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PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:18 am 
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If Lemmy was a punch in the gut, this is a full-on disembowelment.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:25 am 
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I am distraught, in tears and utter shock right now....

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A most beautiful goodbye.

Not to turn the focus, but it reminds me of Johnny Cash's goodbye with greatness until the very end. Many artists die young and leave behind great, posthumous music. But, I can't recall any others who lived into old age and were still able to produce something so beautiful on death's door.

"Look up here, I'm in heaven..."



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 Post subject: Re: Bowie.
PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 1:46 pm 
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Goddammit. Release an album like Darkstar on Friday, die of cancer on Sunday to the surprise of most. Seems only something Bowie could pull off. RIP


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If Lemmy was a punch in the gut, this is a full-on disembowelment.


well said

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 Post subject: Re: Bowie.
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So... let's say he ressurects from the dead, ala Lazarus, and as a result leads a worldwide cult vaguely totalitarian and dystopian, that would make his point, no? And what a career capper.

Dylan? It's way past time of the darkness. Bowie, still too much moonlight, serious moonlight.

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The muddy audio clears up around 5:00 in...


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Just chuckled at reminiscing about a lyric from "Suffragette City" misheard by a friend of mine back in college:

"The smell of fat chicks just put my spine out of place."

Good times...

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 12:54 am 
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FT Wrote:
Just chuckled at reminiscing about a lyric from "Suffragette City" misheard by a friend of mine back in college:

"The smell of fat chicks just put my spine out of place."

Good times...


with this post i just learned that it's not "smell of fat chicks"

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my clear vinyl copy of Blackstar arrived in the post this morning, happiness mixed with sadness really and no I'm not selling it!

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:56 am 
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jewels santana Wrote:
FT Wrote:
Just chuckled at reminiscing about a lyric from "Suffragette City" misheard by a friend of mine back in college:

"The smell of fat chicks just put my spine out of place."

Good times...


with this post i just learned that it's not "smell of fat chicks"


The actual lyric is "this mellow fat chick."

It's one of the very rare misheard lyrics that actually makes sense in either context.

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FT Wrote:
The actual lyric is "this mellow fat chick."

Pretty sure it's a mellow black chick.


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:46 am 
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Mellow thighed chick?

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Fellow slack hick.

Yellow sack shit.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:07 pm 
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In 1978 I did my first tour of Europe as "stunt" guitarist and singer for Frank Zappa's band. The night we played in Cologne, Germany unbeknownst to me Brian Eno was in the audience. Brian knew David Bowie was looking for a new guitarist for his upcoming tour. He called David after seeing our show and told David he should come see the guitarist for Frank's band.
The next night we performed in Berlin. There was a part of the show where Frank took an extended guitar solo and most of the band members, including myself, left the stage for a few minutes. As I walked to the back of the stage I looked over at the monitor mixing board and saw David Bowie and Iggy Pop standing there.
Wow! I couldn't believe it!
So I walked over to David Bowie, shook his hand and said, "I love what you've done, thank you for all the music". And he said, "Great, how would you like to be in my band?" I motioned back towards Frank and said, "Well, I'm kind of playing with that guy." David laughed and said, "Yes, I know, but when Frank's tour ends my tour starts two weeks later. Shall we talk about it over dinner?"
David said he would meet me back at our hotel and sure enough when I arrived back at the hotel David Bowie and his assistant Coco Schwab were sitting on a couch in the lobby. As I walked past them they whispered to me, "Get into the elevator, go up to your room, come back down in a few minutes, and meet us outside. We have a car waiting."
It was like something out of a spy film.
When I came back down and went outside there was a black limousine waiting. The driver opened the door and I got in the back with David and Coco. David immediately launched into all this plans for his upcoming tour, the songs we would play, the staging, and so on, and how much he loved my guitar playing! It was so exciting! He said they were taking me to one of his favorite restaurants in Berlin.
How many restaurants are there in Berlin? 25,000?
We arrived at the restaurant, went in the front door, and who should be sitting at the very first table but Frank Zappa and the rest of the band! So the three of us sat down with Frank and the band. David, trying to be cordial, motioned to me and said, "Quite a guitar player you have here Frank."
And Frank said, "Fuck you Captain Tom."
(note: Frank had demoted David from Major Tom to Captain Tom.)
David persisted, "Oh come on now Frank, surely we can be gentleman about this?"
Frank said, "Fuck you Captain Tom."
By this point I was paralyzed. David said, "So you really have nothing to say?" Frank said, "Fuck you Captain Tom."
David and Coco and I got up and went back out the front door. Getting in the limo David said in his wonderfully British way, "I thought that went rather nicely!"

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:26 am 
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Adrian Belew Wrote:
In 1978 I did my first tour of Europe as "stunt" guitarist and singer for Frank Zappa's band. The night we played in Cologne, Germany unbeknownst to me Brian Eno was in the audience. Brian knew David Bowie was looking for a new guitarist for his upcoming tour. He called David after seeing our show and told David he should come see the guitarist for Frank's band.
The next night we performed in Berlin. There was a part of the show where Frank took an extended guitar solo and most of the band members, including myself, left the stage for a few minutes. As I walked to the back of the stage I looked over at the monitor mixing board and saw David Bowie and Iggy Pop standing there.
Wow! I couldn't believe it!
So I walked over to David Bowie, shook his hand and said, "I love what you've done, thank you for all the music". And he said, "Great, how would you like to be in my band?" I motioned back towards Frank and said, "Well, I'm kind of playing with that guy." David laughed and said, "Yes, I know, but when Frank's tour ends my tour starts two weeks later. Shall we talk about it over dinner?"
David said he would meet me back at our hotel and sure enough when I arrived back at the hotel David Bowie and his assistant Coco Schwab were sitting on a couch in the lobby. As I walked past them they whispered to me, "Get into the elevator, go up to your room, come back down in a few minutes, and meet us outside. We have a car waiting."
It was like something out of a spy film.
When I came back down and went outside there was a black limousine waiting. The driver opened the door and I got in the back with David and Coco. David immediately launched into all this plans for his upcoming tour, the songs we would play, the staging, and so on, and how much he loved my guitar playing! It was so exciting! He said they were taking me to one of his favorite restaurants in Berlin.
How many restaurants are there in Berlin? 25,000?
We arrived at the restaurant, went in the front door, and who should be sitting at the very first table but Frank Zappa and the rest of the band! So the three of us sat down with Frank and the band. David, trying to be cordial, motioned to me and said, "Quite a guitar player you have here Frank."
And Frank said, "Fuck you Captain Tom."
(note: Frank had demoted David from Major Tom to Captain Tom.)
David persisted, "Oh come on now Frank, surely we can be gentleman about this?"
Frank said, "Fuck you Captain Tom."
By this point I was paralyzed. David said, "So you really have nothing to say?" Frank said, "Fuck you Captain Tom."
David and Coco and I got up and went back out the front door. Getting in the limo David said in his wonderfully British way, "I thought that went rather nicely!"


Funny story, but not sure why Zappa was so pissed - it's not like Bowie was poaching Belew mid-tour.

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Who cares? It's a great story.

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That is a great fucking story.

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Hipster 1: Bowie died.

Hipster 2: Anthony Newley did it first.


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