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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.

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Favoriting February 20, 2019: CHRIS O'LEARY, author of Ashes To Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie, 1976-2016, live in studio!

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Ashes To Ashes completes Chris O'Leary's survey of David Bowie's entire career, song by song. This new book follows Bowie's undulating career arc from Low all the way through to Blackstar. O'Leary returns to The Evan "Funk" Davies Show to talk about the book and play some of the songs it covers. A must for Bowie fans! He'll also be appearing at McNally Jackson Books in Manhattan on February 21 and Rough Trade in Williamsburg on February 25.

Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
david bowie  breaking glass   Favoriting low  rca  1977     
iggy pop  nightclubbing   Favoriting the idiot  rca  1977    0:01:29 (Pop-up)
david bowie  joe the lion   Favoriting heroes  rca  1977    0:05:28 (Pop-up)
iggy pop  the passenger   Favoriting lust for life  rca  1977    0:08:25 (Pop-up)
david bowie  look back in anger   Favoriting the lodger  rca  1979    0:14:39 (Pop-up)
david bowie  boys keep swinging   Favoriting live on saturday night live        0:16:01 (Pop-up)
 
david bowie  always crashing in the same car   Favoriting low  rca  1977    0:29:27 (Pop-up)
david bowie  cameras in brooklyn   Favoriting   no label  1980  early version of up the hill backwards  0:32:37 (Pop-up)
david bowie  ashes to ashes   Favoriting scary monsters  rca  1980    0:36:01 (Pop-up)
david bowie  some are   Favoriting low  virgin    bonus track on the reissue  0:40:14 (Pop-up)
david bowie  "heroes"   Favoriting heroes  rca  1979    0:43:33 (Pop-up)
 
david bowie  let's dance   Favoriting 7"  emi america  1983    1:08:46 (Pop-up)
david bowie  blue jean   Favoriting tonight  emi america  1984    1:12:47 (Pop-up)
david bowie  absolute beginners (single edit)   Favoriting single  emi america      1:15:50 (Pop-up)
iggy pop  isolation   Favoriting blah-blah-blah  a&m  1986    1:21:20 (Pop-up)
david bowie  time will crawl   Favoriting never let me down  emi america  1987    1:25:38 (Pop-up)
 
tin machine  bus stop   Favoriting s/t  emi  1989    1:45:54 (Pop-up)
tin machine  goodbye mr. ed   Favoriting tin machine ii  emi  1991    1:46:33 (Pop-up)
the walker brothers  nite flights   Favoriting nite flights  gto  1978    1:49:57 (Pop-up)
david bowie  dead against it   Favoriting the buddha of suburbia  bmg  1993    1:53:43 (Pop-up)
 
david bowie  hello leon   Favoriting leon (bootleg)  no label  1994    2:10:58 (Pop-up)
david bowie  the hearts filthy lesson   Favoriting outside  virgin  1995    2:14:21 (Pop-up)
david bowie  the last thing you should do   Favoriting earthling  virgin  1997    2:19:12 (Pop-up)
reeves gabrels  jewel   Favoriting ulysses (della notte)  e-magine  2000    2:24:08 (Pop-up)
david bowie  uncle floyd   Favoriting toy      original version of the song "Slip Away" that's on Heathen  2:29:03 (Pop-up)
 
david bowie  love is lost   Favoriting the next day  columbia/iso  2013    2:46:01 (Pop-up)
david bowie  blackstar   Favoriting blackstar  columbia  2016    2:49:26 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  9:01pm
JakeGould:

This ain’t rock and roll… This is three hours of genoicide!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
G:

Boom...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
Aitch:

Hey EFD, love Bowie. Hope you play title track from Scary Monsters, guitar work is amazing.
  9:02pm
Figgsrock:

I have an entire year’s worth of receipts to sort tonight, so this show couldn’t have come at a better time!!!
  9:02pm
John from Florham Park:

Live iggy
  9:04pm
JakeGould:

Ahhh… SO GOOD!
  9:04pm
steveL:

Three hours is a LOT of genocide.
  9:04pm
Mike tp:

Pop popped out a good one!!!!
Avatar 9:05pm
twinoak170:

Hi Evan and everyone!
  9:05pm
Mike tp:

thanks efd....!!!!
  9:06pm
Andal:

Hi Evan and Funkians.
  9:06pm
Mike tp:

from the trilogy....!!!
  9:07pm
JetBoy of Brooklyn:

Very psyched about this show - great start!
  9:07pm
prudy:

who plays the riffs on nightclubbing? Is it Fripp?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
Phillippe Bastille:

Hi Evan and everyone. Rare opportunity for me to listen to EFD live!
  9:09pm
Andal:

Iggy didn't die did he?
  9:09pm
steveL:

La la la la, la la la la...
  9:10pm
JetBoy of Brooklyn:

Iggy lives don’t worry
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 9:11pm
On the Yazoo:

No, Iggy's still kicking, but Bowie wrote a lot of his stuff.
  9:11pm
JetBoy of Brooklyn:

Produced mostly - right? Berlin era Iggy
  9:12pm
johnk77:

great show selecter
besides being pianist on low
roy young was a
skilled card sharp:>
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 9:12pm
On the Yazoo:

Yes Produced mostly
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Iggy & David were much younger then. Weren't we all?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Tome:

,, dusts off the disco sucks t shirt ... haha ,,, ()
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13pm
Tome:

... is all good now great time growing up !!! sucking in the 70's never been so good<>
  9:14pm
JetBoy of Brooklyn:

I think it’s safe to say David rescued Iggy from - well - trouble in life, drugs n career
  9:15pm
prudy:

love Low but it tends to make me depressed. I think Scary Monsters is one of the best records of all time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15pm
Aitch:

Saw Bowie only once 1983, started with Look Back in Anger, 30,000 people, amazing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
patrick321:

kicking' it off in style tonight, Evan!
  9:16pm
V Priceless:

abowie! Woo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
Tome:

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Goyim in the AM:

Gonna be lots of George Murray bass tonight. Hell yeah! (Was pleased to learn recently that he's alive and well.)
  9:17pm
davefromtoronto:

oh man i might not survive this show!!!

in a good way...
  9:17pm
JetBoy of Brooklyn:

Well said Tome!
  9:18pm
steveL:

“When you’re a boy “ performance was pretty damned loose, which adds to it, of course.
  9:22pm
steveL:

How was the last visit four years ago?
  9:29pm
V Priceless:

@ steveL - great! Its archived, of course
  9:31pm
steveL:

VP: Thanks! Actually, I heard it, but was amazed at how quickly the time passed.
  9:33pm
V Priceless:

same here!
  9:33pm
prudy:

up the hill backwards...Yay!
  9:35pm
prudy:

album version much more intense.
  9:37pm
steveL:

Was Scary Monsters one of the masterpieces, or is it just a favorite memory of mine. Discuss.
  9:39pm
prudy:

SM is masterpiece. Percussion, writing, Fripp, etc
  9:40pm
JakeGould:

@steveL: I LOVE SCARY MONSTERS!!!
  9:42pm
prudy:

interesting add on to low...goes with the mood..love it but where's the bottom?
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 9:44pm
On the Yazoo:

Don't forget the "Little Drummer Boy" duet with Bing Crosby
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45pm
efd:

too seasonal!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45pm
aratuk:

My friend is demanding an explanation for why there is so much David Bowie being played. "When did he die?" He died in January, was born in January too, so that's not it…
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46pm
aratuk:

I see that there is an explanation on the playlist. Whew!
  9:47pm
prudy:

please don't play drummer boy...OY!
  9:47pm
davefromtoronto:

there's an incredible version of golden years on youtube with isolated vocals ya'll should check out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
aratuk:

Oh, I have O'Leary's book 'Rebel Rebel', already! I'll have to get this one too.
  9:53pm
johnk77:

to drive in to w. berlin in the 80s
transit strasse
or fly
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00pm
Philthy woman:

Listening to music alone and with others
Opening the url and finding what’s on ‘FMU
Eating poplars
These are a few of my favorite things
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
Tome:

bit.ly... < from "soundonsound"
  10:08pm
prudy:

yep not the Continental I know. Signing off..enjoy the night! Thanks so much for great show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08pm
patrick321:

In the early 80s the Continental was an after hours club in the west 30s that was packed after the regular clubs closed
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
patrick321:

There was a fairly large side room that served to give celebs some privacy. There was a lot of strange mixtures. I remember standing in a small group that included Vitas Gerulaitis and Lenny Kaye.
Avatar 10:12pm
Andrew S:

great interview. I thought "Modern Love" was the high achievement on that record though. Can see why Bowie dug lets dance, id like to hear his thoughts on modern love.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I thought it was so cool that Stevie Ray Vaughn had a part of "Let's Dance."
Avatar 10:13pm
Joe B:

hope you play his cover of God Only Knows. it is quite an achievement in awfulness
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
Figgsrock:

New York's in Love is gem from this era, efd.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
efd:

@Joe B we were just talking about how we are NOT going to play that!
Avatar 10:16pm
Andrew S:

someone gave me shit at a bar recently aboput a god only knows cover by todd fundgren. he acxtually hated todd runfgren because of it. and because he said TR ruined psychedelic furs
Avatar 10:16pm
Joe B:

better choices! loving the alien also a great one from this era
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21pm
patrick321:

Great book, not much of a movie. This tune got lost unfortunately.
  10:24pm
PJ:

Isolation sounds much more like a Bowie song of this period than an Iggy song (whereas their collaboration in 77 seems more inbetween their two styles)
Avatar 10:26pm
Joe B:

hah! good foreshadowing on the first mic break with time will crawl!
  10:29pm
PJ:

This mid-80's snare sound - I give up, I'll tell you anything you want to know!!!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:30pm
mcgreivey:

[Rundgren cult member alert...] There's no Rundgren cover of Goo Only Knows that I've ever heard of. There is a cover of Good Vibrations. It's pretty much a carbon copy of the Beach Boys original, maybe a hair more seventies-sounding. Todd does do Rebel Rebel live sometimes.
  10:33pm
Listener Paul:

Saw Stevie Ray Vaughn open for Marshall Crenshaw and Dave Edmunds in Asbury Park Convention Hall in 1984. I blame my tinnitus on that show.
Avatar 10:33pm
Andrew S:

yeah it was good vibrations my badf sorry. I have that record but havent played ot fo yeasrs. Its the double with one side covers and the other originalsd i tthink. I dont know, was just listeninbg to s diatribe
  10:34pm
Lolly:

THANK you for this show. I must get both books! First saw Bowie when 11y/o STATION TO STATION tour Boston Garden. Wanted to BE him. Blew my mind (and my mom’s). ♥️♥️♥️
Avatar 10:34pm
Andrew S:

i thought china girl and modern love were the best bowie tunes off lets dance and not a word
Avatar 10:36pm
Joe B:

Stevie ray vaughn gained attention when he quit the bowie tour shortly before it started.
  10:36pm
Dan from Delco:

I missed the God Only Knows thing, I was watching Taken, starring Liam Neeson, for the first time. What does he do in Taken 2 and Taken 3. Now I’m gonna make a sandwich for my wife so she can take it to work tomorrow.
Avatar 10:38pm
Joe B:

iggy's next record was actually the subpar instinct. then came brick by brick
Avatar 10:42pm
DouglasInDallas:

Finally get the answer What About The ’80s?
  10:45pm
Lolly:

@Listener Paul Haha tinnitus. I think my hearing loss is maybe worth it from all great concerts
Avatar 10:45pm
Joe B:

yes bust stop, a great great number
  Swag For Life Member 10:47pm
Julie M:

Ah, this has been a treat. Bowie barrage without having to decide for myself what to play. And a book to put on my list. Thanks, Evan!
  10:47pm
V Priceless:

Woo!
  10:47pm
steveL:

Bus Stop. Short and sweet.

Tin Machine to Bowie similar to Sugar to Bob Mould. Very strong output.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48pm
efd:

hi Julie, I was hoping you were listening! Glad you're enjoying it!
  10:52pm
PJ:

TM II actually sounds pretty good. First record did nothing for me, so I stopped there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:58pm
Philthy woman:

The walker n Bowie connection...illusive apparent, apparent elusive. Thanks also for bits of tin machine I had no room for before
Avatar 11:01pm
Joe B:

the sound and vision tour was a total mail-in, at least the show I saw. can't always go by a concert setlist, because that looks great on paper
Avatar 11:04pm
Joe B:

the nothing is changed comp, which includes Jump they say from black tie white noise, is in the wall
  11:06pm
V Priceless:

‘Buddha’ is great - Sex and The Church!
  11:10pm
steveL:

Earthling appealed to me. Heathen never clicked.
Avatar 11:14pm
Joe B:

heathen and reality back to back i thought were fantastic. i like earthling also.
  11:14pm
V Priceless:

I think a big part of DB’s return to form was hooking up with Mike Garson again from the mid-90’s forward
  11:15pm
V Priceless:

@ Joe B. Agreed. And I quite like ‘hours...’ which seems almost totally forgotten
Avatar 11:15pm
Joe B:

good point VP! also steveL, good point before on the sugar comparison
Avatar 11:18pm
Joe B:

re hours, I tend to overlook it but something in the air and survive are keepers.
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:19pm
Figgsrock:

I've had a soft spot for Oustide (esp "Hearts Flithy Lessom") because I was working at EMi then and helped set up a Bowie in store at HMV in Herald Square. We got to meet him and he was incredibly nice to us retail stiffs.
Avatar 11:20pm
Joe B:

wow, that is very cool!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24pm
Chop Scott:

Hello! Thanks EFD---always listening!!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:25pm
chris_in_space:

@efd, This episode is tattooed into my favourite episodes list. Lots of fun tonight!
  11:28pm
V Priceless:

@ Joe B: Cool!
Always thought ‘New Angels of Promise’ was a keeper too. Vintage Bowie sound, as was ‘The Pretty Things Have Gone to Hell’

@ Figgs - what a great experiance!
Avatar 11:29pm
Joe B:

VP, you have inspired me to dig out Hours starting at 12:01!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:29pm
mcgreivey:

King of Cruelty wwwrrrrocks. I've never heard this before
  11:30pm
Motobro:

Good Ol’ Oogie !!
Avatar The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:31pm
mcgreivey:

I guess it's not called King of Cruelty. Well, I'm calling it that, and no one can stop me.
  11:32pm
V Priceless:

sniffle...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32pm
Aitch:

Must investigate more of the Leon stuff, that was twisted.
  11:32pm
Cronus:

This is one my favorite Bowie tracks of all time, much better than the Heathen version.
  11:33pm
V Priceless:

Go for it, JB! : )
  11:35pm
Motobro:

Definitely the best version of this song... I miss the Uncle Floyd Show.

But I can tell you Uncle Floyd was in Boonton last week.
  11:50pm
SeanG:

abowie!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:53pm
efd:

thanks for listening everybody!
  11:55pm
V Priceless:

Thank you efd and Chris! Great stuff!
  11:55pm
PJ:

Great show, EFD. Bring Chris back when that last 5 song EP comes out.
  11:55pm
?:

The song with the lyric "King of Cruelty" is "Jewel." It's on a Reeves Gabrels album called Ulysses (della notte) -- available on CD Baby. The track features Gabrels, Dave Grohl, Frank Black & David Bowie. Bonus: Another song on Ulysses is sung by Robert Smith of The Cure, who co-wrote it with Gabrels. (Gabrels joined The Cure in 2012.)
  11:55pm
V Priceless:

abowie!
  12:00am
?:

Excellent show: music and your discussion. Thank you.
  12:01am
Motobro:

Thank you both, great show.
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