Comfortably Numb
Posted by Moonage | Filed under Events
I know this is very late getting on here. It should have been here a year ago. Well, it sort of was. The quality of the boot I had was so bad it just really wasn’t worth fooling with. Now, it’s in fabulous quality.
Two of the most creative minds rock ever experienced finally hooked up well after their primes. Really a shame we never got to experience a Ziggy/The Wall mashup of minds twenty years ago.
I don’t know what else to add. What can you possibly say about David Bowie fronting David Gilmour doing Comfortably Numb? I mean, why bother even trying? Just listen, and watch, is all I care to do.
Tags: comfortably-numb, david bowie, David-Gilmour
The Guitars of David Bowie?
Posted by Moonage | Filed under The World Of David Bowie
Luke Slater over at TinMachine does a really neat survey of the guitars Bowie has used through the years. He comes to the conclusion Bowie basically has two guitars. One acoustic, one electric. Luke then finishes up with a conclusion that loses me. He thinks this is sad.
Now, ya gotta remember that for the most part, Bowie never considered himself a guitar player. Sure, he’s strummed a lot, but find a video where Bowie gets down on a guitar. It don’t happen. He plays piano, keyboards, saxophone, whatever it takes to get the sound he wants. No biggie. Also, consider the guitar players he’s hung out with over the last forty years or so:
- Mick Ronson
- John Lennon
- Jeff Beck
- Peter Frampton
- Stevie Ray Vaughn
- Nile Rodgers
- Charlie Sexton
- Earl Slick
- Carlos Alomar
- Adrian Belew
- Robert Fripp
- Reeves Gabrels
- David Gilmour
If I could count on that line-up to make me sound good, I’d have two less guitars than Bowie does.
Tags: Adrian-Belew, Carlos-Alomar, Charlie-Sexton, david bowie, David-Gilmour, Earl-Slick, guitar, Jeff-Beck, John-Lennon, mick ronson, nile-rodgers, Peter-Frampton, Reeves-Gabrels, Robert-Fripp, Stevie-Ray-Vaughn, The World Of David Bowie
David Gilmour
Posted by Moonage | Filed under The World Of David Bowie
Shortly after retiring from the music industry again, Bowie appeared onstage with David Gilmour at Albert Hall. He helped Gilmour with Arnold Lane and Comfortably Numb. The video is Arnold Lane.
I’d kill to see the Comfortably Numb performance. Now, I have it. This bootleg was filmed with a phone. Sound’s bad, video’s a little blurry, but you get the idea.
I knew cellphones would bring a whole new era of bootlegs. This is pretty cool.
Tags: arnold-lane, comfortably-numb, david bowie, David-Gilmour, The World Of David Bowie
