Every magazine on every shelf...
Nothing major in the September issues of the monthly rock press in the UK, but it's worth mentioning the snippets there are in case you wish to investigate further.
UNCUT - A full page appreciation of The Walker Brothers' album Nite Flights in the regular UNCUT Classics section. Here's a bit from it:
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There was cross-fertilisation with the Bowie/Iggy/Eno Berlin work of the period, which Scott loved. Eno claims to have heard Scott's material just before joining Bowie for the Lodger sessions and that "The Electrician" was a major spur.
"Scott sent me Nite Flights," said Bowie. "I think he'd been very influenced by Low and Heroes, which we'd just finished. I have deep admiration for him, it was as a tribute that I did a version of 'Nite Flights' on Black Tie White Noise."
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Elsewhere, the magazine has a three star review of Life Beyond Mars illustrated with a half page Ziggy picture.
RECORD COLLECTOR - Also has a three star review of Life Beyond Mars by Kris Needs.
Q - Carl Barat again nails his Bowie colours to the mast, (He chose Oh! You Pretty Things for his Under The Influence CD back in 2005) in Q's regular Mix Sessions feature. This time he's chosen Changes, and here's a bit of what he says about his selection:
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It's not my favourite Bowie song, that's Oh! You Pretty Things. But there's something very poetic about the lyrics dealing with a journey in the personal sense. It's something that needs to be addressed. Like I said, I've just turned 30, so change is something that's on my mind.
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MOJO - In their regular column, All Back To My Place, MOJO asks Neil Tennant: Which musician, other than yourself have you ever wanted to be? This was his reply:
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At 17, I wanted to be Bowie. He changed our lives after seeing him on The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1972. I didn't have the money to buy albums then so we'd go to the classical department of Windows and ask to hear Hunky Dory in the stereo listening Booth.
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On page 21 MOJO has lifted Bowie's Enid Blyton/Velvet Underground quotation from the iSELECTBOWIE sleeve notes.
Finally, MOJO has a look back at One Hit Wonders The Merseys' #4 hit, Sorrow, originally released as a B-side by The McCoys. Here's a bit from the concluding paragraph:
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The Merseys' profile got a boost in '73 when David Bowie covered Sorrow on Pin Ups. "It was a bit of a shock," laughs frontman Tony Crane. "He did it the way we did it."
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That's about it, folx. For those of you wondering why I've ignored Word magazine, it doesn't publish until the middle of the month.
Please do let us know if you see anything interesting regarding DB published in magazines outside of the UK. We will credit you and if it's particularly good you may even earn yourself a prize.
