Da Pennebaker’s documentary offers moving moments and raw immediacy as the musician takes on his final performance as Ziggy Stardust
Da Pennebaker’s record of David Bowie’s final concert on the Ziggy Stardust tour at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in 1973 (Bowie is part of the reason we will never be reconciled to saying “Eventim Apollo”) is rereleased after a restoration. It was the legendary “all killer no filler” gig at which, in the presence of the Spiders from Mars – Mick Ronson (guitar), Trevor Bolder (bass), Mick Woodmansey (drums) – he retired his Ziggy Stardust persona, announcing to a stunned crowd that it was the last time he would ever play (as Ziggy).
The show itself, in which Bowie and band members appear starkly key-lit in darkness, with the crowd glimpsed briefly and almost stroboscopically, looks intriguingly intimate, like something at a much smaller club venue. The concert is straightforward...
Da Pennebaker’s record of David Bowie’s final concert on the Ziggy Stardust tour at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in 1973 (Bowie is part of the reason we will never be reconciled to saying “Eventim Apollo”) is rereleased after a restoration. It was the legendary “all killer no filler” gig at which, in the presence of the Spiders from Mars – Mick Ronson (guitar), Trevor Bolder (bass), Mick Woodmansey (drums) – he retired his Ziggy Stardust persona, announcing to a stunned crowd that it was the last time he would ever play (as Ziggy).
The show itself, in which Bowie and band members appear starkly key-lit in darkness, with the crowd glimpsed briefly and almost stroboscopically, looks intriguingly intimate, like something at a much smaller club venue. The concert is straightforward...
- 6/29/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Released by David Bowie’s estate in 2022, Divine Symmetry, subtitled “An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory,” is a 4-disc collection chronicling the year’s work leading to David Bowie’s fourth studio album. Demos, previously unreleased tracks, and live recordings capture the sound of a vision in a state of flux.
As its lead single, “Changes,” makes clear, Hunky Dory, released on Dec. 17, 1971, presented a notable metamorphosis for the artist who would go on to define transformation. This worked against Bowie as his label, RCA Records, worried he would reframe his image again, and did not promote the single. Hunky Dory didn’t chart until after the release of Bowie’s 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.
Bowie had only landed one hit during his tenure at Mercury Records, and it would have marked him as a novelty singer. “Space Oddity” charted five days before the Apollo 11 launch in 1969. His third album,...
As its lead single, “Changes,” makes clear, Hunky Dory, released on Dec. 17, 1971, presented a notable metamorphosis for the artist who would go on to define transformation. This worked against Bowie as his label, RCA Records, worried he would reframe his image again, and did not promote the single. Hunky Dory didn’t chart until after the release of Bowie’s 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.
Bowie had only landed one hit during his tenure at Mercury Records, and it would have marked him as a novelty singer. “Space Oddity” charted five days before the Apollo 11 launch in 1969. His third album,...
- 1/10/2023
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Trevor Bolder, a bassist best known for his work with Uriah Heep and David Bowie (as one of The Spiders from Mars), has died of cancer at the age of 62.
The bass player first got noticed by the rock world when he left his first band, the Rats, to play with David Bowie in 1971. Bolder eventually played on four Bowie albums: "Hunky Dory" (1971), "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" (1972), "Aladdin Sane" (1973) and "Pin Ups" (1973).
Eventually, Bowie's band -- Bolder, guitarist Mick Ronson and drummer Mick Woodmansey -- became known as The Spiders from Mars and toured with Bowie during the 1970s. The group was also featured in the 1973 concert film, "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars."
Bolder joined Uriah Heep in 1976. Other than a short period when he left for the band, Wishbone Ash, in the early 1980s, Bolder stayed with that band...
The bass player first got noticed by the rock world when he left his first band, the Rats, to play with David Bowie in 1971. Bolder eventually played on four Bowie albums: "Hunky Dory" (1971), "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" (1972), "Aladdin Sane" (1973) and "Pin Ups" (1973).
Eventually, Bowie's band -- Bolder, guitarist Mick Ronson and drummer Mick Woodmansey -- became known as The Spiders from Mars and toured with Bowie during the 1970s. The group was also featured in the 1973 concert film, "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars."
Bolder joined Uriah Heep in 1976. Other than a short period when he left for the band, Wishbone Ash, in the early 1980s, Bolder stayed with that band...
- 5/22/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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