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1. The Wedding Jump They Say 2. With Lester Bowie
Looking For Lester 3. On Reeves Gabrels 4. You've Been Around (Live At The Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles) 5. Expanding And Experimenting 6. Nite Flights (Live At The Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles) 7. Otherness
You've Been Around 8. Miracle Goodnight (Live At The Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles) 9. On Marriage
The Wedding 10. Black Tie White Noise (Live At The Hollywood Center Studios Los Angeles) 11. With Mick Ronson 12. I Feel Free (Live At The Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles) 13. With Nile Rodgers
Looking For Lester 14. I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday (Live At The Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles) 15. Miracle Goodnight 16. Jump They Say 17. Black Tie White Noise 18. Credits
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David Bowie - Black Tie White Noise
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By Gluonman
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you are a fan of David Bowie this is a nice way to while away an hour or so, you get to enjoy some classic tunes penned by your "Hero" and listen to someone who never gave as many interviews as perhaps he should have.
An underrated album in my opinion.
An underrated album in my opinion.
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3.5 out of 5 stars
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good video packed with nearly all the Bowie mannerisms.
8 July 1999
By johnfitzsimmons@hotmail.com
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:VHS Tape
This video has: David performing You've Been Around, Nite Flights, Miracle Goodnight and Black Tie/White Noise in a LA studio. An interview briefly discussing many topics such as- Musicians involved in this album, His wedding ceremony, why he proclaimed he's bi- back in the early 70's, racial integration and his approach to music. The video clips of Miracle Goodnight, Jump They Say and Black Tie White Noise. David arguably looks the best in this video than anything out there- sort of the video to show someone with a "mainstream" mentality if you are trying to interest them in liking the "greatest artist ever"
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Surely you have better things to do with your money
6 Jan 2008
By Bob Bobman
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
This video is a lot like the album it was meant to promote: it isn't bad but it's hardly worth the trouble. There's a small number of bona fide promo videos with decent production values which can also be found on the recently released video collection and they are worth owning in that form. Then there's...the rest. Again, it's not so much that it's bad as it's just totally uncalled for. There's a lengthy interview which is good if you're a hardcore fan, boring if you aren't (I am, by the way). There's also some "candid studio outtakes" (note quotes) that are so put on that we are actually led to believe that Reeves Gabriels is a dreadlocked black man (he isn't). Not that it matters or anything, it's just hard not to question exactly how scripted these candid moments are.
But the real bulk of the video consists of these strange, on the fly music videos for a lot of the tracks from the album. It's clear that someone put some effort into them but it's also clear that the same said effort was put into the video for Dancing In the Street - and we all know how that went. Watching these clips, I'm reminded of what I think we all imagined the videos might have looked like for those songs that we all used to lip synch to as children. It worked then...not so much now.
I don't want to try to talk anyone out of buying this if they are a collector or a die hard fan. Chances are there's more than enough material to drool and/or laugh over. However, if you enjoy "that Mr. David Bowie character" for his work with the Muppets, Trent Reznor, or Brian Eno, this is likely not the video for you. At least not yet.
But the real bulk of the video consists of these strange, on the fly music videos for a lot of the tracks from the album. It's clear that someone put some effort into them but it's also clear that the same said effort was put into the video for Dancing In the Street - and we all know how that went. Watching these clips, I'm reminded of what I think we all imagined the videos might have looked like for those songs that we all used to lip synch to as children. It worked then...not so much now.
I don't want to try to talk anyone out of buying this if they are a collector or a die hard fan. Chances are there's more than enough material to drool and/or laugh over. However, if you enjoy "that Mr. David Bowie character" for his work with the Muppets, Trent Reznor, or Brian Eno, this is likely not the video for you. At least not yet.
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