Category Archives: Bowie

Battle Of The Mid-80s Horn Sections: David Bowie – Tonight

Posted on June 16, 2020 by

David Bowie grabbed the proverbial brass ring with his top selling “Let’s Dance” album of 1983. He was attempting to shift units and obtain a payday after disentangling from Mainman Management commensurate with reputation as a rock star. It worked. … Continue reading →

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Post-Punk MVP – Matthew Seligman: 1955-2020

Posted on April 23, 2020 by

Seligman was exceptionally active in the UK Post-Punk scene when it mattered most before becoming a lawyer in recent years Damn it, COVID-19 has claimed another musician who was all over my Record Cell, and as my friend JT suggested, … Continue reading →

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Moroder Week: Day 7 – Donna Summer – I Feel Love 12″

Posted on February 12, 2020 by

What else could we end Moroder Week with but the truly seminal single “I Feel Love,” by Donna Summer? I can only typify the effect of this song’s appearance in 1977 as cataclysmic? I was still listening to Top 40 … Continue reading →

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Moroder Week: Day 6 – David Bowie – Cat People LP version

Posted on February 10, 2020 by

I had seven Moroder tracks to write about and I didn’t want less for a theme week, and yet this weekend was far too busy to squeeze in two more posts, so we are continuing Moroder Week for two more … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Iggy Pop – The Idiot US CD [part 4]

Posted on January 20, 2020 by

[…continued from last post] I’ll never forget what I once saw on a journey from Cleveland to Chicago in 1998 on Interstate 90. I was accompanying a Cle-based friend of JTs and we were headed to Chicago to see Kraftwerk … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Iggy Pop – The Idiot US CD [part 3]

Posted on January 17, 2020 by

[…continued from last post] Unlike the Bowie cover, the original “China Girl”cuts in on the “one” with only a split second before Pop began singing. None of the cod-orientalism [courtesy of producer Nile Rodgers] of the Bowie cover was present … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Iggy Pop – The Idiot US CD [part 2]

Posted on January 15, 2020 by

[…continued from last post] The harmonized drum sound of “Sister Midnight” took a rest as the song “Nightclubbing” was built on a simple plodding rhythm box with queasy catcall synths vying for space with David Bowie’s barrelhouse piano. The latter … Continue reading →

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