This is a gorgeous live version of Bowie’s “‘Heroes’” that gets better as it goes. A really nice contemporary-sounding take on the song (so good I don’t even miss the synth, which is saying something), and a very graceful performance of it by Mr. Jones. The YouTube page doesn’t say where it’s taken from — […]
Entries Tagged as 'Glam Rock'
The Bowie Video Vault: Live “‘Heroes,’” “My Death,” and “Fashion”
Posted by Ocelopotamus on October 16th, 2007 at 3:29 am
Tags: Culture · Music · New Wave · David Bowie · Video · Glam Rock · Britpop
Roundup: Picketing Flamingo Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 23rd, 2007 at 5:17 am
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The Mid-70s Bowie Video Vault: David, Dick, Dinah … and a Dentist
Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 12th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
Tags: Culture · Music · New Wave · TV · Performance · David Bowie · Video · Glam Rock · Punk
Music: Jacques Brel, Marc Almond, and “Jacky” — with a Side of David Bowie
Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 12th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
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Music: “The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned” (and A Tale of Two Ultravoxes)
Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 25th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Tags: Culture · Music · New Wave · UK/England · Scotland · Video · Glam Rock · New Romantic · Ultravox
Roundup: Pottymouth Jar Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 22nd, 2007 at 8:20 am
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Suzi Quatro Rocks Hard in Times Square
Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 30th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
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