There are few songs that make me feel "back in '70's"again. They are Bowies Starman & Life on Mars, Mott the Hooples All the Young Dudes & Saturday Gigs and Steve Harley and The Cockney Rebels Sebastian & Make me Smile (C'mon and See Me)....and also whwn i heard names like Stan Bowles ,Don Givens, Gerry Francis, Terry Venables and QPR!
Certainly not over-rated Staines, his music has stood the test of time and compared to the digitally-enhanced shyte that is churned out by today's so-called icons he might have come from another planet!...
Our Tone would likely have helped cool things down? please log in to view this image When I Googled our Tone, I also hit on many images from a photographer named Tony Hazell - not our boy? This is one to keep in your back pocket when you are asked to get a move on:- please log in to view this image Here's some more food for thought from that era:- please log in to view this image
In no particular order - - memory of a free festival - rock n roll suicide - five years - space oddity - queen bitch Before all that 80's nonsense started
Good call - memory of a free festival [video=youtube;E-VQv65jiH8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-VQv65jiH8[/video]
Depeche Mode are a fine band, Dave. I love the fact that many bands such as them produce their best work long after the fickle spotlight has moved elsewhere. Marillion with Hogarth are another example, producing beautiful, melodic and thought-provoking music consistently over the last 20 years, when many gave up on them after Fish went solo.
After 29 Dace and a lovely 3:9 Chub i have to add Thursday's Child to Mr and Mrs DT's list .. she is in Brighton and I get to watch MOTD and have the last word Today has been heaven [video=youtube;8S227FFNwl8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S227FFNwl8[/video]
In fact I may even dress up in Mrs DT's racing gear as we are off to DM at the 02 in May ... what a day [video=youtube;FUFJxQe7EwU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUFJxQe7EwU[/video]
Sound and Vision China Girl Don't have much time for Bowie after our local council grovelled and shut down half the city for his marriage to Imaan. Was working as a courier at the time and it was a massive inconvenience for tens of thousands beside myself. As for his coke fuelled Nazi period the less said the better.
David Bowie album scores first number one is 20 years David Bowie's first album in a decade has become the fastest selling of the year, hitting the number one spot in its first week. The Next Day is the 66-year-old's first number one since 1993's Black Tie White Noise. The album sold 94,000 copies this week, according to the Official Chart Company, outselling the number two album from Bon Jovi two to one. Justin Timberlake remains at the top of the singles chart with Mirrors. The announcement that Bowie was releasing new material came as a surprise to many in the music world, and has had Bowie aficionados picking over the fiercely private star's back catalogue, comparing his early work with his latest release. A retrospective of the eclectic performer is being unveiled at London's V&A Museum on 23 March, celebrating Bowie as a musical innovator and cultural icon. Although Bowie is not directly involved with curating the exhibition, the David Bowie Archive gave "unprecedented access" to the V&A, which picked out flamboyant costumes, early photographs and other memorabilia to show. The Next Day's first week sales beat that of the previous fastest-selling UK album, which was Biffy Clyro's Opposites which sold 71,600 in its debut week in January. Emeli Sande's Our Version of Events slipped down one to number three, following behind Bon Jovi's What About Now. Last week's number one from chart-toppers Bastille fell to number four. In the singles chart, One Direction saw their Comic Relief effort One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks) rise to number two in the wake of Friday's Red Nose Day. The young band took part in fundraising on the BBC show, as well as travelling to Ghana to see how Comic Relief money is spent. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21821327
Bump! Since picking up a guitar and trying to learn to play it, I've since revised my top 5 Bowie songs. Before his death I've watched hours and hours of his footage. ( Thanks to the inventor of Youtube. ) I've tried to learn many of his songs by watching his live performances etc. These are the Bowie songs I can now play comprehensively are ... Starman Space Oddity Ashes to ashes Heroes So that's four. The one I really want to play is 'Fashion' but for the hell of me I can't work it out. This is a testament that Bowie was way ahead of his time. His chord progressions aren't normal. The man was a genius. If anyone can help out I'd be grateful. ( I think it maybe in the key of F#m ) Anyway as you can tell, I'm a massive Bowie fan but that wasn't always the case. Although I liked him and he was in the periphery of my musical sphere but he wasn't a favourite until I picked up the guitar and tried to learn some of his songs, that was when I realised how great he was. When I learnt of his death I didn't want to go OTT. I feel that many of the people that are, are jumping on the bandwagon and going all of a bit Princess Di about it. I'm currently stuck in limbo because I was playing and listening to his stuff up until his death. I was playing Ashes to Ashes the day before he died. ( Ask Mrs Nines ... It drove her mad!) I think it's a bit of a John Peel thing, where you liked a band or a group when they were unknown, but turned your back on them when they became mainstream and decided you weren't that keen as you first thought. It's a bit a bit of a weird psychology but I know it's in all of us all for whatever reason. I still find it strange but can't fathom it out as to the reason why.
I can recommend this site for you Nines: Qello Concerts https://qello.com/ You can get it as an app for your Apple tv or PS4 etc. When you dive in it's hard to get out, I spend hours watching concerts, documentaries on it. HUGE archive and lots of new stuff. They have the complete Classic Album series as well. HD quality, much better than Youtube. You'll need a subscription though, like Netflix, but well worth it imo. There are some great Bowie clips there. And for you a Guitar Center Sessions updated regularly with new recorded material, great stuff! https://qello.com/?tier=spotlight_guitarcenter What is Qello Concerts? [Kwel-oh] It’s Music to Your Eyes! Qello Concerts is the world’s largest collection of full-length concerts and music documentaries streamed on-demand to just about any digital device. With the greatest performances on film of iconic and new artists, Qello Concerts brings the concert experience directly to you.
If you can play those four you must be a decent standard Nines, you'll have to do a set at The C&S...
Cheers Col. I try and learn it by ear first and then resort to the internet if I can't work it out. Cheers Norway. I'll take a look when I get home from work. Only if Col agrees to do the singing bit. Unfortunately I sound like a cat getting ironed.
No problem mate. We could do a pre-match performance for the pub! (I do a good rendition of "Wonderful Tonight". I bet you know that!) I realised that you were learning by ear, but sometimes you simply have to read the dots.
