The David Bowie is God Thread

[WestwayKid]

The Moonage Daydream movie is AMAZING!!!!!! Go see it!

I thought it told his story in the only way possible that honored who he was and his never ending artistic journey. A straightforward documentary would have been disappointing. I appreciated that the director only used sound bites from Bowie to tell his story - no talking heads looking back and telling us how great he was. Also, through his thoughtful use of sound and vision, the director (I forget his name) almost seemed to conjure Bowie - to bring him back from beyond.

[coffeepotman]

The Moonage Daydream movie is AMAZING!!!!!! Go see it!

I thought it told his story in the only way possible that honored who he was and his never ending artistic journey. A straightforward documentary would have been disappointing. I appreciated that the director only used sound bites from Bowie to tell his story - no talking heads looking back and telling us how great he was. Also, through his thoughtful use of sound and vision, the director (I forget his name) almost seemed to conjure Bowie - to bring him back from beyond.

Yes, totally agree! It was like nothing I've seen before.

My negatives were no Tin Machine and barely nothing from Hours to Blackstar. I've got a huge Bowie collection so I can't wait to get my hands on this so I can make a super extended version.

[WestwayKid]

The Moonage Daydream movie is AMAZING!!!!!! Go see it!

I thought it told his story in the only way possible that honored who he was and his never ending artistic journey. A straightforward documentary would have been disappointing. I appreciated that the director only used sound bites from Bowie to tell his story - no talking heads looking back and telling us how great he was. Also, through his thoughtful use of sound and vision, the director (I forget his name) almost seemed to conjure Bowie - to bring him back from beyond.

Yes, totally agree! It was like nothing I've seen before.

My negatives were no Tin Machine and barely nothing from Hours to Blackstar. I've got a huge Bowie collection so I can't wait to get my hands on this so I can make a super extended version.

Yeah, I agree on not enough post Let's Dance-era. They briefly touched upon Outside/Earthling era and then jumped right to Blackstar. That 1995-2003 era is underrated (in my opinion) and worthy of a closer look.

[WestwayKid]

I've redone my Bowie LP rankings:

The Rise and Fall
Low
Hunky Dory
"Heroes"
Station to Station
Blackstar
Scary Monsters
Aladdin Sane
The Man Who Sold
Lodger
Young Americans
Diamond Dogs
1. Outside
Heathen
The Next Day
Let's Dance
Earthling
Reality
The Buddha
Tin Machine
Space Oddity
Toy
Hours
Black Tie White Noise
Pin Ups
Tin Machine II
David Bowie (1967)
Never Let Me Down
Tonight

[dave202]

I don't know if David Bowie is God, but at £122 'A Divine Symmetry: The Journey to Hunky Dory' is costing the Heaven and Earth.

[Marky Dread]

I don't know if David Bowie is God, but at £122 'A Divine Symmetry: The Journey to Hunky Dory' is costing the Heaven and Earth.

Yeah for 4 cds and a bluray it's steep. Plus a lot has been released before. I'm keen on hearing the quality of the Aylesbury gig compared to what I've already got.

But it's a good £40 too much.

[dave202]

I don't know if David Bowie is God, but at £122 'A Divine Symmetry: The Journey to Hunky Dory' is costing the Heaven and Earth.

Yeah for 4 cds and a bluray it's steep. Plus a lot has been released before. I'm keen on hearing the quality of the Aylesbury gig compared to what I've already got.

But it's a good £40 too much.

Aylesbury is the thing that really interests me. If I buy it, it will be reluctantly because of the amount of material duplicated at that price.

[Marky Dread]

I don't know if David Bowie is God, but at £122 'A Divine Symmetry: The Journey to Hunky Dory' is costing the Heaven and Earth.

Yeah for 4 cds and a bluray it's steep. Plus a lot has been released before. I'm keen on hearing the quality of the Aylesbury gig compared to what I've already got.

But it's a good £40 too much.

Aylesbury is the thing that really interests me. If I buy it, it will be reluctantly because of the amount of material duplicated at that price.

I have a Japanese bootleg of the Aylesbury gig but the sound isn't worthy of a box set. So I hope there's a master tape in much better quality.

[coffeepotman]

This sounds pretty good to me, much better than my boot

[Sparky]

This sounds pretty good to me, much better than my boot

That sounds really good compared to al the versions I've heard samples of, doesn't sound like an audience tape. I wonder if it's about to be officially released?

[coffeepotman]

It will be released next month

[Sparky]

It will be released next month

Thanks, I'm going to have to keep an eye out for it, my internet searches keep taking me to various boots.

[coffeepotman]

It will be released next month

Thanks, I'm going to have to keep an eye out for it, my internet searches keep taking me to various boots.

https://store.davidbowie.com/dept/a-div ... neSymmetry

[Sparky]

It will be released next month

Thanks, I'm going to have to keep an eye out for it, my internet searches keep taking me to various boots.

https://store.davidbowie.com/dept/a-div ... neSymmetry

Appreciate the link!

[Wolter]

I chuckled at this.