Setlist
Part 1: Introduction and some thoughts from Bowie (2:14)
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- Hearing Pictures: David Bowie's S+V on Timothy White's Rockstars
- Bowie: "There's something about the English, they don't seem to want to be ... normal"
- Bowie: What he was reading around 13-14 and how it changed his ideas about what you could do with rock n' roll
- Song: "Sound and Vision"
Part 2: Interview (4:34)
- Discussion of Adrian Belew & his band, and how they'll work with Erdal Kizilcay on the tour
- Does Bowie think he's a rock n' roll person? ("The polite word's 'eclectic' I guess")
- How Bowie thinks music was segmenting at the end of the '80s and into the '90s
- The writing of the song "Fame"
- Song: "Fame '90"
Part 3: Interview (0:43)
- End of "Fame '90", cut to commercial
- Discussing "Sweet Head"
- Song (world radio premiere): "Sweet Head"
Part 4: Interview (2:32)
- How a lot of the "Ziggy Stardust" album was recorded prior to "Hunky Dory" ("I think I did about half of the 'Ziggy' album before [Hunky Dory]")
- How the Ziggy character came out of the late '60s ("It would be such great fun to kind of fabricate something")
- Song: "Suffragette CIty"
Part 5: Interview (1:59)
- Bowie reminisces on the day he died his hair for Ziggy ("I went through a number of colors, but we did end up on red.")
- Discussing Kansai Yamamoto's influence on Ziggy & his outfits ("I still have every single on of those things - they're museum pieces")
- Walking around Tottenham Court Road as Ziggy
- Song: "Starman"
Part 6: Interview (2:16)
- End of "Starman", cut to commercial
- Writing for "Aladdin Sane" during the "Ziggy" tour
- Recording on the tour: "The Jean Genie"
- Why "Panic in Detroit" was performed on tour with Bowie wearing boxing gloves
- Song: "Panic in Detroit"
Part 7: Interview (3:00)
- Leaving The Konrads in 1973
- How much was Bowie's allowance as a kid?
- Talking about Bowie's father and mother
- Writing "Can't Help Thinking About Me"
- Song: "Can't Help Thinking About Me" (original version)
Part 8: Interview (2:02)
- Going to Peter Frampton's father's art school as a kid
- Bowie's saxophone influences
- Song: "Rebel Rebel"
Part 9: Interview (1:28)
- Moving to Berlin in 1976, fighting with cocaine and depression
- How Bowie progressed from "Low", "Heroes", "Lodger" and finally "Scary Monsters"
- Song: "Ashes to Ashes"
Part 10: Interview (3:27)
- The Philly Years ("That was the most social record I'd made in a long time")
- Talking about somet of the alternate album titles considered for "Young Americans"
- Meeting Bruce Springsteen and playing "How to Be a Saint in the City" for him
- Song: "How to Be a Saint in the City"
- Song: "Young Americans"
Part 11: Interview (1:00)
- Talking about the Ryko rereleases
- Song: "John, I'm Only Dancing"
Part 12: Interview (1:54)
- A discussion on the genesis of "Changes" - Jim Morrison and Syd Barrett
- Discussing the feeling of the early '70's
- Song: "Changes"
Part 13: End of Interview (1:20)
- Thank you's
- End of show credits
Part 14: KISW Lowdown (21 May 1990) (1:29)
- A sampling of contemporary reviews of the S+V Tour prior to the Seattle show
- Information about the songs being played
- Information about the band
- About the stage (how long it takes to set up / tear down)
Streaming
Preview/Sample