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GordonHowe said:
A favorite from the last Lou Reed album I bought,

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I think I told you this before. I saw Lou at the St. James Theater just off Broadway back in '89. He did the entire New York album front to back, and then ended it with some earlier solo/Velvets stuff. Outstanding show, even of it was a little more cerebral and subdued than I expected.
 
GordonHowe said:
It's funny. Other than "The Killing Moon" (a killer track),



I never really got into Echo and the Bunnymen.

They were too hip for me. The kind of group all the trendies at Newbury Comics & Nuggets liked.


But I did buy and put up a poster of "Heaven Up Here," simply because I thought it was cool,

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That IS a cool poster. That's also probably their best album. I'd tell you to give [insert album here] a listen, but my guess is you've probably heard enough by them. Killing Moon... yeah, a timeless gem. Love it.

Is Nuggets still there? I went there infrequently because it was hard to get there.
 
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Banished to a desert island, Station To Station (1976) would be the one Bowie album I would bring with me, which is saying a lot,

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Abbreviated title track, from the cult flick "Christine F,"



Whacked out David on Soul Train. Priceless,





"Where'd she go?"

"She's in there,"





Sinatra, who had previously dismissed Bowie as a homo, very much liked David's rendition of the standard "Wild Is the Wind."

The two encountered each other having booked time at the same studio. They became fast friends,

 
jgatie said:
I think I told you this before. I saw Lou at the St. James Theater just off Broadway back in '89. He did the entire New York album front to back, and then ended it with some earlier solo/Velvets stuff. Outstanding show, even of it was a little more cerebral and subdued than I expected.
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Yes you did.

As I recall, the bartender advised not to bother Lou. Good call.

It is not too much to say that David revived the careers of Iggy (producer, "Raw Power," 1973)

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and Reed (co-producer along with Ronson, "Transformer," 1972)

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He was a huge and early fan of both, as I'm sure you know.

It's also not too much to say that James Osterberg saved Bowie's life. And that David returned the favor.
 
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Gordon Lightfoot said:
That IS a cool poster. That's also probably their best album. I'd tell you to give [insert album here] a listen, but my guess is you've probably heard enough by them. Killing Moon... yeah, a timeless gem. Love it.

Is Nuggets still there? I went there infrequently because it was hard to get there.
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Actually, I don't know their catalog at all. Except for that one great song. I can do my own digging, but can you recommend one or two albums?

For a while there, years actually, Nuggets was more or less a walk down the street. Does anyone remember Charlie's Cafeteria? It was on the corner where the stupid new hotel is.

We used to go there at like, one or 2:00 a.m., cuz I believe it was open till 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. when I went to Emerson in the early 80s. Used to get a bowl of chili and filch some oyster crackers. Great times.

 
GordonHowe said:
Actually, I don't know their catalog at all. Except for that one great song. I can do my own digging, but can you recommend one or two albums?

For a while there, years actually, Nuggets was more or less a walk down the street. Does anyone remember Charlie's Cafeteria? It was on the corner where the stupid new hotel is.

We used to go there at like, one or 2:00 a.m., cuz I believe it was open till 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. when I went to Emerson in the early 80s. Used to get a bowl of chili and filch some oyster crackers. Great times.

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There's good to be said about every Echo album from the 80's. Ocean Rain's Killing Moon is a highlight, true. But their debut gave us Rescue and (my favorite) Do It Clean. Heaven Up Here is probably the weakest, but A Promise is a good song. Porcupine's highlight is The Cutter, which is a kick ass song with a great hook. Their eponymous album gave us Lips Like Sugar, and their greatest hits album (Songs to Learn and Sing) has another of my favorites, Bring on the Dancing Horses.
 
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jgatie said:
There's good to be said about every Echo album from the 80's. Ocean Rain's Killing Moon is a highlight, true. But their debut gave us Rescue and (my favorite) Do It Clean. Heaven Up Here is probably the weakest, but A Promise is a good song. Porcupine's highlight is The Cutter, which is a kick ass song with a great hook. Their eponymous album gave us Lips Like Sugar, and their greatest hits album (Songs to Learn and Sing) has another of my favorites, Bring on the Dancing Horses.
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jgatie said:
There's good to be said about every Echo album from the 80's. Ocean Rain's Killing Moon is a highlight, true. But their debut gave us Rescue and (my favorite) Do It Clean. Heaven Up Here is probably the weakest, but A Promise is a good song. Porcupine's highlight is The Cutter, which is a kick ass song with a great hook. Their eponymous album gave us Lips Like Sugar, and their greatest hits album (Songs to Learn and Sing) has another of my favorites, Bring on the Dancing Horses.
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Thank you for the summary. I appreciate it and will investigate.

I would like to know what Gordon Lightfoot has to say as well.

0MD anyone?

 
aguineapig72 said:
Ian's tribute to David.

Something is happening – Mr. Jones
My brother says you’re better than the Beatles ‘n’ the Stones

Dandy – look what you’ve become
I guess I owe you one
So thanks for the memories


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Hey, I had never heard about this. Thank you for posting. Looking forward to listening.

First and foremost, David Bowie was a fan of many artists in many disciplines.

Today they would call him a fanboy.

Hence Iggy. Hence Lou. Hence Mott.

They were on the verge of breaking up.

Can't have that.

So Bowie wrote and then gave them probably their greatest hit, gratis.

When Bowie played it for them, they knew it was a smash immediately,



By the way, something is happening here. But you don't know what it is.

Do you, Mr. Jones?

Rumored to be about doomed Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones,



I love Dylan as an artist, but I think he's a jerk.




 
I actually (sort of) met Bob Dylan once. He was playing in Wilkes-Barre PA in the early 90's and staying at a local hotel. It was late on a Sunday and my buddy was bartending at the hotel. He called me up and said "Get your ass down here, Bob F'ing Dylan is in my bar". I drove there like a house afire and it was just Dylan and my buddy there. Not being one to bother a celebrity, I just sat down and ordered a beer. I sent one over to him and he nodded to me.

That's it. My celebrity stories are really boring.
 
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