me llego esto hace un rato, esta muy bueno , pena que este en ingles , bowie de los 70's me gusta casi como los stones , era un gran artista , se seco para mi gusto ..............pero abrio muchos cerebros .
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Jack
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Question:
Tell me some interesting stuff about Bowie that most people don't know
or some nice info on glam.
1. Bowie was never gay or bisexual. This was a lie told to Melody Maker
Magazine to get some press coverage. At the time Bowie's career was
almost finished as Hunky Dory had been released and flopped and there
was a fourteen city British tour where ticket sales were dismal. The
idea was hatched by his manager Tony Defries and wife Angela. The
article that appeared was called Oh You Pretty Thing and featured Bowie
on the front cover. It caused so much controversy that the tour sold
out in three days and there was an instant renewed interest in Bowie
which saved his career.
2. During the American tour Tony Defries wanted Mick Ronson to announce
that he was gay as the girls in the audience were paying more attention
to him than Bowie. Ronson refused on moral grounds and actually quit
when he was pushed by Defries. Eventually Defries backed down and
things were resolved.
3. The original cover of The Man Who Sold The World showing Bowie in a
dress was banned in the United States. The cover that replaced it was a
cartoon of a man with a shotgun in front of a building. The building is
a drawing of the Cane Hill Mental Hospital where Bowie's brother Terry
Burns was a patient
4. The reason Bowie has a fixed pupil in one eye is from a thrashing he
took in a school yard fight with George Underwood over a girl. Bowie
was off school for six months and he and Underwood remained friends
even to this day.
George Underwood hizo la cartula de HUnky Dory , esa se le paso 5. The reason Himmler is mentioned in Quicksand is because all top
Nazi's were members of an occult society known as the Vril. They tied
into Crowley's Hermetic Order Of The Golden Dawn an the Thule society.
6. The train on the beginning of Station To Station came from a sound
effects record. Bowie showed up sixteen hours late for the sessions at
Cherokee Studios. He had was still going strong on a cocaine binge
which was now into it's fourth day. The song was written in fifteen
minutes and they blew three Marshall Amplifiers in the process due to
the noise levels.
7. Bowie writes everything in the studio. The lyrics come out at the
microphone.(
no me la creo esa en fin )
8. Bowie refused to do any promotional work for Low which thoroughly
angered RCA. The reason he said was that Low, "Speaks for itself."
9. Lou Reed punched Bowie in 1978 for not picking up a bar bill in
Berlin.(
bowie es tacaño como mick jajaj )
10. The song Always Crashing In The Same Car is a true story. Bowie
attempted to run over a cocaine dealer in an underground parking lot
whom he thought had ripped him off.
11. Bowie made seventy million dollars in 1983 and due to Swiss tax
laws he probably only paid taxes of ten thousand dollars
12. Bowie set the record as the highest amount paid for a single
performer at the US Festival in 1983. He was given 1.5 million dollars.
13. Bowie sent a letter to all of his employees, relatives and friends
in 1983 stating that if they spoke to the media about him that he would
never speak to them again.
14. Any magazine or other media which gave a negative review on Bowie
in 83 was denied access to Bowie forever.
15. Bowie paid his band $2,000 dollars a week plus expenses for the
1978 tour. He offered the same musicians $1000.00 a week if they toured
in 83. This explains why most did not return. Stevie Ray Vaughn was
offered $300.00 per show. :shock:
16. Bowie's costumes and make up were not to be glam. Bowie was not
glam yet the media was not educated enough to comprehend the origins of
this look. Bowie took the idea from Japanese Kabuki theatre in which
both male and female roles are played by men. Some of Bowie's costumes
are obviously of Japanese origin. Many were designed by Freddi Buretti
and Kansi Yakomoto.
17. Bowie was busted on a marijuana charge in 1977 with Iggy Pop. He
beat the charge.
18. In 1977 during a satellite interview for Playboy magazine between
Bowie and the famous writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Spain requested the
emergency use of the satellite to announce to the world that their king
Franco had passed away. Bowie told them to F**K Off and continued with
the interview.
19. During the recording of Heroes they used six gated microphones.
These gates would open the more Bowie pushed his voice and that is how
they achieved the distinct vocal sound on the song.
20. Eno was only in the studio three days to record Low.
21. The song Lady Grinning Soul is about Claudia Linnear.
22. The Kether and Malkuth on the song Station To Station come from the
Tree Of Life which is central to the teachings of The Kabala. The
Kether is the crown and the Malkuth represents the earth. On the back
of the Station To Station cd Bowie is drawing the Tree of Life.
23. In 1976 Bowie kept his urine, hair and fingernail clippings in the
fridge of Michael Lipmans home where he was living. The reason was so
they could not fall into the hands of those he thought wished to put
spells on him.
24. In some cases over 50% of Bowie albums were returned from the store
unpurcased during the seventies. Bowie was not a big seller.
25. Bowie's first Gold single (selling 500,000 copies) was Fame. His
first Platinum album (selling one million copies) was Changesone.
26. Bowie was going to make Diamond Dogs into a stage production of
George Orwell's book 1984. Orwell's widow refused to give Bowie the
rights to use the book saying that he was too "weird."
27. Bowie does not own any part of Bowiebanc. He gets a flat fee for
every fan which signs up.
28. Bowie bonds made Bowie fifty five million dollars and all of the
bonds were bought by The Prudential Life Insurance Company Of America.
27. Angela Bowie received $70,000 as part of the divorce settlement and
she was banned from speaking to the public about Bowie for seven years.
Bowie got custody of their son Duncan.(
ese Duncan es zowie )
28. Jean Genie is not about writer Jean Genet as most believe, it is
about Iggy Pop. :shock:
27. Fame started out by John Lennon singing "shame " during a studio
jam with Bowie.
28. Robin Clark who sings backing vocals on Young Americans is married
to long time Bowie guitarist Carlos Alomar.
29. Bowie convinced RCA to sign Iggy Pop. They gave Iggy money to get a
band together, rent a studio and make an album. Iggy returned a short
time later with no band and no album. He spent the money on drugs.
30. During the making of David Live the band went on strike for more
money and refused to play. Bowie ended up throwing a chair at Herbie
Flowers who was elected band spokesman. The band won and the show went
on.
31. Because of the "bisexual" look Bowie received death threats on his
first tour of America.
32. Low which is said to be Bowie's best work sold 176,000 copies in
America on its release.
33. During the making of Lodger Bowie used a pointer to randomly point
out chords to be played and this is how some songs were recorded.
34. Adrian Belew had not heard Boys Keep Swinging. Bowie told him to
play a lead at random and it was added to the song. :shock:
35. Bowie is afraid to fly. The lease contract for the plane used for
the 83 Serious Moonlight stipulated that the engines had to be stripped
down and independently inspected..
36. Bowie had his books on the Nazi's confiscated by the Russian border
guards. He protested saying he needed them for a play he was writing on
the life of Goebels. They took the books anyway.
37. A concert ticket for the 1976 Station To Station tour in Montreal
cost $8.50.
38. Bowie owned a home on the exclusive Caribbean island of Mustique.
Homes rent there at a starting price of ten thousand dollars per week.(
al lado de jagger ) 39. One of Bowie's teachers at school was Peter Frampton's father.
Peter Frampton was the guitar player on the 1987 Glass Spider Tour.(
y frampton estaba en la clase de bowie )40. Bowie owns a company called UltraStar which designs websites and is
also an ISP. The company has done the websites for two American
baseball teams, The New York Yankees and The Baltimore Orioles.
41. Bowie's favourite football team is the New York Giants
42. Although there is ample documentary on most tours, the 1976 Station
To Station Tour is an exception. There is only one concert video with
sound that exists and that is rehearsal footage shot by RCA on Feb 3
1976 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. It was never released
although bootleg copies appear sometimes.
43. Bowie did not attend the funeral of Mick Ronson or his Brother. He
did attend Marc Bolan's.
44. Red Money appeared on Iggy Pop's album The Idiot with different
lyrics and was titled Sister Midnight
45. The main riff of the song Move On from Lodger is All The Young
Dudes played backwards.
46. Jeff Beck played Jean Genie complete with a chorus of the Beatles
Love Me Do with Bowie on harmonica at Ziggy's retirement concert at the
Hammersmith Odeon. The song was cut from Ziggy The Motion Picture. :shock:
47. Sean Mayes the piano player from the 1978 tour died of AIDS in
1995.
48. Bowie recorded another song with Queen called Cool Cats that is
only available on bootleg and it is a fantastic song. :shock:
49. The original It's No Game was written in 1970 and was called Tired
Of My Life.
50) Barbara Streisand recorded a version of Life On Mars which Bowie
called. "bloody awful."
muy buenos datos , quien no conozca mucho bowie con el ziggy stardust 72 y el aladinn sane 73 quedaran mas que contentos .
saludos
