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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor
Not long after 'Earthling' was released, MTV started a show called: Live At The 10 Spot. The very first artist set to perform on this live show was the Rolling Stones. Something happened to where the Stones couldn't perform that night and David Bowie played instead. He played several songs from 'Earthling' and they sounded great live.
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Yes, I remember this well! I'm pretty sure I still have the tape I made from the original broadcast around here somewhere. That was actually right prior to when I saw him at the Aragon. Couldn't have been more than a week or two after that.
Do any of you guys remember the 50th b-day PPV thing he did right around the time "Earthling" was first released? It had a bunch of special guests including Sonic Youth who joined him for "I'm Afraid Of Americans". I had completely forgotten about that.
A couple more "Earthling" tidbits for y'all....
It was the first Bowie album since "Diamond Dogs" he produced himself (although Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati are credited as co-producers).
"Telling Lies" was the first single released by a major recording artist exclusively via the internet (there was two or three different remixes of the song he released on the net prior to the album's release).
He recorded a version of "Seven Years In Tibet" in Manadarin Chinese which if I remember correctly, was a number one single in Hong Kong. Hee hee....
