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Favoriting January 10, 2020: The Flange & Frigate #063 - Starman


Exactly four years ago the legend, the icon, the titan that was David Robert Jones left this realm and became an immortal starman, so on today's Flange & Frigate with DJ GeorgyGirl we give you nothing but Bowie, Bowie, and more Bowie.

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4 pm to 6 pm (EST)/9 pm to 11 pm (GMT)

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#British #FeyPop #Lounge #Psych #Mod #Bowie

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Artist Track Album Label Year Approx. start time
David Bowie  Moonage Daydream   Favoriting The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars  RCA  1972  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
 
David Bowie  The Bewlay Brothers   Favoriting Hunky Dory  RCA  1971  0:06:26 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Lady Stardust   Favoriting The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars  RCA  1972  0:11:27 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Life On Mars?   Favoriting Hunky Dory  RCA  1971  0:14:41 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Queen Bitch   Favoriting Hunky Dory  RCA  1971  0:18:32 (Pop-up)
 
David Bowie  All The Madmen   Favoriting The Man Who Sold The World  Mercury  1970  0:22:46 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Andy Warhol   Favoriting Hunky Dory  RCA  1971  0:28:08 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Fill Your Heart   Favoriting Hunky Dory  RCA  1971  0:32:08 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Oh! You Pretty Things   Favoriting Hunky Dory  RCA  1971  0:35:14 (Pop-up)
 
David Bowie  Kooks   Favoriting Hunky Dory  RCA  1971  0:39:31 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Changes   Favoriting Hunky Dory  RCA  1971  0:42:15 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Letter To Hermione   Favoriting David Bowie  Phillips  1969  0:45:59 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Love You Till Tuesday   Favoriting David Bowie  Deram  1967  0:49:06 (Pop-up)
 
David Bowie  Space Oddity   Favoriting David Bowie  Phillips  1969  0:52:43 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  It Ain't Easy   Favoriting The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars  RCA  1972  0:57:34 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Hang On To Yourself   Favoriting The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars  RCA  1972  1:00:39 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Rubber Band   Favoriting David Bowie  Deram  1967  1:03:09 (Pop-up)
 
David Bowie  Running Gun Blues   Favoriting The Man Who Sold The World  Mercury  1970  1:06:34 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Quicksand   Favoriting Hunky Dory  RCA  1971  1:09:39 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Eight Line Poem   Favoriting Hunky Dory  RCA  1971  1:14:42 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Star   Favoriting The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars  RCA  1972  1:17:29 (Pop-up)
 
David Bowie  Ziggy Stardust   Favoriting The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars  RCA  1972  1:21:18 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Wild Eyed Boy From Free Cloud   Favoriting David Bowie  Phillips  1969  1:24:28 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed   Favoriting David Bowie  Phillips  1969  1:29:20 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  The Man Who Sold The World   Favoriting The Man Who Sold The World  Mercury  1970  1:35:23 (Pop-up)
 
David Bowie  Starman   Favoriting The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars  RCA  1972  1:40:23 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Memory Of A Free Festival Part 1   Favoriting David Bowie  Phillips  1969  1:44:30 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Memory Of A Free Festival Part 2   Favoriting David Bowie  Phillips  1969  1:48:28 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Suffragette City   Favoriting The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars  RCA  1972  1:51:57 (Pop-up)
 
David Bowie  Rock And Roll Suicide   Favoriting The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars  RCA  1972  1:56:28 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Here we go!
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geezerette:

Thanks for celebrating Bowie,GG.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi geezerette - our Hero :-)
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Sem:

All turned up to 10, let 'er rip.
Hiya, djGG, g!
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Mod Mokka Matti:

I'm all in - looks like my afternoon has already been planned out for me. :-)
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Jan Turkenburg:

Hi Georgy, I hope my somewhat prolongued ending wasn't confusing...
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Mr Fab:

Singing along already!!
  4:02pm
linda lee:

oh yes. moonage daydream. lovely.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi Sem, MMM, Jan, and Mr fab!
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Mr Fab:

the song whre Kid Congo Powers got the name for his band the Pink Monkey Birds.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi Linda Lee! :-)
  4:03pm
Martinibomb:

How Dee
  4:03pm
linda lee:

hi hi hi! :-)
can't imagine a better opener!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I'm sure I read somewhere that there's a band called Tigers On Vaseline as well :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi MB!
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Jan Turkenburg:

yep... www.discogs.com...
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

There you go :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

THAT GUITAR
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geezerette:

Sem!
Mr. Fab!
Jan!
Linda!
MB!
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Linda Lee:

must say i do love Ziggy best of all David's transformations. we did agree on this before, yes? :-)
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Linda Lee:

geezerette!!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I mean David Bowie could have worn a paper bag and I'd still have loved him :-)
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Jan Turkenburg:

Hi Linda!
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chresti:

Hi everybody!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi chresti!
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chresti:

Ha Tigers on vaseline!
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Linda Lee:

hi Jan! i'm sorry i missed you!
  4:10pm
Rob:

Hi there!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi Rob! :-)
  4:10pm
Elizabeth:

Hello! Ziggy is my favorite era of Bowie also. Ziggy was born the same year as I was!
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Linda Lee:

GG ~ true of course ~ but he might not have gotten our attention so well!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Elizabeth! Hello! :-)
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Linda Lee:

you're heading right into my favorites, GG. we are attuned. :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Brownie points for the first person to say who lady Stardust is about ...
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Linda Lee:

I know 'lady grinning soul', but not 'lady stardust'..
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Tiny in stature but not in talent ... and lots of glitter dust
  4:14pm
RiW:

this is lovely, GG!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Fellow Londoner ...
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi RiW and thank you! :-)
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Mr Fab:

i listened to the Ziggy album so much as a teen I've had no need to play it again, it's so burned into my brain. So nice to hear this stuff again, it's been ages.
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Linda Lee:

not Paul Williams then.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Initials MB ... ;-)
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Linda Lee:

just jokin
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Not THAT MB lol
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Linda Lee:

Bolan!
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geezerette:

...uh...Andy Warhol?
ELTON?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

There you go :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Mr Bolan :-)
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Linda Lee:

yayyyyyy!!! yes of course!!!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mr Fab - same. We had it pretty much on a loop when I was at university :-)
  4:16pm
Rob:

My favorite Bowie albums: Ziggy Stardust; Aladdin Sane; Diamond Dogs. The first time I saw him live was the Station to Station tour.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@geezerette - a song for Mr Warhol in the next section tho :-)
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Linda Lee:

I'm not sure anyone new to Bowie now can realize how incredibly *weird* he seemed in 72. it really was like he'd just come from another world.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:17pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Faves for me - Ziggy, Hunky Dory, and The Man Who Sold the World :-)
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Linda Lee:

I mean, just.. unlike anything we'd ever seen. & it helped to be young & feeling the same way (new to the planet) to 'get it'. :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:18pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Absolutely - I talk about that later :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

He certainly gave me courage to be me
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Linda Lee:

of course! :-)
this has to be why Ziggy is close to our hearts mores than.. later incarnations.
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Linda Lee:

more than!
thank you & hello Granny!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

It was suddenly okay - and even cool - to be weird and odd and queer and strange.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi Granny!
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geezerette:

He was coming from the future we're livng in.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@geezerette - absolutely!
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Linda Lee:

it was OK at least for ourselves..
the world at large still had a way to go. still does.
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Mr Fab:

That's what occurred to me when Moonage Daydream was playing: gawd, what must this have been like when it dropped in the early '70s? Must have been many a blown mind.
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Linda Lee:

that's right honey! :-)
  4:21pm
Elizabeth:

Four years ago , two days before Bowie passed away, I went to see Tony Visconti and Woody Woodmansey perform The Man Who Sold the World on Bowies Birthday at the Highline Ballroom in NYC. Halfway through the show, Tony takes out his cell phone and calls Bowie. He holds the phone up to the audience and we all sing Happy Birthday to him, not knowing that he was so sick and only having a few days to live. Tony then told us Bowie asked if we liked his new album. We all screamed yes. That was probably Bowie's last " appearance " with the public. I am so glad I was there in addition to seeking Bowie perform in 2000, 2002, and 2003. I would have loved to see him in the 70s, but I was just too young.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Elizabeth - that genuinely just made me tearful <3
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Mr Fab:

Amazing, Elizabeth.
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Linda Lee:

that's lovely, Elizabeth!
I'll never tire of saying I saw him in 74 in New York. alone. no one I knew was interested!
really super exciting.
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melinda:

hi everyone
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WR:

Yrr playing my song... hi all.
  4:24pm
Elizabeth:

Queen Bitch is one of my favorites! Georgy, the albums you listed are my favorites also!
  4:24pm
RiW:

learning of Bowie's passing live on a WFMU playlist is something I'll never forget, even though I no longer remember whose show it was.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

We went to London the weekend after he died. Laid flowers in the Soho doorway where he shot the Ziggy cover (flowers EVERYWHERE) and then went to Brixton to the mural and joined the vigil. So many people, and so much love.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi melinda! Hi WR!
  4:25pm
RiW:

but it was like my entire teenagehood died.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

And then a few months later went to Berlin and laid flowers at his old flat and hung out in his local where we all sang his songs. <3
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Linda Lee:

that sounds really lovely, GG.
  4:26pm
Rob:

My family moved to Northern California in the 70s. My brother came home with a music magazine (Cream) that had run a Bowie look-alike contest. My brother noted that the 3rd place winner was from the city we just moved to. It turned out she lived 3 doors down. We became fast friends. I loved that she owned 24 pairs of platform shoes.
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Linda Lee:

fabulous.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I like the sound of her! :-)
  4:26pm
Elizabeth:

Georgy , I hope tearful in a good way! Two days later, after it was announced that he passed away, I cried my eyes out. @ Linda I would have loved to have seen him in 1974!
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melinda:

I can see how he must have seemed downright alien in 1972.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

There has genuinely never been ANYONE like him.
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Linda Lee:

gosh I loved Cream Magazine. :-)
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Mr Fab:

One of those Elvis-like figures with off-the-scales charisma. no wonder he took on an alien persona, too perfect for mere mortals.
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Linda Lee:

it was also brilliant marketing!
  4:29pm
Elizabeth:

Georgy, that is amazing that you went to Berlin to his flat! Also to gather in London with all the fans!
Two years before he passed away, I was in London and I went to the street where the cover of Ziggy was shot also.I am so happy I got to visit there.
  4:30pm
RiW:

now I'm in a tire (or tyre) shop. The smell of rubber is overpowering, nauseating even. I don't know how rubber fetishists do it.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

In 2021 Berlin are hopefully going to rename Hauptstrasse (where he lived) to David Bowie Strasse. :-)
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Linda Lee:

"Andy Warhol" ~ such aggression against someone who was just another brilliant media manipulator!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

The bar/cafe is about three doors down from his old flat and the chap who runs it is an absolute delight. :-)
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coelacanth∅:

hello GeorgyGirl, starmen, starwomen....
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Linda Lee:

killing off the father, I guess.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi coelacantho!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@LL - true
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coelacanth∅:

so who's this Bowie guy -he invented the bowie knife i guess?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

LOL!
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Linda Lee:

here's a favorite. oh you pretty things..
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

When I was in France for Uni in the 80s my friend John and I made each other up and recreated the Pinups album cover :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@LL - it's lovely :-)
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melinda:

I'm still discovering new Bowie songs that are probably old hat to others. I was a huge fan in high school but never a completists.
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Linda Lee:

oh! fabulous!!! any way to get a look at that one? :-D
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chresti:

heir to the bowie knife fortune..
I like "Sorrow"
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Sadly, I don't have a copy :-(
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@melinda - excellent! :-) There's always many more gems :-)
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Linda Lee:

we'll just have to imagine then :-D
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Mr Fab:

this song inspired Pete Shelley's "Homo Sapiens." Adding to the list of things directly inspired by Bowie.
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Linda Lee:

by the way, was that Twiggy? am I remembering right?
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coelacanth∅:

Bowie felt as i did (almost 10 years earlier) about the pretty things
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

It was indeed Twiggy - my heroine :-)
@Mr Fab - yes! :-)
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melinda:

I always loved 'take a little snooze' too.
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chresti:

Also, Hot Tramp
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@melinda - she's in her armchair at the moment and said "Tell me when you're playing 'Andy Warhol'" :-)
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Linda Lee:

*and* he called his son Zowie & let the boy's hair grow long! I mean, out of this world.
  4:41pm
Elizabeth:

Is Kooks about his son? Or am I thinking of something else?
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Mr Fab:

Kooks was written for Zowie/Duncan. I sent this song to my wife when our daughter was born.
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Linda Lee:

it is, i believe!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

There was a wonderful series with Robert Llewellyn (from Red Dwarf) and a guest each week. And one of the best ones is Duncan Jones who is wonderful :-) His stories about "Dad" are marvellous :-)
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geezerette:

This song is so sweet. :)
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Sem:

Like Melinda, late to the Bowie metier, and thereby wondering what the hell I was listening to in the 70s into the 8os.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi Sem!
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Sem:

Hello once again, djGG.
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Linda Lee:

such funny things one remembers. I remember walking into one of my high school history classes ~ 75 maybe ~ & someone had written all across the blackboard, top to bottom: CH - CH - CH- CHANGES!!!!!! just like that. :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

What the fuck is "Hinku Dory"??? LOL!!!
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Linda Lee:

outtakes? :-D
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Favourite Bowie song?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Mine is "Velvet Goldmine".
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Linda Lee:

unfair question. :-D
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coelacanth∅:

i heard this (and many Bowie songs) first via "Bowie Live!" album and was slightly disappointed when i heard the original and he said "spit on"
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melinda:

How can one choose a favorite?
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Linda Lee:

i've thought about this before, but i never got far.
  4:47pm
Rob:

I can't possibly choose just one
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Linda Lee:

a top 5 maybe? :-D
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I mean ... very closely followed by Modern Love. :-)
Velvet Goldmine is a memory song, so that's why it gets first place :-)
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melinda:

Golden Years maybe
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Mod Mokka Matti:

Top 5 is too restrictive - I can't be that confined.
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coelacanth∅:

i don't even have a favorite color or a favorite fruit or a "type" of romantic intrigue...i'm supposed to pick a favorite Bowie song?!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I've got you all perplexed! ;-)
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melinda:

@GG that's why I like Golden Years.
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Mod Mokka Matti:

Oh this is a fave right here!
  4:49pm
Martinibomb:

rip neil pert
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Neil Pert???? Rush Neil Pert????
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melinda:

Wow, he wasn't old...sad. I barely know Rush but I liked them from what I saw in the documentary about them.
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Sem:

Yep, brain cancer. 67 years old.
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geezerette:

Coel@4:48: Same! ha ha!
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Linda Lee:

has everyone seen the student film he starred in at uni? amazing.
  4:54pm
Martinibomb:

Brain cancer
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

The only song in the Top ten to feature a Stylophone ...
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melinda:

I was listening to Surface Noise when I read in the comments that Bowie had died, now I will remember that I was listening to the Flange & Frigate Bowie tribute when I read that Neil Peart died.
  4:54pm
Martinibomb:

^same
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I'm genuinely crushed by that news :-(
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Mr Fab:

the song "Heroes" is one of the Great Works of Art of the 20th century. should be on a pedestal in a museum, and stop covering it! Gawd, so many awful "Heroes" covers. Don't touch it. Don't even LOOK at it!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I think Bowie is one of those artists who can't really be covered.
  4:56pm
Mark R:

I happened to be doing an overnight fill-in the night Bowie died ( think he had died late the previous afternoon but the news didn't hit the wire til after midnight. I had to scrap whatever show I had planned and did an all-Bowie show instead. Fortunately, Therese (who I was following) had already pulled all his CDs out of the library and brought them into the studio. Like you, George Girl, I focused pretty much exclusively on the early stuff (although I did dig up a performance/interview from the Dick Cavett show circa late '74 on YouTube). It was a sad show, but there was also a feeling of community as everyone commented about their feelings about him, the influence he'd had on their lives, etc.
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Linda Lee:

haha! it might be something like the 'star spangled banner' ~ everyone gives it a go, but few can pull it off.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mark R - that was definitely how it felt to be in London that weekend.
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chresti:

I guess by hot tramp I mean "Rebel Rebel..
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

The video for Rebel Rebel is fabulous
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Mr Fab:

"Heroes" along with "Rebel Rebel" are his most covered songs. "Rebel Rebel" I can see any number of raunchy rock bands having a go at it. But it takes some kind of hubris to hear "Heroes" and say, oh, yeah, i can do that.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

We've lost two iconic Neils in as many weeks - someone put a wall around Neil Young!!!
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Linda Lee:

'Rebel Rebel' has *got* to be close to my heart. 'she's not sure if you're a boy or a girl'..
the student film I'm thinking of is called "the Image". it's a surreal thriller that examines repressed gay attraction.
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Linda Lee:

here's one of my faves. right here.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@LL - Rick and I screened that :-)
  5:01pm
Rob:

me too!
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geezerette:

This is proto-punk!
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Linda Lee:

did you!! amazing film :-)
  5:02pm
Elizabeth:

I think this is my favorite, slightly nudging out Queen Bitch
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Linda Lee:

this guitar line is just luscious...
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I am absolutely determined to have a pair of red boots like Bowie's.
  5:03pm
Elizabeth:

Hang onto Yourself , I should be specific!
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Mr Fab:

well, geezerett, the Ramones did swipe the riff from this for a song on their first album "I Dont wanna go Down in the Basement"
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coelacanth∅:

Mark @4.56 yeah i stayed up all night to listen to your show. i couldn't sleep. people were crying on Therese' comment board.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

Admit it, everyone, THIS is your favourite Bowie song ;-)
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Webhamster Henry:

Is this from his Laughing Gnome period?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi Henry! Yes, it is. And Please Mr Gravedigger. lol
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Linda Lee:

GG, Jean Millington wrote a song about Bowie after their romance in the early 70s called 'Butter Boy'. have you ever heard it? it's from Fanny's glam period. :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

This makes me smile - especially "I hope your baton breaks"
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geezerette:

Mr. Fab, don't think I've heard that! Must listen.
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chresti:

LL- Rebel Rebel and Sorrow were a couple of my theme songs when I was 16
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@LL - I have :-)
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Linda Lee:

oh yes. i loved 'Sorrow' too.
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ParUbi:

My Rush cassettes were well worn during my Catholic school years. This one does hurt.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi ParUbi - me too :-(
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ParUbi:

And on this day too!
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Linda Lee:

'Butter Boy" was their only 'hit' song. :-)
by the way, June tells us there's a biopic on the way! sure hope they get the props they deserve then!
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Elizabeth:

I have a soft spot in my heart for The Laughing Gnome, I played it last summer for children during a painting class I had at work . They were confused.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Apparently he died on the 7th - I think they've only just released the news.
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ParUbi:

Oh, I see.
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chresti:

I don't wanna go Down to the Basement, is one of my favorite Ramones songs
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Elizabeth - you look like a Rolling Gnome! :-)
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Linda Lee:

hahaha! good for you Elizabeth! confusion is good for people learning to think.
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Rob:

wow LL - great that you know about Fanny! My brother knew Alice the drummer for the band when she worked at A&M. Stateside their hit was Charity Ball
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Looking forward to a Fanny biopic!
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Elizabeth:

@ GG, " I went to the London School of Ecognomics"
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Linda Lee:

I sure do! Fanny were all phenomenal musicians! right now Alice is doing her best to gather & preserve all their recordings.
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Elizabeth:

@ Linda, I then segued into Octopus by Syd Barrett! To add to the confusion!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Bowie did a concert tour where he set up a phone line for fans to vote for their favourite song. And whatever it was at each venue location, he would sing it. So some wag set up his computer to dial the number every 30 seconds ... and Bowie had to sing Laughing Gnome. He was NOT impressed. ;-)
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Linda Lee:

oh fabulous!! :-D
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Linda Lee:

hahahaha GG that's hilarious. :-D
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Mark R:

I remember you from that night, Coel
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Elizabeth:

That is so funny about Laughing Gnome! I would have loved to hear Bowie sing it live!
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Linda Lee:

I look forward too, GG. they have June's participation & support, so it should be real.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

The Dick Cavett interview - is that the one where he's ... um ... a little "enlivened"?
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huomenta:

OK, I must share an embarrassing childhood memory. Back in 1983 I had just started school as a seven-year-old and in the newest issue of Suosikki (the late Finnish equivalent of Smash Hits for instance) they gave an address (probably fan club/record company) one could use to write to David Bowie. I wrote a letter full of illegible gibberish I thought was english and was prepared to send it. But: my parents refused to provide the necessary stamps. I threw a fit and marked the day in question as "Gloomy Day" in the almanac on our kitchen wall. Only after that they had to give in and the letter went on its merry way.
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Linda Lee:

that one's got a reputation as the coke show, but i can't see why really. it's not like he's tearing up the set with his teeth..
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@huomenta - I don't blame you! I would have done the same thing!
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Elizabeth:

One of the women from Fanny recently played in NYC with Cherie Currie
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Mark R:

Um, he was pretty UP, Linda. Plus he weighed about 100 pounds.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Mind you, if the rumours about Dick Cavett and Janis Joplin were true, it's not like he hadn't seen it before! ;-)
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melinda:

@huomenta that's really cute
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Linda Lee:

Elizabeth, that was probably Brie Darling. she wasn't in the 4 member band we think of when we think 'Fanny', but she sat in often at the Fanny house. she was in the sisters' first band, the Sveltes & their newest configuration, 'Fanny Walked the Earth'.
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Elizabeth:

There is also an episode of the Dinah Shore show, with Bowie and his karate instructor who does this high kick and scares Henry Winkler! Nancy Walker was also on that show. a surreal line up to say the least!
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huomenta:

GeorgyGirl: appreciate you saying so, I think to this day was a lot cooler back then even if I was in fact a Beatles fan - Bowie just looked so cool. Heard his music properly years later.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Dinah Shore ... Nancy Walker ... Bowie ... and The Fonz. that's a fever dream. LOL
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melinda:

I remember the party at which I first heard this song, the mother of the friend hosting the party was an old hippie and dancing furiously to it. Back then parents didn't generally chaperone parties but I think they were on probation for a minor drug offense or something like that and had to be at the party to make sure there was no underage substance use.
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chresti:

Dinah Shore was pretty surreal
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Linda Lee:

& suddenly everyone knows what a cokehead looks like.
no, they just like to think so.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Seriously, Mick Ronson was one of the greatest guitarists ever. He doesn't get the recognition he deserved.
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huomenta:

throw stones at me all you like but I also get my kicks with the Bauhaus version of Ziggy Stardust
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chresti:

Seemed like everyone was doing coke for a while there
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I've just finished Elton's autobiography and they didn't get on at all. Which surprised me.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I LOVE Wild Eyed Boy From Free Cloud.
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Linda Lee:

@chresti ~ I know I sure did. :-D
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ParUbi:

It was an interesting mix with his coke-driven paranoia and interest in the occult, right?
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ParUbi:

Something about a "white witch" or something?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I'm floating in this song :-)
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huomenta:

Georgy Girl, yes, and also as a producer. And may I say The Man Who Sold The World is underrated if not forgotten.Mick Ronson's heavenly touch all over that album.
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Elizabeth:

Dinah Shore was very surreal! I loved it!
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Linda Lee:

this is cinema. :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Coke is one of the few drugs I've never done - I'm too highly strung as it is. I'd probably spontaneously combust so I've always managed to avoid it, thank goodness. :-)
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geezerette:

Linda,yes!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@huomenta - agreed :-)
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ParUbi:

The closest I've come with dexedrine, and that was so dangerous.
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ParUbi:

*was. It's really the absence of sleep that was a problem.
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Linda Lee:

coke is like cake. quality varies incredibly wildly, so you always have to qualify what you mean by 'coke'. :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Uppers. Any uppers. I'm already anxious, highly strung, and insomniac. saves me a fortune apart from anything else ;-)
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Elizabeth:

Dinah Shore https://youtu.be/Khq1zkKg40s
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Martinibomb:

enjoying the show today. I'm just geekin with my nerd music stuff and listening to david feakin' bowie on the flange and frigate
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coelacanth∅:

okay -maybe...and not in any order-

heroes; the man who sold the world;
time; the prettiest star; aladin sane;
tvc 15; station to station;
lazarus; blackstar;
i can't give everything away; five years;
fame; space oddity...

that's 13. as i gave up on Bowie pretty much with lodger, then completely with let's dance...then only became interested in his music again 2 days before he checked out; i'm still filling in those decades in-between.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MB - that HAS to be a an ident ;-) "Listening to David Freaking Bowie on the Flange & Frigate!" :-)
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geezerette:

He really was a Weimar cabaret artist in pop star guise.
Like Linda says,cinema.
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Mark R:

The Dinah Shore I remember was David with Iggy, when they were just back from Berlin and David was supporting Iggy by playing keyboards on his tour. Dinah was obviously smitten with (or at least enamored of) David and absolutely freaked out by Iggy. The best part was it was on at 4 in the afternoon after school and I was watching with with my mom (and my dad was home early for some reason, in his boxer shorts, who thought those two guys were, well...shall we say effeminate.)
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Linda Lee:

then again, GG, if you got lucky you'd just feel fabulously competent. :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@geezerette - what a wonderful description!!! :-)
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Linda Lee:

yes, that's a good one.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@LL - it'd take more than a mountain of cocaine to make me feel fabulously competent! lol
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geezerette:

(blush) :)
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Linda Lee:

hahaha!! :-)
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Linda Lee:

'unwashed' is really one of mine too.
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coelacanth∅:

was that Dinah Shore show the one where Iggy was asked what he's been up to lately and he said "oh mostly just a lot of licking and sucking" ?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Bowie was also, apparently rather annoyed when someone shouted at a concert "play the Nirvana song". lol
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Linda Lee:

so is this one!
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Linda Lee:

hahahah! why are people such jerks sometimes?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Everyone knows it's the Lulu song ;-)
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coelacanth∅:

he should've just broke out in a Kurt Cobain-penned nirvana song
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geezerette:

Man, I love MWSTW.
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chresti:

Of all the times I was offered cocaine, I only felt a buzz, maybe 3 times, after having a lot.
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Linda Lee:

oooh. not good!
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chresti:

Agree, geez, a good one!
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huomenta:

geezerette, you nailed it. Kraftwerk and Bowie (in spite of being English) could have have represented a certain kind of self-expression that had its home in Weimar Republic had Third Reich not destroyed German Culture for many years/decades.
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Mod Mokka Matti:

@huomenta: I quite fancy the Bauhaus interpretation of Ziggy Stardust as well. It appeals to my innate inner Goth. :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Allegedly every bank note currently in circulation in London has traces of cocaine on it.
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chresti:

LL- I think being totally baked somehow cancelled out the coke
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Linda Lee:

really? hahaha!
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Elizabeth:

I think the Iggy show was a different one,
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Ok, Starman is in my top three.
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coelacanth∅:

i stopped accepting free coke after the 3rd time doing it, and only paid for it once. nothing special, and didn't desire to become a selfish asshole, so i knew i didn't want the habit.
...and yeah, money. lots of money.
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chresti:

I think I saw that one, Iggy and Bowie on TV
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Don-O:

Aw, gittin' some Bowie today!! Thanks, DJ GG!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Actually ... Moonage Daydream is also in my top three. So I now have four in my top three. And Free cloud. That's five. Urgh. Ok, you're all correct - it is impossible to pick a favourite. I concede. ;-)
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Linda Lee:

@chresti ~it shouldn't have!
yes, 'starman' is on my list too.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi Don-O! :-)
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Linda Lee:

I think the music is still so vital that our favorites change ~ which is good!
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huomenta:

mod mokka matti, it is a rare instance where a cover version does not end up being embarrassing compared to such outstanding original material. I wonder how Bauhaus will be like live. I have got tickets for their London show.
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Mr Fab:

nothing from Station to Station today, or Low?
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Mark R:

Yes, the one with Iggy was a different appearance. RE: Mr. Cavett, I think (whether or not he spent any time with Janis), he was rather innocent when it came to drugs (probably a little pot smoking was the extent of it), so it's quite likely he wouldn't notice someone coked out of his gourd, sniffing every 5 seconds, he probably thought, "Oh the poor fellow has caught himself a nasty cold.)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mr Fab - outside the Flange timeline ;-) Plus the show would have been about ten hours long. ;-)
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Mod Mokka Matti:

What's crazy is that The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust was released less than a month after I was - I had forgotten we both emerged into the world so close in time chronologically ( for some reason, I was thinking it came out later that year).
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Don-O:

I do agree, it is a uphill battle battle to do a Top 10 list on someone like Bowie. There's too much doing in his catalog.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mod Mokka Matti - what label were you on? ;-) (Couldn't resist!)
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chresti:

The Birth label
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Mark R:

Anyway, the music's the important thing, and David was just entering his "Philly Soul" phase and he had a great band with a super tight rhythm section. He did "1984," "Young Americans" (which hadn't been released yet) and some soul cover I can't remember, but it was great!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@chresti - perfect :-)
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geezerette:

Huo,glad you agree. Those artists,especially visual, are on my mind a lot these days.
And hello!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I do like the Thin White Duke years :-)
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coelacanth∅:

i like the whole ziggy album, but the only song that stands out for me is 5 years.
aladin sane has some slightly weak moments but several of my favorites on it...
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huomenta:

Station to Station took a long time for me. Low and Heroes are almost easy-listening compared to the title track at least -well, not really but...
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Sound and Vision!! That's on my list :-)
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coelacanth∅:

- and i really love young americans (the song) but can barely stand the saxophone on it, so i can't call it one of my favorites
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Mark R:

"Station to Station" is actually pretty great (especially if you like to dance), and there was one reissue of it that included an entire concert from the Nassau Coliseum which was fantastic. I'm pretty sure that edition is out of print now, though :(
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

And this. THIS. This is in my top 100 Bowie songs :-)
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chresti:

Yeah, I'm not fond of the saxophone on some songs
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Sem:

oh, yeah. +++
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Mark R:

May I also express my gratitude for the Sheena stream because it's created a space for the likes of Georgy Girl. It's nice having so many great shows to choose from.
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Sem:

**sax alert**
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coelacanth∅:

yeah this might have to go on my list
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Mark R - oh!!! Thank you :-D
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

WHAM BAM, THANK YOU MA'AM!!!!! :-D
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Elizabeth:

From the Tony Visconti show https://youtu.be/nqrepan2SnE
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Linda Lee:

I always heard something different than 'suffragette'..
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coelacanth∅:

the sax is great in this though!
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Linda Lee:

I still do! :-D
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Altogether now ...
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melinda:

I was released in 1971 too
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Mod Mokka Matti:

Honestly, I think my first awareness of "Aladdin Sane" was through Josh Pearson of Emergency Broadcast Network, and his unique interpretation/video collage based around it in "Homicidal Schizophrenic".
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Sem:

haha, Melinda.
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coelacanth∅:

we had to turn that part down when our mother was home
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Thank you all SO SO much for listening. <3
Don-O is next: www.wfmu.org...
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Sem:

Thank you so much, GG.
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Linda Lee:

really lovely show, GG. beautiful.
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Mod Mokka Matti:

Surfer Jets it in.
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Rob:

Thanks once again for a fabulous show
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Huge hugs to you all :-)
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huomenta:

I lived in a horrible flat in Berlin for a short while without realising it was just a stones throw from that certain flat; never visited him though, wrong century and all.
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coelacanth∅:

aladin sane album inspired me to start writing song lyrics when i was little
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Mr Fab:

Ah yes, "Aladdin Sane" - known as the inevitably dissapointing follow-up o Ziggy . Some classics on it tho like "Panic in Detroit.
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Mod Mokka Matti:

This was truly wonderful, DJ GG! Thanks!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Bowie's legacy - "Oh no, love, you're NOT alone" <3
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chresti:

Thanks GG!
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Mark R:

You mean songs about turning tricks for heroin, Coel?
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coelacanth∅:

ha...specifically "panic in detroit"!
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Linda Lee:

right. brilliant!!! thank you David.
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Elizabeth:

Thank you for a great show, Georgy!
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geezerette:

Thank you,Georgy!
Happy weekend!
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks GeorgyGirl!
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chresti:

Haha Mark
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melinda:

Thanks GG! Nice to go down memory lane.
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Rich in Washington:

SWAYING
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Rich in Washington:

Made it home for the finale!
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huomenta:

Give my regards to Hauptstrasse 155, thanks Georgy Girl, a smashing set as always, this time though 2 hours of Bowie!!!
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