Here are some highlights of last nights show. AlysonSane and I had 3rd row (however we moved up to 1st at the end). Very very good view. David was strikingly....hot. It was our first time that we saw him, and it was deffinately memorable.

He started out with (the very predictable) Rebel Rebel, as Brittany and I totally went crazy. Nobody in the crowd was as insane as we. They all stood there clapping and cheering, however WE were jumping and screaming, and absolutely going hysterical. It was our first Bowie show, so I thought our behavior was rather appropraite.

David kind of messed up in "I'm Afraid of Americans". Allow me to elaborate.

David: And this song is called I'm Afraid of Americans......*And he's all ready to sing, grabs the mic*

The band: *blank stare*.......O_O

Apparently the band wasn't ready for him. Or David forgot. Evidenlty there was some confusion. SO they start out playing, and now David wasn't ready, and unsatisfied. He stops the band:

David: No no no!! stop stop stop! *to the crowd* this is what I call the show that doesn't know where it's going.
After a few jokes he kindly says "Nah, I'm not really Afraid of Americans" and the song takes off.

Also there was the unforgettable "China Girl". As he approaches the famous moment, he licks his finger..puts his hands on his hips, while making a few feminine face expressions and says "Oh Baby...just shut the f*ck up!". Very very well said, followed by the self..touching thing. O_O..

Also, he made fun of US 3 times. brittany and i were jumping up and down, with our hands up, like at a rave gig, with our "rock" finger sign, and banging our heads to Hallo Spaceboy. And bowies stands on this ramp, looks at us, directly and he starts mimicking us!! with a stupid look on his face, making fun of us. then he gets off the ramp, walks a little bit to the left of the stage, turns around, looks at us again, and copies exactly what were doing, only...with that crazy look on his face, and does it once again as he gets to the center stage. Very amusing indeed

On a side note I did ALMOST cry when he sang Five Years. I wanted to cry, but I couldn't for some reason. Probably cuz of the mental state shock of him being directly in front of us.

Anyway! Here's some...pics. My disposeable camera didn't fail me, but don't expect too much

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<---------3. This is at the end of Ziggy Stardust by the way. Ignore the bald headed dude...

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Ick. For some reason these look sorta blurry. I don't know whether it's when I post it...because when I scan it it looks fine, but as soon as it gets here it's not so clear. Many apologies. I'll most more soon

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Wow! Thanks! Pretty good for a disposable!

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I can explain the mess up ziggysgirl. I also think I sat next to you. After the show we were talking to you [i think] and we were going to leave when a man stopped us and gave my little brother the offical set-list paper. It ahd all the songs for the night on it. Plus one extra. Right before I'm Afraid Of Americans he was to play She'll Drive The Big Car - but David seems to of forgotten and the band thought they were going on that song/ David thought otherwise. This is the reason he was confused - all were. I find this quite funny - and I love the holy relic I know wn. also thanks for the pictures. Judging by them you were next to me.

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YOU ARE HER!!!!!!!
THE BALD HEAD DUDE WAS IN FRONT OF ME. Holy fucks this is exciting. Anyhow, great pictures and drawings.

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Set list:

[I wrote it on my arm]

Rebel Rebel
New Kilelr Star
Reality
Fashion
Hang Onto Yourself
Fame
Cactus
All The Young Dudes
China Girl
The Lonliest Guy
The Man Who Sold The World
Hallo Spaceboy
Sunday
Under Preassure
Life On Mars?
Ashes To Ashes
Changes
I'm Afraid Of Americans
Heroes
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Afraid
Be My Wife
Fantastic Voyage
White Light/White Heat
Five Years
Suffragette City
Ziggy Stardust

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Oh my gosh! Hi!! (again!!) I remember you guys!! Your little brother knew like every song and I have a photo of my friend Brittany (AlysonSane) and your brother together, doing the "crooked smile". This is so awesome!! Ah...how nice is it when TW'ers collide. Anyway, tell your brother our hellos :)

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Holy snot! It's the guy with the super duper little brother. That kid rocks my frickin socks. He was the highlight of my night - second to Bowie of course.

"She's safe just like i promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really except for Elizabeth, who is, in fact, a woman."

Shoot dudes, I have gone on and on about the concert and the bloody hotel all day today. My favourite story to tell is the rock hand mockage story because that, um, well, that's awesome. I was made fun of by David F*cking Bowie. That's cool by me.

"Oh baby, just shut the f*ck up"

"She's safe just like i promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really except for Elizabeth, who is, in fact, a woman."

Muahahhah yes! Oh! Gail was amazing...by the way. She REALLY REALLY rocks my world. I've also gone on and on and on about the trip all day long. Repeated myself so many times. Oh well...it's all worth it. People think I'm cool!

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How fun is THAT! To be mimicked by David Bowie! Man, to top you, I can only hope that he jumps into the crowd (I'll be in Row 2) in Vancouver and beats the snot out of me! Now THAT would trump your story now, wouldn't it?

Glad you had such a blast!

zigbot

Rebel Rebel
Was liek a mix of the old and new. It was a great starter

New Kilelr Star
Everyone screamed whe nthis song came out. Davdi Smiled alot - even while he was singing - almost missing his cues.

Reality-
I never totally adored the song before - but now i love it. It was so great live. And teh acting he put into it - it made the song make more sense. Great one. I was jumping up and down

Fashion
David kept messing this one up = but it was funny. He was say "turn to the right, turn to the right" or he would put his hands the wrong way and make this face of "oops".

Hang Onto Yourself
The crowd went wild for this one. It's an old favorite of everyones and it was just great to let loose and hang out to the song. David was thouroughly enjoying himself and looked embarassed as we clapped everytime he began to talk. We wouldn't let it up. The nhe said that his birthday was the next day and we in the front sang him happy birthday!

Fame
I do like this song, and it was great live - but not the best live. It's sort of muddled and confused.

Cactus
"why don't you fucking Americans listen to your own fucking great bands?" david said this alluding to the Pixes and much more. This song is a rocker and he proved it. As [near the end] he sang "just wishing that i ahd jsut somthign you wore" a woman through her underwear up there." - he giggled. I head banged

All The Young Dudes
A def highlight to the show! ALL knew the words and sang with him. He encouraged i too. It was a definate to have at his concerts. God it was amazing. He sang "T.Rex" and everyone cheered louder. A great one words can't describe

China Girl
"oh baby just you shut the fuck up" funny thing is is that i aleways snag it that way and david sang it that way. It was great. People laughed. The song was done masterfully. The guitar players and etc weere awesome.

The Lonliest Guy
"Now I am going to sing a middle aged song - a sad one of sorts - so you people sit down and shut the fuck up." That;s how he began this song with extremely well done graphics in the background of travelling - lost through the forest. I swear the was a moment when david was going to sob or something. It could just be the theatrics though. But this song is one of his greatest "ballads".

The Man Who Sold The World
He said he first played this song in cleveland with the keyboardist. The song was really done up well with lights and smoke to add. The whole song was a swirling array of fun and thought. David, when later joking with the corwd said that "you can always come to a bowie show and get litteratry humor. he made some more jokes. He also commented on the warm feeling he was getting from us. And how we were better, way better than the Uncasville, Connecticut crowd. Bowie stripped and grabbed himself periodically through the show

Hallo Spaceboy
Another highlight among many. Such a hyped up fast paced rocker. Davdi was acting like he was 20. I was jumping and singing like mad - as were the two girls near me. He then began to laugh and point at them mimicing them. He also laughed at the girls - -they were awesomely funny/cool.Bowie hopped around different stage areas too.

Sunday
There was a short pause and the song was on - starting slow - beautifully until the finale-climax in an upheaveal of energy. A memorable moment.

Under Preassure
I really don't like this song - other than Bowie's climax which was awesomely done. Gail was amazing as a freddy mercury stand in. Well done. Earl SLick was amazing on the gitar points as well

Life On Mars?
Done a bit differently - with more sorrow than violent energy. Many people cried. Hell everyone nearly cried. People didn't know whether to sit or stand. Awe striking. Hell - bowie great. But we al knew that

Ashes To Ashes
"Keeping wit hour space theme..." bowie said. The song was - well great - of course! But The the fatful moment happend when he was looking down the isel - he was trying to get me t odo the jump - I swear - but I froze and he laughed. Later [5 sec] he looked back and I did it for him and he laughed. A great song - God I could burst!

Changes
A crowd pleaser- everyone knew it - everyone enjoyed it.
Bowie stops to talk some more and then the band goes into a song. Bowie goes "what the fuck stop. Looks at he screen wit htwo people dancing and says "get a room - leave - go on" was this She'll Drive the big car? The he says how the band ruined the first great segue of the year "hahaha" Gail looks at him like he's crazy or something - haha. But then the go into... [for you Bowie ]

I'm Afraid Of Americans
Well its what you expect. I banged my head until I couldn't stand anymore. A great [and predictable] song.

Heroes
He took verses of this song and switched them around. He sang his heart out. This is the part when I ran to the fron of the stage as the security got up to do something. I was at his frickin feet. - He touched a young girls hand even. A beautiful ending. Making everyone wnating and waiting for more.

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Afraid
guys went on stage wit hthe band gone acting like they were putting things away but then lights came on and bowie came out with all. He said "can you stand a bit more? We're going to go on quite a bit longer now. Afraid sound exactly like the album version so not much to say there.

Be My Wife
Bowie says "this one is from the album low - it's Be My Wife Girls next to me go "ME ! ME! ME!" funny. He did it awesomely and with such a flare only Bowie can give to it."

Fantastic Voyage
"Do you guys know this one? It's from an album called lodger. I think you should know it." Yes we did and it was done superbly. Earlier on he intro. the band and they're all masters at tehir art.

White Light/White Heat
Always best live. This song reminded me of his sziggy tour that i saw on dvd - if not better.

Five Years
I could of cried had it not been for testosterone

Suffragette City
I grew up on this and still am. I shook my head like a beast - head banging jumping and such. It was a whirled daze! God Bowie was great back then and he still is now - if not better!

Ziggy Stardust
and Ziggy played... guitarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Best show ever!

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I will... hey wich one are you - the china shirt or the Pirates shirt? oh and btw - did you get my pm - haha.

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OMF IT JUST SANK IN! DAVID BOWIE LAUGHED AT ME- HAHA- AND DURING ASHES TO ASHES - AHHHH- CHRIST!

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I was made fun of by David F*cking Bowie. That's cool by me.
"Oh baby, just shut the f*ck up"

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You know, it's ok to write fuck without the asterisk. No one will get mad.

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I am the...China girl. LOL. He laughed at you??? That's incredible!! I still can't believe he even LOOKED at us, not to mention made fun of us. Oh! I have a question. HOW do you remember all of these little details so well??? I just read your review, and i remember all that but if I had to list down everything he said I don't think i'd be able to. You're awesome!!

(I thought the flying panties was hilarious)

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Oh another thing. I didn't mention this earlier, but right in the beginning...of NKS, we ran up to the little ramp thing he was standing on and gave bowie 2 roses. The guard let us!! And we just put them right next to his feet (I almost grabbed his foot but didn't risk it cuz I thought I'd get flogged by the security). I hope he likes the color red.

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Oh, but he got one thing wrong that I remembered . . . the "get a room" bit to the screen behind him was before "I'm Afraid of Americans." That was wonderfully hilarious. I've decided that our, um, teenie bopperness kinda blinded us. Unfortunately, we're stuck with a blur as a memory. A blur of bliss and adoration yes, one that I wouldn't trade for any lade back, chin stroking "Ah yes, David Bowie. Quite the artist really" kind of experience. We'll just have to rely on others for the details, but we'll remember the emotion.

READY!!! DON'T LEAN ON MY VAN COS YOU'RE CALIFORNIA CHICKEN . . . good grief, my throat is still punishing me for that one.

The white panties were fab, only wish I'd thought of that myself, but hey, I had light-up lip gloss for the cigerette lighter numbers since - erm - I don't smoke.

"She's safe just like i promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really except for Elizabeth, who is, in fact, a woman."

Alright, as I'm sitting here, looking up at my tour poster, I'm beginning to feal the reality of the whole thing sinking in - really, no pun intended. Anyway, I'm slowly coming off the "OMG OMF OMG" screaming trip into, um, whatever this reflection is.

Anyway, I must say it was a sweeter than sweet show, but with any artist with as much time under his belt as Bowie, you're going to have a lot of songs we only wished he could have played for us.

I'm starting my list now (though, I want to make it clear that this concert was more than I dreamed for)

Strangers When we Meet (never would have happened, but a girl can dream, right?)
Queen Bitch
Rock and Roll Suicide (I really was hoping for this one)
The Heart's Filthy Lesson
Drive in Saturday (my current favourite)
Golden years (my first favourite)
Never Get Old (it might just be my up-coming favourite, you never know for sure - NEVER GONNA BE ENOUGH SEX)
OH you pretty things

Furthermore, I just wanna dwell on my personal highlights for the moment. Hang onto Yourself rocked my socks for sure. That and Suffragette were my dance, jump, GO BIZERK numbers. Hallo Spaceboy was just, wow. WOW. Of course, I don't even need to MENTION life on mars? you already know that was AMAZING. I was so shocked and wonderfully AMAZINGLY happy that he played Cactus. I dig that song. Heroe's was perfect. Okay, those are my treasured numbers. I extend my thanks to Bowie for his kick-ass show. I don't think I've ever enjoyed myself so much.


"She's safe just like i promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really except for Elizabeth, who is, in fact, a woman."

Hey there all,

I was at the DB show in Cleveland, OH also. I just thought I would make a teeny correction/addition to the review/commentary on the song "Loger" played that evening. I believe what Bowie said was: "Do any of you know my album Lodger?" <cheers from crowd> DB: "Well, thank fucking god!"

Yet another tidbit of the man's wit to giggle over.

Thanks for posting the setlist and the pictures, by the way; I'll remember the show much more clearly now!!

Hey!,Congratulations on a FAB review and some really great pix,Davids hair is looking longer and more blonde?,This image is really striking,You certainly had the evening of a lifetime there to remember,Did you buy any goodies?,Do tell pur-lease lol...

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Howdy zigbot lol,You never know you know?,Your dream may come true?,Im sure David would never hurt a lady,But it would be great fun if he did pick on you,I'd LOve to hear all about it huneeeeeeee:-)

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Lodger? Nah, he Played "Fantastic Voyage." But yeah, he did ask if we remembered the album.

Anyway, Goodies? Well, they had this extremely awesome zip up hoodie . . . . going for 75 bucks. Cheap little me just bought a ten dollar tour poster, which by the way looks super hot next to my heathen and non-bowie Pirates of the Caribbean.

"She's safe just like i promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really except for Elizabeth, who is, in fact, a woman."

I was at Cleveland too, what a great show.

Very high energy, everyone was standing up the whole concert, and screaming like crazy, except for The Loneliest Guy, per David's request. :-)

I was a little saddened that we didn't hear a Days or Loving The Alien, but the show had so much energy I understand why he didn't want to slow down and play an acoustic song. Really, I couldn't have asked for a better show. wow!

so, avril lavigne mispronounces bowie's name and so then he goes and starts dressing like her???



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Great review!

It's the personal details that always make the reviews worthwhile reading to me.

Did David scare the shit out of you when he looked at you? I think I'd freeze too.

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Nice to hear you had such fun!

I don't suppose you got a pic while he was making fun of you? Now that would be cool.

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I pray you'll soothe my sorry soul

Thanx for the report! Bowie looks very fine!

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I so wish we had a picture of him mocking us, but, you know, naturally we were going crazy at the time - no time to stop and take a picture for sure. I'm actually working on drawing a picture of it. We'll see how well i remember it.

Oh my cow, I was so taken aback that everyone sat down and just listened to "Lonliest Guy." What a trip.

"She's safe just like i promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really except for Elizabeth, who is, in fact, a woman."

Oh Blast it, was in school all day. I was gonna post more pics earlier. Hehee you're drawing that? I wish I took a photo of him making fun of us, however I was too busy being bewildered at his behavior. It was just beyond my comprehension. I think back at it now, and quite honestly I have a hard time looking at his music video/movie because the thought that I actually saw him is so larger than life, it's really hard to grasp sometimes.



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yet another pic.

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So we met this lady at the concert, and she was at the front of Bowie the whole time, with a digital camera. She told us she'd send us some good quality bootlegs, pics from this show, cds etc. SO as soon as I get anything, I'll post :)

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Hey...funny you should say that. I seem to recall someone posted on b-net that they lost your e-mail address - they were looking for two girls (that sounds funny). If you have theirs, you may want to send a note.



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I pray you'll soothe my sorry soul

She lost our addresses? We wrote them on the back of a Meijer reciept. Someone should post something on there about checking us out here.

"She's safe just like i promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really except for Elizabeth, who is, in fact, a woman."

check your pm

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I pray you'll soothe my sorry soul

I met this lady too. She was next to me half the night. She ran up to the stage. I remember her getting their emails. Then later on my way home from Cleveland to Columbus - I saw the woman in her car and she waved at us - haha -it was so weird that that happened.

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best part of show- IMHO

the sheer ROCK volume of everyone in the place screaming "WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA'AM!" at the top of their fucking lungs.

i got goosebumps.

Don't let me know when you're opening the door
close me in the dark
let me disappear
soon there'll be nothing left of me
nothing left to release

oops. i was referring to "Fantastic Voyage" of course (hey gimme a break i wrote that post at 5 am! )

Oh The Wham Bam Thank You Maam....deffinately trembleing. Everyone did it. I did it. Bowie did it. Fantastic. I love the bowie fans.

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I was just - forgive me, I'd not been exposed to this sort of thing - so blown away by the fact that virtually everyone in that arena was a Bowie fan. I mean, I only know about 5 people who would ever see him in concert, and there we were, hundreds and however meany of us. That just blew my mind.

"She's safe just like i promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really except for Elizabeth, who is, in fact, a woman."

Hi. I just wanted to let you know that your experiences at the show sound just awesome! It must have been such a blast. Even when he made fun of your dancing and all... how cool is that! Before the show I caught in Detroit, I figured just one would be enough... but now I wish I could have seen every show in the midwest! And I'm still not sure that would have been enough! Great review, by the way! You guys really rock!

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Hey thanks! I read your review too. You had 3rd row as well from what I remember. I also wish to go see him once more just as close, because gosh-darnit I simply cannot get enough of him. Too bad he's so expensive...I mean, the merchandise sold there is UNBELIEVEABLY high. I really wanted a hoodie and a hat. But nooo..

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I have concluded that Bowie shows are an addictive drug.

"She's safe just like i promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really except for Elizabeth, who is, in fact, a woman."

You're telling me! I got one of those $40 tour tees. On the plus side, the material was pretty good quality... but come on!

I agree, he is very addictive! He's more like a narcotic than a person when you see him live. I didn't get the full effects of his presence before because I was too far back to even see him. Now, I feel like Gullum! My precious...

Inconceivable!

thanks - we try

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Haha Gullum. I know what you mean! Ever since the concert I think I'm 3 more times a Bowie fanatic than I was. Meaning..I am one insane fanatic!!

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