Was Bowie In Bangkok?

[Neeranam]

Whilst watching a Bowie video whils having my tea, the wife said that he was in Bangkok a couple of weeks ago. Surely someone would have told me this. Can anyone confirm this to really p1ss me off missing him.

[Ulysses G.]

I might have got excited about this 30 years ago, but who cares what gramps is up to now?

The times, they are a changing!

[Neeranam]

The times, they are a changing! blink.gif

That wasn't Bowie - it was an even older guy.

[taxexile]

Whilst watching a Bowie video whils having my tea

having your tea ???? dont you mean supper , or dinner ?

i also saw a bowie dvd recently , a concert from a couple of years back. he can still turn out the magic , and he has got some great songs to his name.

and to ulysses g , gramps or not , hes up there with the best of the old rockers , even though he is getting on for 60 now .

i dont think there was a recent bowie concert in bangkok though.

[Neeranam]

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Whilst watching a Bowie video whils having my tea

having your tea ???? dont you mean supper , or dinner ?

It's tea where I come from.

I saw Bowie in 1983 - the glass spider tour, and he was past it then according to some.

The DVD I got in UK has all his old stuff live plus some very new stuff that I haven't bothered to listen to yet. Old stuff I've never seen before, really good.

[taxexile]

It's tea where I come from.

its tea where i come from too , but me mum was a bit of a snob and always called it supper or dinner if the neighbours were in earshot.

the dvd i saw was of the reality tour , late nineties i think , and not as recent as i said in my first post , and can recommend it heartily , 30 or so songs in front of an enthusiastic audience with a strong band behind him , he looked to be enjoying himself.

i saw him play around 1980 at the milton keynes bowl , and wasnt impressed. i think he called it the serious moonlight tour.

[Nordlys]

I saw Bowie in 1983 - the glass spider tour, and he was past it then according to some.

Was this at army stadium on Viphabadi Rangsit Rd. near Din Daeng? I was there too but I think it was Serious Moonlight tour, not Glass Spider. That was when Let's Dacne and China Girl were big hit.

[Patsycat]

I saw him the same year at Murrayfield, Edinburgh. Let's Dance Tour (just found the ticket stub) Great concert but it poured with rain the whole time. Typical Scotland...

[AmeriThai]

The times, they are a changing!

A quote from another old but great fossil: Bob Dylan.

[raro]

The times, they are a changing!

A quote from another old but great fossil: Bob Dylan.

right...ch-ch-ch-changes would have been more appropriate...sorry for nickpiocking

Agree with other posters above...got the Serious Moonlight Tour (aka Let's Dance in Europe) on video and it's nice but nothing more. Saw the Reality Tour video the other day in a pub and it blew me away. Very strong performance and almost now show effects.

[ThaiPauly]

I saw Bowie in a West London Pub playing in front of 50 people before Major Tom was a hit.......

about 1970 -71 I guess

[Merlin]

A quote from another old but great fossil: Bob Dylan.

Bob Dylan turned 75 the other day...

[taxexile]

he was 65 , not 75.

give the guy a break !

[Neeranam]

QUOTE(Neeranam @ 2006-03-26 00:00:17) *

I saw Bowie in 1983 - the glass spider tour, and he was past it then according to some.

Was this at army stadium on Viphabadi Rangsit Rd. near Din Daeng? I was there too but I think it was Serious Moonlight tour, not Glass Spider. That was when Let's Dacne and China Girl were big hit.

I am wrong - it was the serious moonlight tour. I saw him at Murrayfield Stadium too. It was very heavy rain, all the people with tickets close to the stage were trying to swap with those who were under cover. That was a good concert but he was miles away from me.

I saw Bowie in a West London Pub playing in front of 50 people before Major Tom was a hit.......

about 1970 -71 I guess

Once upon a time tht wuld have impressed me.

I was with a guy in Bkkk and asking each other who we would most like to me - I said Bowie and he said HH the Dalai Lama. He had played in a band with Bowie when he was at art school, but I had met the Dalai Lama.

Totally nothing to do with anything but last week my old mate from Scotland got in touch with me - his claim to fame was buying dope for Bob Marley when he was in Glasgow - Bob took one smokwe of it and refused to smoke it - only da grass for Bob..

Major To was 1969 wasn't it? For the BBC moonlanding thing.

He played at my university in 1970, unfortunately I was there til 1983

Edited March 26, 2006 by Neeranam

[ProfessorFart]

I recall a rumour that Bowie and Jagger (both regular visitors to these shores apparently) did a photoshoot in Woodstock in Nana Plaza in 2001. I was a regular there at the time but had to be in Malaysia on the week of the visit but all the staff including the manager, swore it was true.

I remained sceptical however because word would surely have gotten out and NEP would have been rammed.

This appearence was a Saturday morning apparently and they went in and out virtually unnoticed apart from by the invited audience as they were allegedly staying at the JW Marriott.

I had one or two fairly reliable verifications that this was true, as well as the accounts of some of the other regulars at the time who swore it was true but sadly (convieniently!) were not allowed to take photos!

I have always had reservations about this being true and seeing Neeranam's thread about a Bowie sighting in BKK bought it all back to me.

[monochaser]

David Bowie is in fine condition and has great works to his credit. His best album? Hunky Dory, his 1st release. Album includes:

Fill Your Heart

Oh You Pretty Things

Kooks

Song for Bob Dylan

Life on Mars

Bewlay Brothers

Changes

Quicksand

Eight Line Poem

Andy Warhol

He was never able to match the greatness on this album with another where each song was an outstanding work, although he had countless great individual songs that we all know well:

Space Oddity

Young Americans

Rebel Rebel

Fame

Golden Years

Ashes to Ashes

China Girl

Modern Love

Let's Dance

Panic in Detroit

Alladin Sane

Wild is the Wind

Blue Jean

Diamond Dogs

Moonage Daydream

Ziggy Stardust

Suffragette City

Jean Genie

Watch that Man

John I'm Only Dancing

All outstanding but for the best album start to finish, Hunky Dory. I'd imagine that Ziggy Stardust would be next

[gburns57au]

it is true.....he was there recently....

He was seen at a bar with Elvis, Keith Moon and Mama Cass...

[Neeranam]

David Bowie is in fine condition and has great works to his credit. His best album? Hunky Dory, his 1st release. Album includes:

Fill Your Heart

Oh You Pretty Things

Kooks

Song for Bob Dylan

Life on Mars

Bewlay Brothers

Changes

Quicksand

Eight Line Poem

Andy Warhol

Great album but not his first - 'David Bowie' , Space Oddity' and 'The man who sold the world' were before it.

IMO, Ziggy was the best folled closely by Scary Monsters

[English Noodles]

I met Mick Jagger at 87, the club at the Conrad Bangkok in 2003. The concert in Thailand was cancelled but he was shooting a documentary. The rest of the Stones were due to fly in to meet him the following day.