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I couldn’t agree more! Of all of his great albums, Station to Station is my favorite Bowie album, closely followed by Low, which features more of Carlos Alomar’s amazing guitar work.
Learning from you on this one, Michael! Always like to hear all of the musical contributions in a song. I’ll certainly look into and remember Roy Bittan on this song!
I was with my friend when he passed after a long battle with bone cancer. I was sitting with him for hours while he slipped away, listening to his favorite albums on a bose portable stereo in the hospice. Station to Station was the second to last album I put on before he went as he was the one who introduced me to it and I knew he loved it. I listened to "stay" on repeat for a week after. I'm so glad you both had a chance to experience this and had about the same reaction I did listening to it in his garage years ago. Thanks for jogging my memory ❤
That's a wonderful way to share those invaluable moments. How poignant. It must have made his heart soar. For all those I miss who have passed on, when it all gets overwhelming, I put this on. It's like David says, no matter where they are, "Everyone Says Hi!" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-21P_H7XtlGk.html
He’s a genius. Please listen to interviews with him. He was so ahead of his time with everything. He’s hilariously funny too. A truly creative person in every sense.
Yes, his interviews are as fun to experience as his music is, I would say. Incredibly fun, and funny, and effortlessly brilliant, and it doesn't hurt that he's easy on the eyes as well as the ears! I will never forget his saying in an interview with Paula Zahn, back in the early aughts (or "naughties," as Bowie joked about calling that first decade!), that he was sure his last words would be "But...but!...but! [I have so much more I want to stay alive for, I assume he meant]. What a loss.
Thank you for making that distinction, his deep cuts are truly where it’s at.. as is usually the case with most artists imo. Radio “hits” are great, but often err on the side of OVER-caution, for that well rounded public appeal that won’t trip the FCC censors, or be too musically challenging for the average pallet. In contrast, the deep cuts are where the artists really branch out, explore new horizons, and shine. This tune is a perfect example, but there’s dozens of other examples from Bowie as well as dozens of other bands from those times.
That was Earl Slick tormenting and then melting his guitar. Bowie never has a band that isn't a group of virtuosos. Now you're getting into the stuff that is more obscure but is precisely why Bowie was so influential. Musicians heard this shit. They know that he was indeed an alien trying to help us out in the only way we'd listen. My favorite albums are Hunky Dory, Young Americans and Station to Station. Taking away nothing from his other work. Ziggy and the Berlin stuff were amazing. You're starting to realize that the popular music wasn't all that defined Bowie. His production was prodigious and until you light into it you will not be in the proper state of awe.
Bowie made this album (“Station to Station”) during a period of heavy drug use (including a lot of cocaine) and was quoted as saying later that he barely had any recollection of the recording sessions. Still a great album, a total of six tracks and only one of them is under five minutes long. The whole record is definitely worth a listen.
This is when Bowie was living on milk and peppers and saving and refrigerating his own urine. In his TV appearances from this time, he looks like a zombie. Right after this he moved to Berlin with Iggy Pop and started the next phase of his career.
I first saw him do this song on The Dinah Shore Show, of all places. Afterward, when they did their sit-down interview, he was so wired he couldn't stay still. She reached over, grabbed his hand and held it, which settled him right down. Everyone in the audience went, "awww!" He came back to the show with Iggy Pop and during the interview when she asked him a question he said "I'm just here as Jimmy's piano player." The only thing stranger than seeing David Bowie being interviewed by this genteel Southern lady was watching her with Iggy Pop.
You guys interacting is just a joy. I had a massive smile on my face from the start to the end of your video. David Bowie has been copied and inspired so many artists it is insane. And almost every album he released was markedly different from the previous one. The guy was incredibly inventive and creative musically and visually. A phenomenon! 😎
After getting hooked on sounds of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, and a select few others, I found that David Bowie was in a realm entirely of his own. It's a challenge to articulate the impact David's music had on me, but I once read that Bowie had a unique ability to make even the recitation of people’s names in a phone book sound great, and I think I agree. Frequently, his songs were not only performed but also composed by him. He would play all the instruments,(not well but good enough) record the music, and then give it to his band members and say, "Play it like this, only better." At the age of 16, I started buying his albums, I played them so much even my mother started to like him. In later years, when we had a son, I found that playing Bowie's "Young Americans" cassette was the only reliable way to lull my son to sleep during car rides, starting when he was just six months old. If I dared to switch it off, he'd start to cry, but as soon as the music resumed, he'd contentedly drift off into sleep. Over the years, I've heard artists who bear a striking resemblance to David Bowie in their musical style and presentation. It's often said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and I must say, it's good to see the influence he continues to wield in the world of music. I always highly enjoy the opportunity to hear your insights on music, and I'm grateful for your honest reactions. Please, keep the musical conversations flowing and never lose the joy in doing so.
This was when Bowie slipped out of his Ziggy / Aladin Sane persona and into being " The Thin White Duke ", livin on a diet of cocaine and quarts of milk. He's singing both parts but an octave apart. He worked his vibrato in an unusual above to below note manner, really hard to imitate. The incredible rhythm section is Dennis Davis, drums, George Murray bass, Earl Slick and Carlos Alomar dueling their guitars in both the rhythm and solos. An engineer described Murray's bassline as "solid enough to support a Buick" !
You want to hear great Bowie vocals, listen to Wild Is the Wind from this same album. To me Station To Station is one of the very few PERFECT albums recorded over the decades.
Bowie is just so timeless. Saw or heard this live in 78 during the station to station tour. I was 16 then, and it was love at first site.Been a fanatic fan since.
Dennis Davis, Carlos Alomar and George Murray - Bowie's all-time greatest rhythm section. The run of records they powered from 1975 to 1980 is just astounding.
I was thinking this was Adrian Belew, but glad to learn it’s Earl Slick cause the man is absolutely flat out gettin it on the track! I think maybe I had just assumed it was Belew since he’s with the band in the Live sequences in the film “Chiristine F.” This solo on the studio version really just sends me to the stratosphere.. just solid groovin straight through.
Will probably never be able to name any Bowie song as my favorite, being there are so many. But I'd definitely label Stay as Bowie's coolest song he ever made.
You guys should watch the David Bowie documentary called "Moonage Daydream"! It is a fantastic film, very cinematic as opposed to strictly journalistic/documentary, and you will be fully amazed at the genius and brilliance of Mr. Bowie! That film takes you on a journey!
Bowie was a trendsetter for over 5 decades. Not many people show love to his last album, but the title track Black Star is a wild journey. Worth a listen.
One of the greatest blends of disco funk & rock ever put to vinyl... the original chord pattern was used in a completely different track a year earlier, John I'm Only Dancing Again (w/Luther Vandross) from the Young Americans' sessions
There will never be another David Bowie! In a class by himself! So ahead of his time, so creative! The only artist who was able to re-invent himself over and over and so successfully! Saw him at Madison Square Garden on the Diamond Dogs tour and in Philadelphia for the Young Americans tour. They were amazing shows! None of his albums disappoint! I love his ballad Wild is the Wind!
this is 1976 Fame is 1975. David Bowie influenced everyone from Madonna to Nine Inch Nails when musicians were asked who influenced them his name did always come up and that's one of the reasons he's so important for modern music.
Wonderful to see you guys so animated over the brilliance of Bowie! frankly, I need to do a deep dive into his stuff,as this was new to me and I loved it too! I love his voice as well, La, the timbre or whjatever of it, the way he crisply utters words, his accent. His interviews are indescribably FUN to watch. He was a joy, and gave joy.
Shoutout acknowledged and returned! That is still, after all these years, one of the baddest jams I’ve ever heard! There are at least two great live versions of this, but I wanted you guys to hear the original. And there are some other Bowie bangers you gotta hear. This is one of my favorite reactions from you guys, ever. Rock on!
Loyal BOWIE fan here.. stay is one of my favourite tracks so glad you guys are keeping his memory alive with your reaction’s..he’s got a beautiful voice you just have to listen to the right songs..❤️from 🇬🇧
@@AirplayBeats no offense intended ..,Yes I know that you guys know that. That’s why I like you guys so much! Even back in the’70’s Bowie seemed like he was from the future. It shows that musicians like Daft Punk do a lot of research and know the good sh*t when they hear it. I’m always amazed at how hip hop producers know about obscure jazz records to sample. They obviously do a lot of research.
My favorite Bowie tune and maybe his best album. They really bring the funk on this song that rhythm section is really brings it! 🎵 and Bowies voice is haunting! And Slicks guitar is ripping!❤
He was a total performance artist. Each album was a new character and he was all in as that character until he moved on to the next one. As a very small child, I became obsessed with Bowie. I still am.
There is a version a video made in 2000 that kills it! Slicks guitar is mind melting! And of course Bowies vocals and how they are an instrument themselves!❤
Bowie's genius was hard to measure. Always experimenting. Bravely trying new styles. In the early days of MTV, rap music was not played. The interview he did where he questioned the interviewer why that was, I believe, opened the door for rap and other new music to start being played there. Bowie said more with his eyes listening to the MTV spokesman stumble over his answers than he could ever say with his words. The public reaction forced corporate offices to change their policies and give those new stars the attention they deserved.
💥OHHH!!!💥I needed to hear this tonight! One of my fave Bowie songs, & I haven't listened to it in a while! Thank you, guys! 😃👍🏻 Bowie also did a remake of this song, called Stay '97. Check it out if you can, it is FIRE! 🔥
I've been a massive Bowie fan for more than 40 years, and have everything he's ever done. And this song is in my top ten Bowie songs. I love his singing here, although it's fair to say the band carries the day. This was the best rhythm section he ever had (as good as *anyone* ever had tbh): Dennis Davis on drums, George Murray on bass, and Carlos Alomar on rhythm guitar. Combine it with Earl Slick's stinging lead and you get one funky mofo of a groove. As someone else said, the '76 live version from Nassau Coliseum is absolutely insane, and includes Bowie singing a note that slurs and morphs into something properly unearthly. Seek it out guys, and keep up the great work!
Artist of music. Vogue before Madonna. Chameleon. Trend setter. Innovator. Transformative. All Bowie...all the time. ONE of a kind.... Ziggy Stardust 🌠🌌
Love your no-nonsense delivery and reaction to the music - you make it all about the music for which I thank you guys. Keep on keeping on doing what you're doing....!
I saw Bowie in 1976 during the tour for this album. Probably the loudest show I've ever gone to! What a fantastic musician and innovator. There's an album on RU-vid: Bowie Nassau Coliseum 1976. That's the where and when for me.
My favorite Bowie song is Ashes To Ashes. But he's played in quite a few rock genres. The Niles Rodgers produced Let's Dance is a great record. Niles Rodgers is someone you need to check out.
Bowie loved layering different sounds and beats. There’s a documentary about him making the Young Americans album, using American blues and funk but in a different way. If they’ve already heard it, what’s the point? Right Way was a classic example, the soulful back up singers were like…what the hell is this? 😹 Then once they heard it in context to the song….they were like “oh! Now I understand!” He was an amazing artist in so many ways! 😽💋🎶💕
DAVID FUNKIN' BOWIE! Carlos Palomar took the concept of the chord progression of an earlier song and suggested speeding up the tempo. Earl Slick had some different ideas for solos and chops for the song. David suggested having them "battle it out" throughout the song. Then he asked bassist George Murray to totally funk it up and run wild. My favorite song from "Station To Station", by far!
This is crazy! I'm a huge Bowie fan and I've never heard this song for whatever reason. It reminds me of Parliment with George Clinton, Eddie Hazel, and Bootsy. But it's David Bowie, Mick Ronson, and whoever that bass payer was. They definitely took a page out of the Parliament book on this one. I'm gonna look him up. Thanks for the new fresh, old stuff! I loved it!
Bowie was influenced by Black American musicians: check out the entire Young American album with back-up vocals by a very young Luther Vandross (before he became well known)...he called it his “plastic soul” album and a tribute to Gamble and Huff. Also check out the Let's Dance album produced by Chic's Nile Rodgers. Other funky bits scattered around: 1984 (reminds me of Shaft. Also done by Tina Turner), Tonight (duet with Tina Turner) and Secret Life of Arabia (funky riff). Black Tie, White Noise (with Al B Sure). He was a big supporter of Black artists -- and spoke out against MTV for only airing their videos at 2am...he also married Somali model Iman (fire!).
This song is fire! I caught this concert in Detroit in 1976....Earl Slick on guitar, George Murray on bass and the incredible Dennis Davis on drums. FIRE!
