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More Echoes In the Studio pt 3

In memoriam : More Echoes "In the Studio", pt 3 with rare interviews with fallen rockers Lou Reed, Bon Scott, Rick Wright, Malcolm Young, George Harrison, David Bowie
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David Bowie- Station to Station 45th Anniversary

"The way you change Music is by changing the music," David Bowie told me, without any hint of irony whatsoever, as we discussed  1976's Station to Station. Songs include "Golden Years","Stay" ,"TVC 1-5" ( Bowie said that the unused tune for the Man...Earth soundtrack was about a girl and her relationship with her television),"Wild is the Wind" , and the title song, often cited by post-punk bands including The Cars, Talking Heads, and Gary Numan as a major influence.

David Bowie- White Light/ White Heat- New York City 1996

this ultra-rare live acoustic performance by David Bowie of the Velvets' "White Light/White Heat" in New York City 1996
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David Bowie- Young Americans

By 1975 David Bowie had abandoned the Glam Rock he had virtually invented in the guise of the ego-tripping tragicomic Fallen Rock Star, Ziggy Stardust. Bowie's mid-decade "Young Americans" album with the #1 hit "Fame" pointed directly toward Disco's dominance a mere two years later...
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Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody pt 2- Brian May, Roger Taylor

"Bohemian Rhapsody" is only the first volume of the four and a half decade Queen saga whose final chapter is being writ large in real time across North America this summer...
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David Bowie- Let’s Dance

A lot has changed  since April 1983, not the least of which is in the areas of communication, information, and entertainment. So it was no surprise that multi-media maven David Bowie, who seemed tailor-made then for the dawn of the MTV era in America when Let's Dance  was released, would later be among the first to embrace computer-generated gaming and virtual reality, which David discusses at length here.

Peter Gabriel- Us pt 2

Continuing my in-depth classic rock interview with Peter Gabriel in Autumn 1992 on the occasion of the release of his sixth studio album, "Us"pt 2.  This is the conclusion of the career-spanning conversation. -Redbeard

Def Leppard- And There Will Be…Live- Joe Elliott

Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott premieres the band's concert DVD/2-CD "And There Will be a Next Time".