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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have just read the review below me, and speaking as someone who not only owns the two previously released videos, but who has also seen the Glass Spider tour live at Wembley, Mark is for the most part correct. It was very cheesy, overblown and 'Spinal Tap'. However, most Bowie fans know all the faults of this tour back to front, and even Bowie admits that this tour was a bit of a disappointment, plus he has openly admitted that he was going through his 'Phil Collins' period creatively speaking.
However, there is still a lot to enjoy here. Firstly, with regards to the DVD concert recorded over two nights in Sydney, you could hardly call the performances of 'Sons Of The Silent Age' and the two cover versions of 'White Light/White Heat' and Iggy and the Stooges 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' as sounding cheesy, but you could for the 'Let's Dance' material on this, which was just too twee sounding on this tour. Also, I think 'Rebel Rebel' and 'Young Americans' sounded pretty good on this. After all, when I went to one of the Wembley gigs, not only was I hugely disappointed that there wasn't any material played from either 'Hunky Dory', 'Ziggy Stardust', 'Station To Station', 'Low' and 'Lodger', he didn't even play 'Rebel Rebel' or 'Young Americans', but I do remember a really tacky dance routine for 'Dancing With The Big Boys' from the 'Tonight' album that nobody wanted to hear.
Now on to the 2 cd's which I am really greatful to own, because what with 'All The Madmen', 'Big Brother'/'Chant', 'Scary Monsters', plus '87 And Cry' etc, you get a fuller perspective of all the diverse material that was played on this tour. Also, for purely selfish reasons, it's now been four whole years since the last Bowie album, so I'm just greatful to have some new material to listen to.
One final thought, even artists as ground breaking as David Bowie are entitled to a few off years. After all, when he recorded 'Scary Monsters' in 1980 there was a musical climate of Ska/New Wave & Post Punk/New Romantic & Synth Pop, plus when he recorded 'Outside' and 'Earthling' in the mid to late 1990's, he was inspired by the likes of Tricky/Goldie/Leftfield/Underworld etc. Whereas with 'Never Let Me Down' from 1987, we had a musical climate of Phil Collins and Stock/Aitkin and Waterman, while the yanks had soft 'poodle perm' rock anthems, so it was hardly an inspiring time to be an artist. However, ironically Bowie was influenced by Prince at the time, which on paper was a good thing, but unfortunately Prince's style of music just didn't suit his 'Never Let Me Down' album or his Glass Spider tour.
However, there is still a lot to enjoy here. Firstly, with regards to the DVD concert recorded over two nights in Sydney, you could hardly call the performances of 'Sons Of The Silent Age' and the two cover versions of 'White Light/White Heat' and Iggy and the Stooges 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' as sounding cheesy, but you could for the 'Let's Dance' material on this, which was just too twee sounding on this tour. Also, I think 'Rebel Rebel' and 'Young Americans' sounded pretty good on this. After all, when I went to one of the Wembley gigs, not only was I hugely disappointed that there wasn't any material played from either 'Hunky Dory', 'Ziggy Stardust', 'Station To Station', 'Low' and 'Lodger', he didn't even play 'Rebel Rebel' or 'Young Americans', but I do remember a really tacky dance routine for 'Dancing With The Big Boys' from the 'Tonight' album that nobody wanted to hear.
Now on to the 2 cd's which I am really greatful to own, because what with 'All The Madmen', 'Big Brother'/'Chant', 'Scary Monsters', plus '87 And Cry' etc, you get a fuller perspective of all the diverse material that was played on this tour. Also, for purely selfish reasons, it's now been four whole years since the last Bowie album, so I'm just greatful to have some new material to listen to.
One final thought, even artists as ground breaking as David Bowie are entitled to a few off years. After all, when he recorded 'Scary Monsters' in 1980 there was a musical climate of Ska/New Wave & Post Punk/New Romantic & Synth Pop, plus when he recorded 'Outside' and 'Earthling' in the mid to late 1990's, he was inspired by the likes of Tricky/Goldie/Leftfield/Underworld etc. Whereas with 'Never Let Me Down' from 1987, we had a musical climate of Phil Collins and Stock/Aitkin and Waterman, while the yanks had soft 'poodle perm' rock anthems, so it was hardly an inspiring time to be an artist. However, ironically Bowie was influenced by Prince at the time, which on paper was a good thing, but unfortunately Prince's style of music just didn't suit his 'Never Let Me Down' album or his Glass Spider tour.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Funny how memories can change as the years pass by.
I went to Wembley stadium to see this tour and quite frankly it was appaling.Unless you were standing close to the stage the visuals were nigh on impossible to see, The sound was the worst id ever heard for a stadium show and the set list a complete bore.
Time does its job and here we are 20 years later and like a lot of other Bowie fans i buy this for completions sake. The first thing i did was play the cd version of the show (recorded on a different date and venue to the DVD recording) and did i smile, yes i did. I know Bowie was riding high on his Lets Dance audience, which i certainly wasnt a fan of but the decision to play stadiums was a HUGE mistake. Listening to the show now on cd without the visual distraction it turns out to be not half bad The cd also includes tracks that are not included on the DVD so its great to have the full show after all these years. Altho there is of course the overblown production sound of the 80s this tour if it had been shown in smaller venues without the visuals wouldnt have taken the knocking it did. Certainly not the man at his best but by no means as bad as memory serves to tell. Thankfully Bowie himself recognised that the direction he had gone in was a dead end and within a few short years was back on track. This DVD/CD is interesting in as much as its a snapshot of Bowie playing the superstar not Bowie the artist, and this character was being played out onstage as all his previous ones had and like all the previous ones, when Bowie had enough he stepped away and came back as someone/something else.
I went to Wembley stadium to see this tour and quite frankly it was appaling.Unless you were standing close to the stage the visuals were nigh on impossible to see, The sound was the worst id ever heard for a stadium show and the set list a complete bore.
Time does its job and here we are 20 years later and like a lot of other Bowie fans i buy this for completions sake. The first thing i did was play the cd version of the show (recorded on a different date and venue to the DVD recording) and did i smile, yes i did. I know Bowie was riding high on his Lets Dance audience, which i certainly wasnt a fan of but the decision to play stadiums was a HUGE mistake. Listening to the show now on cd without the visual distraction it turns out to be not half bad The cd also includes tracks that are not included on the DVD so its great to have the full show after all these years. Altho there is of course the overblown production sound of the 80s this tour if it had been shown in smaller venues without the visuals wouldnt have taken the knocking it did. Certainly not the man at his best but by no means as bad as memory serves to tell. Thankfully Bowie himself recognised that the direction he had gone in was a dead end and within a few short years was back on track. This DVD/CD is interesting in as much as its a snapshot of Bowie playing the superstar not Bowie the artist, and this character was being played out onstage as all his previous ones had and like all the previous ones, when Bowie had enough he stepped away and came back as someone/something else.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I am not a massive Bowie fan, however I had borrowed a VHS tape of this concert many years ago and really enjoyed it, especially the musical talents of Pete Frampton,Carlos Alomar and Charlie Sexton on guitars. I was very excited to see the release of a DVD and expected clearer and crisper sound. I have listened and watched "The Jean Genie" on every audio setting possible to get the best out of guitar duel, yet I can hardly hear Peter Framptons input at all. The same problem occures with Charlie Sextons solos. Is it me, or my kit, or is the sound mix totaly off the mark? If so, shame on the producers. Pete Frampton, you rock, R.I.P.
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Published on 28 Nov 2007 by T. Gaustad
unfairly mistreated
Glass spider tour has been severely criticized since it started. I think that this collection is a proof of how unfaired were all those comments. Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2007 by David Sopelana Garay
Some revisionism
He's referred to this as his Phil Collins years hasn't he? I only bought this for completion: I thought he'd let us down in '87 and didn't go. More fool me. Read more
Published on 24 July 2007 by Mr. John G. Green
Poor
Bowie put out some real rubbish in the 80s but this takes the cake.
Put aside, if you can, the hilariously bad visuals - camp dancers stomping around looking lost, a 60... Read more
Put aside, if you can, the hilariously bad visuals - camp dancers stomping around looking lost, a 60... Read more
Published on 16 July 2007 by Mr. W. White
Glass Spider rocks
Groundbreaking show that clearly influenced Madonna and U2 amomgst everyone, this dvd is absolutely essential viewing and the bonus cds are quite wonderful. Read more
Published on 14 July 2007 by Tricky Trev
Absolutely awful
The Glass Spider tour was probably the worst of Bowie's career and this DVD/CD package only serves to remind us of an era best forgotten. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2007 by Mark G. Goacher
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