Bowie concert

[tsung@aerospace.aero.org]

In my frenzy of catching up with lh-digests, I seem to recall somebody
very disappointed with David Bowie doing Pepsi commercials.  Well I
read a interview in Musician where he said this simply enable him to
do a bigger, better concert than he otherwise could.  I went to his
concert at Anaheim Stadium (8/8), and I believe it.  It was extremely
well put together in every way: stage production, choreography, sound,
thematic coherence (I think--didn't try to analyze too much).  He did
quite a few (relatively obscure) album cuts that I'd always thought
were some of his best work, and left out standards like "Space Oddity"
"Changes" "Suffragette City", probably because they didn't fit in with
the theme.  And that tons of stage setup!  It's David Bowie
outrageousness at its best (that is, when it works).  Probably have to
wait for the (ever intangible) Kate Bush concert for a similar
experience.

For Bowie fans out there, even if you're disappointed by his
half-hearted efforts of the last few albums: DON'T MISS IT.  And bring
binoculars if you can't get good seats.

Fu-Sheng