I popped over the channel from London to Paris on the Eurostar on Monday morning and caught 2 totally incredible Bowie gigs!

Bowie on Mon and Tue night at the Bercy Palais Omnisports - Paris, a beautiful 18,000 capacity arena with acoustics to match any 3,000 cpacity club venue I've been too!

Here are the selists for both nights:
p.s I relayed the setlist live to a mate via text to London who then posted the setlist as it evolved onto the bowie fansites... I did this for the very 1st date in Copenhagen on 7th Oct and got over 200,000 hits in 2.5 hours when he relayed the setlist back to me... it costs qite a bit per text so we do it every 4 songs or so... but it means every1 else online feels part of the thrill, esp as some songs make their 1st ever appearance on the tour... in fact during the 2nd night in Paris no less than 5 or 6 new ones were played, not least 4 traks from LOW!!!


Paris: Mon 20th Oct

1. The Jean Genie
2. New Killer Star
3. Fame
4. Cactus
5. China Girl
6. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
7. Hello Spaceboy
8. Sunday
9. Under Pressure
10. White Light, White Heat
11. Ashes to Ashes
12. Fashion
13. Never Get Old
14. The Motel
15. 5.15 The Angels have Gone
16. Loving The Alien (Acoustic)
17. Battle For Britain (The Letter)
18. I'm Afraid of Americans
19. "Heroes"
20. Heathen (The Rays)

Encore:
21. Bring Me the Disco King
22. Changes
23. Let's Dance
24. Suffragette City
25. Ziggy Stardust



Paris: Tue 21st Oct

01. New Killer Star
02. Pablo Picasso
03. All the Young Dudes
04. I've Been Waiting for You
05. Fame
06. Cactus
07. China Girl
08. Hallo Spaceboy
09. Under Pressure
10. Fashion
11. Afraid
12. Days
13. Sound and Vision
14. Breaking Glass (Aborted after about 1 min. in favour of a faster "more thrusty take!!!)
15. Be My Wife
16. Ashes to Ashes
17. I'm Afraid of Americans
18. "Heroes"
19. Heathen (The Rays)

Encore:
20. Always Crashing in the Same Car
21. Hang onto Yourself
22. Ziggy Stardust

Oh... btw, he looks and sounds better than ever!!!
The stage has the largest LCD screen ever made and I won't spoil it 4 u, but the intro sequence is totally breathaking!!!

He IS on indeed nowadays! Saw him in Hamburg and luckily made the last minute decision to see him in Hannover on Nov 1st again.
BTW, have you heard, in whatever form, the Frankfurt concert?
Man, he was ON FIRE! He really goes a little beyond the usual on some songs. "Heroes" is beyond incredible, as are many other songs.

Awesome. The 2nd night's setlist looks really tight. I like the LOW songs all lined up like that.

TheLodger said:

yeah yeah but where is the laughing gnome?

i would have liked to hear modern love. it might not be from his 'peak years' but that is a great song.

True! And Fantasctic Voyage please.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

He's never gonna live that down is he?

bananacologne said:

probably not. but hey, it wasnt so bad. gnomes are underrecognised as songwriting muses, much less laughing ones.

seriously though, modern love is one excellent song. i mean, its cynical yet upbeat, and as far as bittersweet songs go, its right up there. shame its got that slightly 'boxy' 80s production but who cares.

calldapplwondery83 said:

I agree, Heroes is performed with such intensity on this tour! I haven't got the frankfurt recording but will have Paris 1st night sometime next week - I'm told the quality is amazing man...

p.s. have a damn good time in Hannover!
I've got 2 more shows to look 4ward to, at Wembley

TRON said:

I knew you would Tron, I especially mentioned them for you!
It was like being at Roseleand all over again..

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

So far out of 10 shows on the tour, Modern Love has been played twice, but it'll no doubt be played at the Wembley dates... (hint hint)

TheLodger said:

he did sound and vision in paris. thats very good.

Yes, marginally better than the Laughing Gnome which lacks a certain gravitASS

Quick update, I have the 1st night 2cd on its way to me, can't wait..

Im probably gonna get slated 4 this, but even though 'Let's Dance' is poo-pooed, I still say that the title track is quite possibly one of the best (if not the best songs EVER produced. It's dynamic as hell.

Everything about it just sparkles and shines. The song itself may not be much cop, but the production of it is just absolutely fautless.

Listen up next time u hear it, and u will (hopefully!) see (or rather: HEAR) what I mean...

bananacologne said:

I won't slate ya, though I do disagree!
I think it's the weakest track on the cd, if not it's pretty close... It doesn't sit well between 'Try Some' and 'Disco King'... it's too loud in the mix and would have been better placed on Earthling

I think Disco King is right up there with the very best of his 70s work... and the remix on the Underworld cd is HAND DOWN superior in every way to the lp version... go check it out if u haven't man, it's called the 'Loner Mix' and is easily downloaded

I also adore 'She'll Drive The Big Car' and 'Days'

I thought with title track he meant "Let's Dance"?

BTW, what did Bowie had to do with the remix of "Disco King"?
I'm kind of missing the dynamic piano by Mike Garson in the remix... and I don't like those "underwater" drums. The heavier drums and the added guitars are very nice, though.

I guess I like both versions equally. But for a live performance, the album version definitely suits better.
[This message was edited Sun Oct 26 13:46:56 PST 2003 by calldapplwondery83]

calldapplwondery83 said:

I DID INDEED!

When's this remixed special edition version of the album due out? Soon isnt it?

calldapplwondery83 said:

db had no input on the Loner remix

Have you seen the Munich set list? Seems like a good show, with some variations to previous shows.

bananacologne said:

Ahh, nevermind
The new re-release is ot Nov 17th with an added track, Waterloo Sunset by the Kinks
It's an SACD hybrid cd tha u can play on normal cd players, and has been remixed in 5.1 sound by Tony Visconti

The bonus dvd is the performace from the London Riverside premiere gig of the entire Reality lp, track by track... n effect we'll have 2 versons of Reality.. one studio, and one live!

p.s. The Riverside gig was absolutely incredible! Can't wait to re-live it, in 5.1!