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Old 11-01-2016, 19:00
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He was one of thr most influential artists of the last century but my memory of him was when he was Ziggy Stardust There was no one like him
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Old 11-01-2016, 19:08
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Can't say I was a huge fan infact I think he's one of those artists where you had to live through when he was at his peak and it's kinda like any artist that passes, if you didn't live through it at the time, it's hard to really understand it all but there will be people that will have bought his new album and maybe never listened to him before and love and that's what you're hoping for but I think on here and with many many people, their memories and feelings come from a certain time just like in 50 years time for many youngsters today their memories will be of current artists. I'm not saying Bowie didn't reinvent the wheel throughout the decades or wasn't successful but the early 90s were his real last big impression on music and I think many of his supporters were those old enough to remember it and live through it.
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Old 11-01-2016, 19:11
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Why have you started two threads on exactly the same thing?
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Old 11-01-2016, 19:12
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He was one of the last generation of true superstars, a true genius...very hard to see anyone come through like that again, to much of a risk for record companies these days, unless they can create a star.
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Old 11-01-2016, 19:16
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I think he's one of those artists where you had to live through when he was at his peak and it's kinda like any artist that passes, if you didn't live through it at the time, it's hard to really understand it all but there will be people that will have bought his new album and maybe never listened to him before and love and that's what you're hoping for but I think on here and with many many people, their memories and feelings come from a certain time just like in 50 years time for many youngsters today their memories will be of current artists. I'm not saying Bowie didn't reinvent the wheel throughout the decades or wasn't successful but the early 90s were his real last big impression on music and I think many of his supporters were those old enough to remember it and live through it.
I'm a '91 baby so growing up in the late Nineties and early Noughties meant I kind of missed his biggest glory days, but all the same he left a distinct impression and it seems from the social network outpouring from friends and colleagues today that he was one of those rare examples of an artist who defied generational limitations and appealed to a variety of people of all ages.
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Old 11-01-2016, 19:25
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May, 1973, Bournemouth Winter Gardens, none of my mates wanted to go so I was there, on my own, in near pitch darkness, waiting with increasing excitement. Two purple (as I recall) lights cut through the darkness, projecting lightning flashes on the back wall and the synthesised Beethoven's Ninth, the so-claled Clockwork Orange March blared out and the festivities began.
By no means the best gig I ever went to but certainly one of the best shows I have ever seen - there was a definite feel this is the show, you are all the audience and ne'er the twain shall meet.
Oddly, of all the songs the one that sticks in my mind the most was All The Young Dudes, which knocked the Mott the Hoople cover into a proverbial cocked hat.
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Old 11-01-2016, 23:10
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Why have you started two threads on exactly the same thing?
Because some people dont go onto the Showbiz page
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Old 11-01-2016, 23:22
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Oddly, of all the songs the one that sticks in my mind the most was All The Young Dudes, which knocked the Mott the Hoople cover into a proverbial cocked hat.
Have to just jump in to say it wasn't a cover in the traditional sense of the word, Bowie wrote the song FOR Mott the Hoople and produced it for them too, It's one of my all time favourite songs whoever's singing it. He first offered them Suffragette City apparently.
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Old 11-01-2016, 23:32
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just a little stupid one but saw a documentary of him, he had been playing at a fairly small venue and one of the tracks he had done was "the man who sold the world". he was signing autographs after the concert and this fan said to him how great it was to see him covering a nirvana song, the look bowie gave him was priceless.
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Old 11-01-2016, 23:37
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just a little stupid one but saw a documentary of him, he had been playing at a fairly small venue and one of the tracks he had done was "the man who sold the world". he was signing autographs after the concert and this fan said to him how great it was to see him covering a nirvana song the look bowie gave him was priceless.
Hahaha! Oh that's priceless. I thought everyone knew it was Lulu.
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Old 11-01-2016, 23:58
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There will never be anyone like him he was unique a one off a legend and a superstar
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Old 12-01-2016, 09:15
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Have to just jump in to say it wasn't a cover in the traditional sense of the word, Bowie wrote the song FOR Mott the Hoople and produced it for them too, It's one of my all time favourite songs whoever's singing it. He first offered them Suffragette City apparently.
And he offered them Drive-In Saturday afterwards but they turned it down, foolishly preferring to do their own songs. Where are they now?
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Old 12-01-2016, 09:46
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And he offered them Drive-In Saturday afterwards but they turned it down, foolishly preferring to do their own songs. Where are they now?
They have a legacy though. Queen would have not be as big as they became. Without Mott The Hoople giving them a leg up in the early 70s.

"Down in The City just Hoople and Me".


Def Leppard also cite Mott as being one of their favorite bands.
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Old 12-01-2016, 15:04
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And he offered them Drive-In Saturday afterwards but they turned it down, foolishly preferring to do their own songs. Where are they now?
They have a legacy though. Queen would have not be as big as they became. Without Mott The Hoople giving them a leg up in the early 70s.

"Down in The City just Hoople and Me".


Def Leppard also cite Mott as being one of their favorite bands.
As Bry says, Moot the Hoople left a legacy and are often cited as an influence over many other hit acts of later years. They've also left a legacy of superb music. Are they Bowie? No, of course they're not, but they also can't be dismissed simply because they're no longer a chart topping act of the present music scene.

In addition, some of their members were among the most influential musicians of the 70s working with other top class names.
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Old 12-01-2016, 21:00
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For me it was watching a dvd collection as a teenager over and over again and just adoring his imagery... and the music .....I seemed to know his songs because my mum used to play Bowie and T Rexx a lot.... Never got to see him live ...but watched his 'glass spider tour' on sky arts over Xmas hols ... I now want to watch other tours ...any recommendations? He was a huge influence on my own musicianship - so upset by his loss...but so inspired by his creativity 😀
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Old 12-01-2016, 21:23
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For me it was watching a dvd collection as a teenager over and over again and just adoring his imagery... and the music .....I seemed to know his songs because my mum used to play Bowie and T Rexx a lot.... Never got to see him live ...but watched his 'glass spider tour' on sky arts over Xmas hols ... I now want to watch other tours ...any recommendations? He was a huge influence on my own musicianship - so upset by his loss...but so inspired by his creativity 😀
What decade are you interested in there's been video's from most of his tours and there's loads on YouTube start at the Ziggy video & work your way up to Reality
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Old 12-01-2016, 21:51
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May, 1973, Bournemouth Winter Gardens, none of my mates wanted to go so I was there, on my own, in near pitch darkness, waiting with increasing excitement. Two purple (as I recall) lights cut through the darkness, projecting lightning flashes on the back wall and the synthesised Beethoven's Ninth, the so-claled Clockwork Orange March blared out and the festivities began.
By no means the best gig I ever went to but certainly one of the best shows I have ever seen - there was a definite feel this is the show, you are all the audience and ne'er the twain shall meet.
Oddly, of all the songs the one that sticks in my mind the most was All The Young Dudes, which knocked the Mott the Hoople cover into a proverbial cocked hat.


Sorry, as a huge Bowie fan, but also a big Mott fan, I don't agree. The Mott version imo is superior and is one of the all time great songs. I really like the Bowie version, but its the only time I can think of where the cover is better than a Bowie original.

The Mott the Hoople version is just immortal.
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Old 12-01-2016, 23:22
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One of my strangest memories is buying the 45 of Boys Keep Swinging from my local Woolworths, got it home and found it wouldn't play properly and skipped twice. The record itself looked perfectly clean and I couldn't see any marks or obvious damage on it. Took it back and got another one and that had exactly the same fault, as did a third. Fourth copy was okay, I later found out there had been an entire batch pressed with this defect.
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