We went and saw Seattle's-own Bowievision play a show titled "A Celebration of the Life and Music of David Bowie" at the Tractor Tavern on February 6th, 2016. They were fantastic! When they first came out on stage we were joking that they should be called "Ballard Dads", because they looked like a very cheesy grey-hair coverband of local flavor, but man..... I take that back. I take it all back! They were amazing and fucking nailed the covers from ALL over the Bowie's career: new, old, the Hits, the deep-cuts, the sing alongs, the dancey bits, the ballads. Just fucking nailed it. So much so, that we caught there next local show!
The only thing I was disappointed to not hear was 'Five Years', which I really love and just expected to hear (as I think it is pretty popular, right?). This song was also missing the 2nd time we saw them. It is possible that they were avoiding the song, b/c it is very sad, and Bowie had just recently passed (January 10th, 2016). They addressed his death during the set at one point by saying that while they have been very sad at his passing they want to celebrate his life, his music, and his legacy as an innovator and general freak.
A Prince cover band opened for them. I don't really know anything about Prince, and really have no history of listening to his music, so I think I enjoyed this set much less than most people. I did find out that I know more Prince songs than I thought I did.
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| No he wasnt wearing those horns. They were on the wall behind him, but it makes for some cool pictures. haha! |
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