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denem

(11,045 posts)
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 05:50 PM Jan 2012

FAME - David Bowie's last concert, June 2004, aged 56.

Where is today's great music? The best tour of 2010/11 was 'The Wall', which is coming back stateside this year.

I got to see David's 2004 Tour in Sydney. Simply Sensational. It makes me sad that music (and everything else) has gone so far downhill in the 2000s.

FAME. Twelve days later he was undergoing emergency angioplasty. He quit cocaine in 1976, and cigarettes in 1998.

"I'm so pissed off because the last 10 months of this tour have been so fucking fantastic," Bowie said in a statement. "Can't wait to be fully recovered and get back to work again. I tell you what, though, I won't be writing a song about this one."

At least he went out on top.

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FAME - David Bowie's last concert, June 2004, aged 56. (Original Post) denem Jan 2012 OP
God I would have loved to have seen that. progressoid Jan 2012 #1
The video does not do justice to the sound. It was as so good .. denem Jan 2012 #2
My first contact with his music MichaelMcGuire Jan 2012 #3
I saw him in NY on that Tour. edhopper Jan 2012 #4
I would travel far and pay big money to see him in concert. n/t Inspired Jan 2012 #5
He's the man Tom Ripley Jan 2012 #6

progressoid

(49,983 posts)
1. God I would have loved to have seen that.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 05:57 PM
Jan 2012

There are still a few bright spots in music but it's hard to find when the commercial crap is overwhelming everything else.

 

denem

(11,045 posts)
2. The video does not do justice to the sound. It was as so good ..
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 06:01 PM
Jan 2012

The clarity and balance was amazing.

edhopper

(33,573 posts)
4. I saw him in NY on that Tour.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 07:38 PM
Jan 2012

Loved it. He was in great voice. Closed with Spiders from Mars. "ZIIIGGGGYYYY PLLAAAAAYYYEEEED GUUUUIIII____TAAAAAR!

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