Showing posts with label david bowie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label david bowie. Show all posts

2/18/16

2nd Best Korea Brings Best Bowie Tribute

About a month ago after the second King of Rock and Roll passed away, a very highly talented, beautiful and ambitious musician from second best Korea named Luna Lee produced this truly incredible tribute to David Bowie. She played all the parts on the ancient Korean 6th century instrument known as the Gayageum:

You can see more of her popular videos here.

See also:

Korea's Web Damsel Chip-Chan Goes Outside?

Best Korea's Best Satellite Orbit Confirmed!

1/11/16

Mike Garson's Tribute to David Bowie

One of David Bowie's most consistent, most significant and important collaborators has been world renowned pianist and composer Mike Garson. He first started working with Bowie back in 1972 and continued all the way through to his last live performance in 2006. Earlier today he uploaded his new song entitled Tribute to David:

This song was originally written and recorded in 2011 by Mr. Garson for his Bowie Variations album but he has never performed it since then.

From Mike Garson's Facebook page:

"While the whole album was variations on David’s music, this one meant the most to me because I wrote it for him. It’s how I felt about David in musical terms. Though there’s no doubt I have more music for David coming, this is what I have to offer this morning. Please feel free to share this with others and respond with your memories, thoughts and feelings."

See more at Mike Garson's official website.

Related: David Bowie: "Look up here, I'm in Heaven"

David Bowie: "Look up here, I'm in Heaven"

From DavidBowie.com

"David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer. While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family’s privacy during their time of grief."

In this song "Lazarus" he sings "Look up here, I'm in Heaven"

Quite a fitting stage exit from this world, indeed. RIP.

Note: The sold out off Broadway play Lazarus written By David Bowie & Enda Walsh continues through January 20th. Most likely it will be continued for a much longer run.

See all related previous posts here.

3/6/13

Tokyo David Bowie Cafe Opening Soon!

Tokyo David Bowie Cafe Opening Soon!

Via Rocket News March 7, 2013

As a promotion of David Bowie's soon-to-be-released new album "The Next Day" Sony Music Japan will be converting part of it's building into the David Bowie Cafe from March 9th - March 24th. This new cafe will feature music from the new album and a special selection of food and drinks as inspired by Bowie. Pub Cardinal, a British Pub on the first floor of the Sony Building will be converted into a cafe decorated with various photos, posters, album covers etc. from the now five-decade career of the The Thin White Duke.

Moar...

Related:

Bowie's "Where Are We Now?" #6 on UK Top 40

New David Bowie Single & Album Comeback

1/13/13

Bowie's "Where Are We Now?" #6 on UK Top 40

Bowie's Where Are We Now? #6 on UK Top 40

In addition to the recent high ranks on the iTunes charts, David Bowie's new single "Where Are We Now?" is currently #6 on the The Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart. This is Bowie's highest UK chart entry in the past 20 years when 'Jump They Say' reached Number 9 in 1993. The album that includes this single "The Next Day" has also performed very well on the iTunes charts and will be officially released on March 8th.

Related:

New David Bowie Single & Album Comeback

David Bowie Concert Tickets 2013?

1/12/13

David Bowie Concert Tickets 2013?

David Bowie Concert Tickets 2013

Earlier today we discovered this page for email updates on David Bowie Concert Tickets! As stated in the above screen grab "Sign up to be notified as soon as David Bowie tour dates are announced." This appears to be good news for Bowie fans, but we cannot confirm the possibility of a Bowie concert tour at this time.

UPDATE: A second site with possible Bowie concert tickets has been discovered here.

Related:

New David Bowie Single & Album Comeback

1/7/13

New David Bowie Single & Album Comeback

New David Bowie Single & Album Comeback

On this day his 66th birthday, January 8th 2013, David Bowie has made a long-awaited, surprise comeback into the spotlight with the release of a new single "Where Are We Now?" and a pre-release announcement of his upcoming new ablum entitled "The Next Day" on his official website and iTunes.

NEWS UPDATE: Via iTunes Store Top 10 Songs January 8, 2013 "Where Are We Now?" is currently #1 on the UK and Sweden iTunes charts. Also it is now rated at #2 in Finland and #4 in The Netherlands.

Here is the music video "Where Are We Now?"



Here is the official press release:
New York, NY--January 8, 2013--In the early morning hours of Tuesday the 8th January, Iso/Columbia Records released a new single by David Bowie titled 'Where Are We Now?' exclusively launching in the iTunes Store in 119 countries. David Bowie's first new album in ten years and his 30th studio recording, THE NEXT DAY is also available as a pre-order on iTunes with a wide release scheduled for March. January the 8th is of course David Bowie's birthday, a timely moment for such a treasure to appear as if out of nowhere.

Throwing shadows and avoiding the industry treadmill is very David Bowie despite his extraordinary track record that includes album sales in excess of 130 million not to mention his massive contributions in the area of art, fashion, style, sexual exploration and social commentary. It goes without saying that he has sold out stadiums and broken ticket records throughout the world during this most influential of careers.

In recent years radio silence has been broken only by endless speculation, rumor and wishful thinking ....a new record...who would have ever thought it, who'd have ever dreamed it! After all David is the kind of artist who writes and performs what he wants when he wants...when he has something to say as opposed to something to sell. Today he definitely has something to say.

Produced by long term collaborator Tony Visconti, 'Where Are We Now?' was written by Bowie, and was recorded in New York. The single is accompanied by a haunting video directed by Tony Oursler which harks back to David's time in Berlin. He is seen looking in on footage of the auto repair shop beneath the apartment he lived in along with stark images of the city at the time and a lyric constantly raising the question Where Are We Now?

"The moment you know, you know you know" resonates from the new single's lyric. Now we all know...David Bowie has been in the recording studio...just when we least expected it!!

And here are the track listings for the new album:
The Next Day tracklisting

Standard Version:

01. The Next Day 3:51
02. Dirty Boys 2:58
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56
04. Love Is Lost 3:57
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08
06. Valentine's Day 3:01
07. If You Can See Me 3:16
08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53
09. Boss Of Me 4:09
10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24
11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41
14. Heat 4:25

Total (Approximately) 53:14

Deluxe Version

01. The Next Day 3:51
02. Dirty Boys 2:58
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56
04. Love Is Lost 3:57
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08
06. Valentine's Day 3:01
07. If You Can See Me 3:16
08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53
09. Boss Of Me 4:09
10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24
11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41
14. Heat 4:25

Bonus tracks:
15. So She 2:31
16. I'll Take You There 2:44
17. Plan 2:34

Total (Approximately): 61: 03

For more information visit davidbowie.com

Related:

David Bowie Reflects on Comeback

David Bowie Comeback Part II

7/11/12

David Bowie & Axl Rose Photo

David Bowie & Axl Rose Photo

Here is a rare photo of David Bowie and Axl Rose of Guns N Roses. This photo was taken in October 1989 at the China Club in Los Angeles when GNR opened for the Rolling Stones. Photo by Lisa Rose/Globe Photos, Inc.

See also:

Rare Photo of David Bowie in 1955

David Bowie As a Young Boy

George Lucas, David Bowie and Jim Henson

6/3/12

Rare Photo of David Bowie in 1955



Here is a rare photo of David Bowie at the age of eight in 1955. At that time he was attending the Burnt Ash Junior School and he sang in the school choir. His voice was considered "adequate" but his recorder playing showed an "above-average musical ability". At the age of nine his dancing ability was said to be "vividly artistic" and "astonishing" for a child.

Related:

David Bowie As a Young Boy

"Speed of Life" by David Bowie & Masayoshi Sukita

3/19/12

"Speed of Life" by David Bowie & Masayoshi Sukita

David Bowie & Masayoshi Sukita


Via David Bowie (Official) For Immediate Release March 19, 2012

Genesis is proud to announce SPEED OF LIFE, the new publication born out of a 40-year collaboration between musician, actor and producer, David Bowie, and photographer and designer, Masayoshi Sukita.
In their fine bound edition, the authors have opened up Sukita's archives to assemble a 300-page photo essay which, captioned with their own recollections and memories, traces the development of Bowie's remarkable career from 1972 to the present day.
Here's an exclusive peek at one of the previously unpublished shots with accompanying caption from Bowie himself...
"So, let’s try a little Kabuki face. Well, it convinces me. With my make-up man Pierre La Roche, and the help of Kabuki star Tamasaburo, I braved the world of Kabuki make-up. The cupid lips made it back to the USA along with cherry coloured cheeks." - BOWIE
Speed of Life by David Bowie & Masayoshi Sukita


Be sure to order your copy today!

Related:

"Speed of Life" Photos of David Bowie

David Bowie as a Japanese Salaryman

12/21/11

David Bowie's Lost Jean Genie Video

On December 12, 2011 it was reported by Bowienet that David Bowie's 'Lost' Jean Genie Footage Was Found. So now, as broadcast this evening December 21, 2011 on TOP2 Christmas Special, here is that video of David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars performing their hit song Jean Genie on the BBC Top of the Pop's from January 3 1973:


See also: "Speed of Life" Photos of David Bowie

12/15/11

David Bowie's 'Lost' Jean Genie Footage Found!

Via Bowienet 12.12.2011 by Total Blam Blam - BowieNet News Editor

What a Christmas for David Bowie fans!

Sunday night's much-anticipated first screening of the newly-rediscovered clip of Bowie, Ronson, Woodmansey and Bolder performing The Jean Genie on BBC TV's Top of the Pops saw a packed National Film Theatre struck agog at the majesty of Ziggy in action: in pristine, full-colour TV quality.

Here is a 'new' photo of Bowie from that 'lost' Jean Genie performance on BBC TV from January 4th, 1973:

David Bowie on BBC's Top of the Pops 1973

You can see more photos here and read more about this recent event here: David Bowie Top of the Pops footage found by cameraman

See also: "Speed of Life" Photos of David Bowie

"Speed of Life" Photos of David Bowie

Here are two more photos of David Bowie from the upcoming book "Speed of Life" by David Bowie and Masayoshi Sukita:

Speed of Life

See also: David Bowie as a Japanese Salaryman

12/11/11

George Lucas, David Bowie and Jim Henson

Via This Is Not Porn Here is a nice photo of George Lucas, David Bowie and Jim Henson during the making of the movie Labrynth:

George Lucas, David Bowie and Jim Henson


And here is another photo of these three legends from the back of the 'Inside the Labyrinth' Japanese Laser Disc.

See also: David Bowie As a Young Boy

12/4/11

David Bowie as a Japanese Salaryman

Our venerable Japanese News correspondent just sent in this stunning new scoop of David Bowie as a Japanese Salaryman:

Talking of coffee tables, here are some glimpses of a glossy new book by Japanese photographer Masayoshi Sukita. Speed of Life (a snip at £360) shows Sylvian’s direct forebear and antecedent David Bowie posing in Kyoto during a holiday there in 1979 — the time he was hanging out with Sinologist David Kidd.

David Bowie on a Kyoto Train

Bowie, after hinting that Japan was to be his new home, left for New York, explaining that Japan would make him “too Zen”, which would cause him to stop writing.

David Bowie in Kyoto


But perhaps the oddest and most interesting of Sukita’s images, revealed for the first time in the new book, are the studio shots where he portrays Bowie as a salaryman on his way to work, attempting to beat the clock

David Bowie as a Japanese Salaryman

David Bowie and Masayoshi Sukita are now working together on this new photo book entitled "Speed of Life". This book can be pre-ordered here.

David Bowie & Masayoshi Sukita

11/26/11

1965 David Bowie Home Video

Mr. T @ The 3Yen just sent in this remarkable home video of David Bowie and members of The Lower Third in 1965:




Original source: Mrs Tsk *

”The scene, brief and looped, has the elusive appeal of a new Yeti or Bigfoot reel. Joe Salama, who posted the fragment, says: “This exceptional cine footage was taken by my late father on a trip up to the West End of London totally unaware that David Bowie was the young dude that smiles graciously at the camera.”

"Well, I thought I could do better than that, and before long I’d googled enough to publish with some confidence the true facts of this remarkable document. Somebody in the comments points out that it’s more likely to be 1966 or 1965. I’m able to confirm that this is spring 1965."

"I also found this Lower Third handbill, drawn by Bowie himself in 1965, showing him with the same hairstyle and the same high rounded shirt collar you see in the film."



Continued...

See also: David Bowie Comeback Part II

11/16/11

David Bowie Comeback Part II

I previously reported on a potential David Bowie Comeback early last year, and now it appears as though it, finally, may happen:

David Bowie Comeback Part II

Photo: Tristar/Everett/Rex Features



David Bowie may leave troubled EMI 08 Nov 2011

David Bowie's contract ends in January and he is reportedly in talks with Universal Music and Sony.

David Bowie is reportedly on the brink of walking away from EMI, the troubled UK music group in the middle of an auction, after a 15-year relationship in which the label held the rights to the bulk of his back catalogue including classic albums Ziggy Stardust and Space Oddity.

Bowie's contract comes to an end in January and the Financial Times reports today that EMI have declined to comment.

Bowie is apparently in talks with Universal Music and Sony Music, who hold the rights to his output since 1995. Continued...

See also: David Bowie's "Toy" Internet Smash Hit

10/8/11

David Bowie "Five Years" Tokyo Live

For decades, people all around the world have listened to David Bowie's Five Years and/or watched this live in Tokyo video or other video versions of it millions and millions of times. But watching and listening to it today, one can really understand this song's profound significance:

"Pushing thru the market square, so many mothers sighing
News had just come over, we had five years left to cry in
News guy wept and told us, earth was really dying
Cried so much his face was wet, then I knew he was not lying..."





See also: David Bowie's "Toy" Internet Smash Hit

3/27/11

David Bowie's "Toy" Internet Smash Hit



Just a few days ago, David Bowie's unreleased album Toy was leaked online:

"A decade after it was shelved by his label, David Bowie's 23rd studio album has been leaked on the internet. Toy, conceived as a reimagining of Bowie's early work, appeared on file-sharing websites this week, with Bowie's reps refusing to comment."

"A week after an Australian man sold a purported copy of Toy on eBay (it sold for £62.98), a CD-quality MP3 version of the album suddenly appeared on BitTorrent, spreading like (ziggy) stardust."


And, as usual, here is another account on how Toy was leaked:

"The album's original uploader goes by the online nickname Brigstow which is a word play on where he comes from - Bristol, UK."

"Brigstow's reasons for uploading "Toy" sound just as unconventional as the site he chose to upload the album on. He wanted to put a stop to what he considered gross exploitation from eBay sellers that were posting "Toy" album CDs for auction starting at as much as $55 per piece."

"Brigstow stated categorically that the upload was based on a bootleg CD he bought, although initial rumors had stated the unknown uploader had bought the CD from Australia via eBay.

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Well, now it is all on Youtube and here is one of the highlights entitled "Shadow Man":



Listen to all of the tracks on "Toy"