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Incredible song! Bowie with that uncanny knack for throwing complex melodies against soaring vocals. He starts so stark and germanic, it is icy and thin. The White Duke slowly building in intensity after every coda, until he lets loose with the thrilling vibrato, finally freedom is glimpsed. The version on Stage is incredible. His voice on the 78 tour was so @#$%& strong, and he outpaces most singers holding that final note at the end...amazing.
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Nikolai,
What do you mean the coda was edited out? I am confused. I don't have any boots from that tour, other than a film version of Moon of Alabama live from German TV. Very good!
Now Teenage WIldlife is my favorite off Scary Monsters!!!! I love the version from the 1.Outside Tour! AMAZING. Reeves really grabs that lead lick and Carlos Alamor plays amazing funky rhythms alongside. Strangers When We Meet another favorite along with These Architect's Eyes. THRILLING!!!!!!!!!
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Yes that is the version from the movie Cat People. I actually prefer that to the Let's Dance. Darker and more ominous.
Actually, lets see Nikolai if we agree...Lets Dance era is my least fav bowie. Too bright, to many pastels, Stevie was great, and there are great moments, but my least fav. Some notable exceptions, Richocete, Criminal World, Loving the Alien, Don't Look Down, parts of China Girl, prefer the later versions of Let's Dance (the BBC), and I am sure a few others that are good. But not classic Bowie. I prefer the re-team up with Nile Rogers on Black Tie White Noise. Around Buddha he began his steady climb out of his retirement plan scheme and got more into making art again...
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well said. Lets Dance, Tonight, and Never Let Me Down are three Bowie albums I never really choose to put on. I haven't really listened to them in years. I agree with you on Lets Dance, I was so excited when it came out. I had just gotten into Bowie around Scary Monsters and he was kind of in a hiatus when my curiosity was so peeked. Then Lets Dance came out and I was excited to see Bowie in concert. And loved it at the time. And it is interesting in his cannon, different, like you say, from anything in his catalogue. BUt it just doesn't move me like is other stuff. I was so excited when the tour was announced. And at that point was really into The Man Who Sold the World, so this was a very different Bowie. So 80's! Funny now. I prefer Iggy's China Girl, but I love the part in Bowie's version when he goes into "I stumbled into town, just like a sacred cow.." That bit Bowie nailed! I will say though, the Glass Spider Tour was abysmal, and really Bowie's most embarrassing moment. The live tour was so 80's synthesizer cheese whizz. But I wnt and ait it up like a good little fanzie. Then Sound and Vision restored my faith that Bowie is an incredible artist. The real deal. With some incredible music.