Well, well, well

NEW BOWIE RECORDING ON M.O.S. iSELECTBOWIE CD (c)Bowienet 2008

Free with the Mail on Sunday June 29th 2008 (so it was true)



Great cover art


I heard Repetition, Life On Mars, favourite melodies...

David Bowie is the subject of an upcoming Mail On Sunday cover-mount CD in the UK. But, rather than follow the usual format, David decided to select twelve of his own favourite Bowie recordings.

Called iSELECTBOWIE, (see above) the twelve track CD contains a brand new re-recording of Time Will Crawl. Here's what DB says about this new version of the track which was originally a 1987 single release from Never Let Me Down...

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Time Will Crawl (MM Remix)
Produced by David Bowie.
Recorded & mixed by Mario J McNulty.
String arrangements by Gregor Kitziz.
String Quartet: Martha Mooke/Krista Bennion Feeney/Robert
Chausow/Matthew Goeke.
Drums: Sterling Campbell.

"There are a host of songs that I’ve recorded over the years that for one reason or another (clenched teeth) I’ve often wanted to re-record some time in the future. This track from ‘Never Let Me Down’ is one of those. I’ve replaced the drum machine with true drums and added some crickety strings and remixed. I’m very fond of this new version with its Neil Young of Shortlands accents. Oh, to redo the rest of that album.

One Saturday afternoon in April 1986, along with some other musicians I was taking a break from recording at Montreux studios in Switzerland. It was a beautiful day and we were outside on a small piece of lawn facing the Alps and the lake. Our engineer, who had been listening to the radio, shot out of the studio door and shouted, ‘There’s a whole lot of shit going on in Russia.’ The Swiss news had picked up a Norwegian radio station that was screaming for anyone who would listen that huge billowing clouds were moving over from the Motherland and they weren’t rain clouds. This was the first news in Europe of the satanic Chernobyl.

I phoned a writer friend of mine in London but he hadn’t heard anything about it. It wasn’t for many more hours that the story started trickling out as major news. For those first few moments it felt sort of claustrophobic to know that you are one of only a few witnesses to something of this magnitude. Over the next couple of months a complicated crucible of impressions collected in my head prompted by this insanity any one of which could have become a song. I stuck them all in ‘Time Will Crawl’. That last sentence rhymes." - David Bowie 2008

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We'll post one or two more of David's song annotations ahead of the Sunday 29th June publication date, when you will be able to read his comments on all twelve of the following tracks which make up iSELECTBOWIE.

01 - Life On Mars?
02 - Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing
03 - The Bewlay Brothers
04 - Lady Grinning Soul
05 - Win
06 - Some Are
07 - Teenage Wildlife
08 - Repetition
09 - Fantastic Voyage
10 - Loving The Alien
11 - Time Will Crawl (MM Remix)
12 - Hang On To Yourself (From David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72)

That's what I call an impressive introduction to David Bowie's music. Then again, DB has always had remarkably good taste when it comes to other people's stuff, so why not his own?

This coming Sunday, a week before the Mail On Sunday publishes iSELECTBOWIE, there will be a Bowie feature in the Mail On Sunday Live magazine.



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If I had to select a fav list, that would be pretty close.

So me and Bowie have the same view of his work?

that is truly excellent news as it is so cool to get Bowie's music out there to the public. Sociologist proved that perceived popularity of a song is the most important factor when forming opinions on new music.

Prince learned that there there is no point in preaching to the converted and got million of people listening to his new music via the free CD and he became cool again just because he was getting exposure.


Perhaps Bowie will also do 21 mights at the O2???

I have always loved time will crawl, thought it had an excellent keyboard riff and a cool vibe. Will be very interesting to hear the new string backed version.

I guess licensing restrictions has stopped him including anything from the last 2 decades.

never thought I'd say this, but I can't wait to buy the Mail On Sunday!

Brilliant stuff Ant... The Mail on Sunday, probably the best paper in the world

<<Brilliant stuff Ant... The Mail on Sunday, probably the best paper in the world >>

Never look a gift horse in the face Lodger

I'm buying two, one to keep sealed lol.

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<<never thought I'd say this, but I can't wait to buy the Mail On Sunday!>>

Go in disguise

You could send your eldest daughter in the newsagents and you wait outside LOL.

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I will buy it, but buy a copy of razzle to hide it in.

Excellent news Ant, post of the month so far!

<<Perhaps Bowie will also do 21 mights at the O2??? >>

Don't think it's his style do you Roger, mores the pity.

Still this a FAB freebie and we couldn't ask for better artwork

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Yeah I know, a snowball's chance in hell of that materialising (hence the wink).

This is a sign that he is still thinking about his music and hasn't completely retired. Really looking forward to hearing Time Will Crawl new string mix.

Will be nice to make an MP3 of ST/C/ST(r) rather than it split up.

good point Hang Man, they will now reside on the same track rather than split over 3, which used to ruin it when I played my itunes on random.

that cover looks great Ant

- God is on top of it -

True indeed Popp the cover art is cool and a great track list,thanks Ant.
Only hope i can get it here in Dublin i got the Mc Cartney cd no problem but last year when Stop Making Sense was in one of the papers i searched everywhere and couldn't get it.

Hi Chris, I would buy you a copy and send it for free if you gave me your address.

<<that cover looks great Ant>>

I'll get you one Popp

I'm sure others will have friends who'll get them one.

On a Sunday the paper comes wrapped in a plastic bag, so not easy to sneek (lol) two into one (not that I'm advocating doing that )

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<<I'll get you one Popp>>

KEIGOED!!

great Ant,

and when you're lucky you can read that day that Holland got to the semi finals

- God is on top of it -

<<KEIGOED>>

I put that word into my translater and it still came out as KEIGOED LOL!

<<and when you're lucky you can read that day that Holland got to the semi finals>>

Let's hope so

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"Humming Rheingold
We scavenge up our clothes"
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Oh... that's right... select Lady Grinning Soul as one of your faves Dave but don't bother to sing it live huh....

My mother will be pleased.

I wonder if the Mail On Sunday is aware of the Drugs and sex references throughout this CD?

only bummer for me is hang on to yourself, I think that song was of the era, but lacks any substance, could have been recorded by mud, the sweet or even gary glitter. Star would have been much better.

isn't 'hang on to yourself' a euphemism, a bit like 'i think i'm turning japanese'?

... I thought Loving the Alien was all about his affair with Iggy Pop....oh sorry; he didn't did he.....

Interesting, looking forward to hearing the new version of TWC especially.

A really good selection of tracks, which look as though it is actually a selection made by the man himself. I would even go as far as saying that this is the collection that should have been released a few years ago as "The Collection". It is good that the whole ST/C/ST has been used this time.

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<<Interesting, looking forward to hearing the new version of TWC especially.>>

My thinking too Alan

And great to have "Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing" as one track.

The artwork is that what we would have probably chosen ourselves as a group.

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<<only bummer for me is hang on to yourself, I think that song was of the era>>

It's only on there to promote "Santa Monica" being released the day after

If you look at the back cover SM is visable.

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Wow, that is fantastic news

I'll be buying a few copies, one to read and the others to put away in the collection.

I've always thought Time Will Crawl was a great song with a terrible production, very happy to see a new version.

Furthermore the selection of songs on this is terrific. It seems to focus on Bowie's vocals as all Bowie's best vocal performances are there. Imagine knowing Bowie only from Let's Dance or Space Oddity and putting this cd on.

So who will hook me up with a copy of this cd + newspaper?

Consider it done Maarten

Thanks! Do you have my address? And I'll pay all costs ofcourse!

...sometimes I'm quite cheeky person indeed, but can anybody help me with getting it?? I guarantee any type of present you'll ask for...

It isn't clear from the article if Time Will Crawl has a new vocal take or if it is a remix of the old version. Any guesses?

I'd guess it has the original vocals, but it's encouraging to see that he's drafted in Sterling Campbell on drums again. Zachary Alford is my favourite Bowie drummer.

I remember in 2002 how Sterling laughed when Jonathon Ross joked that he sometimes listened to Bowie's music with gritted teeth

<<gritted teeth>>

That brought a big smile to my face lol

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"Humming Rheingold
We scavenge up our clothes"
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..at least he's had a reminder of
what the inside of a recording studio looks like.



cheers

Joern


.....the vault is slowly opening(not David's though)


http://www.myspace.com/joerntheunderdog

By them calling it a remix and him saying he has replaced I think there are going to still be elements of the original song, including the vocals.

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I was always hoping he was going to reject the overtures of The Mail . Quite a good compilation though, but will "Middle England" embrace Some Are 30 years after the fact? Can't see it somehow. Apart from the lousy Time Will Crawl , this is the type of comp I might have made myself a few years ago. Good one.

Nice to read Bowie's comments...also some of the lyrics (fingers disappear) make far more sense now re Time Will Crawl.

At the time one of the music papers or magazines ridiculed the lyrics, and I was inclined to agree.

I don't think it's that badly produced, the original. It never quite did it for me...my late uncle loved it though, and he hadn't liked Bowie much since Ziggy.

It did have quite a haunting style to it, which, in the right mood, could entrance a little.

As for Hang Onto Yourself...depending whether or not it's sans that ridiculous dubbed on football crowd cheer at the start will help determine whether I buy the Santa Monica CD soon, or wait to get it even cheaper.



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Very cool indeed Love the cover

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<<Very cool indeed Love the cover>>

It's the type of cover art we would chose as a forum

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Regarding Some Are, it is a strange choice unless it has the following after the title;
(From the soon to be released Low collector's edition)




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It could just as well say : From the All Saints CD

Bowie Bash at the Roundhouse!

interesting that (excepting the outtake, some are) there's nothing from sts, low, heroes? wow.

maybe that'll be for a further freebie some time in the future.

i hate the daily mail. nasty pernicious rag.

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"Regarding Some Are, it is a strange choice unless it has the following after the title;
(From the soon to be released Low collector's edition)"


LOL

I think this remix of TWC willinvolve the removal of all the horn sections, to be replaced by the string quartet, to make it more contemporary sounding.

Mist.

Good to see Bowie promoting himself again. FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS GONNA HAPPEN THIS YEAR.

can anybody please get me one of these ?
i will gladly paypal the money for postage/paper/etc to you today.
this is quite exciting ,time will crawl will definitely benefit from new production and i have always wanted the complete sweet thing as a single mp3. the selections are excellent and not too different from what i would have compiled myself.
2 bowie cd's in one month.a veritible bonanza !

Email me your details candydate@gmail.com

Can someone buy a copy for me.
I pay for it of course. I can pay with paypal or otherwise.
I really would like to have one of those!


Bettina

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Taking away the fact that it's The Mail On Sunday (couldn't he've picked a better newspaper to do a deal with?) meaning I'll have to buy the damn thing (it goes against all my nature to do so), it's a pretty top drawer selection.