David Bowie's mimes.

_tunic_ · 09.02.2006, 07:27 AM

Bowie rules!
Have you ever seen the Cracked Actor documentary? It's the best thing I've seen in a long time. It's up on the Trader's Den at the moment:
http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/...rac ked+actor

atari 2600 · 09.02.2006, 08:12 AM

Glad to hear some love for Bowie, _tunic_. I listened to Aladdin Sane, Station to Station & Low yesterday.

atari 2600 · 09.02.2006, 09:43 AM

Look! He's wearing a puffy shirt.

He can mime. He's good at it.

I, like most people, am not big on the miming.
That's just the way it goes.
I am, sometimes into the rhyming, though.

hey alex · 09.02.2006, 03:50 PM

he reminds me of the joker there.

I bought an LP of station to station a week ago and left it in my car... it warpped before i got to listen to it. It was a total drag.

Ono Soul · 09.02.2006, 04:22 PM

Bowie studied miming under Lindsay Kemp in the sixties. One of the things I've always loved about Bowie is the way he drew from so many diverse influences well outside the relatively narrow world of rock music. For example, the way the Ziggy-era stage show contained elements of miming and Kabuki theater or the way he incorporated Orwell's "1984" and William Burroughs' cut up technique into the lyrics of "Diamond Dogs". He's drawn from such a diverse well of influences throughout his career and as he himself has pointed out, his greatest talent probably lies in his ability to create these unique synthesises, these unholy marriages, in his work. That's what he's all about, really. I think Sonic Youth has done something similar in the sense that their aesthetic is just as influenced by say, abstract painting and beat poetry as it is by other musicians. And I think people like Bowie's and SY's knowledge of not only music, but art, film and literature, and their ability to gain inspiration from these other mediums and incorporate that into their work, is by and large what makes them so special.

HaydenAsche · 09.02.2006, 04:23 PM

Twat.

krastian · 09.03.2006, 04:19 AM

Bowie rules, but the miming is borderline creepy.

atari 2600 · 09.03.2006, 09:50 AM

The Bowie doc that's played on the Biography channel has a good minute or two of vintage mime footage.

Who has more great albums than Bowie?

No one...besides Sonic Youth, Neil Young, The Stones & The Beatles.

TheDom · 09.03.2006, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

Who has more great albums than Bowie?

No one...besides Sonic Youth, Neil Young, The Stones & The Beatles.

THE GRATEFUL DEAD

atari 2600 · 09.03.2006, 09:56 AM

studio albums?

The only GD releases that are great are Aoxomoxoa, Workingman's Dead, & American Beauty.

Blues for Allah & In the Dark are just good.

Reckoning & Europe '72 are monstrously sweet, but they are releases of live recordings.

TheDom · 09.03.2006, 10:01 AM

so officially released lives don't count?

atari 2600 · 09.03.2006, 10:04 AM

If you want them to haha.
Well, Zappa has a gazillion studio albums, but how many are really great besides Apostrophe, Joe's Garage & Over-nite Sensation? Hot Rats & Baby Snakes & many others are good.

TheDom · 09.03.2006, 10:06 AM

true, true

and I do agree with you about them only having a couple of great studio albums. Anthem Of The Sun is great too, though it has live recordings mixed in with the studio record.

But ya just can't beat the live stuff like Live/Dead and Skull & Roses and the Dick's Picks series.

The only Zappa LP I've ever enjoyed was Hot Rats. and some parts of Weasels Ripped My Flesh

atari 2600 · 09.03.2006, 10:08 AM

There's way too many great live dead ones to even begin counting.

I believe khchris(original) wrote once that Apostrophe is Zappa's best. I agree. At the time, I didn't wanna write that I agreed.

atari 2600 · 09.03.2006, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by HaydenAsche

Twat.

Whiny Homos & Irritable Malcontents

Yeah, Bowie is/was bi. He was never an insufferable jerk though.

Just a bit of my own damage...

Asim · 09.03.2006, 10:18 AM

Bowie = 1 excellent albums and 3 goods ones, then pure junk

I guess he's good, a bit boring

atari 2600 · 09.03.2006, 10:22 AM

out yo mind

I consider Let's Dance as a great album even.

1 great one? WHIM can sponsor you if you need help with accutane or anti-psychotic medication.

Hunky Dory
Ziggy
Aladdin Sane

3 that can top most anyone right there.

Asim · 09.03.2006, 11:31 AM

Everyone here listen to Brian Eno's pop albums and maybe some of his ambient now, totally better than Bowie.

Ziggy is excellent though and might be better than Take Tiger Mountain, just a comparison of 70 pop solo albums

_tunic_ · 09.03.2006, 03:48 PM

I'm thinking about buyng one or two more Bowie CDs but I have no clue which ones... what I have now is Ziggy Stardust, the BBC sessions (including the bonus CD), and a Best of I never listen to.
So, what should I buy next?

I love the Ziggy Stadust album, played it in my car yesterday, I think it may have caused me some speeding tickets ;-)

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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Look! He's wearing a puffy shirt. He can mime. He's good at it. I, like most people, am not big on the miming. That's just the way it goes. I am, sometimes into the rhyming, though.
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09.02.2006, 04:22 PM	#6
Ono Soul little trouble girl Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: chicago Posts: 57	Bowie studied miming under Lindsay Kemp in the sixties. One of the things I've always loved about Bowie is the way he drew from so many diverse influences well outside the relatively narrow world of rock music. For example, the way the Ziggy-era stage show contained elements of miming and Kabuki theater or the way he incorporated Orwell's "1984" and William Burroughs' cut up technique into the lyrics of "Diamond Dogs". He's drawn from such a diverse well of influences throughout his career and as he himself has pointed out, his greatest talent probably lies in his ability to create these unique synthesises, these unholy marriages, in his work. That's what he's all about, really. I think Sonic Youth has done something similar in the sense that their aesthetic is just as influenced by say, abstract painting and beat poetry as it is by other musicians. And I think people like Bowie's and SY's knowledge of not only music, but art, film and literature, and their ability to gain inspiration from these other mediums and incorporate that into their work, is by and large what makes them so special.
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Bowie rules, but the miming is borderline creepy. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	The Bowie doc that's played on the Biography channel has a good minute or two of vintage mime footage. Who has more great albums than Bowie? No one...besides Sonic Youth, Neil Young, The Stones & The Beatles.
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09.03.2006, 09:56 AM	#11
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	studio albums? The only GD releases that are great are Aoxomoxoa, Workingman's Dead, & American Beauty. Blues for Allah & In the Dark are just good. Reckoning & Europe '72 are monstrously sweet, but they are releases of live recordings.
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09.03.2006, 10:01 AM	#12
TheDom expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nashville. Posts: 1,924	so officially released lives don't count?
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09.03.2006, 10:04 AM	#13
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	If you want them to haha. Well, Zappa has a gazillion studio albums, but how many are really great besides Apostrophe, Joe's Garage & Over-nite Sensation? Hot Rats & Baby Snakes & many others are good.
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09.03.2006, 10:06 AM	#14
TheDom expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nashville. Posts: 1,924	true, true and I do agree with you about them only having a couple of great studio albums. Anthem Of The Sun is great too, though it has live recordings mixed in with the studio record. But ya just can't beat the live stuff like Live/Dead and Skull & Roses and the Dick's Picks series. The only Zappa LP I've ever enjoyed was Hot Rats. and some parts of Weasels Ripped My Flesh
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	There's way too many great live dead ones to even begin counting. I believe khchris(original) wrote once that Apostrophe is Zappa's best. I agree. At the time, I didn't wanna write that I agreed.
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Asim little trouble girl Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 51	Bowie = 1 excellent albums and 3 goods ones, then pure junk I guess he's good, a bit boring
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	out yo mind I consider Let's Dance as a great album even. 1 great one? WHIM can sponsor you if you need help with accutane or anti-psychotic medication. Hunky Dory Ziggy Aladdin Sane 3 that can top most anyone right there.
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09.03.2006, 11:31 AM	#19
Asim little trouble girl Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 51	Everyone here listen to Brian Eno's pop albums and maybe some of his ambient now, totally better than Bowie. Ziggy is excellent though and might be better than Take Tiger Mountain, just a comparison of 70 pop solo albums
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09.03.2006, 03:48 PM	#20
_tunic_ invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: I could live in eurHope Posts: 3,965	I'm thinking about buyng one or two more Bowie CDs but I have no clue which ones... what I have now is Ziggy Stardust, the BBC sessions (including the bonus CD), and a Best of I never listen to. So, what should I buy next? I love the Ziggy Stadust album, played it in my car yesterday, I think it may have caused me some speeding tickets ;-) __________________ what comes first, the music or the words?
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