Music News
Spoon cover David Bowie's "I Cant Give Everything Away", from his Blackstar album. It is part of a month-long celebration on Amazon Music for the late artist's 75th birthday which is January 8. [Stereogum]
David Bowie’s estate sells his entire catalog to Warner Chappell. The deal is worth a reported $250 million. [Spin]
Turnstile
was Spin's 'Artist of the Year' and Consequence's 'Heavy Band of the
Year'. If you have yet to check out this hardcore punk band that is
turning some heads, you can now with NPR's Tiny Desk Concert. They are
the first ever hardcore band to appear on the series.
2022 Grammy Awards postponed due to Covid-19 surge. [Consequence of Sound]
Josh Klinghoffer pays tribute to Betty White with Golden Girls theme song cover. [Spin]
Music History
[Courtesy of Marqueemag.com, on-this-day.com, calendar.songfacts.com ]
January 3
1970: Four days after learning that their movie Let It Be will be released in theaters, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr meet at Abbey Road Studios and record "I Me Mine" for the film and soundtrack.
January 4
1970: The Who's Keith Moon accidentally runs over his chauffeur, Neil Boland, killing him. Apparently, Moon's car was under attack from some unruly teenagers, and when Boland jumped out to get them to move, Moon, in a panic, got behind the wheel to drive the car away himself. Unfortunately, the crowd had since pushed Boland under the car.
January 5
1975: The Wiz premieres at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. An adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with an all-black cast, it stars future disco diva Stephanie Mills ("Never Knew Love") as Dorothy. In 1978, the production is turned into a movie starring Michael Jackson and Diana Ross.
January 6
1957: Elvis Presley makes his third and final appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, where he performs seven songs in three segments, including "Hound Dog," "Don't Be Cruel" and "Heartbreak Hotel." He is only seen from the waist up, leaving viewers to speculate as to what the screams in the audience are about.
January 7
1972: The St. Cleve Chronicle reports that a "Major Beat Group" will put music to the epic poem "Thick As A Brick," written by 8-year-old Gerald Bostock. The Society for Literary Advancement and Gestation (SLAG) had disqualified Bostock's poem from their competition, citing an "extremely unwholesome attitude towards life, his God and Country."
January 8
1947: David Jones is born in London. At age 18, he changes his name to David Bowie (after the Bowie knife) to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees. 69 years to the day, his Blackstar album is released on his 69th birthday. When Bowie dies two days later, it becomes clear that his ruminations on mortality are his parting words.
January 9
1944: James Patrick "Jimmy" Page is born in Heston, Middlesex, England. He is a session musician in England before forming The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin.
Last thing...
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'Bowie Unseen' by Gerald Fearnley |
I can't do David Bowie justice, so I'll keep it short.
Saturday, January 8, would be David Bowie's 75th birthday. To have a look back at this icon's life, you can check here, here, and here. Bowie's relationship with Iggy Pop always fascinated me. The New York Times wrote a great article chronicling that friendship. Another interesting bit is that Bowie took inspiration and also helped shaped the ambient scene; for more on that, check out this article from The New Yorker.
To help celebrate his birthday there will be a livestream event that will feature appearances from Bowie's longtime band members, Gary Oldman, Ricky Gervais, Evan Rachel Wood, Duran Duran‘s Simon Le Bon and John Taylor, Def Leppard, Living Colour, Walk The Moon and Jake Welsley Rogers. Get tickets for the event here. [NME] For more about the event, check here.
For a list of Bowie 75 events, check out this page.
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