British guitarist analyses David Bowie live in 1973!
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2019
- Tonight I'm taking a look at David Bowie with Mick Ronson live back in 1973!
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Love the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust. All killer, no filler.
Best album of all time.
Totally
Apart from "it aint easy" which i believe was from the hunky Dory sessions. I think "john im only dancing" was meant to be on Ziggy and i feel it should have been the final track on side one. But that's just what would have made the album 100% for me rather than a 98% killer album.
One of my favorite albums, alongside zeppelin II and blonde on blonde!
As a classically trained musician Mick was an outstanding guitarist with great depths. The biggest factor though is the synergies between David and Mick. Similarity in appearance, voices which compliment each other. Truely a pairing made in heaven.
Mick was also a producer. He produced Mott the Hoople for example.
David Bowie was extremely talented. Not just a great singer,but a great actor. Always loved rocking out to his music.
Laurie Baeseman I enjoyed the refined David. ‘Golden Years,’ was my utmost favorite, followed by ‘China Girl, and ‘Let’s Dance.’ Major Thom,
From His earlier days, I enjoyed, also.
Ground Control to Major Tom is the song ‘Space Oddity’ - I always love how people enjoy that lyric in it and identify that.
Mmm not quite a singer not quite an actor but what a performer!
Did you ever see him in the EXCELLERNT John Landis flick, "Into the Night?" He is awesome in that. Ed Okin Can't Sleep.
@@phillipecook3227 he broke box office records playing John Merrick in the Elephant Man not only on Broadway but in the touring version in other cities too.
This will probably get me into one hell of a stink, but Bowie/Ronson have given me the same level of enjoyment as Jagger/Richards. Just not the quantity. These guys were amazing to have as an influence in the 70s. Definitely one of the immortal collaborations in rock. Peace..........
Oooh, that's a bit too rich for me to let go through to the 'keeper...Bowie/Ronson were classic but same level as Mick n Keef ...? Sticky Fingers alone would blow that one out of the water for mine ...From Through The Past Darkly to Tattoo You was there golden era, I reckon.......long time ..
@@bolivianbillionaire1349 ......Cool your jets, Bolly. My comment specifically included a reference to the prolific output of the Glimmer Twins. In my book you've played and missed. Didn't even get an edge. Peace
nope, i agree 100% the Stones upfront duo are quite boring and no, most stones albums do sound all the same !!
@@norcicoso I was inferring the exact opposite re' Jagger/Richards. They are on my highest pedestal along with many others, including Bowie and Ronson. As a band, I rate the 'Stones the greatest rock and roll band in the world, and I have already given instructions that my casket is to leave to the strains of "Gimme Shelter", the most emotive number in rock for mine. Just to clarify, lest my position be misunderstood due to your comment. Peace.....
TriffidGrower,
I’m sorry to be pedantic, but you *implied* and she *inferred* (though you outright said it, so you *stated* and she *inferred*).
I can’t help it. It’s my profession.
Gimme Shelter is an awesome song. Hearing it live made the heat and the LA Coliseum bearable.
One thing is for sure Bowie was a multifaceted powerhouse of pure talent. There was nothing he couldn't accomplish. Fil, Thank you for analyzing David Bowie! ^m^
@MorbidManMusic Not expecting perfection out of anyone, just saying!
The performance you're reviewing is my favourite live footage of Bowie and Ronson of ALL time. It's absolutely phenomenal.
No wonder you're smiling. ⭐️🖤💙🖤⭐️
Thank you
That girl in the front row who does the whole mime routine to the "press your space face" lines is what rock and roll is all about...I wonder if she practiced that at home to the record or just spontaneously thought of it at the concert...It's awesome, either way...
I also love her mime routine, she’s very sensual. Wonder is she’s still around, and if so, is she aware of the video
Two days of Ronson, is this a late birthday present just for me? Such a superb guitarist and Bowie's no slouch. There's a great story about the guitar solo. Bowie, supposedly, drew a straight line on a piece of paper that got progressively more squiggly. He asked Ronson if he could create a solo that sounded like the line looked...Ronson said yes and here it is.
Thanks Fil. How about Ronson with Ian Hunter next?
U hit a raw nerve.. Ur in sacred territory now... Ziggy... David, Mick '73...so unbelievable.. No more words needed.
The addition of one of his long term anchors.. Pianist maestro Mike Garson shortly after this capapulted David into the rarefied air he inhabited for decades.. "LADY GRINNING SOUL" and "Time"... r 2 David compositions that would be sorely lacking without garsons overthetop piano magic....
Lady Grinning Soul is one of his most beautiful pieces, such a wonderful song
I love how he playfully throws in the thick cockney every now and then.
You can take the boy outta Brixton...
john Blah Not that Brixton is classic Cockney
@@michaelmusic1511
Although I'm a huge fan of all Brit accents, I'm no expert...I live in Memphis.
Christ .. . Yes I've never thought about that before!
Thank you so much for this one. I feel that Mick Ronson never really gets his due. THE most underrated guitar player in rock IMO. Also thank you for recognizing Woody and Trever who almost never get mentioned with other great rhythm sections. Rock!
Bowie is like religion for me. He was more than just a musician. He was a cultural revolutionary and a hero for all us freaks and weirdos. I can't properly express my love for Bowie and how important he was to me as a musician and a person. PS. Fil, have you done a vid on The Cure yet? I can't recall one and I would love to see you do some Robert Smith.
would love to see Fil cover Robert Smith
This sums up the Bowie thing for me personally.
Amen! You put how I too feel about him into wonderful words!
I keep coming back to this. Must be one of the best performances in rock history.
I agree 100%.
I've watched this performance dozens of times on RUclips. It's wonderful ⭐️
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@@jasonfrodoman1316 yes 👍
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@@jasonfrodoman1316 You've got it 😁
On top of Mick's brilliant guitar playing, I just love his theatrical expression and the powerful postures with his Gibson. Such a great joy to watch, 50 years later
Bowie was always successful in re-inventing himself. So creative.
Ya, i remember interviews askn him 2 go bak n do more spiders work,n he said, hell no ,i dont work backwards🔄
As a decades long fan of Randy Rhoads i have always known of Mick Ronson's influence on him. Even more so than last nights video you can really see the influence that Mick had on Randy Rhoads. Similar stage presence, open chest shirt and of course the Les Paul and straight blonde hair. Very cool performance by David, Mick and the band.
Actually, what really caught my ear were the drums. They sounded phenomenal!
I noticed that too. Not only was he laying down the bricks in good order, but the heads all seemed tuned really well for what the band was playing. It also seems that the mics (if there indeed was even more than one) seemed to have been perfectly placed.
Without looking, I think this performance was at the Hammersmith Odeon. They must have done a great sound check and included the drum tech 😂
Mick Woodmansey on drums😁
Thought the same thing! So good!!!
Neal Schier,
It was at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
One of my all time favorites, David Bowie. Thank you for doing this! 😍
Fil, I’m 1/2 English I really love your videos, they are interesting. The way you break down each part,for the average listener to understand.
What I really took heed of was,with every single video,a genuine no way fake” for the camera . Smile ,sheer for the joy of music!
I get that similar smile,when I hear my stereo play a CD hit a fave song I’m in love w.
Though I’m not young plus I need use plenty of caution with this activity,I will still dance,on my living room floor yes w arthritis and chronic pain.
My small but curious cat peers around the corner of the room to ensure my safety.
I saw my idol do it.
Re inspired me to do dance as my preferred form of excercise
Yes I listen to mostly 60s I’m 62 no shame saying that,70-80s hits on my CDs huge collection in bins.I find it increadibly healing.
I have Ziggy and the Stardust ,and Greatest Hits Bowie he released prob late 1980 bc China Girl was on it still great dancing song.
I do some ballet steps rest is stuff contemporary 1980s from back then.😊😊😊😊
It’s the new 40!
I feel very fortunate that I got to see David Bowie perform several times, the first during the Diamond Dogs tour in 1974. People talk about how Bowie constantly changed his image, but what was more interesting was he changed musically every couple of years. He never stood still.
I also got to see Mick Ronson when he was working with Ian Hunter in 1979. That was somewhere in Hollywood, Cal but I can't remember where. I just remember that concert was a totally awesome.
If you ever think that you wished you had seen this or that artist, the night I saw the Ian Hunter I was with several friends, one of whom saw David Bowie during the Ziggy Stardust tour and Mott the Hoople the same year. He had also seen Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and a bunch of other 60's icons at Monterey Pop. There's always someone who has seen more cool bands than you have.
Ronson was probably the only Spider who knew that he was playing the last Spiders From Mars concert. The rest of the band just had the carpet pulled out from under them. What a shock it must have been.
I had a poster of that exact thumbnail image on my bedroom wall in the 70's when I was 10 😄 Happy days
Bowie is so unique-his look, his voice (which I love) and how he handled his career. So much talent. He also seemed smart and witty. Hope you’ll do another round, he deserves it. Thank you.
WOW! is Ronson killing it at the end of the video or what!!! So awesome! I was lucky enough to see him near the end of his life in the late 80's when he toured with Ian Hunter.
David Bowie will be missed thank you Fil
Sharon N I can’t believe he’s gone 😔
D Motta Me too D Motts I was very upset.
no one will have fill those particular shoes. what a unique artist, understatement of the century
A double shot of Ronson. Great choices Fil 👍
I could never put my finger on what made Bowie's voice utterly unique, but now I know with your demonstration. I can just hear that explosive vibrato into the beginning of Putting Out Fires with Gasoline. Gives me chills EVERY time! Thanks for another great analysis, Fil!
To this day I think that Mick Ronson is one of this country's most under-rated guitarists. He wrote the string arrangements on "Hunky Dory" and as Steve Harley once said, "It was like having Stravinsky in your band". Even Earl Slick said in the documentary "Beside Bowie" that Mick Ronson was the best guitarist that David Bowie ever had. Quite a compliment coming from somebody who had worked with David far longer than Mick Did. The other thing I loved about Mick's playing was that, although he didn't do all the guitar pyrotechnics of a Jimmy Page or a Ritchie Blackmore, his guitar sound was absolutely solid. Also listen to "Once Bitten Twice Shy" by Ian Hunter and hear how Mick skillfully builds up the guitar sound throughout the song to an amazing crescendo at the end. The man was a musical genius.
Although some of David's "characters" were way out there, he always seemed to be a real gentleman. He is a talent that is greatly missed by the music world. Thank you Fil for explaining/demonstrating the difference in vibratos. You did a great job, because even I understood it. Well done, maestro.
One of the greatest live performances of all time. Too often overlooked.
Guitar solo on width of a circle from same live concert is hugely exciting. 👍👍
Such perfection and musical theater! A friend of mine went to many of his shows back in the day; I was so jealous!
One of the most amazing things about David Bowie is that there is a persona that just about anybody can relate to and enjoy. Don't like Ziggy? Well then try The Thin White Duke. Major respect to this man! Miss him to this day.
Thanks for doing this song FIL, the spiders blew the roof off of radio city when i seen them. David owned the crowd,Mick was just ripping.
Although I personally prefer David’s mature singing style, I cannot deny the magic of Ziggy Stardust and his ultimate sidekick, Mick Ronson
mick ronson was more important to bowie than a lot of people realize
Mark Byers absolutely. He did the arrangements as well, something both he and David did not realize he would not be compensated for. This fact devastated David so much he could not even speak when Mick died. There is a fascinating interview with Mick done months before he died available on RUclips I highly recommend watching it
Major important role model inspirational radical beautiful man showing the way
David wouldn’t have been so big back in the early 70s if it wasn’t for mick ronson, David’s whole career back then was made possible by mick Ronson & it’s such a shame people don’t realise this
@@markbyers1651 Mick gave those songs that amazing sound...
So many potential band names in Bowie’s lyrics! “Moonage Daydream” & “Church of Pure Love” would both work nicely.
“Chaos in places.” A really nice turn of phrase to describe the extended solo. Ronson was so great. Randomly, I think he was the one who suggested the hand clapping on Mellencamp’s “Jack and Diane.”
Love that solo for almost 50 years now!
Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end.
Never another like David EVER!!....Clever lad how he got his intellectual property back!!……✌️❤️🤘
David created characters to help with shyness.
Mick Robson was one of Steve Clark of Def Leppard major influences.
I love seventies Bowie, with Ronson.
Have you listened to Ronson playing on Elton John’s Madman Across the Water? They recorded it for the Tumbleweed Connection album, but it didn’t get released until the 1995 CD remaster.
The shorter (radio friendly) version was released on the Madman Across the Water album. EJ’s usual guitarist played on that version.
I haven’t found the Ronson version live.
Beach Girl that version is so great and it showed IMO, a more rocking Elton.
Beach Girl= Had no idea Ronson played on Madman across the Water.I am no way an Elton John fan= find his music annoying.But the one song I like is that.And that's the reason why.Ronsons input
Thank you for the info!!!🧡🧡🧡
Susanne Sahakian,
Most people don’t know about that. The track wasn’t released until the Tumbleweed Connection remaster in ‘95. I’m not a fan of his music from Rock of the Westies on, but his early blues rock rocked. This is the missing track:
ruclips.net/video/InOjdeQqQFA/видео.html
Edit: My bad. It was released on another album in ‘92 (it’s hard to believe it was shelved for over 20 years).
Edit 2: I didn’t hear it until the early 2000s.
Yes that version is incredible. Ronson makes a haunting song all the more so.
Awe. Loved him. First heard him in very early 70’s My older cousin was a huge fan and I became one too Fame is probably my fav! My daughter (29) now loves him too. We loved him The Labyrinth 💙
Julie Ford Yeah! I knew when I was writing my favorites by him, most likely I was forgetting a biggy. FAME, was GREAT 👍!!
10 years later in 1983 David Bowie gets new guitar player name Stevie Ray Vaughan. Let's Dance
It's sometimes hard to believe how short a time this part of his career was. Definitely my favorite period.
I really like your channel, but I must say that your smile is the light of the world. There is none better. Great job here.
Awesome review Fil. I still have a hard time watching and hearing him. 💖 One of the best videos of him, with a great band, he was happy, healthy and IMO in great voice is 'Cracked Actor - Live at the Beeb. I love this video and totally appreciate it. Xo ✌🏼
I play his Heroes live performance for the same reason - healthy and happy. It makes me tear up but I need to hear it. Conan O'Brien's tribute to db is great.
You might enjoy this little clip...
ruclips.net/video/xWpMPgSJNvs/видео.html
@@TheRealDrJoey 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Dr Joey,
Into The Night has been one of my favorite films since it came out. I used to have it. The cameos are fun; Bowie’s and Landis’s are pretty funny.
Thanks for finding that. It’s time for a rewatch.
@@beachgirl4583 Even the trailer for that film was good! I worked in the theater biz when ITN came out. The trailer started out with just a black frame, and written in cursive was, "Ed Oakin Can't Sleep." Farnsworth was good as the sugar daddy, too.
Ziggy could have put his ray gun to my head anytime back in those days. My favorite song by Mr. Bowie. I showed the cover of the Ziggy Stardust album to my Dad and got one of those "Oh Shit" looks from him. I knew immediately I was on the right track. Great analysis of a legend and groundbreaker Fil.
DAVID BOWIE PUT STEVIE RAY VAUGHN ON THE MAP....ALWAYS LOVED AND ADMIRED DAVID BOWIE FOR BEING HIMSELF!!!
@MorbidManMusic let's dance
What a loss. I miss him so much. One of the best artists ever. So polite, nice and kind. He is perfect! Very nice voice, lyrics and presence on stage. He was a great actor too. So creative. I saw a video once about his process of composing songs. He one of a kind and he will be missed forever.
Bowie has had better bands but The Spiders From Mars is still my favorite of all of his stellar bands. This concert had loads of great performances(Jeff Beck and Mick dualing it out on The Jean Jeanie) but my favorite is the spell binding 15 minute version The Width of a Circle. Mick Ronson is outstanding on this.
Totally agree.
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When tell me which band he played in was better than this ?
Scott McGregor when did Jeff beck and Mick dual on Jean Jeanie?
@@ledflaplin2001 on The Spiders From Mars farewell concert. Hell you can watch it on RUclips if you like.
This concert is so amazing, this happened in 1973!, and is timeless , so creative , glad it was recorded, David and Mick with this band,were great, and Davis Bowie acts so dramatic ,performing..and outrageous, he is Ziggy here not David ❤
I haven't seen them before, they have an abundance of presence.
Yes..Fil..the Mystery!! I was so young...was interested more in his look..platform shoes and his outfit..than his music and singing...🤭🤭
Later..I realised..how good, totally unique and talented person he was....
Thanks....
My take on the unutterable importance of this whole project (with the Ziggy album at the center of it, obviously) is he's putting the rock star in the PAST TENSE. Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis (among others) sang in the first person about, obviously, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee, but Bowie created this character about whom he was singing as if it (rock music, western culture) were all over. He closes an entire chapter of western music history and nothing is the same thereafter. Which is to say, everything unaware of this album feels like Sha Na Na (whom I love, don't get me wrong). Forgive my getting all philosophical about matters, but this album to me is a watershed like few others. Thanks as always, Fil!
Love your singing demo!
David Bowie is the ultimate front man. So much talent and charisma, and he uses all of it.
He was truly from another dimension just had to go back. I had this album studio version I believe the sleeve said Play at Maximum Volume. I did parents did not like.
Yes it does say that And I did And still do.
Susanne Sahakian Good for you my dear. Keep rocking !
Fil, I love your vibrato demonstrations. A little vibrato goes a long way!
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT OUTSTANDING MASTERPIECE OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE LEGENDARY GENIUS MICK RONSON 🎸⚡🌠🌕
Please do a segment on the double album "Bowie at the beeb", my favorite Bowie album of all. So stripped down and awesome. David and Mick at their best.
Saw David Bowie twice live in Australia. Brilliant both times.
Ronson at his best. Bowie on the rise to even greater heights.
The bonds company would have made a fortune. David's Lets Dance album was huge. I saw him in Melbourne Australia for his Serious Moonlight Tour in the mid 1980s. Awesome!!!
One of my (many) heroes. I loved the Glass Spider Tour.
Fil... always the best from you brother on your analysis...you seem like you're in your element when you review performances like this...like this is what you really dig man...
A wonderful concert! One of the most beautiful moments of rock music.
Thanks Fil -- incredible analysis, as usual!
As a young, androgynous, vintage men's suit wearing "Tom boy", I sat through a double feature of "Ziggy Stardust" & "The Man Who Fell to Earth", decades after their original release, catching repeat film showings from the early afternoon through the wee hours of the morning, reveling in my freedom & my love for Bowie!... I can still smell the damp coolness of the old dilapidated movie theater mixed with the buttery warmth of popcorn... 📽🍿
Such beautiful memories -- my love for Bowie & his incredible, unmatched, artistry is neverending... Enjoy your journey through the stars, Major Tom!...☄🌟✌🏼🎶💖🎶
@Night-Sparrow Cairns 💖
Thanks I suggested Mick Robson with David several months back. I didn’t know you were listening! 👍
Larry Hampton Great minds think alike. I suggested working though all of Bowie guitarist.
Robson, Adrian Belou, Robert Frip, Earl Slick, Carlos Alamar, Reeves Gabriel(Tin Machine)
@@billykelly1013 There's one or two videos on RUclips where Earl Slick discusses his career, including working with John Lennon.
Peter I’ve seen those.
Ronson!
Spelt the following, Belew, Alomar, Fripp.
How I miss that man. I saw him in the 70s when Fame was popular. Quite the different look as on this clip--white suite and blond pompadour. Fantastic. Thanks for choosing this!
His thin white duke period.
Lisa Vanden Heuvel ... Suite is a homophone of sweet. Suit rhymes with fruit.
@@aprils6589 hey April i made it! Rode in on a spider frm mars
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Hey Lisa Regardless how you spell it or say it he was sweet in that suit. I miss him, too. Keep playing your fav vids and rawk!🤟
Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders of Mars! One of my favorite all time albums & one of my favorite songs! David & Mick at their best!⚡🌠🖤
I absolutely love your analyses videos. Please keep them coming. ❤️
David Bowie sold rights via Bowie Bonds was a pretty smart move. I remember reading about that before!
Bowie was a god who walked as man. Nice analysis. The part about the changing accent was interesting and I never thought about it that way. DA Pennebaker unfortunately wasn't great with lighting so the show doesn't look as good as it should. Quite a historical one though. I miss Bowie so much.
I saw Bowie doing Ziggy Stardust the first time he played Detroit, at the Fisher Theater. They came on stage under black lights in iridescent wigs ((Bowie's an incendiary, FLAMING orange,) wearing snakeskin suits that unzipped down the front. The first 3 minutes of that show stunned the audience into silence!.
I've always remembered 'Moonage Daydream' as being the best number in the show (BTW, he played a song near the end that he said he'd just written on the plane, called 'Panic In Detroit.' Sounded absolutely nothing like the eventual record).
I'd have to say that, for me anyway, the show was just as much about Ronson as it was Bowie--Mickey just ripped that night. I always thought Bowie quit using Mickey after 'Stardust' because he was getting a little upstaged.
BTW, Fil, I missed your Mickey Ronson episode yesterday, so I'm going to have to look it up.
Totally agree, probably one of the only negative thing I would say about Bowie. He’s my favorite
Yep David was certainly the full package as you say. 💛🔥
Genius image. Genius performances. Genius songwriting. You can see similarities here in the vocals and lyrics with his brother in arms and great friend Marc Bolan. Iconic legends - the pair of them.
How about some Loud'n'Proud... Slade!!!
Love isn't the word I have for Bowie..I border on otherworldly with him.. I so love him. He told this story about trying to talk these northern guys, the band members, into wearing some makeup and they didn't really want to do it but then when they saw the reaction of the females to their makeup, they said to David "where's that mascara" Mick was a sweetheart from what I got, a truly good person. So love this Fil, thank you for honouring my legend.
This just reminded me of how much I miss the sound of early Bowie. This came out when i was in my teens. It was a different world then, and Bowie was the absolute vanguard.
I love when the groupie at the start singing to Bowie she was spot on
I requested this song since months ago, nice video thanx.
12:56 deep and epic!
There's a great Bowie documentary I can't find on RUclips where Bowie talks about how he got the Spiders to wear makeup with him. " Mick was from Hull...very down to earth...'whaddya mean wear makeup?' ...so I would lie and tell them they looked green on stage without makeup...and then they also saw how many chicks they started pulling when they put on makeup! They took to it like fish to water."
Think I may have missed this before. Brilliant! I'm so looking forward to the documentary about David coming out next month "Moonage Daydream". It looks to be a masterpiece from the trailers I have seen.
I was too young to get into all the weirdness of Bowie of the early 70s, but did enjoy his pop music comeback of the early 80s.
Comeback? He'd never been away.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video. David Bowie was my absolute hero starting when I was 16. I loved him and his persona and his music to bits. It was all good until I learned just how much Mick Ronson contributed to Bowie's music (Hunky Dory to Alladin Sane) and should really have received more credit or recognition than he got.
Early on in workng with Bowie, Ronson returned to Hull for a time to study music arranging. One example of his tremendous contributions is the synthesized string arrangement on the song, "All the Madmen" time 3:50 to 4:18. Ronson composed this string arrangement which was recorded one instrument line at a time on Ralph Mace's early Moog monophonic synthesizer. The opening guitar notes on the song, "Ziggy Stardust" were not composed by Bowie, they were composed by Mick Ronson. He would also very diligently watch Tony Visconti engineering and ask him many questions in order to learn. Lou Reed's "Transformer" album was produced by Bowie. Reed commented that Ronson did most in the control room. I have also heard it said that he was one of the nicest people in the rock music industry. I still have immense respect for David Bowie. But there will always be a very special place in my heart for Mick Ronson.
Sorry, Mick Ronson's contribution ran from THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD to Alladin Sane.) My mistake.
Both Mick and David where legends .
Phenomenal songwriting and performance. Goddam, Ronson had good tone!
Side note... Just read where musician Eddy Money passed away today September 13 2019 at age 70 as You may know is best known for songs as "Two Tickets to Paradise and Take Me Home Tonight" March 21, 1949 ~ September 13, 2019 (Rest In Peace) and thanks for the music over the years.
Amen.
Thank you for pointing out so many details we take for granted, like the choreography.
David had a uniquely classical or operatic vibrato, possibly from listening to his parents’ records as a child, that you’ve broken down terrifically well.
Also great points about presentation and belief.
Mick’s solo really does take everything to a different place.
You do an excellent job of reviewing videos from the past, and give an honest assessment of the artist. Many of those artists were originals hard to copy..........
I saw David Bowie in the play about the Elephant Man. Without using any prosthetics, he was able to convey Merrick's deformities by his body movements and his brilliant acting only. He was so talented in so many ways.
Greetings from across the pond Fil,
This will be the longest comment I've ever left on the web for you've really pushed me over the edge on memory lane and I couldn't have been more shocked and delighted to see footage of this night so here goes:
I'm 16 years of age and because I'm in Los Angeles, I get to a shot at tickets for every band on the radio and brother, I went to a show each week or so. Anyway, we've tickets to the Santa Monica Civic to see John Mayall, Flo & Eddie and some opening band band named "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars". Since I never miss an opening act we were right on time and as the house lights went down sudden thunder filled the room ala Mick Ronson's big, fat, thick G to D walk down opening to "Ziggy" and then some very oddly dressed, orange haired Kabuki looking chap strumming a 12 strings steps up to the mic. I was both stunned & hooked right then and there. Ronson was simply magnificent on his gold top his Les Paul and sporting a silver jump suit. There was a lot of booing and "get off the stage ya freak" going down but we were just lapping it up. There was little applause but within a matter of months Bowie was the talk of the town. Thanks Fil for the fantastic memory AND another fine analysis.
As a side note, if Wings of Pegasus should ever tour The States please do let us know for I'll be there and would love to meet and chat a bit.
Cheers Fil!
Thanks!
These videos are incredible, David Bowie was a huge talent and an astute man. Well done Fil, I loved that vibrato demo : )
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You pick out things that went completely over my head. It is fun to hear these things then go re-watch the video and see it wth more understanding.
The whole Ronno, Bowie thing was just genius! ❤ I remember being shocked when I was little and my mom told me that Bowie was a man, lol.
If you listen to Ziggy Stardust you can hear him use a different voice for each of the first four verses... he's singing from each band members different perspective.
I sure miss David Bowie. He is one performer I never got to see him live. I would loved to have seen him. My favorite Bowie song is Modern Love. Every time I hear that song, It get me on the dance floor.
Bowie was on top of his game during the Ziggy era and Mick Ronson definitely was Bowie's best guitarist.
Mick Ronson was a perfect match for Bowie. I love this performance so much.
Excellent analysis and breakdown on all of the elements that are going on in this performance. Bowie's concerts where more of a rock show! thanks Fil for the follow up from last night.