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Thursday Feb 04, 2016
Bowie-Owie-Owie
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
Bowie and the Chic Organization would forge Dance Oriented Rock with “Let’s Dance,” ushering in the boom-bap-whap of ’80s dance music. It was a style Bowie would fall back on with some frequency, often to supply music for films.
The remaining tracks come from hand-picked Bowie fellow travelers including Queen, Mick Jagger, the Pat Metheny Group, the British Electric Foundation who single-handedly revived Tina Turner’s career and dipped into the Bowie songbook on a couple of occasions, Klaus Nomi, ex-wife Angela Bowie and Space Oddity off-ripper Peter Schilling. (Bowie likely wouldn’t welcome these last three to his own celebration, but—hey!—my podcast, my guest list.)
Disco Dave was not the best Bowie (that would be the incredible run from The Man Who Sold the World to Station to Station IMHO), but respect must be given as he certainly left his imprint on modern day dance music. Pretty much as he did for modern day everything.
The Myth – Giorgio Moroder with David Bowie ’82 / When the Wind Blows – David Bowie ’82 / Hot – James Brown ’75 / Golden Years – Mascara ’79 / Underground – David Bowie ’86 / Funky Music – Luther ’76 / John, I’m Only Dancing (Again) – David Bowie ’75 / Fun It – Queen ’78 / The Secret Life of Arabia – British Electric Foundation with Billy Mackenzie ’82 / This Is Not America – Pat Metheny Group with David Bowie ’85 / 1984 – Tina Turner ’84 / Real Cool World – David Bowie ’92 / Obsession – Angela Bowie ’89 / Major Tom – Peter Schilling ’82 / Ding Dong – Klaus Nomi ’82 / Dancing in the Street – David Bowie and Mick Jagger ’85 / Absolute Beginners – David Bowie ’86 / Bring Me the Disco King – David Bowie ’03
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