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Review: "BOWIE - A Reality Tour"
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Jan 24, 2010, 10:42:35 AM1/24/10
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(Telegraph.co.uk) - Where is David Bowie when you need him? Arguably
the boldest and most creative solo artist in the history of rock, he
seems the ideal icon for these uncertain times, the kind of future pop
visionary who might bring the blurred possibilities of a
disintegrating music culture into sharp focus. But Bowie has hardly
been heard or seen in the past five years, popping up only as a kind
of sonic shadow, a backing vocalist on a handful of tracks by friends
and new favourites, including Arcade Fire, David Gilmour, Alicia Keys,
Scarlett Johansson and TV On The Radio. Bowie turned 63 this month,
and if I�m reading the runes correctly, suffers poor health and is
effectively semi-retired.
the boldest and most creative solo artist in the history of rock, he
seems the ideal icon for these uncertain times, the kind of future pop
visionary who might bring the blurred possibilities of a
disintegrating music culture into sharp focus. But Bowie has hardly
been heard or seen in the past five years, popping up only as a kind
of sonic shadow, a backing vocalist on a handful of tracks by friends
and new favourites, including Arcade Fire, David Gilmour, Alicia Keys,
Scarlett Johansson and TV On The Radio. Bowie turned 63 this month,
and if I�m reading the runes correctly, suffers poor health and is
effectively semi-retired.
So we may have to content ourselves, for the foreseeable future, with
re-releases, outtakes and live recordings, like this one (Amazon.com:
http://tr.im/DBtour ). This 33-song, re-mastered double CD set makes a
popular live DVD available as pure audio for the first time, with
added bonus tracks. And it�s a real treat...
Continued: http://tr.im/BowieRT
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