David Bowie Blackout Live 1978 Version III

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A new restoration of the Spring '78 Dallas live footage, re-cut to the Stage version of Blackout, which was recorded in the U.S. during the same period. • • • Dedicated to the memory of Dennis Davis, who was born on this day, 28 August 1949. Dennis was my favorite drummer. • • • “Time again to praise Dennis Davis”, is how Chris O’Leary starts the essay on Blackout, featured on his excellent blog, Pushing Ahead of the Dame. • “..Davis sounds like a percussive orchestra, or his fills seem a painstaking series of drum overdubs. But it’s just him, most of his drumming cut live, like the series of crazy fills Davis does twice on “Blackout” (cued by Bowie’s “get me to the doctor!” at 1:01 and 2:02), where he spins like the second hand of a clock, moving from toms to congas back to toms. There’s the little fills Davis throws in throughout, as if providing regular infusions of oxygen, or his move to what sounds like cowbell on the “get me off the streets” verse. And during it all Davis keeps perfect time. A human jazz metronome, Visconti later called him: playing flawlessly, yet never the same way twice. • Chris concludes the essay with, “The version from Philadelphia, May 1978, collected on Stage, is arguably the definitive version of the song: Bowie’s vocal is tremendous and Davis sounds like a monster’. • https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/?s=b... • Chris is not wrong, on both counts. Davis’ drumming is always thrilling, and Blackout is perhaps his pièce de résistance. On both the studio version on “Heroes” and this live version, his drumming is breathtaking. • To me, Blackout is very high art. Bowie was simply at the peak of his creativity at this point. And this track is one of the finest that he created during the so-called Berlin-era. Blackout exists in a special rarefied air, and somehow manages to be abrasive, bleak, funky, romantic, sinister and joyful all at the same time. I’ve been listening to it for almost 40 years, and it still knocks me out. • Surely this track was a huge influence on some off the New Wave bands that sprung up in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Listen to Echo the Bunnymen’s dark, sophisticated 1981 masterpiece, Heaven Up Here . The elements are all here - the bleak atmosphere, angular guitars, funky basslines, pounding drums, obscure lyrics, controlled off-key singing. • • • One is always limited in what is possible re-purposing footage onto another audio source. Songs are never played the same way twice, and on this track Bowie, Davis and guitarist Adrian Belew are particularly wayward. As has been mentioned, Davis didn’t play the same way twice. Bowie ad libs very differently on the two versions and swaps emphasis and even lyrics around quite frequently. And special mention must go to Adrian Belew, who more or less plays crazed guitar solos throughout, and was therefore very hard to create believable syncs with the footage. • This is my third attempt at this video. I was inspired to remake it again, because I was adding video content to the Carlos Alomar and George Murray panel at the David Bowie World Fan Convention in New York this summer. I wanted Carlos and George and the audience to experience something that really showed Bowie's DAM trio band at their peak. • The night of the panel, after I queued up the video and pressed play, I went and stood by the bar, at the back of the venue to watch my Blackout video, on a screen the size of a double-decker bus. Also watching at the back was Dennis Davies student Stirling Campbell, who was grooving along approvingly. It was a proud moment for me. • Thanks for watching, hope you dig it! • • • Carlos, George and myself will be appearing at next year's David Bowie World Fan Convention in Liverpool. Information and tickets here: https://bowieconvention.com/ • • • Video: • Concert footage | Dallas Convention Centre, Texas | 10 April 1978 | RCA U.S. promotional film for Stage | Directed by Stanley Dorfman • Interview | Northern Lights | Tyne Tees TV, Newcastle UK | June 1978 • Audio: • David Bowie | Blackout from the album Stage | Recorded in Spring 1978 | Produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti • Musicians: • David Bowie | Vocals • Dennis Davis | Drums • Carlos Alomar | Rhythm guitar, backing vocals • George Murray | Bass • Adrian Belew | Lead guitar • Simon House | Violin • Sean Mayes | Piano, string ensemble, backing vocals • Roger Powell | Synthesizer, keyboards, backing vocals • • • Always more videos to follow, so please keep your electric eye on me babe! • I don't own the rights, and I'm not making any money out of this etc. Just a fan making videos for other fans. • Please Share, Like, Comment, Subscribe • NachosVideos.com • Facebook.com/TheNachoVideos • / nachovideo • DailyMotion.com/NachosVideos • Instagram.com/NachoVideo • Twitter.com/NachosVideos • ok.ru/nachovideo • Patreon.com/nachosvideos • [email protected] • #DavidBowie #DennisDavis #TheDAMTrio #Blackout #IsolarII #Stage #TheHDProjects

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