Bowie at Glastonbury 2000

Tone71

Recorded this when it was on and finally getting around to watching it, great stuff, he's on form.

ICBM

I've just watched it too. It was brilliant - a perfect combination of being almost eerily like the records but with live energy and some clever arrangement variations. The only one I didn't really like was the first bit of Heroes, it jarred a bit - but I loved Let's Dance, that worked beautifully. Top musicianship from the whole band - but I doubt you get to play with Bowie unless you're quite good .

The best Glastonbury headline performance? Quite likely... the only other contender I can think of was Neil Young.

EricTheWeary

Got a bit of discussion in an earlier Discussion about the instrument swapping. I’m not a huge Bowie fan but I really enjoyed watching that set ( on the iPlayer- why do you need to record stuff off the BBC?) the version of Let’s Dance particularly. 

not_the_dj

I’m watching it now....I remember it from the original broadcast, but haven’t seen it since then (and I understand they’re showing some songs missed out originally). 

One of the greats for sure. 

EricTheWeary

not_the_dj said:

I’m watching it now....I remember it from the original broadcast, but haven’t seen it since then (and I understand they’re showing some songs missed out originally). 

One of the greats for sure. 

It’s still the edited version, to see the full version you have to buy the forthcoming CD+ DVD ( or wait for someone to stick it on YouTube).

Just watched Boy George covering Let’s Dance on BBC4; good band as well. George’s voice not what it was ( if it ever was, I saw him live once at a festival when he couldn’t sing then fell off the stage). 

not_the_dj

Hmmm, after recently watching the Reality Tour DVD i’d say that’s much stronger than the Glastonbury performance.

UnclePsychosis

ICBM said:

The best Glastonbury headline performance? Quite likely... the only other contender I can think of was Neil Young.

-Chic (2013?) were also fantastic. They played Lets Dance too  

EricTheWeary

UnclePsychosis said:

ICBM said:

The best Glastonbury headline performance? Quite likely... the only other contender I can think of was Neil Young.

-Chic (2013?) were also fantastic. They played Lets Dance too  

Was it that long ago? Gosh ( I saw them in Birmingham same tour). IIRC they weren’t on the main stage so don’t count as headliners? 

Tone71

I actually didn't recognise Let's Dance initially.

Also watching Culture Club now and no his voice isn't what it was but no one else could sound the same so he's laughing. I saw them at Epsom races this year to and that was a great night.

Oooh Wham cover not so sure

EricTheWeary

Tone71 said:

I actually didn't recognise Let's Dance initially.

Also watching Culture Club now and no his voice isn't what it was but no one else could sound the same so he's laughing. I saw them at Epsom races this year to and that was a great night.

Oooh Wham cover not so sure

Led Zep now! Well sort of in a one song to the tune of another type way. 

Sorry, yes, Bowie at Glastonbury if it’s still on the iPlayer worth a watch. 

Nunogilberto

A friend of mine is a big Bowie fan and went to Glastonbury that year to watch him. Halfway through the set, someone crowd surfed past him and kicked him in the head accidentally, causing him to say “fuck sake” from the pain. A guy stood in front of him thought my mate had addressed him, so turned around and punched him square in the face, knocking him out. He then spent the rest of the set in the first aid tent 

Johnnyseven

ICBM said:

I've just watched it too. It was brilliant - a perfect combination of being almost eerily like the records but with live energy and some clever arrangement variations. The only one I didn't really like was the first bit of Heroes, it jarred a bit - but I loved Let's Dance, that worked beautifully. Top musicianship from the whole band - but I doubt you get to play with Bowie unless you're quite good .

The best Glastonbury headline performance? Quite likely... the only other contender I can think of was Neil Young.

I was there for both Bowie and Neil Young. Both were amazing, particularly Bowie who goes down as one of the best gigs i've ever seen. I was only 22 at the time, I knew a bit of Bowie but I was amazed that I knew pretty much the whole set!

Trude

I was there too.  Genuine tingles the whole way through, and definitely one of my favourite Glastonbury moments. 

I'm more familiar now with some of the album tracks he played (eg the Station to Station stuff), so it's been great watching it again.  I didn't know Wild is the Wind back then, so that was quite a surprise in retrospect to see it was his opening number.

I think the DVD version will have more tracks than on the iPlayer version - tempting to put in a request for that as an xmas pressie!

Having real trouble with the fact that this was nearly 20 years ago now!  It seems like 10 at the most, but then many of my Glastonbury memories are a bit temporally blurred...