song in tune...

The specially recorded version of "Heroes", for the ITV 2006 football World Cup theme by British band Kasabian that we told you about last month, (05.20.2006 NEWS: KASABIAN COVER BOWIE FOR WORLD CUP) is now available as a free download when you pre-order the online version of the band's new single, Empire.

Empire is released in the physical world next month, but apparently the formats won't include "Heroes".

By all accounts, Kasabian recorded the Bowie tune despite having rejected the FA's request to write the England team's official song.

The band's front man, Tom Meighan, explained to The Sun newspaper that the offer to write the official song did not really appeal but that this chance was too tempting to turn down.

"We never wanted to do the official song - it is too much of a burden. But it is wonderful to know our song will be part of the World Cup soundtrack. Bowie has heard it and told me it's like the Velvet Underground - but heavier."

Well, you can make up your own minds about that if you buy the full-length version of "Heroes". on the band's site: www.kasabian.co.uk or by clicking on their cheekily adapted (by me) logo above.

Total Blam Blam - (BowieNet News Editor)

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It's Monday...

Well, it may be one of the more intriguing headlines I've had to write. But, for those of you kicking your heels in the Auvergne region of France next week, you may want to pop along to a discussion, hosted by the very talented Adeline Lecatre, about the changing face of David Bowie with particular emphasis on the various visages presented on his album sleeves...or something like that.

I'll hand over to the very French BowieNetter, Jerome Soligny, who knows a bit more about Adeline than I do... Jerome Soligny,

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Hi fellow Bowienetters,

Adeline L is a very sweet and shy friend. We met in 2002, in Nîmes, where David Bowie was playing on that famous summer night. She was wearing a Brian Eno t-shirt, circa 1973. She seemed to know everything about glam rock, and, to some extent, more about it than I do. She still does. We don't see each other much as she lives in deep France and I'm a harbour boy.

But still, every time David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Morrissey or Lipstick Traces play somewhere, we're both around. I don't exactly know what she does with her life and when she talks, she quotes much smarter things than I do. Well, I'm just a harbour boy after all.

I know she's some student in history of art and that she's just finished a thesis about Cocteau. Not the Twins. Meaning, she's an art girl whose heroes I'm (and you must be) kind of familiar with. As far as I understand, she's organising this nice conf/debate around David Bowie's record covers, with Bowie fans and, possibly, a few arty people. So, if don't live far from her (and even if you do actually), I'm sure you'll have a great time there. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it. Guess I'm too much of a harbour boy.

Peace to you all from the grey waves, Jerome.

PS : To complete Blammo's piece about the France boat, (06.12.2006 SNIPPET: ZIGGY'S LAST STAND ABOARD THE SS FRANCE) I wanted to say that one of my treasured possessions is an autograph David Bowie signed while on that very cruise, for the father (maybe uncle) of a good friend of mine, then working on the ship. David was asked to sign it for "some kid who loved his music". Hey, you wanna know ? The harbour boy still does.

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If it's any indication as to what the evening may be like, I've seen some of Adeline's paintings of David Bowie, and indeed Brian Eno, and they're quite lovely...Not that that necessarily makes her a good speaker of course, but she clearly has very good taste.

The evening kicks off at 20:30hrs on Monday June 26 at: Centre Jean Richepin, rue Jean Richepin, Clermont-Ferrand...and it's free to get in.

Let us know how it went if you do manage to get along.

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Looked a lot like you and me...

Bowie tribute artist, Laurence Bolwell, (above left) and Bowie impersonator, Steven Spratt (right) have been hired by the BBC for an episode of a new six-part comedy due to start airing next month, called Time Trumpet.

Written and directed by satirist Armando Iannucci, (whose previous work includes the brilliant The Day Today, Alan Partridge and The Thick Of It, among many other things) Time Trumpet will "look back" on events of the next 50 years from the perspective of a nostalgia show from the year 2050.

I'm been asked not to give anything away about the episode in which Laurence and Steven both get to play David Bowie's alter-ego Ziggy Stardust, but I don't think I'm revealing too much when I say you probably won't view Stars In Their Eyes in quite the same way again!

It does all sound a bit of a hoot and we'll give you the definite air date of this particular episode as soon as it's confirmed.

http://davidbowie.com/news/index.php?id=20060621

David Bowie: Starman - Special Edition (w/ Bonus CD)
release on 24/07/2006

Special Features

32-page booklet

Review

Bowie is simply one of the world's most dynamic stars; he has dared to stretch musical boundaries further than ever before and through his stylish, sometimes flambuyant, dress code this genius has set himself apart from his peers.

Through these incredibly frank and entertaining programmes we discover the reasons and effects of Bowie's actions. Using candid interview footage with Bowie himself, his wife Iman, and friends and contemporaries such as Iggy Pop, Brian Eno and Eric Idle, we give you a rare insight into Bowie - an iconic figure without equal on the world stage. The numerous musical clips spanning the decades between 1969 and 2002, together with rare family photos, serve to illustrate the invention and drive of an artist who has been at the top of his profession for forty years and counting.

To compliment the collection, a fabulous audio CD presents further exclusive interviews revealing Bowie in a whole new, relaxed light. The answers to the questions provide an enlightening perspective on the life of an unique performer...essentially, in car entertainment at its unbeatable best, an unparalleld opportunity to listen and learn more about one of the world's most enduring talents.

When I needed soul revival...

Hopefully the above banner hasn't excited you unduly...the 5.1 re-issue of Young Americans isn't actually in stock just yet. I'm afraid the advertisement above is simply a 31-year-old record store poster that I blagged at the time.

However, I have been assured by EMI that this release, which we've now been talking about for the past sixty three years, (02.21.05 NEWS: YOUNG AMERICANS 30TH ANNIVERSARY CD DUE & 03.01.05 NEWS: TV TALKS ABOUT 30TH ANNIVERSARY YA 5.1 MIX & 11.16.2005 NEWS: YOUNG AMERICANS COLLECTORS EDITION DUE IN MARCH) will definitely still happen.

I couldn't crowbar a date out of my much-hassled (by me) man at EMI, but I thought you'd be pleased to learn that the 5.1 re-issue of Young Americans is still actually on the release schedule.

Over at EMI Japan, plans are afoot to re-issue all of DB's albums from Space Oddity through to Tin Machine in those very groovy replica mini-sleeves.

The Japanese are very good at this kind of thing, with an almost fanatical attention to detail. The Roxy Music mini-sleeves being a great example, and indeed DB's own Deram Anthology and Tin Machine ll CDs are certainly very well done, though I'm not 100 per cent sure of their legitimacy.

Though my Japanese is limited, as far as I understand it, EMI Japan intend to start this series of re-issues around the time of David's 60th birthday next January.



Total Blam Blam - (BowieNet News Editor)

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"Ах, как безнадежно устарел ваш хэви-метал в наш 21 век..."

Да я шучу, бывает, что и Металл очень-очень нужен. Люблю иногда послушать Боуи.

С горечью мы докладываем о смерти Сида Барретта, который покинул сей бренный мир в Пт. из-за осложнений диабета в возрасте 60 лет.

Барретт основал Pink Floyd в 1965 г. вместе с Роджером Уотерсом и написал многие ранние песни группы, включая их первый сингл Arnold Lane, который ДБ исполнил с Дэйвом Гилмором на концерте в Royal Albert Hall в прошлом месяце. Также Боуи записал замечательную версию их второго сингла See Emily Play для своего альбома каверов 1973г., Pin Ups.

Любовь Боуи к Сиду и его музыки была очевидна все эти годы, что особенно заметно в интервью ив этой краткой дани памяти от Дэвида, которую мы только что получили...


"Я не могу выразить всю печаль. Сид оказал на меня огромное влияние. Несколько раз я видел его выступления в Лондонев клубах UFO и Marquee в 60-е годы, и это на всегда сохранилось у меня в памяти. Он был настолько харизматичным и чрезвычайно оригинальным автором песен.

Также, как и Энтони Ньюли (Anthony Newly), он был первым парнем, которого я услышал, певшим поп или рок с британским акцентом. Его воздействие на мышление было огромным. Больше всего жаль, что я не был сним знаком. Поистине бриллиант." - Дэвид Боуи, 11 июля 2006

G'night Syd...thanks for pushing things forward and giving others the courage to tread where they might not have otherwise.

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Иллюстрация - George Underwood (автор обложки Hunky Dory)

Достаточно о грустном.
Пёсика зовут Ziggy.Сын придумал в честь любимого музыканта.

~> papan:

Пёсика, пжалста, в фас! :)

p.s. Фас - это не команда! Фас - это торец! :))))

Ram
А за что пёсика в торец?:)))))) Милый пёсик.... и фамилия у него красивая - Stardust:)))))))

2Ram On The Run:

>~> papan:
>Пёсика, пжалста, в фас! :)
Сперва в торец

А теперь в фас,Рэму:-))