Just back from Bowie Concert - first row seats! Ask me anything...

[Dookus]

I'll start off by saying I'm now the owner of a very special guitar pick :)

[Rocinante]

1. Well

dammit how was the sound? That's always my first concern.

[Dookus]

2. It was great from where we were....

the venue I went to is notorious for awful sound. I wouldn't have gone if it weren't for the great seats. But it sounded great up front.

During the break, I heard people bitching about the sound for the opening act (Macy Gray) and how they couldn't hear her above the band. She sounded great from our seats, though.

[Rocinante]

5. Cool

the only time I saw Bowie was at the old Municipal Auditorium in Nashville and it sounded like a broken radio. It wasn't the bands fault, that place was not made for sound.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

3. what were the best songs?where was the show?

Any off Ziggy Stardust? Heroes?

[Dookus]

4. The show was the San Jose Arena

The last song of his main set was Heroes. The last three songs of the encore were "Five Years", "Suffragette City" and "Ziggy Stardust". He also did "Hang on to Yourself" earlier in the show.

On edit: The highlights, in addition to the songs above, were Fame, Under Pressure (with amazing vocals by his bassist, Gail Ann Dorsey), Life on Mars, I'm Afraid of Americans and The Man who Sold the World.

[Rocinante]

6. Yikes!

I forgot to ask about the special guitar pick.:spank:

[Dookus]

7. Bowie used it....

he tossed it down, it landed on the floor between the stage and the "fence" the audience was behind. The nice security lady I'd been chatting up before the show picked it up and slid it to me.

It says "Gail Dorsey" on one side (his bassist) and "heathens" on the other. I guess they have a crate of old picks sittin' around :)

[Bhaisahab]

8. hey did he sing space oddity??

i loooooove that song.

[Dookus]

9. No, he didn't...

I've seen him many times, and he rarely does that. But he did do "Ashes to Ashes", the "sequel".

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

10. What about " Jump The Say " did he sing that ?

I love that song !

[Dookus]

11. No, he didn't...

but he did a kickass version of All the Young Dudes :)

[Must_B_Free]

12. Did he do laughing Gnome?

ha ha ha, he he he? Warzawa perhaps?

[Dookus]

13. LOL...

I wish... Or Mr. Gravedigger...

No, he doesn't do the hardcore stuff. Warsawa would be awesome, though. Hell, I'd even settle for Station to Station. But he doesn't do that.

[FunBobbyMucha]

14. Doubtful, but it is my favorite--did he do

"Puttin' out Fire (Cat People)?"

I know, I know, but damn do I love that song.

[Dookus]

16. alas, he did not...

and i would've loved it if he did. I've seen him perform that before, and it's great.

[Kamika]

15. which classic songs did he sing

with classics also the singles from the 80s

[Dookus]

17. well...

Ziggy Stardust, Fame, Under Pressure, Suffragette City, Heroes, The Man who Sold the World, Life on Mars....

I wish he'd done Absolute Beginners.

[Kamika]

26. woo cool

I love Man who sold the world since first time I heard it by Nirvana.. How long is Bowies version

[Dookus]

18. plus...

I got to see his eyes for real and in person. Weird....

[ZenLefty]

19. I went to my first Bowie concert when I was 5 years old

They couldn't find a babysitter and they had an extra ticket...so off to Madison Square Garden we went. Lots of Ziggy Stardust in the air at that show. :smoke:

[Dookus]

20. aww....

I'm so jealous.

My parents wouldn't let me see him when he did the Ziggy Stardust Tour. I think they were afraid I might turn gay.

Well I did anyway, just to spite 'em.

[ZenLefty]

21. Back in the early days...

Back in the early days, we got to line up after the show where he ran from the door to his tour bus. So it was like this gauntlet of teenage girls all trying to grab his clothes off as he ran for the tour bus.

At age 5, the implications of this were lost on me. If I was a little older, I would have wanted to be a rock star. :D

[Dookus]

22. No doubt....

I've always thought being a rock star would be the best job in the world, followed closely by great novelist.

'cept I think rock stars get laid more.

[Dookus]

23. kick..

dammit, I still wanna talk about it!

[Dookus]

24. uh huh

[no name no slogan]

25. Who played git-tar on this tour?

Carlos Alomar?

Also, did he play anything from Ziggy Stardust? Hey, I can't help it if I like the old stuff!

:D

[Dookus]

27. his band was

Earl Slick (who looked great!)on guitar, Gail Ann Dorsey on bass (I adore her!) Sterling Campbell on drums, Mike Garson on keyboards (the man who brought us Aladdin Sane's insane piano riffs), Gerry Leonard on guitar, and Catherine Russell on everything (guitar, backup vocals, backup keyboards, backup percussion, etc.)