"Fame"


"Golden Years"

This was when "Soul Train", was not afraid to think outside the box.

looks like he's lipsynching

Dewrede said:

Like they don't do it now...The point is, at one point, Don went out of his was to find people who made good music....regardless of color.

just meant to say i didn't think Bowie would do such a thing

Dewrede said:

Alot of artists lip-sync during TV appearances.

Dewrede said:

When there's no band in sight, that's your first hint

Dewrede said:

didn't everybody lip sync on shows like that?

That Rick James DVD sure had some lip-synced TV "performances".

Even when his band was there, they were miming

InsatiableCream said:

Almost everybody.In the early days of Soul Train,there were alot of live performances but after awhile,everyone was lip-syncing.

Cinnie said:

Pretty much

Bowie later said he was so nervous for this one that he got drunk beforehand.

But he looks amazing.

noepie said:

lol,yeah he looks slightly "buzzed",lol.

The crowd was really into him. David was listening to a lot of Philly soul and funk music in the 70's so it jumped right into his music.

Elton John also got down on Soul Train with "Bennie And The Jets".

...forgive me..missed the "Elton" thread.

My fave is Rebel Rebel.

SoulAlive said:

yeah I don't ever remember seeing a live vocal on Soul Train

I love that, they will fade out the damn record right on stage and the band just stops pretending after a while as

Unbelievably Fierce

graecophilos said:

me too babe

Fame '90


THIS^ is even better version. David really made the drum machine beats hit HARD!

NDRU said:

yeah,I know what you mean.

TonyVanDam said:

The original is MUCH better than Fame 90, in my opinion. With Fame 90, he was just trying to improve on something that did not need improving...

TonyVanDam said:

His finest moment IMO. I love Bowie.

shorttrini said:

I just think the remix was used to sell his Changesbowie hits collection. But definately the original is best, though the remix didn't steal away too much from the original.

jayaredee said:

I truly agree. I believe, if it ain't broke, don't mess with it!!

shorttrini said:

Well i just don't like the idea of remixes anyway. Why not make the song decent the first time around that way you don't have to go back and mess with it?

I'm surprised that he didn't return to 'Soul Train' in 1983 to perform "Let's Dance".That song was very popular on R&B stations,like "Fame" was in 1975.

SoulAlive said:

By that time, Soul Train was trying to cater to a more urban audience. I don't believe the saw Bowie as fitting that mold.