BBC 4 Proms Bowie

[Halmyre]

Zad said:

I'm going to remember the name Jherek Bischoff so I can avoid him at all costs in the future.

Least emotional and weakest version of "Heroes" ever.

You mean you've never seen Bowie's own performance on TOTP? Singing over a TOTP Orchestra backing track, terrible.

[CAPP0]

John Cale smashing it now tho.

[Zad]

Difference is, John Cale is in charge of the arrangement, instruments and vocals. Playing it (relatively) straight. Or if not straight then it is at least recognisable.

[SeeFive]

Zad said:

Difference is, John Cale is in charge of the arrangement, instruments and vocals. Playing it (relatively) straight. Or if not straight then it is at least recognisable.

Really? Space Oddity? ... Destroyed

[Honk]

This is interesting but I prefer David Bowie.

[CAPP0]

SeeFive said:

Zad said:

Difference is, John Cale is in charge of the arrangement, instruments and vocals. Playing it (relatively) straight. Or if not straight then it is at least recognisable.

Really? Space Oddity? ... Destroyed

I don't think so. Part of what the Proms is about is experimentation, a lot of what DB was about is experimentation, and Cale's version fits that perfectly. For me it's interesting for someone who's also rather avant-garde to put their own spin on something of Bowie's; what's not OK is for some twerp like Almond to pitch up and deliver a second-rate karaoke version of a classic. Anna Calvi has also done a great job. Shame they didn't have more Hannon, but the finale awaits.

There are so many other artists they could have involved.

[SeeFive]

CAPP0 said:

I don't think so. Part of what the Proms is about is experimentation, a lot of what DB was about is experimentation, and Cale's version fits that perfectly. For me it's interesting for someone who's also rather avant-garde to put their own spin on something of Bowie's; what's not OK is for some twerp like Almond to pitch up and deliver a second-rate karaoke version of a classic. Anna Calvi has also done a great job. Shame they didn't have more Hannon, but the finale awaits.

There are so many other artists they could have involved.

Just waiting for someone to light the campfire and the dappy tart that brought a baby on stage to start breastfeeding. There is interpretation and destruction of a song and it inherent melody, and that is what Cale did to Space Oddity.

A total travesty.

[CAPP0]

SeeFive said:

CAPP0 said:

I don't think so. Part of what the Proms is about is experimentation, a lot of what DB was about is experimentation, and Cale's version fits that perfectly. For me it's interesting for someone who's also rather avant-garde to put their own spin on something of Bowie's; what's not OK is for some twerp like Almond to pitch up and deliver a second-rate karaoke version of a classic. Anna Calvi has also done a great job. Shame they didn't have more Hannon, but the finale awaits.

There are so many other artists they could have involved.

Just waiting for someone to light the campfire and the dappy tart that brought a baby on stage to start breastfeeding. There is interpretation and destruction of a song and it inherent melody, and that is what Cale did to Space Oddity.

A total travesty.

Yep, the baby thing was beyond pretentious. Overall this has been a real rollercoaster, some fabulous moments, many dire. #wastedopportunity

[CAPP0]

Oh god. Kill me now. Let's Dance meets Coco the Clown.

[anonymous-user]

CAPP0 said:

Oh god. Kill me now. Let's Dance meets Coco the Clown.

Properly piss poor.

[SeeFive]

desolate said:

Properly piss poor.

Really can't wait for this bunch of tts to do the Prince prom next week...

[robbocop33]

This is still something that really irks me about Bowie's passing,where was the great tribute concert.
Just happened to stumble across Bowie and Annie Lennox duet at the Freddie Mercury tribute,a fantastic event/spectacle at a great venue and great acts,what have we had for Bowie?,everthing has been dire and mediocre.The talk of the 'big tribute' just after his death ended up passing me by and was at the Carnegie Hall or something in New York?
From clips just looked like acts playing at 2 o'clock in the afternoon in a local church hall,no atmosphere at all!No lighting,no spark whatsoever,it's just all been a terrible let down.
You should watch some of the Freddie Mercury concert and the Bowie tribute in New York back to back,you'll see what i mean!

[paulmakin]

really wanted to enjoy this but couldn't. ended up listening to some of DB's own reinterpretations from live footage, concert recordings etc.

could it have been good to have had a Laughing Gnome/Sex Dwarf medley from Marc Almond ? - think Bowie would have appreciated that

mind you, i had completely forgotten that "After All" even existed

paul

[SickAsAParrot]

Brilliant because The Blue Nile, otherwise meh.