Heart Of Stone wrote on Mar 16^th, 2013 at 7:52pm:

You have said so. Did you get my thought. And it was time for the good music!!

Now I'm, motivated. I still have to go old school and buy Bowie's cd along with Claptons which just dropped this week. Then add to my Ipod.

Rick

He still hasn't.



DAVID BOWIE gets this highest ever charting album debut in the USA at position NUMBER TWO with The Next Day. Sales of 83,000 in the first week.

Bon Jovi took the number one slot with sales of 100,000.

David's previous highest position for a debut album in the USA was #3 with Station To Station.

On the Charts: David Bowie and Bon Jovi Debut Strong
Justin Timberlake already Number One on iTunes as pre-order
     
By Steve Knopper
March 20, 2013 12:25 PM ET

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WINNER OF THE WEEK: David Bowie. Yes, technically, Bon Jovi's What About Now is Number One (95,000 copies sold) and Bowie's The Next Day (85,000) is Number Two. But be honest – given the choice, would you rather write 174 words about Bon Jovi or Bowie? Besides, Bowie beats Bon Jovi on the iTunes album chart – Number Four to Number Five (both surrendering to Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience pre-order, Luke Bryan's Spring Break . . . Here to Party and Imagine Dragons' Night Visions). The Thin White Duke's first album since 2003 gets him into the Top 10 for the first time since Let's Dance in 1983. It's mildly impressive in that Bowie did relatively little marketing for the new album, other than releasing a surprise single, "Where Are We Now?," on January 8th, when nobody else was putting out music and fans were still bleary-eyed from New Year's hangovers and whatnot. If codger-rocker chart trends stay consistent, both Bowie and Bon Jovi are almost certain to drop by next week, so enjoy these surges while you can.

Video: David Bowie, 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)'

LOSER OF THE WEEK: Jimi Hendrix. In a week of classic-rock winners, including Eric Clapton, whose Old Sock made its debut on the albums chart at Number Seven, with 37,000, the Undead Hendrix takes a perhaps unexpected tumble after a slow-week Number One. (Speaking of Clapton – Old Sock? That's the name of your album? Evocative! Although the follow-up title, Gas-Station Urinal, is more likely to appeal to the Katy Perry crowd.) The news here isn't so much about Hendrix, although it's a bummer that a nice combing-the-vaults release like People, Hell & Angels had to drop 58 percent in sales, with just 30,000, and plummet to Number 10. It's that new releases, at the end of a slow first quarter, are finally starting to come back – not only Timberlake but, in coming weeks, Lil Wayne, Eric Church, Paramore, Snoop Lion and Fall Out Boy.

BOLD PREDICTION OF THE WEEK: Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience hits Number One next week. As mentioned, it's already at Number One on iTunes as a pre-order, and while "Suit & Tie" has been out since January, it gained strength at radio, hit Number Four on iTunes' Top Songs and jumped from Number Five to Number Four on Billboard's Digital Songs chart, selling 201,000, an increase of 33 percent. It helps, of course, that Timberlake has a comedy gear, and can host Saturday Night Live and reprise rap history with Jimmy Fallon, rather than just spewing out new songs on TV.

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Jesus  Christ...Bon Jovi Radio...isn't that forbidden due to the results of the Geneva Convention?

Anyway: Bowie's new one went straight to number 1 in the Netherlands as well. But before you applaud the fine taste of the Dutchl, know that there's an annual top 2000 on the radio each year where Don H. and his legion from hell are the dark horse for the topspot with the bucket of vomit that is called Hotel Nevada (you know it's the state west of Nevada, but that song must be named), so the number 1 spot for Bowie is a welcome surprise from the regular.

Love The Next Day btw (duh)

Go to the site for the video.


David Bowie's Legacy: 'He Has the Power to Change Lives'
Thurston Moore, Daphne Guinness and more on the pop star's lasting influence
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Jon Blistein
March 29, 2013 12:25 PM

David Bowie's considerable legacy is on display now as part of the new exhibit "David Bowie Is" at the Victoria & Albert Museum of Art and Design in London. Now you can get a taste of what the exhibit has to offer with this short film titled David Bowie Is: Blowing Our Minds, which features Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, music writer Simon Price and the artists Jeremy Deller and Daphne Guinness talking about the trajectory of Bowie's ever-evolving style, his collaborative genius and his incredible influence on musicians, artists and pop culture as a whole.

David Bowie Confronts Fame in 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)'

Moore recalls being enthralled by the urban landscape on the cover of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, while Price says that Bowie transcends pop music: "I think perhaps unlike any other pop artist, David Bowie has the power to change lives," Price says. "He has to be one of the most influential artists of all time, without a doubt."

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Bowie's London V & A exhibition video of The Diamond Dogs show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sXnl7GntLo&feature=em-uploademail

I notice he didn't use the word tour.

David Bowie's 'The Next Day' Clip Attacked by Catholic League
'The video reflects the artist – it is a mess,' group says online

By Eric R Danton
May 9, 2013 8:20 AM ET
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Not everyone is excited about David Bowie's return: The Catholic League yesterday attacked the singer's new video for "The Next Day," calling it the work of a "switch-hitting, bisexual senior citizen from London" that "is strewn with characteristic excess."

Catholic League president Bill Donohue made his comments in a statement posted on the group's website. Bowie wrote and Floria Sigismondi directed the video, which features Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard. The clip shows priests frolicking with scantily clad women in a nightclub where a Christ-like singer, played by Bowie, is performing. One of the women, played by Cotillard, develops stigmata, and Bowie disappears in a wink, presumably to ascend into heaven.

David Bowie Features Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard in 'The Next Day'

"In short, the video reflects the artist – it is a mess," Donohue wrote, noting Bowie's statements over the years about various faiths and dogmas demonstrate the singer "is nothing if not confused about religion."

The Catholic League and Donohue have criticized entertainers for insufficient piety before, including Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, Jamie Foxx and Bill Maher.

Donohue wasn't the only one to take issue with the video for "The Next Day": YouTube briefly pulled the clip yesterday for violating its terms of service, before restoring ita few hours later. "With the massive volume of videos on our site, sometimes we make the wrong call," a YouTube spokesperson told Billboard. The song comes from Bowie's latest album, The Next Day, which came out in March.

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rest in peace mr bolder

Cancer Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIP Trevor

Gazza wrote on Jun 11^th, 2013 at 3:28pm:


Thanks, Gazza! Now on my radar.