Bowie Track On Best Of Berlin

I, I can remember. Standing, by the wall...

Though I rarely mention them these days, I do still plough through the myriad compilation albums that feature Bowie tracks to see if there's anything unusual worth reporting.

Puzzled at first why David Bowie would have anything to do with a greatest hits of Berlin, I realised I was on the wrong track when I saw the recently released CD above contained their "40 Top Songs"! ...Erm...Take My Breath Away...and...erm...erm...

Of course, it wasn't a CD by the one hit wonders, Berlin, but a German compilation containing music related to Berlin in Germany. The David Bowie selection is the last on the 40-track double CD, and it's the very appropriate Bowie/Eno composition, Neuköln.

Taken from David Bowie's 1977 "Heroes" album, (which, along with Low and Lodger was one third of what confusingly became known as the Berlin trilogy) Neuköln is a haunting instrumental memorable for it's tortured saxophone parts with which David tried to suggest a "Turkish modal thing" as a device to illustrate that mainly Turkish area of Berlin which was Neuköln.

While the Saxophone succeeded in giving a Middle Eastern flavour to the piece, it also suggested the sound of human voices wailing in despair hinting at the displaced nature of Neuköln's population.

I'll leave you with the tracklisting, but you should be warned that if you were to listen to the whole thing you'd have to endure both Marillion and Alphaville before you reached your reward.

Best Of Berlin Track listing

Disc 1
01 - Kreuzberger Nachte - Gebruder Blattschuss
02 - Berlin: Dein Gesicht Hat Sommersprossen - Hildegard Knef
03 - Pack Die Badehose Ein - Conny Froboess
04 - Ich Hab' Nach Einen Koffer In Berlin - Marlene Dietrich
05 - Berlin, Berlin (New York) - Harald Juhnke
06 - Berliner Luft/ Untern Linden/ Das Ist Der Fruhling Von Berlin (Medley) - Paul Kuhn
07 - Berliner Jungens Die Sind Richtig - Schoneberger Sangerknaben
08 - Berlin-Meine Liebe - Helga Hahnemann
09 - Mein Berlin - Reinhard Mey
10 - Berlin, Ick Lieb Dir Janz - Wolfgang Gruner
11 - Schaut Auf Diese Stadt - Gunter Pfitzmann
12 - Kleines Madchen Aus Berlin - Chris Howland
13 - Berlin Ist Ja So Gross - Mary
14 - Wenn Vata Wieda Aus Zuchthaus Kommt - Katja Ebstein
15 - Berlin Potpourri - Heino
16 - Ich Hab' Noch Einen Koffer In Berlin - Die 3 Travellers
17 - Danke Berlin - Dieter Thomas Heck
18 - Alexanderplatz - Milva
19 - Der Hauptmann Von Kopenick - Drafi Deutscher
20 - Old Texas Town, Die Westernstadt - Truck Stop
21 - Berlin - Frank Zander
22 - Berlin - Die Prinzen

Disc 2
01 - Sonderzung Nach Pankow - Udo Lindenberg
02 - Berliner Star - Robbie Williams
03 - Berlin Du Bist So Wunderbar - Kaiserbase
04 - Mont Klamott - Silly
05 - Berlin - Ideal
06 - Sommersprossen - Ukw
07 - Der King Vom Prenzlauer Berg - City
08 - Hey, Wir Woll'n Die Eisborn Sehn - Puhdys
09 - Nur Nach Hause...Geh'n Wir Nicht - Frank Zander
10 - Brandenburg - Rainald Grebe
11 - Angel Of Berlin - Martin Kesici
12 - Dickes B - Black Kappa, Seeed
13 - Es Steht Ein Haus In Ostberlin - Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
14 - Berlin - Keimzeit
15 - Berlin - Lou Reed
16 - Berlin - Marillion
17 - Summer In Berlin - Alphaville
18 - Neukoln - David Bowie

More Uncut Celebrity Bowie Endorsements

Will you see that I?m scared and I?m lonely?

As we promised you a couple of weeks back, (07.02.08 NEWS: UNCUT READERS CHOOSE THEIR OWN BOWIE TOP TEN) we can now exclusively show you a few of the celebrity comments regarding David's music that didn't make it to UNCUT's 30 greatest Bowie songs in the UNCUT Bowie special that was published in April. (04.18.2008 NEWS: BOWIE'S 30 GREATEST SONGS IN UNCUT NEXT WEEK & 04.29.2008 REMINDER: BOWIE'S 30 GREATEST SONGS IN UNCUT)

First up is Joan Wasser who has appeared on these pages more than once, (02.02.2006 NEWS: BOWIE GETS DONE BY POLICE WOMAN & 07.19.2006 NEWS: J.A.P.W. TALKS TO BNET ABOUT DB AND SWEET THING) and who has some very nice things to say about David Bowie...

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JOAN WASSER (JOAN AS POLICEWOMAN) on "Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing"

I didn?t really have any trepidation about covering "Sweet Thing" a couple of years back. I love this song so much and there was no way I was gonna make it as enormous as Bowie did. So I just decided to do my own thing and make it a lot smaller. Bowie?s one of my all-time favourites and this is one of the greatest things he did. "Will you see that I?m scared and I?m lonely?" I mean, thank you for that line! It?s just genius.

I listened to Bowie from a very early age. I remember listening to Hunky Dory and Ziggy? and Diamond Dogs in high school and then hearing about all this other stuff that he?d done after that, like Low and Heroes. Putting it on for the first time was a combination of real fascination and horror. It was like What the fuck is this?!

And through living your own life, you get more into different phases of his life. Because I play violin and more orchestral stuff, I think I was more open to hearing that stuff on Low. But all of it is so fabulous. It?s hard to be more fabulous than that motherfucker! He is unique in so many ways. The fact that he could go from being this sort of glam alien to making the soul stuff, all pretty effortlessly, just drives me nuts. And he does it all with such flair.

I?ve never actually met him, but I have passed him in rehearsal spaces. I really stay away from attacking celebrities like that. I respect people?s privacy.

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Thanx to Rob Hughes at UNCUT for supplying the above.

Iselectbowie Compilation Due For General Release

I had to choose some songs, so I picked on these...

Due to an astonishing global demand, EMI is scheduled to release iSELECTBOWIE late September/early October in territories outside of the area that received the album free with the Mail On Sunday, which was the UK and Ireland.

This will come as good news to those that were considering joining other desperate eBay bidders who have been paying up to £31 GBP ($61.70 USD) for a copy.

But, even that unbelievable sum pales by comparison to a sale on a Japanese site where the CD sold for a ¥36,500 JPY (£172.40 GBP / $343.40 USD).

The CD will be identical to the MOS release apart from the fact that it will be housed in a jewel case and will contain a booklet with David's song-by-song comments.

Exclusive - Canadian Idol Contestants Praise Bowie

Somebody plays my song in tune...

As we told you last week, (07.09.2008 NEWS: BOWIE SONGBOOK FEATURED ON CANADIAN IDOL NEXT WEEK) the latest episode of Canadian Idol was dedicated to the songbook of David Bowie.

We've managed to get exclusive quotations from each of the ten performers regarding David Bowie and his music. (Thanx to Allie Page at Canadian Idol for making this possible)

Here they all are in order of appearance, kicking off with Drew Wright who not only sang Five Years but drummed on it too...all while wearing two different coloured contact lenses!

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?For me, the best thing about Bowie week is the freedom it gives you to be creative. His catalogue is so vast and he really covers as wide spectrum of music. This gives everyone equal opportunity by allowing them to find a song that best suits their musical style.? - Drew Wright performed Five Years

?When you actually dig into Bowie?s catalogue, it?s astounding to see the effect he?s had on pop music and also pop culture in general. And it?s a true honour for us to showcase his career.? - Adam Castelli performed Rebel Rebel

?For me, it was a little bit difficult since my style isn?t relatable to his music. But after looking through his catalogue, I realized his music really does transcend musical barriers; so in that I was comfortable and am really enjoying myself.? - Mark Day performed Dancing In The Street

?It?s groundbreaking for Idol. Bowie?s legit.? - Mookie Morris performed The Man Who Sold The World

?It?s a great opportunity to be pushed out of our comfort zone. His creativity is inspirational and it?s fun to have the opportunity to do something different.? - Amberly Thiessen performed Space Oddity

?David Bowie is a real inspiration to all of us and it?s an honour to perform his work.? - Sebastian Pigott performed Let's Spend The Night Together

?It?s pretty cool. He?s a really great character and you can?t go wrong with his music.? - Earl Stevenson performed Rock 'N' Roll Suicide

?He?s a great and creative artist and it?s pushing us to be more creative performers.? - Katherine St-Laurent performed Cat People (Putting Out Fire)

?I was really excited but I was also really nervous. Bowie?s someone that you can?t really try to emulate so I chose the song I did because I could really relate to it and I also found a lot of parallels with experiences I?ve had.? - Theo Tams performed Silly Boy Blue

?I?m really looking forward to tonight because I?m going to rock out which is something I?ve never really had the opportunity to do before.? - Mitch MacDonald performed Moonage Daydream

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Apparently the show began with a fitting tribute item to David, and, according to comments on the MBs from our resident Canadian members, (Hi avogadro and juliedawn) Theo Tams' version of Silly Boy Blue was the stand out favourite.

I'm sure all of the performances will surface somewhere, somehow, in the not too distant future.

Scarlett Johansson Imagines Db As Bette Midler

Strangers when we meet...

Scarlett Johansson has a five song session up on AOL at the moment. It's accompanied by a new interview in which she says more nice stuff about DB, including what her original vision of his contribution could be.

Not sure if this is only available in the UK or not, sorry to those of you elsewhere if that is the case. Either way, here's the Bowie bit...

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AOL: David Bowie sings backup on a few of the album's tracks. How did you hook up with him?

SJ: It was a dream come true working with Bowie. When I had originally thought I would do that song, 'Never Talk To Strangers,' my dream would be to do a duet with Bowie singing the Bette Midler part and me singing the Tom Waits part, and we'd hold hands and walk off into the sunset!

And right before I had gone off to do the album, I was at this big event and he was there, and we happen to be seated at the same table. And he was like, "I hear you're doing this Waits cover album, and I think it's really cool that you're working with Dave Sitek, who I love." And I said something like, "If you're ever in the neighborhood, come on down and record something with us."

And then sure enough, several months later when Dave was mixing the album, he calls me and is like, "Guess who I've got in the studio?" I was over the moon! It's just awesome to have Bowie's support. He's such a huge music enthusiast and he's so cool in my book -- it's a honour to have him listening to the album and certainly to have him on the album.

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Go here to read the full thing.

David Bowie ? Live Santa Monica ?72 Reviews Round-up

Every magazine on every shelf...

We've already posted a few very favourable reviews of David Bowie ? Live Santa Monica ?72, (05.24.2008 NEWS: FOUR STAR SANTA MONICA REVIEW IN UNCUT & 06.26.2008 NEWS: NME GIVES LIVE SANTA MONICA '72 8 OUT OF 10 & 06.30.2008 NEWS: DAVID BOWIE ? LIVE SANTA MONICA ?72 RELEASED TODAY) and here are a few more snippets from a bunch of other enthusiastic reviews published recently.

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Classic Rock - Rob Hughes - 9 out of 10

This is the sound of Bowie peaking furiously. And for all the future shock of this frail English androgyne with the flashing strobes and flame hair, what's most apparent here is what a great band they were.

The startling staccato of Five Years gives you some idea of how genuinely otherworldly Bowie must have seemed to American audiences weaned on the likes of Doobie Brothers and Carole King...in the words of Hollywood scenester Rodney Bingenheimer, "like seeing music from the future".

Truly essential.

Rock 'n' Reel - Ian Abrahams - Five stars

Here are The Spiders From Mars ? as Bowie says, "high on ourselves", and delivering a thrilling set.

Bristling with electricity, from the opening 'Hang On To Yourself' to the closing 'Rock 'N' Roll Suicide', there's precious little drawing of breath in this capturing of the pinnacle of Bowie's musical partnership with Mick Ronson.

This is a major career highlight.

Daily Mail - Adrian Thrills - Five stars

From a frenetic opening Hang On To Yourself to an unexpectedly jazzy Changes, this is the sound of David becoming Ziggy Stardust for the first time. Despite a few bum notes and missed cues, this is classic, rawboned Bowie.

Record Collector - Jason Draper - Four stars

An imperfect, endearing show, the ragged edges prove just how Ziggy influenced punk...it?s obvious why this has been one of the fans? most treasured bootlegs for over 25 years.

Pitchfork - Tom Ewing - 7.7 out of 10

This is at once a snapshot of a hungry group on terrific form, and a fascinating look at an emergent star.

MOJO - Mark Paytress - Four stars

This Gem reveals why Bowie was always taken more seriously than his glam rock rivals.

Ground Control - G. Murray Thomas

This tour was Bowie's introduction to American audiences, and this album shows clearly how he pulled it off, how he made himself the superstar who would dominate much of the decade ahead.

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Don't forget our David Bowie ? Live Santa Monica ?72 contest which ends on Monday. (07.06.2008 NEWS: LIVE SANTA MONICA ?72 CONTEST DECISION TIME)

August On General Release In Us Plus R1 Dvd Due

Having devoured its prey it would drape the skeletons over the world wide web...

August, which went on general release in North America this week, will be available as a Region 1 DVD from August 26th.

And even though reviews have been generally disappointing, it seems David's performance as Ogilvie is being singled out as a bit special, as in this excerpt from a review on sheknows.com.

"That role of corporate giant is personified brilliantly by David Bowie. If Judi Dench could earn an Oscar for seconds on screen in ?Shakespeare in Love,? Bowie should be considered for his icy portrayal of old guard capitalism having its revenge on the upstarts."

We'll let you know the theatrical and DVD release dates outside of the US as we get them.

Bowie Songbook Featured On Canadian Idol Next Week

More idols than realities...

Had lots of e-mails from Canadian members (thank you) regarding the televised announcement that next Monday?s first Canadian Idol Top 10 show on July 14 at 8 pm ET, (broadcast live from Toronto?s John Bassett Theatre) will be dedicated to the songbook of David Bowie.

Monday?s expanded 90-minute show will feature each of the Top 10 competitors performing a Bowie hit they have selected. Then, on Tuesday, July 15 at 8 pm ET on CTV, the first Top 10 elimination episode will reveal the single competitor earning the fewest votes.

The Canadian Idol Top 10 is comprised of two women and eight men, ranging in age from 17 to 28 who are poised to become household names this summer. From communities across the country, these 10 finalists represent Idol?s most diverse and musically talented group of individuals. There are four competitors from Ontario, three from Alberta and one each from Quebec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. And come this September, one of them will be the next Canadian Idol.

It's gripping stuff alright.

Beck On Bowie - Jan On Bowie - Bowie On Jan!

We passed upon the stair... (or so Jan reckons at least)

BowieNetter Swebby pointed this one out on the MBs, after he tuned in to Dermot O'Leary's Radio 2 show on Saturday. Dermot's special guest was Beck who chose a few of his all time favourite tunes, including A New Career In A New Town from David Bowie's 1977 Low album.

Beck, (who you may remember remixed Seven for David and has covered both Diamond Dogs and Win) had some very complimentary things to say about DB, including this: "I was a kid and punk and disco hit at the same time, and there was so much junk. There was so much bad music and I remember him being this sort of figure that came through the detritus and the junk that was out there.".

Dermot and Beck went on to talk further about Bowie before taking a phone call from a lady called Jan. Jan claimed David stayed at her house in Purley in London "for a couple of weeks on and off" in September 1977.

This was supposedly a ploy to escape press attention around the time of Marc Bolan's funeral.

Again, I thought it wise to check Jan's story with David before I posted it, as there was something about it that didn't seem quite right.

It seems my hunch paid off as he described her tale as: "four different kinds of unbelievable multi-levelled tosh".

So there you have it. Residents of Purley can withdraw their application for an English Heritage blue plaque for the side of Jan's house..

The Beck interview is still worth a listen. The whole thing starts around half an hour in, but if you rudely want to skip to the relevant Bowie bit, then you'll be interested from around 50 mins and 30 secs in.

Bowie To Write Frank Ockenfels Collaboration Book?

The solid book he wrote can not be found today...or tomorrow...

"Only question...why the hell isn't it in the news here yet???????," growled a disgruntled BowieNetter on the MBs at the weekend.

This was in reference to fansite news stories regarding an upcoming release through Insight Editions, apparently entitled: Collaboration: The Bowie Sessions.

Scheduled for a February 2009 publication, the book is a supposed joint effort between photographer Frank Ockenfels III and David Bowie, wherein DB has written the accompanying text to Ockenfels' pictures...except, he hasn't.

This was David's response when I asked him about it: "A nice idea but not a reality. Love Frank O's work though.".

Indeed he does. Click on the image above to get to the Frank Ockenfels Gallery in the BowieNet Special Features section, launched in accordance with David's wishes a long, long time ago.

Live Santa Monica ?72 Contest Decision Time

We've got five options, that's all we've got...

OK, you've seen what's up for grabs in our David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72 contest, now all you have to do is decide which of the five items below you're going for.

It really is that easy to enter, just click on the single item you desire to trigger an e-mail to me with the subject line filled in.

However, if the shortcuts don't work on your system, copy and paste the item title into the subject line and send it to me at the usual address.

It is important to get the subject line word perfect, as the e-mails are filtered off into the appropriate sub folders of The Random Generator's massive data banks, from where the mighty machine spews forth the winners.

Please remember you are only allowed to choose one of the five items. (If you're choosing the T-shirt, please state which size you prefer: X-Small, Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, XX-Large.)

OPTION 1: Signed SM '72 limited edition CD

OPTION 2: David Bowie Live Ziggy Toon poster (unsigned)

OPTION 3: SM '72 limited edition T-shirt

OPTION 4: SM '72 limited edition CD (unsigned)

OPTION 5: Signed David Bowie Live Ziggy Toon poster (signed by David Bowie and George Underwood)

As I stated before, we're mischievously withholding the quantities we have of each item until we announce the winners.

The contest is open until midnight NY time on Monday July 14th...that should give you just about enough time to choose which one to go for.

Usual BowieNet rules apply: Only one entry per BowieNet account and please remember you must enter using your BowieNet e-mail or at least supply your BowieNet user name. If you do neither of these things you won't be eligible to enter...neither will you be if you enter for more than one of the above items.

John Bellany Bowie Painting In Ra Summer Exhibition

While colour lights up your face...

Last week I mentioned that I accompanied George Underwood around the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition in London. (06.27.2008 NEWS: GEORGE UNDERWOOD PAINTING IN RA SUMMER EXHIBITION)

As we browsed this year's very high standard of work my eyes settled on the very familar visage in the painting above. "Oh that's a John Bellany," observed George.

And indeed it is. Entitled David Bowie the painting is one of five of Bellany's oils in the exhibition and it's yours for a mere £80,000.

Bowie himself is a keen collector of Bellany's work and a good friend of the painter, as hinted at in this excerpt from a Scotland On Sunday interview in 2005...

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He would blush, big-style, almost half a century later when Bowie revealed that his home in Switzerland displayed his favourite Bellany next to a Tintoretto. "He told me he thought my work stood up very well in such company. Then his wee secretary from Aberdeen piped up and said she preferred it to the Tintoretto. These kind of things make your head bounce off the walls."

Among his collectors across the oceans from Port Seton, there are many who love their Bellanys and that?s as far as appreciation goes. Some might be curious enough to look up the village in an atlas or on the internet, but Bowie has delved deeper.

"He comes to Port Seton a lot. He told me he goes with a ?reverent feeling? to try and find out what might have inspired the paintings in his collection. One time he was staying at the Caley Hotel in Edinburgh and he came to our flat for dinner. "I asked him, ?Well, David, what have you been up to the day?? He said: ?I?ve been down to Port Seton again and talk about co-incidence! Right next door to your old house, 8 Gosford Road, is one called ?Dar es Salaam?. The funny thing is I?ve just fallen in love with a girl from Dar es Salaam and you?ll meet her next time I?m here.?" This, of course, was Iman, now Bowie?s supermodel wife.

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If John's Bowie painting has whetted your appetitie for more, keep an eye out for bellany.com which is currently under construction and will be packed with tons of stuff to interest you.

FOOT NOTE: The first person to e-mail me with the correct reason why I used the lyric quotation in aforementioned George Underwood news story was johnnie_7. "The paintings are all your own..." is a line from Song For Bob Dylan, and whether there's any truth in the theory that David actually wrote the song for George or not, it is a fact that George took the lead vocal when the song was performed for John Peel's In Concert programme in June 1971.

Live Santa Monica ?72 Contest Option 4

For the crazy child...

Option 4 in our five-part David Bowie ? Live Santa Monica ?72 contest is for an unknown quantity (as with all of these prizes) of the above limited edition CD.

However, wouldn't it be a bit crazy to go for this one when there's a signed version up for grabs, I hear you ask?

Well, don't ask me, but I bet we're left with none.

Two Labyrinth Masquerade Balls Next Weekend

We're choosing the path between the stars...

Adam Dean from Bowie Downunder has been in touch with details of two annual Labyrinth Masquerade Balls in Los Angeles and Melbourne next weekend. Over to you Adam...

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Hi Blam,

Just sending in some news about two annual Labyrinth Masquerade Balls that are occurring next week. Both fall on the same weekend but are on opposite sides of the globe - Los Angeles and Melbourne.

The one in LA is now in it's 11th year and runs over two nights - Friday July 11 and Saturday July 12.

www.labyrinthmasquerade.com

The one in Melbourne is in it's second year and occurs on Saturday July 12. As an indicator of the movie's appeal down here, Labyrinth has become the most popular movie each summer season at Melbourne's Rooftop Cinema (it is the only movie to be shown twice - and both times are sell outs). The Masquerade event is run by the fans for the fans:

www.guildofthegoldenowl.com

Cheers, Adam

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Thanks Adam, shame I can't make it to either. Quite fancy myself as Ludo.

Click on the above links for full details and booking information.

Speaking of contact from the other side...

Jeff Duff Does Ziggy In Oz Again

He's in the best selling show...

Had an electronic communication from Mr Jeff Duff regarding a show at his regular haunt, The Vanguard. To save the Chinese whispers, here it is from the horse's mouth...

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Hi Blam - After countless requests for me to do more Ziggy performances, I've gathered a few new faces to present a new show at Sydney's Vanguard on Aug 22nd.

After a long break from performing the show we played a club on the northern beaches last week and sold out the venue. Since then I've been seduced into presenting more shows in and around Sydney.

With all of the different tribute acts currently doing the rounds in Oz, it's great that my Bowie show seems to be the most popular. The fact that Bowie's music spans a few generations adds to it's appeal and popularity. We get all age groups coming to see us...cool! - Jeff Duff

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Click on the poster above for full details and booking information.

Itunes Uk Has Ten Bowie Albums At £4.99 For July

Somebody plays my song in iTunes...

Those of you that subscribe to the EMI newsletter and those of you that have already spied the above advert on the front page of the iTunes UK site, will know that for the month of July the following David Bowie albums are available on iTunes at a special price of £4.99!

Best Of Bowie
Hunky Dory
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Aladdin Sane
Young Americans
Low
Lodger
Scary Monsters... And Super Creeps
Let?s Dance
Tonight

Click here for the link to the UK iTunes Bowie store.

Live Santa Monica ?72 Contest Option 5

I asked for two autographs...

Option 5 is the above George Underwood-designed poster that comes with the limited David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72 vinyl.

It's the same 91cm x 61cm, (36" x 24"), unfolded poster as in Option 2. But, this differs from Option 2 in that it is signed by both David Bowie and George Underwood.

"Why on Earth would somebody choose Option 2 over Option 5?," you may ask. "I don't know..." I'd most likely reply "but they will."

Stay tuned for what to do next.

Uncut Readers Choose Their Own Bowie Top Ten

These are your favourite songs...

Following on from UNCUT's 30 greatest Bowie songs, (04.18.2008 NEWS: BOWIE'S 30 GREATEST SONGS IN UNCUT NEXT WEEK & 04.29.2008 REMINDER: BOWIE'S 30 GREATEST SONGS IN UNCUT) the magazine polled it's readers for their own favourites.

Here's the conclusion from the current August issue...

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A couple of months ago, to coincide with our cover story on David Bowie?s 30 greatest songs, we suggested you visit the Uncut website and tell us your favourite tune by the Dame. Interesting results, as ever, not least because five of what became your Top 10 didn?t make it into our Top 30. Here are the meticulously collated results:

01 ? Life On Mars?
02 ? Five Years
03 ? Moonage Daydream
04 ? Station To Station
05 ? Quicksand
06 ? Rock ?N? Roll Suicide
07 ? "Heroes"
08 ? Lady Grinning Soul
09 ? Cygnet Committee
10 ? Queen Bitch

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Perhaps not quite as inspired as DB's choices for iSELECTBOWIE, but proving beyond reasobale doubt that UNCUT readers have pretty good tatse!

Stay tuned for a few of the celebrity comments regarding David's music that didnn't make it to aforementioned UNCUT Bowie special.

Live Santa Monica ?72 Contest Option 3

I like the tee shirts at BowieNet...

Option 3 in our five-part David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72 contest is the above limited edition T-shirt only available normally as a pre-order through the BowieNet Official Store.

Come Sunday will this be the item you choose over a signed SM '72 CD, or a Ziggy poster, or whatever else is yet to come?

Live Santa Monica ?72 Contest Option 2

Ain't that poster love?

See yesterday's news to make sense of this if you aren't quite sure what it's all about.

Option 2 is the above George Underwood-designed poster that comes with the limited David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72 vinyl.

"Big Deal!" you may suggest. But, the copy you might win won't be folded...and you won't see many of those about.

Perhaps before you do go for this option on Sunday though, you should consider that it measures a whopping 91cm x 61cm, (36" x 24") which is a fair bit bigger than the original.