Posted on 07/31/2015 11:37:01 AM PDT by the scotsman
Listen to the previously unreleased All the Madmen, taken from David Bowie: Five Years 1969-1973
'In 1973, David Bowie was due to release the song All the Madman as a single in the US, but it was withdrawn before its release.
It was to be released to coincide with Bowie's first promotional visit there, where he would play impromptu performances the song on acoustic guitar. Now you can listen to a rare recording of unreleased song exclusively on Telegraph.co.uk.
The closing chant "Zane, Zane, Zane, Ouvre le Chien” was reprised in the song Buddha of Suburbia in 1993. The song features on the collection David Bowie Five Years 1969-1973.'
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
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“Labyrinth” - what a great movie.
A well arranged studio version was released with “The Man Who Sold the World” album back in ‘71. I don’t know why it wasn’t released (edited) as a single. There were no hits off that album.
Never really got into bowie, sorry.
When I arrived back at college in the fall of 1972, the Ziggy Stardust album was all the rage. It really seemed like Bowie had arrived from space, and was some sort of ultra-smooth, highly polished unique artist. So when he came to town, we all wanted to see him. Accustomed to the slickness of the album, I was shocked how crude he seemed on stage. The sound was distored and awful and the band’s spacey costumes (with the pointy shoulders) seemed like they were worn out and falling apart. It took the shine off the Bowie phenomenon for me. It wasn’t until “Let’s Dance” in 1983 that I became interested in him again.
I saw it on the afternoon of July 4, 1986, in Century City, with my girl friend who had seen an advertisement for it and liked the little baby.
We were the only ones in the theater.
I did not think it was all that great, but the GF liked it.
Bowie with Nine Inch Nails was interesting, so was Tin Machine.
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One of my favs.
Labyrinth is loaded with symbolism. Repeated viewings help.
Not mentioning the costumes or stage presence but the sound technology for large venues was so bad back then.
I love live performances, and went to hundreds of concerts. Most of the pre 1982 shows I came away from disappointed.
I know it wasn’t the performers because Live Albums proved their chops.
It was like their Sound Engineers were all deaf, and wanted it loud above clear.
Yeah, but “Width of a Circle” was a hellofa song. Too long for a single though.
Aww, it says I can’t play the video in my country. Guess us Yanks are out of luck.
Done :)
agreed, never liked him. always found his music and that strange “let’s dance” change of singing voice to be a bit creepy.. his persona.. the whole thing.. not my cup of tea. carry on... no big deal either way.
Cool.
Fair enough, all art is eubjective.
Personally, I love him and think he is a pop genius. Esp the 1970-80 period: Ziggy to Scary Monsters.
That’s not the version the article is talking about though, right?
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