David Bowie put on a great show, despite the rain. Lots of psychedelic images churned behing him. His bass player, a bald black chick, did perfect Freddie Mercury vocals on Under Pressure - the song that broke the ice with the crowd and got everyone singing along.
Bowie wore a black mac for much of the gig, and was seen toweling his hair dry at one point. He seemed pleased at the pervasive odor of cannabis in the air.
He covered one of my favourite Velvet Underground songs (White Light/White Heat) and my absolute favourite Pixies song (Cactus) - he'd done both before, but I didn't expect to hear them live. Wicked.
The new songs sounded great. The oldies were choice. The encore finished with Ziggy Stardust. Anyone who didn't have fun is clearly a mad fucker.
Posted by pearce at February 16, 2004 5:26 PM
Too damn right! I ended up going along as well. I can honestly say I felt it ruled mightily, in fact it was amongst the best $95 I've spent in quite some time. Ditto, the Under Pressure goodness as well.
Nice one.
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Posted by: moo at February 23, 2004 12:11 PMConstructive.
Posted by: Thee Most Exalted Potentate of Love at February 23, 2004 7:05 PM