Re: OT Re: Frampton vs. Fripp

[Legion <legion@helpwantedproductions.com>]

> One said that the first time he saw Bowie live was the Glass Spider
> tour (for Never Let Me Down
> and with Frampton) and he said he literally cried, he was so
> disappointed with what Bowie was doing at that time.

FWIW Bowie himself cried for the exact same reasons on that tour. He has
mentioned numerous times how Reeves Gabrels took him to task for such
commercial schlock. Bowie whole heatedly agreed and the result was his
"Farewell"  tour (with Belew) where he swore he would never play the
Bowie hits again and the start of Tin Machine which he claims got him
back on his artistic legs.


> (I think Carlos Alomar was on some of those tours too and he's
> certainly a solid, solid player.)

Alomar was on the Glass Spider tour as musical director I believe.

I don't know what the point of comparing Firrp to Frampton is but if
you're going to do so within the Bowie cannon you really need to look at
context. if Bowie pulled i Fripp on his later material I doubt it would
have done much good. he himself has said he was in a  rut and going away
from creativity towards commercialism. Pulling Frampton in was  last
ditch effort to feel comfortable with what he  was doing since he and
Framptom were old school chums.  it's didn't pan out exactly but at
least it was an experiment. Bowie *is* known for a few twists and turns
don't forget :)