well, it's another November 5th, so it must be time for a commemoration (or celebration) of the night i gone done seen Tin Machine. Newcastle Mayfair, November 5 1991, look you see. so that's now 35 years ago.
as ever for this annual post i am immensely grateful for the kindness of others. two people reached out to me, taken by (or simply acknowledging) my passion for this gig, providing me with bootlegs of it. whilst the tape (actual source) of it is quite decent, it is the video i usually show off here. much more better quality than you might think, considering the size (and limitations) of camcorders in the early 90s, plus the challenges of getting them past security.
time takes (a cigarette, and) memories away. no, however, i shall never ever forget being all that close to David Bowie, thanks. or the rest of the band for that matter. certainly Bowie was the draw, but Hunt, Tony and Reeves were quite the characters and outstanding musicians. still are, of course, sorry.
never sure of when shall come the "last" celebration of this gig has had me of a mind to dabble with something akin (or quasi like) the "subversion" Bowie was frequently amused by. so, after all the clips and what not i have shared before, here you go with the opening song that night, One Shot.
considering the obvious and understandable commercial drive to release and/or re-issue everything what Bowie had gone done (like this one, recently) it is and is not a surprise there's been no "revision" of the music what Tin Machine did. the no (or lack) of surprise comes down, i think, to "cloudy" rights issues. whereas one label (EMI) released their debut, it was another (i think now no longer in existence) which released the second and the quite ho hum live album. although Tin Machine II did get a reissue a couple of years ago (or so) i seem to recall "issues" and "debates" about who(m) would be due what royalties from it. this was not, no matter what some lazy journalists and those who like easy targets may have you think, simply a Bowie vanity project; it was a functional, working band.
regarding any sort of "reappraisal" of Tin Machine, well, i did my bit with this post years ago, although i was always of the view the songs were class. ever since we, the world, lost Bowie there's been a movement to declare just about everything he did as absolute genius, whether such is true or not. thus far this has not extended to Tin Machine. quite the shame, to be honest, as several songs off of the band would be considered as "up there" with his best (although not greatest) had they come out as just David Bowie songs.
for those reading of my celebration of the day (night, if you will) i saw Tin Machine for the first time and are sufficiently interested to read, see and/or hear more, nice one. here is a link to the post from this time last year, which features a memory i am sure not to forget. down at the bottom of it you will find links to other moments from the very same gig.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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